Upcoming Exhibitions
Call for Entries:
Northern Indiana Pastel Society 20th Anniversary Exhibit, Chapter Two
August 4- 29, 2026
Heartland Art Center, Historic Firehouse Gallery
220 N. Center St., Plymouth, Ind.,
Deliver work: Sunday, August 2. 1–3 p.m.
Reception, awards and releasing of art: Saturday, August 29, 1-3 p.m.
Hospitality by Heartland. Members are invited to bring appetizers and desserts also.
Gallery hours: Tuesday – Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Click here for details and entry form.
Fernwood Botanical Gardens, Niles, Mich.
February 19 to May 2, 2027
Reception February 21.
MoonTree Studios, Donaldson, Ind.
September, October and November 2027
Roti Roti Art Center, Buchanan, Mich., 2028
Recent Exhibitions
Northern Indiana Pastel Society 20th Anniversary Exhibit
May 23–July 12, 2026
Crowley Community Gallery
South Bend Museum of Art
Jurors: Bill Tourtillotte, art faculty at Indiana Univ. South Bend, and Julie Tourtillotte, art faculty at Saint Mary’s College
At the June 5 Exhibition Reception, awards were presented to
Upcoming Events
Northern Indiana Pastel Society will participate again in the Nature in the Arts event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1 at Lydick Bog. Members can work in pastel or paint, sketch, photograph or join art projects hosted by South Bend Museum of Art. Families and guests are welcome. Cathy McCormick will do a demonstration of landscape painting in pastel again. It is a chance to create connections between art and nature. Learn more at
https://heinzetrust.org/nature-in-the-arts/
Please let me know that you are planning to attend. Cathy McCormick, camccorm@aol.com
Recent Events
Northern Indiana Pastel Society Meeting
Saturday March 28, 2026
Brandon Davis Jennings told how studying Albert Handell’s paintings has helped him improve his own art. He focused on a few of Handell’s works that helped him to develop form and depth with shadows. Several of Brandon’s studies were included in the slide presentation.
He has found Handell’s book, Intuitive Light: An Emotional Approach to Capturing the Illusion of Value, Form, Color, and Space to be especially useful, and much of the language used to discuss shadows will be based on Handell’s statements in the book itself.
Brandon Davis Jennings PhD is an artist, author, and Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran from West Virginia. His art and writing often explores military themes.
He won a judge’s award in the recent NIPS exhibit at Colfax Cultural Center for his pastel of a service member. He won a juror’s award at the SBMA student/faculty show, and his painting “I’m Not Touching You” is on display at the ALOFT show in downtown South Bend.