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Current Exhibition
SPS 2024 Spring Member Juried Exhibition
“All About Pastel”
April 20 – June 1, 2024
$7,000 in awards!!
In Person (or via Zoom) Workshop Don’t miss this opportunity to get back to in-person learning!
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. each day with a lunch break
Location: OCAF’s School Street Studios Building: 34 School St., Watkinsville, GA 30677
Register:Click here for more details and to register online
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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