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Member News:

In the latest edition of the Pastel Journal (April 2013) Aili Kurtis won Honourable Mention for her painting Red Flash, in the Abstract and Non-objective category. See page 82. The competition is an annual event called The Year's Best Pastels and attracted 3,170 entries from 9 different countries.
Dianne Ponting also won Honourable Mention in this competition, in the Animal and Wildlife category.                 

IAPS Convention

Karin Richter, PAC, MPAC, is pleased to announce that she will be an official demonstrator at this year's IAPS Biennial Convention in Albuquerque, NM. Her three-hour demo "A Still Life - The Direct Approach" will be on Friday, June 7, from 10am to 1pm. Karin was part of the Canadian Showcase in 2011 and found the event to be a great experience and a wonderful opportunity to meet up with other artists and learn from a variety of mentors. The fact that the event is held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is an added bonus and exploring the sights and culture of this place is an art event in itself. The hotel is located just next to the Old Town and several art museums and Santa Fe with its Canyon Road (100+ galleries) is just a short ride away!
  

Are you planning to attend The 10th IAPS Biennial Convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico this year? If so, please email PAC President Ruth Rodgers at: rodgers.ruth@gmail.com so all PAC members can connect at the convention

Free Pastel Tutorial:
How to Paint Light in the Landscape

For many landscape artists, it's the light, not the subject, that inspires. See how the use of Japanese notan can help you land the values and, consequently, the beauty of afternoon light, with this step-by-step pastel demonstration by Kim Lordier.

Click here to view tutorial

Purely Pastel
PAC 22nd Annual Open Juried Exhibition
October 15 - November 9, 2013
Milton Centre for the Arts
Milton ON
Juror:  Michael Chesley Johnson, PSA, MPAC
Submission Deadline: July 31, 2013 

Call For Entry

The Franklin Carmichael
2013 All Canada Juried Art Exhibition
September 10 - October 19, 2013
Orillia Museum of Art & History
Orillia, Ontario 
Deadline July 31, 2013 at 4pm.
Landscape only. Download Entry form at www.orilliamuseum.org or email  jgauatpac@gmail.com for a pdf file

 
The Pastel Society of Eastern Canada
18 Juried Show , 'Les Pastellistes'
Olgilvy's Tudor Hall
November 1-10, 2013
Montreal, Quebec
Prospectus/Details: www.pastelsec.com
Deadline August 15, 2013

Society of Canadian Artists 45th Annual National Exhibition and Competition
Aug 14/13 - Aug 26/13
Olgilvys, Tudor Hall, 5th floor
1307 West St. Catherine Street, Montreal
Info: http://www.societyofcanadianartists.com Deadline: June 24th 2013

The Pastel Society of America
41st Annual Open Juried Exhibition
September 3 - 29, 2013
National Arts Club,
New York City, NY.
Contact: psaoffice@pastelsocietyofamerica.org
Deadline: July 1, 20133 

Pastel Journal
15th Annual Pastel 100 Competition
Details: www.artistsnetwork.com/pasteljournalcompetition
Deadline, August 15, 2013
 

Connecticut Pastel Society
20th Annual National Renaissance in Pastel
Oct. 10 - Nov. 17, 2013
Slater Memorial Museum
Norwich, Ct
Deadline August 7, 2013
Prospectus and online entry www.ctpastelsociety.org.
Awards judges Jimmy Wright and Rae Smith

Pastel Painters of Maine
14th International Juried Exhibition
September 20-October 19, 2013
Kennebunk, Maine
Prospectus: www.pastelpainters ofmaine.com
Deadline: July 2, 2013
 

Call for Artists for the 2013 Figureworks Award Show Now Open
Saint Brigid's Centre for the Arts,
310 St. Patrick Street,
Ottawa, ON, Canada.
November 19 until December 1, 2013

Figureworks.org is a not-for-profit organization promoting art of the human form.Figureworks is calling artists in all media to participate in its fourth annual juried award show.
Please website for full details http://figureworks.org/ 
 
 
The Guild Alive with
Culture 2013 Arts Festival
July 27 & 28, 2013 (Booth set-up July 26}
Location: South side (behind) the Guild Inn. Scarborough, Ontario.
Deadline for entry June 28, 2013.
Go to their website for more information www.guildalivewithculture.ca or email guildalive@guildalivewithculture.ca
Deadline: Friday, April 26, 2013.
Exhibitions: Gananoque Oct 3-20, 2013, and Calgary Nov 1-Dec 21, 2013.
Rules and entry forms: www.kingstonprize.ca.  

Member Plein Air Sites

Sheila Mitchell

Pastels I believe are the perfect medium for painting outdoors as the colours are so pure and you can express a scene quickly.

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