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Daniel E. Greene received the 2012 Jack Richeson & Company Gold Award for his painting entitled "Bid 262."
The prospectus for the 41st Annual Exhibition: Enduring Brilliance has been mailed to all PSA members and past exhibition participants. If you have not received a copy, you can download the prospectus here.
Your entry form and CD of images for the 41st PSA Annual must arrive at the office of the Pastel Society of America by July 1, 2013. For proper delivery, spell out the name of the Pastel Society of America on the envelope address; do not use PSA.
The breakdown of the artists and winners of last year’s exhibition is as follows:
Of the 196 artists who participated in the 2012 Annual, 41 were non-member pastel artists, 21 were Associate Members, 85 were Signature Members, and 49 were Master Pastelists.
The 54 award winners in the Annual included 11 non-member artists, 18 first-time winners, 5 Associate Members, 20 Signature Members (5 of whom became new Master Pastelists), and 14 Master Pastelists. This year’s Annual will distribute more than $25,000 in cash and material awards. You can view the complete list of our generous award sponsors here.
International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS)
Board of Governors Leslie Levy, Arlene Richman, Robert Carsten, Duane Wakeham, and I look forward to seeing you in person at the Tenth Biennial Convention of the International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS), June 6 to June 9, 2013, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We will be hosting an informal PSA Meet and Greet on June 6, from 3 to 4:30 PM. We hope you can drop by to say hello.
Join us in honoring the legacy of Maggie Price by contributing to the Maggie Price Award of Excellence, which will be given at each future IAPS Exhibition starting with the 2013 convention this June. Anyone juried into one of the IAPS shows will be eligible for this award.
To honor Maggie, you can charge your gift by using this link.
Jimmy Wright, PSA, President
Join the conversation with Jimmy Wright and over 1000 pastel artists from all over the world on the PSA-Facebook group conversing and sharing what is going on in their pastel studios and looking at examples of contemporary and historical pastels and pastel techniques.
To see a wrap up of the annual show, click here
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You may order a CD of the entire exhibition
by email from the PSA office at psaoffice@pastelsocietyofamerica.org
The 40th Annual award winners can be seen here
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To view our line-up of upcoming workshops please click here. Our workshops have been filling up quickly,
so don't delay if you wish to attend!
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