Pastel Society of North Carolina

A group of NC who love to express themselves using soft pastels.

The Fine Arts League of Cary is seeking entries for a Miniature and Small Works Show to be held from September 24 to October 25, 2010 at the Page-Walker Arts & History Center in Cary, NC.  Full details and a printable prospectus are available on the web or call Joyce McKee at (919) 851-2542.

This is a judged show, not a juried show. The show judge is Judy Crane. The maximum image size is 8″ by 10″ and the maximum framed size is 14″ by 16″. The four top awards total $525 and there are ten $25 Honorable Mention gift certificates. The entry fee for two or three pieces is $20 for FALC members and $25 for non-members. Show awards total $775. The postmark deadline for mail-in registration is August 27, 2010. The reception and awards will be on Friday evening, September 24, 2010 from 6-8 pm.

Important Dates

Mail-in registration deadline
Postmarked by Friday, August 27

Receiving of work
Wednesday, September 22 – 1-7pm and Thursday. September 23 – 10-11am

Opening Reception and Awards
Friday, September 24 – 6-8pm

Show ends
Monday, October 25

Pick up work
Tuesday, October 26 – 2-7pm

PSNC’s member show will be at the ArtsCenter in Carborro from July 5-31st. Drop-off is from 10am – 6pm on Friday, July 2nd and pick-up is from 10am – 6pm on Saturday, July 31.

If you’d like an image included in the promotional materials for this show, please send an image of a painting you plan to bring to Mandy Roeing. This is for publicity only, you do NOT need to send Mandy a photo of your painting to enter a piece into this member show.

All artists are encouraged to bring two (2) paintings to hang for this show.

Carolyn Schrock has an art show at the Bill Hester Art Gallery at 1035 Mt. Carmel Church Rd in Chapel Hill beginning this weekend on Saturday, June 12 from 1-5pm. The show will run until July 12. Hours of the gallery are 11am – 5pm, Thursdays through Mondays.

Carolyn has over 30 paintings on display, many of which are landscapes of sites around Chapel Hill. All are welcome.

FALC’s major event of the year, open to two and three-dimensional original works of art, will be on display from June 1 to July 17 at the Halle Cultural Arts Center at 237 N. Salem Street, Apex, NC. Admission is free.

The reception and awards ceremony will be tonight, Friday, June 4 from 6- 8 pm. One-hundred and forty-four artists entered 359 pieces, and 70 works by 50 artists were were selected by the juror, Linda FitzSimons of Raleigh. Awards total over $2500.

More information and a list of accepted artwork may be found on the Fine Art League of Cary website.

PSNC Members with pastels accepted are Diana Coidan, Toni Lindahl, Wendy Musser, Kim Werfel and Kathryn Wilson (Honorable Award for “Home At Last”). Additionally, Lori White had an oil painting accepted and A. Hunter Taylor had a charcoal painting accepted. Congratulations!

The Appalachian Pastel Society has announced that their second National Juried Exhibition will be from October 20 – November 13, 2010. In conjunction with this show, Ann Templeton will be teaching a workshop on Abstracting the Landscape in Pastels from October 14-18, 2010. In addition to cash awards, including the $1,000 Best of Show award, there will be some fabulous prizes including pastel sets, other art supplies and product certificates.

Download the prospectus | Download the workshop form

The Halle Cultural Arts Center in Apex, NC will be hosting an art exhibit for the Pastel Society of North Carolina. Please see the prospectus and contract for more information. You may also call or email Tina Maloch at (919) 323-2215 if you have any questions.

The Mooresville Artist Guild’s 32nd Annual Spring Artfest will be held at the Depot Art Gallery, 103 W. Center Ave., Mooresville NC 28117 from April 1 through May 22, 2010. Artists are invited to submit up to 3 pieces to this judged show, and artwork incorporating Speedball products will be eligible for special awards. The show will be judged by G. Lee Baumgarten, Executive Director of the Civic and Cultural Arts Center of Pineville. Entry deadline is March 29, 2010.

The prospectus and more information are available at www.MAGart.org. If you need additional information, please contact Alexandra Schwendener at schwendera@bellsouth.net or 704-895-4672.

The 16th Annual Juried Art Exhibition
The Fine Arts League of Cary
Halle Cultural Arts Center
Apex, NC

The Prospectus: www.fineartsleagueofcary.org
Entry Deadline: April 2 postmark

The Fine Arts League of Cary is seeking entries for its 16th Annual Juried Art Exhibition to be held from June 1 to July 17, 2010 in Apex, NC Show awards total over $2500. The postmark deadline for the mail-in registration is April 2. Full details and a printable prospectus are available on the web at: www.fineartsleagueofcary.org or call Al or Natalie Winters (919) 677-8515.

Ambleside Gallery, located at 528 S Elm St in Greensboro is pleased to present the Pastel Society of North Carolina, featuring multiple artists from across the state from February 14 – March 14, 2010.

Opening Reception is on Sunday, February 14th from 3-7pm. Call 336.275.9844 for more details.

Announcing a call for entires for the Southeastern Pastel Society 14th International Exhibition at Oglethorpe University Museum, Atlanta, Georgia in May/June 2010. For more information and to print the prospectus go to www.southeasternpastel.org

Entry Deadline: Received by Saturday, March 20, 2010
Juror: Duane Wakeham, Master Pastelist, PSA
Workshop: Friday, May 21 through Sunday, May 23, 2010

PSNC member Lolette Guthrie will also be participating in this weekend’s open studio tour. Her studio is located at 113 Rhododendron Drive in Chapel Hill.

Rebecca Margolese-Malin and Lindesay Harkness are participating in the Orange County Studio Tour this weekend, so drop by, say hello and check out their paintings. The studio at 2122 North Lake Shore Drive in Chapel Hill will be open to the public on Saturday, November 7th from 10am-5pm and Sunday, November 8th from 12am-5pm. It’s free and snacks will be provided.

There are two upcoming opportunities for pastel artists to enter shows at Davidson Community College in Lexington and Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. Both deadlines are November 1, 2009, so get your entries in quickly!

Click on the links below to download more information and a prospectus.

Davidson Community College
Baptist Hospital

The 2009 Pastel Society of New Hampshire’s National Juried Exhibition will be held at the Discover Portsmouth Center, in Portsmouth, NH. Please note that this year the exhibition is a national show and not limited to New England.

Dates: September 19th through October 19th
Entries: All entries should be in digital format.
Deadline: July 27th, 2009.

Selection Juror: Liz Haywood-Sullivan, PSA
Awards Juror: Bob Rohm, PSA

Awards: $5000; click here for a complete list of the awards

Download a prospectus or send a SASE to: Deirdra Baldwin, 22 Emerson Road, Durham, NH 03824

PSNC Member Kathryn Wilson is exhibiting a solo show and sale, “Pastel Reflections,” during the month of March at the Holly Springs Art Council, Avent Ferry Road in Holly Springs, NC.

There will be a reception this Friday, March 13th from 6-8 p.m.

The Art of the Portrait Conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency Reston in Washington, D.C. from April 23-26, 2009. For more information visit the Portrait Society of America website, or call toll-free at (877) 772-4321.

Dates & Deadlines
Entry Deadline: Postmarked on or before March 2, 2009
Finalist Notification: March 23, 2009
Exhibition Dates: April 23-26, 2009

Entry Procedure

1. Download entry form.
2. Mail completed entry form, labeled entries (up to 3 unique submissions), and check, money order, or credit card info for $40 to the Portrait Society of America: P.O. Box 11272, Tallahassee, FL 32302

A reminder: Digital images are due to Lori White by Saturday, December 20, 2008 for our exhibit in February 2009 at the Ambleside Gallery in Greensboro, NC!

Bring your digital CDs or print photographs to the Christmas party or send her an email.

From now until the end of September, Wendell artist Laurel Wetzork is showcasing a selection of her en plein air paintings at the Garner Historic Auditorium in their recently renovated lobby. Chosen from painting trips in North Carolina, New Mexico, and Georgia, this selection features her favorite and most recent en plein air works. En plein air is a French expression meaning “in the open air,” and is particularly used to describe the act of painting in the outdoor environment. Many artists feel that this painting technique is the only way to truly capture the beauty and colors of landscapes. Laurel completes most paintings on location and adds finishing touches in her studio.

The North Carolina paintings in the Garner show are chosen from the artist’s series “The Beauty of North Carolina Farms.” Laurel’s paintings are exhibited in juried shows and solo exhibitions, have won awards, been commissioned, and are held in private collections. Her mediums are oil and acrylic on stretched canvas or linen panels, and soft pastels on Kitty Wallis Museum-grade paper.

Grape Confusion (Green Creek Winery, Columbus, NC), oil on canvas, 18″ x 24

There is a reception on Sunday, September 14 from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. The artist will be bringing several other new works, and will be on hand to say hello. If you’d like to attend the reception, please RSVP.

When: August through September 2008, Monday through Friday from 1:30 to 5:30 or by appointment
Where: Garner Historic Auditorium Lobby, 742 West Garner Road, Garner, NC

Photos from the PSNC High Point reception on Saturday, August 23, 2008.

Christine Berndt

Toni Lindahl