9th Annual National Pastel Exhibition

Sponsored by: 
The Adirondack Pastel Society 
LARAC Mountain Gallery 
21 Bay St.
Glens Falls, NY 12801

Best of Show: $650
Second: $350
Third: $200
Additional cash and merchandise prizes will be awarded. 

Jeri Greenberg, PSA-MP, IAPS-MC 

Artists will be notified of jury results by email during the week of May 29, 2023.  Prizewinners will be announced at the reception on Friday, July 7, 2023, from 6 to 8 p.m.

Note: If an accepted painting is not delivered by the required date of the show there will be a 1 year ban imposed from entering any additional APS Exhibition. 

The Adirondack Pastel Society and LARAC will publicize the show and reception regionally via email marketing, paid print advertising, press releases, website and social media promotion. 

The Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council (LARAC) collects a 30% commission for  artwork sales. Artists' checks will be mailed in August. 

All work must be for sale. 

Accepted work can be hand delivered to the LARAC Mountain Gallery Thursday, June 29 thru Saturday, July 1 between 10 AM and 3 PM.  

Shipped works are due July 1, 2023 or sooner. There is a $20.00 handling fee per artist for all  shipped work. Shipping instructions will be sent with the acceptance letter.

Shipped works must be sent to:
LARAC Gallery
7 Lapham Place
Glens Falls, NY 12801

Unsold hand delivered artwork must be picked up Thursday, August 10 thru Saturday August 12 during  gallery hours.

Shipped work will be returned after August 12, 2023.
Shipped entries must include return shipping paid for by the artist. All shipping is the responsibility of the artist. 

Adirondack National Pastel Exhibition 2023 is the ninth annual pastel show and will be held at LARAC’s  Mountain Gallery, located in the Arts District of Downtown Glens Falls, NY. 

Contact the Gallery Committee at: [email protected] or contact Dave Francis at:  [email protected] 

LARAC’s Mountain Gallery 
21 Bay St. 
Glens Falls, NY 12801

Additional Notification Information

Notifications will be emailed by the end of the day on May 31, 2023. We cannot respond to inquiries regarding the status of notifications before then.

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After notifications are sent, you may view the status of your entry in your ShowSubmit artist account’s Entry History. Accepted works will be notated by a green check.

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Note: Entries made prior to 2023 may not display the View Notification link.

Image and Filename Specifications

• You do not need to resize or rename your image files.
• Submit your original JPEG image files.
• Crop out all parts of the photo that are not the actual work; do not show mat, frame, etc, only the work itself.
• Image files are automatically resized to 300 dpi and 1500 pixels on the longest edge.
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• Entries cannot be accepted or changed after the deadline. Incomplete entries will be disqualified.

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