Newsletter
March, 2009
April 1 Spring Meeting and Paint Out
At Houmas House
Don’t miss our spring meeting and paint out
scheduled for April 1 at 9:30 a.m. The location is
the historic Houmas House Plantation (circa 17701840) grounds at 40136 Highway 942 (River Road)
in Darrow LA,
225 473-9380. Alan Flattmann
will do a pastel demonstration. You do not have to
paint in pastels to attend, please come and paint
with like minds in a beautiful location. There will
be no charge for admission, demo, or paint out;
however, we will be expected to have lunch at the
restaurant on the premises. For lunch reservations,
call Betty Efferson at 225 293-9793 or email her at
bettyeffersonartist@me.com. Your friends are
invited to join us regardless of the medium in which
they work. Assistance for beginning pastel artists
will be available. If you wish to tour Houmas
House, you may purchase a ticket from them.
Don’t forget to bring your sunscreen, hat and
painting supplies.
Questions call Darlene Johnson 504 289-7117 or
505 392-0215. See you Wednesday, April 1, 2009
at 9:30 a.m.
New Orleans, Louisiana
available on the website
www.pastelinternational.com. After the April 3
deadline, you may register onsite in Albuquerque.
Registration fees will be $5 higher onsite.
Tickets for the Saturday night banquet may be
ordered with registration, or if someone has already
registered and wishes to add banquet tickets, they
may do so up until April 3 by sending an email to
Susan Webster at the email address below along
with their confirmed registration number, the
number of tickets they need, choice of menu—
beef/chicken/vegetarian—if they registered by
credit card we can use the same card, if by check
they can mail a check for the appropriate amount,
$49 per meal. Banquet tickets may be purchased in
Albuquerque on Thursday afternoon, and possibly
on Friday morning, subject to availability.
The President’s Dinner Meeting will be held on
Friday evening and each society may have their
president or the president’s representative attend
free of charge. Others may attend and pay for the
meal. If you wish to sign up, contact Susan
Webster.
The 2009 convention will be here before we know
it! At this point almost 500 artists have registered
and it promises to be one of the best ever!
Souvenir Program is being worked on now. It will
be provided to every registered artist in their
registration package. Advertising in the program is
available. This is a great way to promote your
workshops or show. To advertise in the program
contact Susan Webster.
Please remember that pre registration will close
April 3, 2009. Registration must be mailed or faxed
before that date. Instructions for registering are
Susan Webster, Executive Director for IAPS, P. O.
Box 2057 Falls Church VA 22042. Phone: 703
241-2826. email: websterw@patriot.net
IAPS Convention
Rodin Exhibit in Baton Rouge
Exhibitions
The LSU Museum of Art currently is featuring an
exhibit Rodin: A Magnificent Obsession. The
exhibit will be at the Shaw Center for the Arts, 100
Lafayette Street, Baton Rouge LA until April 19,
2009.
Alan Flattmann has a one person exhibit scheduled
to open at the Bryant Galleries at 316 Royal Street,
New Orleans LA beginning March 28, 2009.
The exhibition highlights Rodin’s most ambitious
work, “The Gates of Hell,” which consumed almost
40 years of his life. Rodin exhibited many of the
individual figures from the project as independent
sculptures, including his “The Thinker” and “The
Kiss.” Other sculptures in the exhibit include the
emotionally charged figures from “The Burghers of
Calais” “Monument to Balzac” and “Monument to
Victor Hugo.”
The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Thursday 10:00 a.m. to 8:00
p.m. Sunday 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Admission is
$8 for adults, $6 for seniors 65+. All children are
admitted free.
Further information is available at 225 389-7200 or
on line at www.lsumoa.com. Don’t miss this great
opportunity to see the works of Rodin.
Welcome New Members
Please welcome our new members who have been
juried in since our last newsletter.
Donna Biggee, Snellville, GA
Ann Dalton, Eastport, ME
Linda Dragonette, Gainsville, GA
Marianne Fyda, Troutville PA
Torie Holeman, Baton Rouge, LA
Janice Lackey, Warrensburg, MO
Patsy Lindamood, Gainesville, FL
Debora Bache Matlack, San Jose, CA
Kathleen Muffie-Witt, State College, PA
Jill Regan, Orland Park, IL
Bob Richey, Warminster, PA
William Schneider, Village of Lakewood, IL
Loretta Schultz, Lafayette, LA
Elizabeth Burris, Catonment, FL has become an
Associate Member.
Marlene Wiedenbaum, has an exhibit scheduled at
the Carrie Haddad Gallery from April 2 – May 10,
2009. The gallery is located at 622 Warren Street,
Hudson NY. A reception will be held Saturday
April 4 from 6-8 p.m.
News of Our Members
Sandra Burshell’s pastel received the 36th Pastel
Society of America Purchase Price and the Award
of Exceptional Merit from the Appalachian Pastel
Society 2008 Show. Her work was included in the
12th IAPS Exhibition Web Show and was featured
in Create Better Paintings “How to Make Interiors
More Personal”. She recently gave a talk on “Art
As Healing” to the John Hopkins School of Public
Health in Baltimore MD.
Sandra Davison has been invited to participate this
summer in the Door County Invitational Plein Air
Competition. The event takes place in a beautiful
peninsula in late July.
Marcia Holmes was awarded the Chicago Pastel
Painters Degas Pastel Society Award for her
painting “Peonies.” Marcia and the artists of
Atelier in Covington, LA were filmed in December
for a television program called “Louisiana Art &
Artists” for Louisiana Connect Television Network.
Work by Marcia and Alan Flattman is being
shown at the St. Tammany Art Association in a
show celebrating the Cover Artists of Inside
Northside Magazine. The show continues until
April 30 at 320 Columbia Street, Covington, LA.
Dawn Koetting and Glinda Schafer have work that
has been accepted into the 7th Annual Grand Isle Art
Exposition.
Jim Markle had two paintings accepted in the
Grand Valley Artist’s Winter Competition. He
received a second place award.
Workshops
Workshops (Continued)
Margaret Dyer, The Figure in Pastels using live
models. Drawing, anatomy, proportion, value and
color will be explored. No pastel experience
necessary. See website at www.margaretdyer.com
for registration and workshop updates for the
following dates and locations June 28-30,
Greenville, NY, August, La Bonne Etoile, FontaineFourches, France, September 5-7 Florence, AL,
September 14-18 Cape Cod, MA.
Janice Hamilton Pastel and Oil April 15-17 at the
Hill Country Art Foundation. For further
information contact them at 830 367-5120 or
www.hcaf.com.
Alan Flattmann April 23-25, Lake Charles
Creative Art Center, Lake Charles, LA. Pastel
Painting from Photos. Contact: Marcia Dutton 337
263-3475 or email: cmdutton@suddenlink.net.
Marlene Wiedenbaum, PSA Plein-air workshop
April 25, 2009 at Harrier Hill Park in Stockport NY.
For further information contact www.
scenichudson.org/events or
www.clcltrust.org/events.
May 28-31, IAPS Eighth Biennial Convention,
Albuquerque, NM, One day Masters Class on
painting a Cityscape. Included will be demos:
Preparing Pumice Boards and Speckled Pastels,
Painting a Landscape with Architecture. Register at
www.pastelinternational.com.
August 10-14, Louisiana Art & Artists Guild, Baton
Rouge, LA. Pastel & Oil Painting from Photos &
Still Life. Contact: Caroline Smack 225 925-5764
or email carolinesmack@hotmail.com.
August 26-28, Bob Tompkins Studios, Madison,
MS. Oil Painting in the Studio from Photos and
Still Life. Contact: Bob Tompkins, 601 859-6303
or cell 601 941-1814.
October 5-9, French Quarter, New Orleans, LA.
Plein Air Painting and Sketching with Pastels and
Watercolors at various locations in the historic
French Quarter. Meeting and rainy day painting
site will be Bryant Galleries on Chartres Street.
Contact: Darlene Johnson 504 392-0215 or email
darlenehjohnson@yahoo.com.
October 26-30, Pastel Artists of Hawaii, Honolulu.
Landscape Painting on Location and from Photos in
the Studio. Contact: Helen Iaea 808 225-0711 or
email artinparadise4u@aol.com. Website:
www.pastelartistsofhawaii.org.
Dakota Art’s La Conner Art Workshops located in
Mount Vernon WA has the 2009 schedule online at
www.laconnerartworkshops.com. They may also
be reached by phone at 888 345-0067, ext. 5.
Peninsula School of Art, Fish Creek WI
Contact the school at www.penisulaartschool.com.
Kay McKinley Arneson beginning pastel workshop.
May 14-16, 2009. Tuition is $305 for nonmembers.
Kate Mueller June 11-13, 2009. Simplified Still
Life a class for beginners. Tuition $290.
Emmett Johns Pastel Portraits, June 15-17.
Tuition: $290 plus model fee.
Bonnita Budysz Plein Air with Punch. Open to all
levels. June 18-20, 2009. Tuition: $330.
Lori Beringer summer landscapes en plein air.
June 29-July 1, 2009. Tuition $290.
Bill Hosner, The Art of Observing Outdoor Light
through Plein Air Painting. Advanced Beginner.
July 9-11, 2009. Tuition: $425.
Call for Entries
Marin Society of Artists announces plans for their
Third National Exhibition. Scott Shields, chief
curator of the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento,
CA is the juror. Work will be displayed at their
gallery in a prestigious location in Marin County
CA. For information contact them at
www.marinsocietyofartists.org. Chairpersons for
the show are Susan Black and Jeanne Scholz.
Conservatory Art Classic 24th Annual Juried
Show. Representational art only. Monetary awards
total $14,500 including a $5,000 purchase award.
Pastel will be a stand-alone category for awards this
year. Entry deadline is June 13, 2009 and the show
is held in September. Joshua Rose, Editor of
Western Art Collector Magazine is the judge.
Information is available at their website
www.bosqueconservatory.com or you may contact
Sara Irvin, Art Show Coordinator at 254 386-6049.
Degas Pastel Society
653 Petit Berdot Dr.
Kenner, LA 70065
New Art Facility in San Diego CA
Offering Workshop Space and
Classes
Highland Valley Studios is a non profit
organization offering grants, scholarships and more.
It is available for experienced and nationally
recognized artists to put on or take a workshop in a
learning environment. The facility is on a 30-acre
ranch with many barns all set up for art instructions
in a variety of mediums. The grounds and locations
nearby are lovely and offer a huge variety of
painting venues. The studios/barns offer a variety
of props for still life, portrait, or figure painting, etc.
For additional information contact Patrick Korch,
Director and Consultant, at
www.highlandvalleystudios.com.