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Eighth Biennial IAPS Convention, Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 28-31, 2009
Recipients of The Urania, a unique International Association of Pastel Societies service award, gather around out going IAPS President Urania Christy Tarbet and incoming IAPS President, Maggie Price, at the closing banquet and awards ceremony for the Eighth Biennial IAPS Convention, Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 28-31, 2009.
Left to right (top picture): Alexandrine
Bartlett, PSA; Duane Wakeham, PSA; Brenda Mattson, PSA, IAPS Exhibition
Chair; Alan Flattman, PSA; Urania Christy Tarbet, PSA, IAPS President
Emeritus; Bob Heywood, IAPS Registration; Rae Smith, PSA, President PSA;
Anne Hevener, Editor, The Pastel Journal; Jimmy Wright, PSA, Treasurer
PSA; Bill Canright, APSA; Maggie Price, PSA, IAPS President; Susan Webster,
IAPS Executive Director; Pat Suggs, PSA, IAPS Treasurer. Bottom row: Sandra
Burshell, PSA; Mary Ann Broddrick, IAPS Master Circle Chair; Anne Heywood,
PSA, IAPS Cover Competition Chair.
New members of the IAPS Master Circle proudly wear their
gold medallions.
Left to right (top picture): Alexandrine Bartlett, PSA; Lucy Petrie, PSA;
Brenda Mattson, PSA, IAPS Exhibition Chair; Christine Ivers, PSA, President
Connecticut Pastel Society; Janet Cooke, PSA, previous recipient; Claudia
Seymour, PSA; Judith Cutler, PSA; Terry Smith, PSA; Alan Flattmann, PSA,
President Degas Pastel Society, previous recipient and award presenter.
The Master IAPS Circle was created to
honor those artists whose work has been accepted and/or
given awards in a specific number of IAPS Exhibitions and
IAPS Convention Catalogue Cover Contests.
New members of the IAPS Master Circle proudly wear their
gold medallions.
Left to right (top picture): IAPS Master Circle medalist, Alexandrine Bartlett,
PSA, accepted the "Urania" on behalf of her husband, Chuck Statham. F+W Media Publisher, Jamie Markle, congratulates The Pastel Journal Editor, Anne Hevener, for receiving "The Urania."
Sargent's Madam X
by Connie Renner
Collection of Butler Institute of American Art
Butler Purchases Renner’s Pastel
The most recent acquisition to the Butler Institute of American Art’s permanent collection is Connie Renner’s pastel “Sargent’s Madam X.” The Butler Institute of American Art, home of the Flora B. Giffuni Gallery of American Pastel Art, the only museum gallery in
America
devoted exclusively to pastel art, selected Ms. Renner’s work from the exhibition Pastel Society of America Members Show on exhibit December 21, 2008 through January 25, 2009. The exhibition was curated by Dr. Lou Zona, Director of the Butler Institute, who selected works from PSA’s 36th Annual Exhibition, September 2008.
Preparing for the Thirty-Seventh Annual 2009
The primary mandate of the Pastel Society of America, a 36-year-old arts organization, is to promote professional standards of execution and presentation of work in pastel. The Annual Juried International Exhibition of “Pastels Only” is held in the main gallery of the National Arts Club,
New York
,
NY
each September. The exhibit allows for presentation of cash and material awards to individual artists for outstanding works; acknowledges participating artists for excellence in the field; and helps to promote the finest examples of pastel to the general public, the professional art world, art students and art collectors.
The prospectus for the 37th 2009 Annual is available on this website on the Annual Exhibition page. Take advantage of the opportunity to have your art exhibited with
America
’s finest pastel artists and exposed to a highly critical and discerning audience of art professionals, collectors and an appreciative public situated in the center of the
New York
art world.
This year’s Annual award jurors will be three distinguished American artists. They will award over $20,000 in prizes and cash. The Art Spirit Foundation, Dianne B. Bernhard Gold Medal Award of $3,000 is one of the most distinguished medals awarded to a pastel in the art world. The Andrew Giffuni Memorial Award and two Joseph V. Giffuni Memorial Awards are $1,000 each and are a part of the legacy of the Giffuni family and the founding of the Pastel Society of America.
The Herman Margulies Award for Excellence, $1,500 is in honor of the imminent American artist and teacher. Two other distinguished awards of $1,000 each are The National Arts Club Award and the Pastel Journal Award.
191 juried works as well as three major pastels by Hall of Fame Honoree 2008, Doug Dawson, PSA are on view in the Main Gallery of the National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY 10003. (Please note: The gallery is sometimes closed for an NAC function. Please call the National Arts Club 212-475-3424.)
Top 14 award winners:
Abel Marquez - The Serenity of a Thought
1. Art Spirit Foundation - Dianne B. Bernhard Gold Medal Award - $3,000
Bonnie Williams, PSA - Shadows
2. Great American Artworks Award - Value $1,750
Ken Landon Buck, PSA - Emily Emerging
3. Herman Margulies Award for Excellence - $1,500
Joe Hing Lowe, PSA - Me & My Dog
4. Andrew Giffuni Memorial Award (Alice Giffuni) - $1,000
Deborah Bays - China Doll Drama
5. Joseph V. Giffuni Memorial Award (Flora B. Giffuni) - $1,000
Bob Russin - Forsythia Paint
6. The National Arts Club Award - $1,000
Marion W. Hylton - Old Roses
7. Joseph V. Giffuni Memorial Award (JoAnn & Ken Wellner) - $1,000
Patsy Lindamood, PSA - The Look of Labor
8. The Pastel Journal Award - $1,000
Peggy J. Rose, PSA - Seaside Storm
9. Terry Ludwig Pastels Award - Value $1,000
Daniel E. Greene, PSA - Green Checkerboard
10. Canson, Inc./Rembrandt Pastel Award - Value $575
Claudia Seymour, PSA - Light Made Visible
11. H.K.Holbein Award - Value $551
Jason Chang, PSA - Man with Hat
12. Blick Art Materials Award - Value $550
Cindy House, PSA - The Old Beaver Pond
13. Jack Richeson Award - Value $500
Judy Phipps, PSA - The Sweet Ones
14. Florence S. Prisant Award to Honor Flora B. Giffuni - $400
2008 36th Annual Open Juried Exhibition
Doug Dawson has been named the Pastel Society of America’s Hall of Fame Honoree for 2008. A selection of works by the PSA Signature member and Master Pastelist will be on view during the 36th Annual Exhibition.
Powell St
In the Gentle Light of the Window
A renowned teacher, Doug Dawson teaches 8 to 10 workshops around the country each year. He is a founding board member for the The Art Students League of Denver where he presently teaches a plein air class. Dawson has participated in more than 20 museum exhibitions. Multiple galleries in New Mexico, Colorado, Texas and Nebraska represent Doug Dawson's pastels.
Doug Dawson
Well-known advocates of pastel and founders of The Pastel Journal, Maggie Price and Janie Hutchinson, will receive the Society's Friends of Pastel Award.
Maggie Price, PSA
Maggie will be teaching ‘Painting the Landscape Using Photographic Reference’ Sept. 15 -19 during the exhibition. You may register for the workshop by contacting the office.
Janie Hutchinson
Pastel Society of America is an association of professional and emerging artists who work in the pastel medium. Founded in 1972 by Flora Giffuni, PSA is the oldest pastel society in existence in America. PSA is a model for standards of excellence well recognized by the art community here and abroad. Through classes, workshops and demonstrations we attract and encourage new talent in the use of pastels.
PSA's annual juried exhibitions at the National Arts Club provide viewers with an opportunity to appreciate pastel as a lasting, permanent art form. In addition, PSA regularly organizes regional exhibitions for its members. PSA also sponsors an ongoing exhibition and research center for the study of pastel at the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio.
Artists interested in forming pastel societies in their own local areas are welcome to contact PSA for start-up assistance. Information regarding the Pastel Society of America can be found in the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution. Details of our activities can be accessed by clicking on one of the categories at left.
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