A Fresh Paint is a charity fundraiser that includes artists painting outdoors. They generally involve some mixture of silent and live auction immediately following the creation of the paintings and before they are fully dry. The first Fresh Paint art event was held in 1988 by the Copley Society of Art in Boston, Massachusetts, and continues to be held there annually in springtime.
Fresh Paint fundraising events increase visibility for non-profit art organizations. At the Copley event, artists spend one day together painting outdoors, or en plein air in the city of Boston. The paintings are brought back to the gallery wet, placed directly into frames, and hung immediately on the walls. The paintings are then listed for sale through silent auction[1].