UCT Scholarship for 2024 IAPS Convention

APPLICATIONS DUE BY OCTOBER 15, 2023

The Urania Christy Tarbet Legacy Scholarship (aka the UCT Scholarship) provides the opportunity for a small number of individual pastel artists to study with an instructor in a hands-on workshop environment at the biennial IAPS Convention. Initiated by and named after IAPS founder Urania Christy Tarbet, the scholarship program honors her wish to encourage, support and advance the artistic endeavors of pastel artists who are affiliated with IAPS member societies.

Please read the UCT Scholarship Call for Applications. Use the link below to download a copy if you do not already have it.

Click to download the UCT Scholarship Call for Applications.

The application period for the 2024 convention has concluded. We are no longer accepting applications.

Previous winners of the UCT Scholarship are:
Nell Belgado
Linda S. Boatwright
Christine Bodnar
Eileen Casey
Barbara Clark
Heather Collins
Hilarie Couture
Rita Elaine Elkins
Julia Fletcher
Claudette Gamache
Judy Greenwald
Sue Hunter
Jan Hutchinson
Lucinda Johnson
Esther Jones
Shawn Dell Joyce
Renee Leopardi
Lorraine McFarland
Louise Muelhaupt
Charles Peer
Denice Peters
Sally Prince
Janice St Marie
Monique Straub
Ingrid Van Slyke
Jill Wagner
Stephen S. Zigich

UCT Scholarship Instructors have included:
Alan Flattmann
Terri Ford
Liz Haywood-Sullivan
Kim Lordier
Brenda Mattson
Carol Peebles
Maggie Price
Sally Strand
Urania Christy Tarbet

IAPS GLOBAL SOCIETY GRANT

PURPOSE:
The IAPS Global Society Grant provides the opportunity for IAPS Member Societies around the world to advance the knowledge of pastel to their members and/or spread the appreciation of the pastel medium to the public.

Eligibility:	Open to IAPS Member Societies in good standing.
Award:	Three grants of $1,000 USD each will be awarded across three global regions.

Winners of the 2023 IAPS GLOBAL SOCIETY GRANTS:

These three Societies will each be awarded $1000. We look forward to hearing all about your projects at the 2024 IAPS Convention.

• PHILIPPINES PASTEL PAINTERS
  The Philippines Pastel Artists, Inc is hosting two-session pastel workshop for the members of the Special Program for the Arts of the 'Neptali A. Gonzales' Public High Schools. This outreach activity provides young artists in the Philippines a chance to embrace the wonderful medium of pastel.
  
  
• ARKANSAS PASTEL SOCIETY
  The Arkansas Pastel Society will partner with the Seis Puentes Center (Six Bridges), a non-profit organization in North Little Rock Arkansas (www.facebook.com/seispuentes/) to teach the art of pastel painting to an underserved community of Hispanic women, who are mostly from an immigrant population that has little command of English and suffers both physical and emotional isolation. Two-hour classes will be held once a week for six weeks from September 12th to October 17th, 2023. At the completion of the classes, the Arkansas Pastel Society will sponsor a show and reception for the artists to celebrate their work with friends, family and the general public.
  
  
• PASTEL SOCIETY OF NEW JERSEY
  The Pastel Society of New Jersey will provide a 4-week pastel workshop for seniors and teens at the local community center. During the program teens and seniors will be brought together fostering connections cross generationally while learning about the pastel medium. Participants will be provided with their own pastels so they can continue to develop their joy of the medium. At the end of the workshop participants’ artwork will be displayed at the center along with an artist's reception.
  
  

Previous Global Society Grant winners:

2021
    The Pastel Artists of New Zealand (PANZ)
    The Red Rock Pastel Society of Nevada (RRPSNV)
      Note: Chicago Pastel Painters (CPP) was unable to fulfill the requirements for the completion of their project due to circumstances beyond their control, and their grant was rescinded.