Current and Upcoming Exhibitions
2012 Calendar
January 21, 2012 Pastel Society Paint-In at the Community Center in Boalsburg, PA from 9am-4pm. Snow date : January 28, 2012. Contact Susan Nicholas Gephart for more information. SNicholasArt@aol.com
February 5, 2012 Quarterly Meeting of the Central Pennsylvania Pastel Society
Location: State College Senior Center, Fraser Street, State College, Pa
Time: 1:30
February 25, 2012 Member-led workshop by Kim Flick: A Saturday workshop at the Boalsburg Community Center with color being the main emphasis. Cost of the workshop is $20 payable to the treasurer at least a week before the workshop date. A minimum of 5 artists need to be enrolled or the workshop will be cancelled. Enrollment will be "capped" at 12. Additional details
Contact Jill Foster at fosterfineart@verizon.net for more information, times, directions, and cancellation policy.
April 14, 2012 Member-led workshop by Marianne Fyda: A Saturday workshop at the Boalsburg Community Center with the main emphasis being work on basic concepts and recovering a "failed" painting. Cost of the workshop is $20 payable to the treasurer at least a week before the workshop date. A minimum of 5 artists need to be enrolled or the workshop will be cancelled. Enrollment will be "capped" at 12.
Additional details
Contact Jill Foster at fosterfineart@verizon.net for more information, times, directions, and cancellation policy.
Sunday, April 29, 2012 Quarterly meeting : Special Annual Event with Rochester Art Supply
Time: 10am-1pm Shopping for pastels and pastel materials
Time: 1:30-4pm Business Meeting
Location: State College Senior Center, 131 S. Fraser St. #1, State College, PA 16801- Invite a friend to this special event.
August 5, 2012 CPPS Quarterly Meeting, Senior Center, 131 S. Fraser St. #1, State College, PA 16801
August 13-17, 2012 Dianna Ponting Contemporary Still Life Workshop! For registration infoormation, click HERE.
August 19, 2012 to either October 9 or 16, 2012. Foxdale Village Show:
Delivery: Thursday, August 16,
Reception: Sunday, August 19,
Pick-up: October 9 or 16, 2012. More details late
September 14, 15, 16, 2012 - International Plein Air Paint Out. More information later
(2015) May 1-August 22, 2015 Joint Central Pennsylvania Pastel Society and Pittsburgh Pastel Art League Juried Show at the Southern Alleghenies Museum in Ligonier
2011 Calendar
January 22, 2011 (Saturday) Pastel Society Paint-In
Location: Harris Township Community Center, Academy Street, Boalsburg, PA
Time: 9am to 4pm
Pot luck and paint in all day with the gang. Invite a friend for the day to consider joining CPPS as a member.
Contact: Susan Nicholas Gephart, CPPS President for more information 814-360-2116
February 6, 2011 Quarterly Meeting of the Central Pennsylvania Pastel Society
Location: State College Senior Center, Fraser Street, State College, Pa
Time: 1:30 - 4:00
February 12, 2011 Anne Kenyon will present a one-day workshop on underpainting. The workshop will run from 9-4 with a registration fee of $20 and a small materials fee. It will be held in the Community Center in Boalsburg. Registration is required as we need 5 artists signed up to hold the class and it will be "capped" at 12. Register by emailing fosterfineart@verizon.net before January 31. Snow date 2/26/11.
April 1, 2011 Susan Nicholas Gephart will lead a member only workshop on making connections to create a new painting using your photos, sketches, and ideas. The workshop will take place at the Community Center in Boalsburg from 9-4. Registration is required. To register and receive workshop information, email fosterfineart@verizon.net before March 25, 2011.
April 29-30, 2011 Spring Blossoms Paint Out at Way Fruit Farm off Rte. 550 near Stormstown from 9-4 each day.
May 1, 2011 Quarterly Meeting of the Central Pennsylvania Pastel Society
Location: State College Senior Center, Fraser Street, State College, Pa
Time: 1:30 - 4:00
July 25-29, 2011 Richard McKinley Workshop Registration info to be posted soon.
August 7, 2011 Quarterly Meeting of the Central Pennsylvania Pastel Society
Location: State College Senior Center, Fraser Street, State College, Pa
Time: 1:30 - 4:00
September 10, 2011 International Paint Out
Location: Penn State Arboretum
Additional details
Date: September 9th
Time: 9am-12noon
Contact: Anne Kenyon
Date: September 12th
Time: 2-5pm
Contact: Jennifer Shuey
Please set up off the walkways so as to not interfere with guest traffic through the arboretum.
September 16-17, 2011 Margaret Evans Pastel Workshop For more information and registration form, go to www.artalliancepa.org
September 17, 2011- January 13, 2012 BHCA Gallery at The Gamble Mill
Reception: September 27 Take down: Jan 14
November 6, 2011 Quarterly Meeting of the Central Pennsylvania Pastel Society: : Special Pan Pastel Demonstration (DEMO CANCELED)
Location: State College Senior Center, Fraser Street, State College, Pa
Time: 1:30 - 4:00
May 1-August 22, 2015 Joint Central Pennsylvania Pastel Society and Pittsburgh Pastel Art League Juried Show at the Southern Alleghenies Museum in Ligonier
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