Chicago Pastel Painters
The Art Center Highland Park
Tenth Biennial National Juried Exhibition
October 31 – December 6, 2025 |The Art Center Highland Park
Deadline is September 8th.
14 weeks left to enter.
Open to Members and Non-Members.
Deadline is September 8th. Open to Members and Non-Members. To enter, visit:
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Lover’s Point Blues by Terri Ford
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Deadline for entry: September 8, 2025
The Art Center Highland Park (TAC)
1957 Sheridan Road
Highland Park
Illinois 60035
Terri Ford discovered pastels in 1987, and after 25 years as a graphic designer, devoted full time to the medium in 2000. Her paintings are representational with some more impressionistic and others more realistic. These images have gained her national and international recognition by achieving Master and Eminent status in the most prestigious pastel societies globally. She is a popular workshop instructor across the U.S. and abroad and has juried and judged many exhibitions. But her greatest achievement is the inspiration she captures in her landscapes with their ever changing light and conditions: Terri’s mantra is “deeper, darker, richer.”
An In-Person Show Hosted by the Chicago Pastel Painters and Exhibited at The Art Center Highland Park (TAC)
The Art Center Highland Park (TAC)
1957 Sheridan Road
Highland Park
Illinois 60035
Awards
- Best of Show - $2,000.
- Additional cash and merchandise awards.
- Awards will be announced at the Reception and Award Ceremony, November 7, 2025.
Sales
- All work must be for sale.
- The Art Center Highland Park will receive a 30% commission, and CPP will retain a 10% commission on all sales.
- Artist will receive 60% of sale.
Eligibility
- Open to all U.S. artists, 18 years and older.
- Artwork’s final surface must be 80% traditional dry pastel.
- All work must be original, created, and produced by the artist within the last three years.
- No compositions taken from published material or based on another artist’s work.
- No work created in a class, workshop, or under any type of supervision.
- No work copied from photographs taken by someone else other than the artist without written authorization from the photographer.
- No work painted over a mechanical print, copies, or reproductions.
- No collaborative work.
- Work previously exhibited in any CPP Exhibition is not eligible.
- CPP, in the exercise of its sole discretion, may reject work that appears substantially similar to a painting previously accepted into a CPP show.
- Works must be For Sale.
If a painting breaks the Eligibility Rules in any way as stated above in this prospectus, it will be banned from participating in this show, and the artist will be barred from entering the next CPP National Exhibition.
For additional criteria, please download the prospectus.
Entry Fee
- $35 for members ($45 for non-members) to submit up to three pieces.
- $10 for each additional submission, up to five total.
- Only one painting per artist may be accepted.
- No refund of entry fees.
Limitations
- No size limitation.
Juror of Selections
Pirkko Mäkelä-Haapalinna, PSA-MP
pirkkomakela.fi
Pirkko Mäkelä-Haapalinna lives and works in Finnish Lapland and is a member of the Finnish Painters’ Union and Master Pastelist in PSA. She mainly works with pastels, but also uses mixed media. Mäkelä-Haapalinna’s works are colorful and multilayered. The sources of inspiration are usually the key experiences of identity, dreams and memories. Her works can be approached from the perspective of both abstraction and figurative art, and they are often accompanied by a strong empathy for place. She has had several solo and group exhibitions both in Finland and abroad, and her works have also been awarded in many international competitions. Several public collections, e.g. Wihuri Foundation and City of Rovaniemi, have purchased her works.
pirkkomakela.fi
Pirkko Mäkelä-Haapalinna lives and works in Finnish Lapland and is a member of the Finnish Painters’ Union and Master Pastelist in PSA. She mainly works with pastels, but also uses mixed media. Mäkelä-Haapalinna’s works are colorful and multilayered. The sources of inspiration are usually the key experiences of identity, dreams and memories. Her works can be approached from the perspective of both abstraction and figurative art, and they are often accompanied by a strong empathy for place. She has had several solo and group exhibitions both in Finland and abroad, and her works have also been awarded in many international competitions. Several public collections, e.g. Wihuri Foundation and City of Rovaniemi, have purchased her works.
Judge of Awards
Terri Ford, PSWC-PL, IAPS-EP, PSA-MP, PSNM, SPS
Terri Ford discovered pastels in 1987, and after 25 years as a graphic designer, devoted full time to the medium in 2000. Her paintings are representational with some more impressionistic and others more realistic. These images have gained her national and international recognition by achieving Master and Eminent status in the most prestigious pastel societies globally. She is a popular workshop instructor across the U.S. and abroad and has juried and judged many exhibitions. But her greatest achievement is the inspiration she captures in her landscapes with their ever changing light and conditions: Terri’s mantra is “deeper, darker, richer.”
Policy
The Chicago Pastel Painters retains the right to deny accepting any work that has been misrepresented through the online process. CPP assumes the right to use any work for catalog or publicity purposes.
Insurance and Liability
All of the Exhibitor’s Work consigned to TAC will be insured by TAC for 90% of the market price for the Exhibitor. Any loss or damage that occurs while the Work is in TAC’s possession which is not covered by insurance will be covered by TAC provided that TAC’s liability under this paragraph is limited to the amount which would have been due the Exhibitor if the Work has been sold at the price stated herein. Exhibitor should carry their own insurance to cover work while at home and in transit.
Questions
Mike Barret Kolasinski, CPP-M, Exhibition Chair
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Additional Notification Information
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Image and Filename Specifications
- File Format: Submit original, high-quality JPEG image files. Other formats (e.g., PNG, TIFF) are not accepted.
- Crop Your Image: Ensure only the artwork itself is visible in the image. Do not show any visible matting, frames, or background distractions.
- Orientation: Make sure your image is oriented correctly (right side up) so that the artwork appears in its intended viewing direction.
- Image Size: You do not need to resize your image files before uploading. The system will automatically resize them. Smaller images cannot be enlarged to meet the requirements, so ensure your images are high resolution before uploading.
- File Names: You do not need to rename your files before uploading them. The system will handle any file naming requirements.
- File Size: There is a 30mb maximum file size limit. Larger image files will take longer to upload and process.
Additional Entry Information
- You will pay for your entry by credit or debit card using our secure checkout system.
- After your entry is submitted and paid for, you may log back in to review your entry, edit artist and image information, and add or substitute images up until the entry deadline (September 8, 2025.)
- Entry fees are not refundable and must be submitted and paid by the entry deadline.
- Entries cannot be accepted or changed after the deadline. Incomplete entries will be disqualified.
Support
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