PSA Workshops 11-12 - Pastel · Valley Art Workshops are jointly offering a special destination...

The Pastel Society of America announces 19 new workshopsand four on-going classes by nationally acclaimed pastel artists.

All instruction takes place in the historic National Arts Club of New York with the exception of Destination Workshops.

JULY 2019 – OCTOBER 2020

PASTEL SOCIETY OF AMERICA CELEBRATING OUR FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR

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Please contact the PSA office in advance of the workshop date for your supply list: 212-533-6931 email: [email protected] P

The Pastel Society of America(PSA), established by Flora B. Giffuni in1972, is the oldest pastel society of its

kind in America. Located in the Gramercy

Park neighborhood of New York City,

PSA’s home is in the National Arts Club

(NAC), a glorious historic Victorian build-

ing, once the residence of New York’s

Governor Samuel Tilden.

PSA is largely responsible for the cur-

rent renaissance of pastels in American

art and for supporting and directly aiding

the creation of other pastel societies in

the United States. Thanks to the generos-

ity of Mrs. Giffuni, the Flora B. Giffuni

Gallery of American Pastels was estab-

lished in 2004 at the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio, the only museum

gallery in the United States devoted exclusively to the pastel medium.

In 1989, PSA opened the doors of the School for Pastels to students wishing to learn the

versatile techniques of the pastel medium. Hundreds of artists have learned the myriad methods

of pastel painting and drawing since PSA’s school opened.

The Annual Exhibition: Enduring Brilliance! in the Grand Gallery of the NationalArts Club, is the premier event for pastel artists in this country and abroad. PSA encourages

artistic advancement by making prestigious awards, both monetary and material, available

during this exhibition.

Join the many teachers and students from all over the world who have furthered their

education in the medium they love at the PSA School for Pastels.

Additions Coming to the Educational Program 2019-20Here are some exciting announcements for PSA special events and opportunities for artists:

• Workshop monitoring program

• Open studio use exclusively for enrolled PSA School students

• Destination Workshops

PUSHING THE CREATIVE LIMITS OF PASTELwith Richard McKinley PSA-MP, HFH September 23-25, 2019

Pastel has few limitations. Through daily demon-strations, individual attention, and classroom dis-cussions, Richard will show how various techniquescan expand pastels’ potential for personal expres-sion. Numerous wet and dry procedures, as well assurface choices, will be applied to landscape/

cityscape reference materials. Students are encour-aged to work outside their comfort zone as theyexplore these creative possibilities. Richard has awealth of information to share and is a dedicatedinstructor. He is tireless in this pursuit and his in-tensity, focus, and enthusiasm, are legendary.mckinleystudio.com

GOOD VIBRATION: EXPANDING YOUR COLOR EXPRESSIONwith Gigi Horr Liverant PSA-MPOctober 19, 2019

Learn simple practices to unleash vibrant color inthis one-day workshop. Pastels are a medium thatbegs to be “played with” and Gigi will demon-strate how to energize your color expression. The

The Pastel Society of America offers workshops instructed by world-renowned, award-winning professional artists. Our workshops are de-signed to encourage students to learn, experiment, leave their comfortzones, and utilize the wealth of inspiration found in New York City, whichis full of creative resources and possibilities. Artists at all levels are wel-comed to join our pastel community to experiment, discover, hone skills,and share in artistic exchange and comradery. Intimate workshops are of-fered year-round in various genres, styles, and techniques. Workshops aresmall, with a maximum of 12 to14 students, enabling instructors to giveplenty of one-on-one attention to each participant.

PSA offers studio workshops at the National Arts Club, New York City,en plein air, and drawing from professional models emphasizing the basics of drawing, composition,and color theory. PSA provides you with an opportunity to take your art to the next level.

We are also seeking a monitor for each workshop. Workshop monitors receive 50 percent off tu-ition.** A monitor is a responsible person who assists the instructor and other students with set up andbreak down. The monitor will act as class facilitator and keep the studio clean and orderly. If you are in-terested in applying for this position, please contact the office manager by email ([email protected]) or in person when you register.

**Discount is applied only to the workshop the monitor has worked.

THE PASTEL SOCIETY

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day will include demos, hands-on applications, andimplementation of skills to feel more confidentusing color. Quick studies will help you discover amore compelling visual statement. The workshopis geared toward the individual artist’s ability andgoals. gigiliverant.com

PANPASTELS: THE PASTELIST’S SECRET WEAPONwith Karen Israel PSA-MPOctober 20, 2019

Join the fun in this one-day workshop to learn howPanPastels can be used in conjunction with tradi-tional pastel to create softer edges and a morepainterly approach. Professional artist/educatorKaren Israel will demonstrate the array of techniquesthat can be achieved with this exciting medium. Stu-dents will learn how to create an underpainting oran entire painting with PanPastel using their ownphoto references. Students will also learn how to mixcolors to establish value and temperature relation-ships using sponges and applicators. PanPastelpalettes, sponges, and applicators will be providedfor use during the workshop. artbykarenisrael.com

FINDING THE SOUL OF THE LANDSCAPEwith Lyn Asselta PSA-MPOctober 25-27, 2019 The relationship between nature and the artist isas old as time. Viewing nature as the inspirationfor novelists, poets, composers, and painters, wewill explore the why’s of painting an expressivelandscape and will work with ways to delve deeperinto the soul of our landscape paintings. When weknow why we paint and how our own soul con-nects to the process, we are able to create moreintuitive, emotional paintings, and the questions of

composition, format, and color become easier toanswer. Join Lyn, and help each other discover amore meaningful and personal approach to paint-ing the Landscape. lynasselta.com

CAPTURED, REFERENCES RE-IMAGINEDwith Bethany Fields PSANovember 8-10, 2019 Let’s face it, as artists, sometimes we just “plein” can’tpaint! Falling back on photo references is sometimesa necessity when weather, location, or physical limi-

tations get in the way of our idyllic plein air dreams.So how do we create evocative, glorious paintingswhen our photographs lack luster, depth, and emo-tion? In this three-day workshop, students will learnto take their boring photos and create new composi-tions that pop with light, color, and feeling. We willlayer, crop, and combine references to create newsource imagery. Pastel techniques will focus on ex-perimental underpainting, embroidering our paintingswith color, and methods to bring light into our land-scapes. bethanyfields.com bethanyfieldsblog.com

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THE EXPRESSIVE TREEwith Liz Haywood Sullivan PSA-MPJanuary 17-19, 2020 Each individual tree has its own character andessence. This three-day workshop will delve intocapturing their unique expressions by focusing onobservation, mark making, and working with thedifferent volumes that can be found in a tree. Afterworking on individual trees, we will move into the

tree as part of the pastel landscape and how to ren-der them with sensitivity and strength. There willbe demos each day and extensive one-on-one in-struction at your easel. lizhaywoodsullivan.com

USING MEMORY AND COLOR AND YOUR DEFINING TOOLSwith Loriann Signori PSAMarch 14, 2020

Fear makes you work within a safety net. It sti-fles your creative response. Using color and a se-ries of freeing exercises, we will explore the ideaof responding to the painting rather than follow-ing the photo’s plan for you. Your memory isyour greatest asset. Open up and allow it to rule. loriannsignore.com. loriannsignori.blogspot.com

with Sally Strand PSA-MP, HFHJuly 21-27, 2019

The Pastel Society of America and Hudson RiverValley Art Workshops are jointly offering a specialdestination workshop, with Sally Strand. This is acombination of Sally's signature workshop, TheColor of Light, along with her Paint-With-Me andMentoring Workshop. Focused on color and light,Sally discusses optical mixing of layered color andhow to truly see and identify color, especially sub-tle color. Join Sally to paint light and the HudsonRiver Valley, the birthplace of American Art. WAIT LIST ONLY!artworkshops.com.

PSA DESTINATION

WORKSHOP IN THE HUDSON RIVER

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CHASING THE LIGHTwith Tony Allain PSAApril 24-26, 2020

Tony will share some of his working methodsconcentrating on painting landscapes, seascapes, fig-ures, and still life subjects that delight you and excitethe viewer. Using sketches and thumbnails, alongwith our reference material, we can bring some freshcolor and a more-painterly feel to our work. We willlearn how to simplify our approach to achieve excit-

ing impressionistic paintings with strong design andbold color. We will also achieve expressive marks thatuse direct strokes on a textured surface, emphasizing“brushwork.”

Tony’s workshops are for those willing to “leaveyour comfort zone” and enter the world of excitingand expressive pastel application! tonyallainfineart.com

COLOR NOTES. FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR ABSTRACT PASTEL COLORSwith Casey Klahn PSAMay 2-3, 2020 (studio/sketching plein air)

Working from city scenes and still life arrange-ments, rock your colors with an abstract attitude.Learn color from the Modernist point of view, withhomage to great painters such as Henri Matisse,Kirchner, and Munch.


MAKING WAVES: COMPOSING VIBRANT, MOVING SEASCAPEwith Jeanne Rosier Smith PSAMarch 20-22, 2020

The ocean never stops moving—so how to capturethat drama and action in a single painting, espe-cially when we’ve got unreliable, and at best, staticphoto references to work from? In this three-dayworkshop, students will learn how to create dynamic seascape compositions, under paint forbest effectiveness, and discover tools and tricks togive their seascapes life and depth. We’ll work onfoam, spray, atmosphere, transparency, and motion.Jeanne will demonstrate each day and provideample at-easel attention. jeannerosiersmith.com

THE UPSIDE-DOWN LANDSCAPEwith Isabelle Lim PSA-MPMarch 28-29, 2020

Emphasis will be on designing an attractively com-posed landscape by thinking outside the box. Shad-ows of trees and branches on the luminous water,along with sprinkles of leaves, add a unique excite-ment to the painting. The class will be guided throughthe design, using photo references to create the imag-inative upside-down landscape, colors, placement oflight, and movement of the water surface. The appli-cation of pastel layering using tight yet delicate pastelpoints and short strokes will be shared. isabelleartcom

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Casey will open your eyes to the visual cuesintrinsic to the colors themselves, and you willapply this to your pastel paintings. Using simplepalettes in new ways, we will gather data on thestreet and use in-studio floral arrangements to cre-ate personal color designs. Casey will guide youthrough some fun abstract color exercises designedto get you out of your thinking box, and into yourartist's mind.

Spice up your work with a fresh and personalapproach to the artist's foremost tool—color!caseyklahn.com

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, TELLING ASTORY IN REFLECTIONS, LIGHT, AND SHADOWwith Jeri Greenberg PSAMay 9, 2020

Learn how to use your pastels on dark paper tobring glass, silver, and gold to life in this one-dayworkshop. We will focus on how dark paper makesyour colors pop, and how to use the graphic shapesand colors of reflections and shadows to maketransparent glasswork appear. Working from stilllife set-ups as well as close up photos, we will ex-plore simplifying the intricacies of glass. Come havefun! jerigreenbergart.com

T IS FOR TEXTUREwith Eve Miller PSAMay 16-17, 2020 T is for Texture is a two-day workshop for creatingstriking effects in the landscape. Students willfocus on the 3 Ts: tools, tips, and techniques.Working from reference photos in the studio,there will be daily demonstrations and plenty ofindividual help at the easel. We will explore com-position, values, underpainting, and colorschemes with emphasis on using gesso, pumice

gel, and primer to facilitate exciting textures inthe landscape. evemillerfineart.com

JOSEPH ALBERS’S COLOR THEORYwith Cynthia Dantzic, professor of art, LIU BrooklynJune 5-7, 2020

This workshopwill include adeeper investi-gation into therelationship be-tween colorsthat are physi-cally identicalbut which visu-ally appear to be

far different. The basic studies include creating theillusion of transparency with opaque papers, the ap-pearance of one-color shimmering with electric vi-bration in one context, yet melting away anddisappearing in another, and many other examplesof apparent color magic. Those who work with anycolor medium, whether pastel or paint, will gainvaluable insights with to enrich their own art. Materials fee $60. Please note: The fee will be re-duced according to the number of additional stu-dents who enroll. cuny.tv/show/citytalk/PR1008468amazon.com/Cynthia-Maris-Dantzic/e/B001HMRQPC

DIY FRAMINGwith Wennie Huang PSAJune 13, 2020In this hands-onworkshop, PSA Sig-nature member andinstructor, and for-mer gallery directorand curator, WennieHuang, will provide

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Please contact the PSA office in advance of the workshop date for your supply list: 212-533-6931 email: [email protected]

an interactive demo featuring various framingmethods, including matting, mounting, and floatingpastels for framing, followed by individual step-by-step guidance for preparing, framing and wiringyour own pastel drawing or painting inside yourready-made frame. Basic white mats and framingtools will be provided, however there will be a basematerials fee of $25 for mats, backing, blades,spacers, archival adhesives, and wiring hardwarefor frames measuring 18” x 24” or less. You mustbring your own ready-made frames. wenniehuang.com

A DEEPER, DARKER, RICHER STARTFOR A BRILLIANT FINISHwith Terri Ford PSA-MPSeptember 28-30, 2020 (plein air/studio)

Getting a painting off to a strong start can make allthe difference. Terri’s deeper, darker, richer techniquedoes just that. It is highly versatile and can easily en-hance your own painting style. The base it creates can

be lightened and or brightened as much as you wish.Terri will also emphasize color temperature and theimportance and power of mark making,

This three-day workshop will start with one dayin the studio so that Terri can demonstrate her tech-nique and assists at your easels. The next two days willbe en plein air, where this technique can be super ben-eficial in getting down essential information in chang-ing light conditions. terrifordart.com

PASTEL INNOVATIONS AND BEYOND!with Dawn Emerson PSAOctober 16-18, 2020

In this fun, jam-packed class, Dawn will review andadd to many of the techniques in her book Pastel Innovations. Dawn focuses on working intuitively, lettingabstraction inform realism, and storytelling. She willshow how printmaking and mark-making approachescan change the way you think about your paintingsubjects, as well as the pastel medium itself. Comeenjoy three days of exploration, discovery, and inspi-ration! dawnemerson.com

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with Nancie King Mertz PSA-MPOctober 5-9, 2020

Join Nancie King Mertz PSA-MP for a five-day work-shop exploring the streets and neighborhoods of NewOrleans. Nancie is known for her urban plein airscenes, and she will teach her successful methods forcapturing street scenes and the local atmosphereunique to New Orleans. Nancie focuses on individualattention to students, along with short demos,throughout the workshop in this inspiring city. Formore information and to register, please [email protected]. nanciekingmertz.com.

PSA DESTINATION WORKSHOP PLEIN AIR PAINTING

IN NEW ORLEANS

FEES for 2019-2020 workshops: one-day workshops $125; two-day workshops $275; three-day workshops $475. Intimate classes with one-on-one instruction: 9:30 am – 4:30 pm

Register Now for 2019-2020 Workshops

PASTEL WORKSHOPS 2019-2020Registration Form (Please Print)

Name________________________________________________________________________________

Address______________________________________________________________________________

City_________________________________________State_______________Zip___________________

Telephone(Day)_______________________________________(Eve)______________________________________

email:_______________________________________________

Date of workshops you wish to attend:__________________________ _________________________

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Amount enclosed ___________ (To register, a check for the full amount of each workshop must accompany this form.)Please make checks payable to: PASTEL SOCIETY OF AMERICAMail your payment to: 15 Gramercy Park South (#202); New York, NY 10003PSA accepts Visa, MasterCard, Discover Card, and PayPal. Contact the office for details.

u April 24-26, 2020 Chasing the Light Tony Allain PSA

u May 2-3, 2020 (studio/sketching plein air) Color Notes. Fall in Love with Your Abstract Pastel Colors Casey Klahn PSA

u May 9, 2020 Through the Looking Glass, Telling a Story in Reflections, Light, and Shadow Jeri Greenberg PSA

u May 16-17, 2020 T Is for Texture Eve Miller PSA

u June 5-7, 2020 Joseph Albers’s Color Theory Professor Cynthia Dantzic

u June 13, 2020 DIY Framing Wennie Huang PSA

u September 28-30, 2020 (plein air/studio) Deeper, Darker, Richer Start for a Brilliant Finish Terri Ford PSA-MP

u October 5-9, 2020 PSA Destination Workshop: Plein Air Painting in New Orleans Nancie King Mertz PSA-MP

u October 16-18, 2020 Pastel Innovations and Beyond! Dawn Emerson PSA

u July 21-27, 2019 PSA Destination Workshop in the Hudson River Valley Sally Strand PSA-MP, HFH

u Sept. 23-25, 2019 Pushing the Creative Limits of Pastel Richard McKinley PSA-MP, HFH

u Oct. 19, 2019 Good Vibration: Expanding Your Color Expression Gigi Horr-Liverant PSA-MP

u Oct. 20, 2019 PanPastels: The Pastelist’s Secret Weapon Karen Israel PSA-MP

u Oct. 25-27, 2019 Finding the Soul of the Landscape Lyn Asselta PSA-MP

u Nov. 8-10, 2019 Captured, References Re-imagined Bethany Fields PSA

u January 17-19, 2020 The Expressive Tree Liz Haywood Sullivan PSA-MP

u March 14, 2020 Using Memory and Color and Your Defining Tools Loriann Signori PSA

u March 20-22, 2020 Making Waves: Composing Vibrant, Moving Seascapes Jeanne Rosier Smith PSA

u March 28 & 29, 2020 The Upside-Down Landscape Isabelle Lim PSA-MP

Pastel Society ofAmerica offerson-going, year-round classes inlandscape, stilllife, and portrai-ture and figure atthe PSA Schoolfor Pastels in our

studio at the National Arts Club (NAC) in NewYork City. Classes are small—a maximum of 12students—enabling instructors to develop aone-on-one rapport with each participant. Thehands-on classes are taught by professionalartists and personalized for each student wher-ever they are in their artistic practice. The curricu-lum of each class emphasizes the basics ofdrawing, composition, and color theory and anopen aesthetic exchange among students. Stu-dents have the opportunity to exhibit their se-lected work annually in the Trask Gallery at theNAC. A professional artist serves as awardsjuror. Scholarships are given as an honor ofachievement.

PSA School offers students enrolled in a six-week session the option of using the studio dur-ing office hours, when the studio is otherwiseunreserved. The price for a six-week session,which must be completed in eight weeks, will be$160. Single classes are $40.

THE PASTEL SOCIETY

OF AMERICA OFFERS

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Janet A. Cook PSA-MPINTRODUCTION TO PASTEL STILL LIFEAND LANDSCAPETuesdays, 5.30 pm to 8.30 pmMaster the medium of pastel. This class will intro-duce you to the essential information needed todraw and paint still life and landscape using pas-tels. Demonstrations and individual instructionwill be given. Topics covered include fundamen-tals of pastel, drawing, underpainting, light andshadow, composition, color theory, and basic per-spective. Janet Cook is an award-winning pasteland oil painter who regularly exhibits her paint-ings in New York City galleries and museums.janetacook.com

Diana DeSantis PSA-MP, HFHPORTRAITURE, LANDSCAPE AND STILL LIFEWednesdays, 9 am to 12 pmCapture the inner thoughts of a person, an ex-citing shard of light on an early morning land-scape, or the sparkle of a focal point in a stilllife. Diana DeSantis, an international awardwinning pastelist and oil painter will teach land-scape, still life, and portraiture in rotating seg-ments of six classes each, using a sandedsurface to attain a beautiful, luminous painting.All levels welcomed. [email protected]


PASTEL CLASSES

Wennie Huang PSAFLOWERS, FACES, AND FABRICSWednesdays, 1 pm to 4 pmExplore a variety of approaches in pastel withemphasis on structure, stroke, and pressure inlimited palettes applied in layers to create deli-cate, luminous, and nuanced compositions. Wen-nie Huang, an award-winning artist who hastaught pastel in New York City for more than 10years, will provide weekly demonstrations andindividual guidance as the focus for each six-week segment shifts from floral studies to facesand portraiture from a live model to fabric anddrapery arrangements, revealing the effects oflight and shadow on varied surfaces.wenniehuang.com


PASTEL CLASSES

Maceo Mitchell PSA-MPCOLOR & COMPOSITIONThursdays, 1 pm-4 pmIn this class, the award-winning instructor willcover the basics: how to use color to achieve har-monious effects and the use of the color wheel.There will be an emphasis on organizing the ele-ments that make for a good composition. Alongwith improving their drawing, the students will beencouraged to use their imaginations to developtheir own style. maceoartsl.com

PSA Workshop School Payment & Refund Policy

1. For all workshops, full payment is re-quired at the time of registration to reserveyour place. This is the only method to re-serve a place in a workshop. If a workshopis full, there will be a wait list with admis-sion based on first come, first served.

2.If you cancel your workshop 35 days priorto the workshop, we will refund the fullworkshop fee

3.If you cancel your reservation 34 days orfewer prior to the workshop, there is no re-fund unless we are able to fill the slot froma wait list. If this happens, your fee will bereturned minus a $50 handling charge.

4. Cancellation notice to PSA is by email,fax, or phone during work hours only. PSAstarts counting from PSA’s receipt of thenotice of cancellation during office hours.Office hours are posted on the website andon the office voice mail.

5. There are no exceptions to this policy.

Register Now for Classes!FEES: Six-week session $160; single class $40.

Intimate classes with one-on-one instruction. Classes ongoing year round.

PAStEL CLASSES—ONGOING YEAR ROUNDRegistration Form (Please Print)

Name________________________________________________________________________________

Address______________________________________________________________________________

City_________________________________________State_______________Zip___________________

Telephone(Day)_______________________________________(Eve)______________________________________

Email:_______________________________________________

Classes you wish to attend:___________________________________________________

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Amount enclosed ___________ (To register, a check for the full amount of each class must accompany this form.)

Please make checks payable to: PASTEL SOCIETY OF AMERICAMail your payment to: 15 Gramercy Park South (#202); New York, NY 10003PSA accepts Visa, MasterCard, Discover Card, and PayPal. Contact the office for details.

Day Time Genre Instructor

Tuesdays 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm Intro to Pastel Still Life & Landscape Janet A. Cook PSA

Wednesdays 9:00 am to 12:00 pm Portraiture, Landscape, Still Life Diana De Santis PSA-MP, HFH

Wednesdays 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm Flowers, Faces, Fabrics Wennie Huang PSA

Thursdays 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm Color & Composition Maceo Mitchell PSA-MP

The Pastel Society of America’s ex-panded critique services better serves theneeds of member and non-memberartists. We have three PSA-MasterPastelists with expertise in different genres, one of which may be particularlyrelevant to the artist, available to consult.Critique Services is now open to non-members as well as members — $65 fornon-members, $50 for members. Artistswill receive a 350 word or more evalua-tion of their paintings, focusing on draw-ing, color, value, technique, andcomposition, all aimed at expandingartistic options and producing paintingsof high competitive quality.

WRITTEN CRITIQUE SERVICES



Elaine Augustine PSA-MP, is nationally known for her vitality ofcolor, strength of composition, and versatility of subject matter. She paints award-winning colorfullandscape, vibrant still life, and energized abstract paintings.elaineaugustine.com

Robert Carsten PSA MP,is an award winning workshop instructor, exhibition juror, and contributing author to Pastel Journaland The Artist’s Magazine. Trained at the Rhode Island School of Design,Robert is a master of a broad range of creative techniques and subjects.robertcarsten.com

Nancie King Mertz PSA MP, received a BFA from the University ofIllinois, Urbana. Her plein air pastelsearned her a 2015 cover of PastelJournal and a growing national reputation for urban scenes, interiorswith figures, and scenic landscapes. nanciekingmertz.com

Artists interested in this service maysend a CD or flash-drive with three in-focus jpg images to the PSA office.Each image should be photographed orscanned without frames or matting as a 72 dpi, 1200 pixels or more on the longest side file. Include, if youcan, no more than three additional images of source materials, such as a photo references or drawings that relate to the submitted art work. For ad-ditional information, please visit thewebsite at www.pastelsocietyofamer-ica.org or email us at [email protected] or contact the PSAoffice at (212) 533-6931.

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