SHOWS, CHALLENGES and EVENTS
Congratulations to our Three Artists of the Year
Tony Allain, Sally Clark and Michele Seeley
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City Tram by Tony Allain
Could I Have This Dance 
When the Livin' is Easy 
Nancie King Mertz Challenge Paint What Scares You | We challenged ourselves to get out of our comfort zone and push to paint what’s hardest for us. Award winners are Jeanne Wellins, Suzette Young and Nori Thorne. Click here to see all the works: Paint What Scares You Challenge Notes.docx |
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Turtle Emerging from the Water by Suzette Young |
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Jim by Jeanne Wellins
The Accordionist by Nori Thorne
| Ukrainian Pastel Artist Outreach Project Members and Friends All proceeds will be donated to Ukrainian artists. Show entry deadline is September 1, 2025 Show registration deadline is August 15, 2025 Show date: September 15 - October 31, 2025 We are encouraging all artwork to reflect a sunflower theme—a landscape with sunflowers, or a sunflower still life, or an abstract of a sunflower. Click here to register for the show: Ukraine Sunflower Show and Painting Sale Click here to make a donation to the project: |
QUIRKY CATEGORIES - ANNUAL MEMBER SHOW
Join the fun! Our annual Quirky Categories Show gives members the opportunity to explore six different concepts, letting their creativity flow in new directions. It is a fun and inspiring challenge. Members are allowed up to one painting per category. Online Exhibition July 15 through September 15, 2025 Registration and payment deadline: Monday, July 7, 2025 Deadline to submit images: Monday, June 30, 2025 Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 by Georgia Okeefe (above) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | SIX CATEGORIES: Painting in the Style of Georgia O’Keefe Desert landscape, flowers, skulls Reflections Water, mirror, glass, unexpected objects or surfaces Down at the Seashore Critters, waves, piers, driftwood, shells, dunes Street Corners and Sidewalks Empty or populated Monochrome Madness Use one color (hue) and all of its shades (value) Patterns Symmetry, fractals, tessellations, and more ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
Prospectus Link: Quirky Categories 2025 Prospectus.docx | Register Here: QUIRKY CATEGORIES MEMBER SHOW |
PDF LINK to Quirky Categories Show Catalog (no awards listed until September 7 Member Meeting)
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Fun Times at the Tony Allain Workshop in Phoenix Twenty participants spent three days learning new skills and having fun painting along with Tony Allan. |
ARIZONA PASTEL ARTISTS ASSOCIATION
9th OPEN INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION AND SALE - 2025
February 22, 2025 – April 20, 2025
PHIPPEN MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART
4701 Highway 89 North, Prescott
Congratulations, Award Winners! Link HERE for list of winners
To Purchase a Show Catalog LINK here
PDF of Catalog with Award Winners and Red Dots LINK
Linda Harrison Parson's Demo of the Eurasian Eagle Owl HERE
CONGRATULATIONS ON BEST IN SHOW -
Contemplation by Barbara Benstein
Scroll through winning paintings (below). Or for details of winners and to see all entries visit:
UPCOMING EVENTS Pastel Live: September 17-19, 2025 Information and registration: https://pastellive.com/psl2025
Plein Air Events: Open to members and non-members Click here for details: Plein Air Watch for more events coming soon.
ARTIST OF THE MONTH CALL FOR ENTRIES:
APAA FUTURE SHOWS:
2026, Phippen Museum of Art
Desert Dreams Miniature Masterpieces Exhibition Distinguished and Signature Members May 9, 2026 - July 12, 2026 Ironwood Gallery, Tucson
| ARTIST OF THE MONTH MARCH 2025 see all entries: AOM and AOY
CONGRATULATIONS TO KATHY HOWARD Earth, Water, Sky * * * PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE August 2025 Nori Thorne, APAA President * * * August Desert Wind Newsletter LINK TO AUGUST 2025 NEWSLETTER | MEMBER MEETINGS September 7, 2025 1:00 -The Plein Truth with Kathleen Lawrence-Davis Zoom only October 12, 2025 1:00 - Susan Kuznitsky Zoom only November 2, 2025 1:00 - Open Online Show Reception, in person Phoenix and on Zoom December 7, 2025 1:00 - Holiday Party, Phoenix January 11, 2026 1:00 - New Yea's Paint Around Party, in Phoenix on Zoom February 1, 2026 March 14, 2026 11:00 - 10th International Exhibition Reception, Prescott April 5, 2026 1:00 - Andrew McDermott Zoom only May 3,, 2026 1:00 - Margaret Dyer Zoom only
You are invited to BECOME A MEMBER: We welcome all levels of artists Free demonstrations
These artists have met three or more artistic requirements which include being published, teaching workshops, receiving national awards, being featured in an art gallery, or receiving a Master's Circle Award from the International Association of Pastel Societies. Collin Fry |
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