Open fires are prohibited throughout the park from midnight to 4 p.m. through April 30 per the 4 p.m. Burning Law. This includes wood and charcoal. Gas is permissible. Campground fires are allowed during the restricted time if a camp host is on duty and signage to that effect is posted in the campground. Failure to observe the 4 p.m. Burning Law can result in a fine. Contact the Park Office for additional information.

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Let Caledon State Park be Your Muse!

By Annette BarefordPosted September 05, 2015

Inspiring scenery worth painting and photographing at Caledon State Park

Be Inspired!

Seurat Sunday

September 13, 2015

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Natural beauty found in flora and fauna

Like this Monarch butterfly will be your guide

Wildflowers, sunsets, flowering shrubs and trees, meadows full of color and wildlife are just a few of the inspirational things you can find at Caledon State Park. This is an Annual Event for plein air artists (in the open air or painting outside), photographers, and nature-lovers of all ages to come out and paint, draw, photograph, relax and have fun on the beautiful grounds of the park.

Let the natural beauty the park be your muse

On Sunday September 13, 2015 from 10:00a.m. – 4:00p.m. the Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts (FCCA) and Caledon State Park will present “Seurat Sunday.” Please bring your own supplies for drawing, painting and photography. Light refreshments will be served in the Visitor Center at 4:00 p.m. Admission/Parking is FREE. Call (540) 663-3861 to pre-register.

Ms. Carrol Morgan, the Curator of the FCCA, gives us a brief history of the event as Seurat Sunday, which has a long tradition:

"The first Seurat Sunday was held in 1980 at the Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts (FCCA) and was named after a painting, Sunday Afternoon on the Isle of Grande-Jatte by Georges Seurat, French Impressionist (1859-1891). Initially the event was started as a fund raiser. Seurat Sunday moved to the Belmont Estate (Gari Melchers Home and Studio) in Falmouth, Virginia in 1982. The event was expanded.in cooperation with Belmont Estate and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. It became a wine and art event including artists working plein air, a wine tasting, musicians and a guest art lecturer. Among others, Phyllis Whitley, Paula Raudenbush, David Berreth, Cathy Herndon and Anita Holle have served as organizers of the event over the years.

At its peak, there were 125 guests at the event at Belmont. Seurat Sunday at Belmont was suspended after 2009. The renewal of the event in 2012 at the new location of Caledon State Park offers a second life for a popular event.”

A Caledon State Park photo digitally enhanced by Carolyn R. Beever

Registration is requested by September 12, 2015. Call (540) 663-3861 to register or call Carrol Morgan at (540) 760-6928 for more information or to volunteer for this special even at Caledon State Park. Rain Date: September 20, 2015.

Caledon State Park is located on 11617 Caledon Road (Route 218) in King George County in Virginia. Click here for a Google Map.

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