Pastel Society of the West Coast 28th Annual Pastels USA Call for Pastel Artists - Deadline: August 1, 2014

Published: Fri, 06/06/14

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Pastel Society of the West Coast 28th Annual Pastels USA
Call for Pastel Artists - Deadline: August 1, 2014

Pastels USA is a national juried pastels only show at the Art Center Morro Bay in Morro Bay, CA. Exhibit is from Oct. 2 to Nov. 8. Judge of awards is Clark Mitchell. Awards total $10,000 with a Best of Show Award of $1,500. Prospectus and entry at our prospectus link. DEADLINE: Aug. 1, 2014. Entries must be made at: onlinejuriedshows.com.

The PASTEL SOCIETY OF THE WEST COAST was organized with the purpose of meeting a long-standing need for a regional organization which would promote the pastel medium. The society sponsors exhibitions juried by nationally prominent artists. The PSWC has on-going invitational shows hosted by galleries and groups in the coastal states. Membership is open to all artists working in the pastel medium. Interested artists may visit our website at www.pswc.ws

ELIGIBLE WORK: All work must be original in concept and executed by the artist in  pastel within the last three (3) years. PSWC accepts and encourages all approaches  to artistic expression, be it representational or abstract. Mixed media pieces will be accepted if 80% of the image area is pastel. No oil pastels will be accepted. A short statement may be required on the process and technique of question- able execution. Compositions taken from published material will not be considered original. Artists may be required to produce source material upon request. No use of optical projection is allowed. No student work produced under supervision is eligible. No work previously shown at a PSWC Annual Open Exhibi- tion will be accepted. Work must be adequately framed and ready to hang.

EXHIBITION CATALOG: A 28 page full color catalog will be published for the PASTELS U.S.A. PSWC
28th Annual International Open Exhibition. All accepted art work will be shown in the catalogue. A com- plimentary copy of the catalogue will be available to all participating artists during the exhibition. Copies can also be obtained through our website (www.pswc.ws) for postage and a small handling fee.
 
INCLUDE JURY FEE in U.S. funds only. PSWC Member: 3 entries for $40 and up to 5 for $50.
Non-member: 3 for $45 and up to 5 for $55. A maximum of two works per artist may be juried into the exhibition. Fees can be paid by PayPal and credit cards as well as by check. Make checks payable to PSWC. Entry fee is non-refundable and must accompany signed application and a self addressed stamped envelope for jury notification. All images of artwork will be viewed by the Jury of Selection. Awards will be decided by the Juror of Awards after viewing actual artwork.

DEADLINE FOR ENTRY: Received by Friday, August 1, 2014. Submit digital images online at onlinejuriedshows.com ONLY!

FOR MORE INFORMATION: http://pswc.ws/html/events.html

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