Events & Exhibitions

Recent Events
Holiday Potluck Luncheon | December 12, 2025
A great chance for NIPs members to celebrate the season!
Over 30 members and guests enjoyed conversation,  a delicious potluck meal and the opportunity to share our common enthusiasm for all things pastel! Members donated books for a book exchange and everyone received a gift of Great American pastel samples.
Thanks to all who worked hard to organize the event, especially Dee Thornton!

It was great to see recent artwork completed by members.

NIPS member Susie Piper created and donated a wreath adorned with pastel supplies, which was won in a drawing by Beth Hamilton.

 

Upcoming Exhibitions

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

Recent Exhibitions

Northern Indiana Pastel Society
Members’ Exhibit: Self Portraits and Other Personal Visions
Friday, September 12 – Thursday, October 16, 2025.
Colfax Cultural Center
914 Lincolnway West  South Bend, IN 46616

29 works by 18 artists, on view in the Robert Seifert Gallery.
Award recipients include Dan Slattery, Mary Firtl, Brandon Davis Jennings, and Liz Kuntz.


 

Inspirations: Northern Indiana Pastel Society Members’ Exhibition

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

Featuring 46 works by 26 members of the Northern Indiana Pastel SocietyPrize judge: Katie Neece, Curator of Education and Studio Programs, South Bend Museum of Art.

Award Winners:

Beth Hamilton,  “Rejoice of the Birds”
Elizabeth Kuntz, “Meditation”

 

Greg Lorch, “The Beach Shed”
Diann Nelson,” Rhythm of the Beach Path”
Jude Phillips, “Gnarly Tree”

Recent NIPS  Events

Several NIPS Members participated in this event on August 2, 2025

Landscape by Mary Firtl
NIPS President Cathy McCormick offered a presentation on the art of pastel.
NIPS Member Mary Firtl capturing the scene

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 2025 NIPS Meeting

South Bend native, Elizabeth Kuntz, an intuitive fine artist working mainly in pastel, discussed her inspiration, her process and the journey behind it, and the healing power of art. Liz’s pastel, “Five Medicine Beings” won an award in our NIPS exhibit at the Box Factory for the Arts in St. Joseph, Michigan, September-October 2024.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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