EXHIBITIONS

Northern Indiana Pastel Society Members’ Show
January 24 – February 27, 2020

Crossroads Gallery
Notre Dame Center for Civic Innovation
1045 W. Washington St.  South Bend, IN 46601

Opening Reception on Friday, January 24, 5 – 7:00 p.m.

Regular hours for Crossroads Gallery are Monday – Friday, 10AM – 3PM

Detail, at left, of soft pastel by NIPS member James Cooke. See the complete work as well as 35 pastels by 23 regional artists, members of Northern Indiana Pastel Society.

Art will be released on Saturday, Feb. 29, 1 – 5:00 p.m.

The Opening Reception on January 24 was well attended. Awards were presented to four artists: James F. Cooke, Corrine Hull (unable to attend), Peg Luecke, and Paul Wieber. Brandi Bowman, Assistant Curator of the South Bend Museum of Art served as juror.

James F. Cooke, So Cold It Crackles; Peg Luecke, Winter Thaw, Poppy Road; Paul Wieber, Autumn Things

Upcoming Exhibitions

Buchanan Art Center | Buchanan, Michigan
Showcase Gallery   
May 20 to June 27, 2020
Deliver: May 17 | 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Reception: May 31 | 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Releasing: June 28 | 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Colfax Cultural Center | South Bend, Indiana 
Sept. 11 to Oct. 23, 2020. All three galleries.

Kroc Center | South Bend, Indiana 
March – May 2021

Moon Tree Studios | Donaldson, Indiana 
May 8 – June 20, 2021
Set up: May 4–7  | Reception: May 15, 1:00–3:00 p.m.
Take down: June 21

RECENT EXHIBITIONS

Northern Indiana Pastel Society Members’ Exhibit
Heartland Artists Gallery | Plymouth, Indiana
July 23 to Aug. 24, 2019

32 works by 20 artists are on view. Judge’s Awards were presented at the reception on Sunday, August 4 to four artists: from left, Paul Wieber, Red, White and Blue;  Tim Swagerle, Summer Morning;  Mary Firtl, Café Confidential; and Avon Waters, Maples at Dusk.

Faces and Places: Northern Indiana Pastel Society Members’ Show
Salvation Army Kroc Community Center
900 W Western Avenue
South Bend, Indiana 46601

March 15-May 18, 2019

Prizes were selected by Assistant Prof. Angelo Martinez, art dept. chair, Holy Cross College.

The following artists received Judge’s Awards:

Rosie Mireles, View From a Train

Greg Lorch, Beach Tranquility

Larry Huemmer, Woodland Vista

Tim Swagerle, Eel River Morning

Diann Nelson, Hannah

Tami McNally, Sunset on the Pond

Below is a sampling of some of the 47 pastels on exhibit.

Marie Arch, Violets for Mom

Avon Waters, Ole Miss

Sue Coultas, Gracie

Denise Kuehner, St. Joe River Bend

Lylanne Musselman, Arizona’a Black Cardinal with a Red Eye

Tami McNally, Aubrey’s Flowers

Catherine McCormick, Cottage

Jude Phillips, Robin’s Rite of Spring

Peg Luecke, Junie

Barb Gentner Stephenson, Hard Luck Plays The Blues