For Pastels Only on Cape Cod, 2010

At the Cultural Center, 307 Old Main Street, South Yarmouth
June 9 – 27, 2010

The new "For Pastels Only on Cape Cod" opened with a well-attended reception on Saturday, June 12th. The 14th national show with 91 paintings from pastel artists from all over the country, filled the entire Cultural Center of Cape Cod with an impressive array of work.

The evening may have been drizzly, but the crowd's spirits were far from dampened as they took in the exhibit. Richard McKinley, our awards judge, addressed the crowd with his impressions of the work.

Awards chair Elaine Cunniff then presented the awards, which totalled $7000 in cash and prizes, to the 20 award winners.

After the 2008 "For Pastels Only" show, the PPSCC board had decided to take a year off in an effort to refresh and revamp the exhibit with plans to make it even more prestigious and exciting. The reaction of the crowd – attendees as well as exhibiting artists – seemed to agree that it was worth the wait.

You can see the entire show on our Facebook page: Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod, non-profit page.

Best of Show: Into the Woods by Jane McGraw-Teubner

Award of Excellence: What’s My Time? By Jeanne Rosier Smith

Award of Excellence: The Parable by Lawrence Barone

Crowd shot: Opening night at "For Pastels Only on Cape Cod, 2010"

For Pastels Only on Cape Cod, 2010 Awards

Best in Show (PPSCC + Great American ARTWORKS Award)
Jane McGraw-Teubner

Award of Excellence (PPSCC + Ditto Editions Award)
Jeanne Rosier Smith

Award of Excellence (PPSCC + Heilman Designs Award)
Lawrence Barone

Award of Merit (PPSCC + Canson Award)
Frank Federico

Award of Merit (PPSCC + Jack Richeson + Co Award)
Jean Hirons

Connecticut Pastel Society Award
Tom Bailey

Pastel Painters of Chicago Award
Sherry Rhyno

Pastel Painters of Maine Award
Susan Hollis

Pastel Society of America Award
Susan Sanford

Pastel Society of New Hampshire Award
Kathy Edmonston

Cape Cod Art Association Award
Diana Johnson

Cape Cod 5 Bank Award
Patricia Ross Marx

Eileen F Boretti Memorial Award
Eileen Casey

Jane Lincoln Award for Abstract
Mary McInnis

Liz Haywood-Sullivan Award for Landscape
Margaret Farrell Bruno

Rosalie Nadeau Award
Christine Ivers

Airfloat Systems Award of Merit
Barbara Stone

Armadillo Art Award of Merit
Rosalie Nadeau

Colorfin / F+W Publications Award of Merit
Dale Michaels Wade

Dakota Art / F+W Publications Award of Merit
Christine Bodnar

Judge's Personal Choice Award
Michael Evans

Judge's Personal Choice Award
Ed Chesnovitch

Thank you to our FPO Awards Sponsors

The Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod thanks the individuals, companies, institutions, and organizations for their generosity and kindness in sponsoring awards presented at the For Pastels Only on Cape Cod 2010 Exhibition!

These awards attract the finest artists to compete in this prestigious event. We could not offer this exhibition without their support!

-- Elaine Cunniff, Awards Chair

Announcing "Paint Out" Web Show

We are inviting members who have participated in any Paint Out sessions this year with Betsy Payne Cook to send images of their paintings for a web gallery show, which will be featured on our website. Please include your name, painting title & size, and location of the PPSCC Paint Out.

Send images to and identify your message as "Paint Out Gallery 2009".

Actual date to be announced.

PPSCC Annual Members’ Show October 9 – November 7, 2009

The spacious gallery at Cotuit Center for the Arts was the site of this year's PPSCC Members' Show. A record number of members responded to the 'Call for Entries', registering 108 paintings with show coordinators Elaine Cunniff and Sherry Rhyno.

The Opening Reception was held on Columbus Day weekend and the month long exhibit offered 3 weekly informal demonstrations, called “Fresh Paint” Sessions with member artists Michael Evans, Joan Dromey & Heidi Mayo, and Donna Rossetti-Bailey & Margaret Farrell Bruno. All were met with enthusiasm by members as well as interested ‘non-pastelists’ attending.

The exhibit ended with the PPSCC Annual Meeting on November 7th and the announcement of the “People's Choice” Award to Joan Ledwith for her painting “Grassy Pond Shadows”.

Special thanks to Elaine Cunniff and Sherry Rhyno for their hard work coordinating this special exhibit and in making it such a success!

Signature Members' Show in April

This year's biennial Signature Show was held at the Cape Museum of Art in Dennis April 18th - June 14th, 2009. Each Signature member was invited to submit up to 3 pieces to the show. New this year, exhibitors' work was juried in by the curator of the Museum.