Update: "For Pastels Only on Cape Cod, 2010"

"For Pastels Only on Cape Cod, 2010" will be held June 9 - 27, 2010, at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod in South Yarmouth. The deadline for your entries (via digital image on CD) is February 12.

The jurors for this national exhibit are both members of the Pastel Society of America. Margaret Dyer, who presented our 2009 Master Class, and Richard McKinley, who will present the 2010 Master Class will jury “For Pastels Only”, when it returns next year.

The opening reception will be a special catered event with the juror of awards, Richard McKinley, on hand to present them. The Opening Reception will be held on Saturday, June 12 at 5 pm.

You’ll find more details on the For Pastels Only, 2010 Prospectus.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
When preparing your entry to “For Pastels Only on Cape Cod”, PLEASE resize your digital images to 300 dpi AND to 700 pixels on the longest side. (this notice was inadvertently omitted from the FPO Prospectus.)

Download the For Pastels Only Prospectus

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.