Current Exhibition

Shuk Susan Lee, “The Enchanting Flutist”

SPS 2024 Spring Member Juried Exhibition

“All About Pastel”

April 20 – June 1, 2024

 

$7,000 in awards!!

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EXHIBITION WORKSHOP

FALL 2024 exhibition Workshop
Portraiture Rediscovered

      It is likely that the first thing you ever drew was a portrait. When you first put crayon to paper you were compelled to recreate the people in your life. Yet as we grow and our visual standards become more discerning many of us give up creating portraits, feeling that it is too complicated. In this 2-day workshop, Corey Pitkin will guide students through his method for breaking a likeness down into manageable steps to recapture your enthusiasm for portraits. Students will paint along with Corey while he discusses anatomy, form, technique, art history, and the higher aims of art and both days will culminate with a group critique. A reference photo will be provided.

November 2-3, 2024 (Virtual)
Led by  Corey Pitkin

Virtual Workshop 

Time: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. each day with a lunch break

Price: 

$275 SPS Members Early Bird Special until Oct. 14; $300 after Oct. 14, midnight EST

$300 Non-Members Early Bird Special until Oct. 14; $325 after Oct. 14, midnight EST

SPS Contact Person for Workshop: Kaitlin Craig  

Juror and Workshop Instructor Nancie King Mertz

Nancie has spent her lifetime painting in oil & pastel. She was awarded the Master Circle by Int’l Assoc. of Pastel Societies, Eminent Pastelist in 2018, and is a Master Signature member of Pastel Society of America & Chicago Pastel Painters.
Nancie juries, demos & teaches numerous workshops across the US, Italy, France & Croatia. She is on the faculty for the Plein Air Convention, Plein Air South, and the IAPS Convention. IAPS awarded her the Prix de Pastel in 2018. She was the lead juror for the 2019 IAPS Masters’ Show and juried the 2022 PSA Enduring Brilliance Exhibition.
Her work has been featured in Plein Air Magazine, Southwest Art, American Artist, French & Chinese magazines, as well as the cover and several articles in Pastel Journal.
Nancie was a 3-year Instructor of Art at Eastern IL University where she received her MA in Painting two years after completing her BFA in Painting at the University of IL.
She and her husband owned a gallery for 19 years in Chicago’s Lincoln Park/Lakeview. Nancie has owned a framing company since college, and they recently opened a Learning Center & gallery, Art DeTriumph, in their home in Rockford, IL for pastel immersion, where artists can stay. She travels across the US and to Europe to conduct workshops for various Pastel organizations.
Her pastels are included in exhibits in museums in the US, China, and Europe. She was the Guest of Honor of Art Du Pastel En France with a workshop and show of her work in Giverny in May 2022.

April 20th through June 1,2024

DEADLINE for submissions is FEBRUARY 23rd, Midnight est. on  ShowSubmit 

 (click on ShowSubmit to view Prospectus and to Enter)

Notice of acceptance email Friday, March 8, 2024

Opening/Award Ceremony 5:00 PM, Saturday, April 20, 2024 EST

Exhibition closes June 1, 2024

WORKSHOP INFORMATION

Nancie King Mertz 3-day In-Person Workshop
  

April 26, 27 & 28th, 2024 (Friday-Sunday)
Location, times and other details TBA

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