2023 Online Members Exhibition

$ 500.00 - Best in Show
$ 300.00 - 2nd Place
$ 200.00 - 3rd Place

Please pay your dues and update your contact information at www.philadelphiapastelsociety.org.

Susan M. Story is an award winning, passionate landscape painter from upstate
New York. She is a Signature - Master Pastelist member of the Pastel Society of
America (PSA), and serves on the society’s Board of Governors. Story is a juried
member of New York City’s Salmagundi Club, as well as the Academic Artist’s Association, Audubon Artists, Hudson River Valley Art Association, and Catherine
Lorillard Wolf Club.

Story was featured as one of today’s 100 most recognizable names in pastel in the 2019 book Pure Pastel, edited by Anne Hevener. Her work was also published in the October 2015 issue of Pastel Journal. The honors she has received include the Gold Medal of Honor from Audubon Artists and the Anna Hyatt Huntington Bronze Medal for Pastel from the Catherine Lorillard Wolf Art Club. Her awards from PSA include the Herman Margulies Award for Excellence, donated by Dianne B. Bernhard and the Richard McKinley Mentorship Award in memory of Margaret Stahl-Moyer. More information about Susan M. Story can be found at SusanMStory.com.

For additional criteria, please download the prospectus.

Confirmation of your accepted piece(s) will be sent out on or about Tuesday, February 21, 2023. Note that email notification is made by ShowSubmit.

If you need help with the online entry system, please contact Austin at [email protected]. 

For any other questions, please send email to exhibition chairperson Jack Lloyd at [email protected].

Additional Notification Information

Notifications will be emailed and posted in your ShowSubmit account by the end of the day on February 21, 2023.

You may view the notification in your ShowSubmit account by logging in and clicking tapping the Notifications at the top right of the screen, or in your Entry History.

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

• 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 (February 15, 2023.)
• 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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