Please mark your calendar for our next meeting:

Saturday, March 15
Francis Branch Library
52655 N. Ironwood Road, South Bend
10 to 10:30 a.m.: meet and greet social time
10:30 to 11:45 a.m.: news and program, to be announced

Members are invited to bring an appetizer, fruit, or light brunch item. Guests are welcome. We would appreciate help in organizing the room and refreshments before the meeting and cleaning up afterward.

Don’t Forget!
Pay dues in March!

Membership dues of $25 can be sent to treasurer Sue Coultas, 519 Woodruff, Niles MI 49120. ([email protected]) Make your check to NIPS or Northern Indiana Pastel Society. Dues cover the cost of exhibits, website, hospitality supplies, speaker fees and membership in International Association of Pastel Societies.

Upcoming Exhibitions

Inspirations: Northern Indiana Pastel Society Members’ Exhibition

March 21 to June 1, 2025
Fernwood Botanical Garden, 13988 Range Line Road, Niles, Michigan

Deliver art: 2–4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 19
Reception and awards: 2–4 p.m., Sunday, April 27
Art released back to artists: 2 – 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 3.
Gallery hours: 10 a.m.– 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.
Prize judge: Katie Neece, curator of education and studio programs, South Bend Museum of Art.

Please enter one or two works. Larger works are welcome. Diptychs and triptychs will count as single entries.
Fee: $10 for the first entry, $5 for the second entry.
Fernwood retains a commission of 30 percent on sales.

For more details/requirements and entry form, click here.

Looking Ahead:
Colfax Cultural Center | South Bend
September 5– October 17, 2025

South Bend Museum of Art
NIPS 20th Anniversary Show
May 23– July 5, 2026

Recent Exhibitions

At the River: Northern Indiana Pastel Society Members’ Exhibit
September 13 – October 27, 2024
Riverwalk Gallery at the Box Factory for the Arts
1101 Broad St., St. Joseph, Michigan, 269-983-3688
Gallery hours: Thursdays noon to 6 p.m.
Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays noon to 4 p.m.

The show featured 34 works by 21 artists .
Awards were presented at the Opening Reception on September 13:

Mary Meehan Firtl – “Old Mission Point “

Elizabeth Kuntz -” Five Medicine Beings ”
Greg Lorch – “Winter at the Beach”

Susan Piper – “Hay There “

Daniel Slattery – “Irish Farmhouse”

Recent NIPS Events

The NIPS Holiday Potluck, on December 13, 2024 was a grand success! Members had the opportunity to share their art, socialize, and enjoy a wonderful meal as well as a book exchange.