2026 Members' Exhibition

100 North Bradford Ave

West Chester, PA 19382

610-696-5100

Visiting Hours
Monday – Friday, 9 am – 5 pm

Over $1000 in awards, including The $ 500 Philadelphia Pastel Society Award of Excellence

Prior to making your submission, make sure that your membership for 2026 is up to date and paid through December 31, 2026. Membership that is not up to date for 2026 at the time submissions are sent to our juror of selection will result in that submission being disqualified. All membership renewals paid prior to December 31st, 2025 will qualify for full membership status through December 31st, 2026.

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

Lyn Asselta is a Maine based pastel artist who has spent a lifetime reveling in the rich details of the natural world. She draws from her love of nature when creating her paintings. Her chosen medium of pastel allows her to extend her tactile sense of communicating with the world into the painting process at her easel.

Asselta’s paintings have been exhibited throughout the United States and have been included in invitational exhibitions in France, China, and the UK. As a workshop instructor, she has taught in Canada, Curaçao and extensively across the USA. She is an IAPS (International Association of Pastel Societies) Eminent Pastelist, a Pastel Society of America Master Pastelist, a member of the Salmagundi Club of NYC, a Master Pastelist with the Southeastern Pastel Society, an Associate Artist for Unison Colour, and is the founder and past president of the First Coast Pastel Society in northeast Florida. In 2009, Lyn was selected as an Artist in Residence at Acadia National Park in Maine. Her work has been featured over the years in art publications including Pastel Journal, Plein Air Magazine, and Pratique des Arts magazine (France). Her landscape paintings and process have been included in several books on the pastel medium and plein air painting. Lyn has published two books, Seeing the Landscape and Saturdays ~ Observations at the Intersection of Life & Art, and writes a weekly newsletter about nature and art called Saturdays at the Cove.

Jill Rupinski is Professor and Chairperson of Certificate Programs at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA). She received a Four-Year Certificate from PAFA in 1977, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the Philadelphia College of Arts in 1981.

Jill has received the following notable awards over her career: a 2023 Medal for Creativity and Achievement in the Visual Arts from the Philadelphia Sketch Club, a Senior Artist Initiative Oral History Project, 2014, a 2013 recipient of a Faculty Venture Fund Grant for Travel to France from PAFA, a Spanish-American Artist Exchange Travel award in 1989 from the Creative Artists Network, the Percy Owens Memorial Award for a Distinguished Pennsylvania Artist from the Fellowship of PAFA, 1997, and the Cresson Travel Scholarship from PAFA in 1976.

Public collections in which Jill's art is represented are the University of PA, Arcadia, Colgate, and Villanova Universities. Jill has been an instructor with the Maurice River School at the Barn Studio since 2010. Jill exhibits at Cerulean Arts Gallery in Philadelphia, pa.

This is a juried show and awards will be given. Artworks will be selected by Lyn Asselta, while awards will be chosen by Jill Rupinski. Once your entry is submitted through ShowSubmit, there will be no refunds regardless of the status of your entry. Entries may be disqualified for not following entry guidelines. PPS may use images of accepted work for publicity and marketing purposes.

Each artist may submit up to two pieces of artwork; however, there is no guarantee how many will be accepted. Email notification of acceptance and/or rejection will be sent out on or about Friday, December 5, 2025.

All shipped artworks must be received between December 15th and December 19th, 2025. Chester County Art Association will not be responsible for any artwork received before or after these dates. Note that the Chester County Art Association will be closed from 12/22/2025 to 01/02/2026 for the Christmas and New Year holidays.

Handling Fees for entries are:

Please place your handling fee and prepaid return shipping label in an envelope and secure it to the back of your painting so it can easily be found.

Payment must be completed and paperwork for return shipping must be included with your shipped artwork when it is received, or your shipment will be considered a “failure to deliver” and will be rejected.

Artwork can be hand delivered to Chester County Art Association on Tuesday, January 5th, 2026. Artists must have their membership dues paid in full for 2026.

Chester County Art Association will insure works for the duration of the show. PPS will not be responsible for works damaged, lost or stolen. CCAA will not be responsible for any work not picked up by February 28th, 2026.

Additional Notification Information

Notifications will be emailed and posted in your ShowSubmit account by the end of the day on December 5, 2025.

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 (November 17, 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

For questions about PPS or this Prospectus, please contact Al Richards ([email protected]).

For technical support or entry questions, first check our Help Center or Entry Guide. If you still need help, email ShowSubmit Support ([email protected]). We’ll respond between 9am and 6pm Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.