Degas Pastel Society
Degas Pastel Society

20th Biennial National Exhibition

December 2, 2024 – January 31, 2025 | Online
Deadline is November 1st. 4 weeks left to enter. Open to all artists.
Sunset at Bayou LaCroix by Vicki Lueb
Sunset at Bayou LaCroix by Vicki Lueb
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or to submit.

Deadline for entry: November 1, 2024

Venue

This is an online exhibition ONLY and no work will be shipped. It may be viewed on the Degas Pastel Society website at degaspastelsociety.org.

Awards

Over $5000 (including two $1000 Awards of Exceptional Merit and two $500 Awards of Excellence.)

Juror/Judge

Lyn Asselta is a Pastel Society of America Master Pastelist, an International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS) Eminent Pastelist and a member of the Salamgundi Club of New York City. She is the founder and past president of the First Coast Pastel Society (FL) and a Southeastern Pastel Society Member of Excellence. Her award winning paintings have appeared in shows and exhibitions throughout the United States and.in invitational exhibitions in France and China. Her work has been featured in several books on the pastel medium, as well as in Pastel Journal magazine, Pratique des Arts magazine, and Plein Air magazine. In 2018 Lyn published her first book, Seeing the Landscape, a collection of her paintings and prose. She teaches workshops in both studio and plein air and writes a weekly newsletter on life and art, Saturdays at the Cove.

Entry Fee

  • Up to 3 works may be submitted by an individual artist.
  • $35 for the first work, plus $5 for each additional work.
Entry fees are not refundable.

Work Eligible

  • Open to all artists.
  • Entries must be ORIGINAL (no copies from other artists or published material, and not done under supervision)
  • PREDOMINATELY SOFT PASTEL
  • Completed in the last three years (2021 or later)
  • Paintings shown in previous DPS exhibits are not eligible.
For additional criteria, please download the prospectus.

Sales

Work may be for sale; NFS is allowed.

All inquiries for sales will be directed to the artist who will be responsible for completion and shipment of the sale. DPS charges NO commission.

Notifications and Accepted Works

Artists will be notified of the decision of the judge by November 29, 2024. The judge will select 90 to 100 paintings with a maximum of 2 paintings from each artist. Please add [email protected] to your safe senders list to ensure mail delivery.

Questions

For questions about DPS or this Prospectus, please contact [email protected]. For technical questions, please see the Support section below.

Additional Notification Information

Notifications will be emailed and posted in your ShowSubmit account by the end of the day on November 29, 2024.

You may view the notification in your ShowSubmit account by logging in and tapping the Notifications at the top right of the screen, or in your Entry History (Accepted works will be notated by a green check.)

If you do not receive your email, login and view the notification in your account. We cannot respond to inquiries regarding the status of notifications.

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

Image and Filename Specifications

  • 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 must be displayed right side up.
  • You do not need to resize your image files.
  • You do not need to rename your image files.

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 (November 1, 2024.)
  • 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

For questions about the entry process or this website please contact ShowSubmit Support at [email protected]. We will get back to you between 9am and 6pm Eastern Time, Monday to Friday. You can also view the Support Center, Entry Guide, or our FAQ.