The Eminent Pastelist honor has been designed to recognize those artists who have continued to have work accepted and/or awarded in IAPS juried competitions after achieving Master Circle level. The Eminent Pastelist category was established in the spring of 2012. Recipients of the award receive a new ribbon for their Master Circle medallion and a golden lapel pin with an inset ruby gem.
To receive the Eminent Pastelist designation, artists must accrue five (5) points to achieve Master Circle status; and then for Eminent Pastelist, another 10 points for a total of fifteen (15) points are needed.
Points may be obtained as follows:
Only IAPS Juried Exhibitions accrue points; acceptance or awards in a member society’s exhibition does not count towards Master Circle or Eminent Pastelist status. Other eligible IAPS competitions have in the past included IAPS Convention Catalogue Cover Contests, the 2009 Calendar competition and the 2011 Poster Competition.
Recipients of the Eminent Pastelist honor are encouraged to bring it and their Master Circle Medallion with them to each convention to be worn at the Saturday Night Banquet.
The year in which each artist was awarded the medallion is shown after the name
(*) indicates the artist is deceased.
Bre Barnett Crowell (2023)
Michael Freeman (2023)
Claudette Gamache (2023)
Christine Ivers (2023)
Isabelle V. Lim (2023)
Lisa K. Stauffer (2023)
JZ Xu (2023)
Willo Balfrey (2022)
Sandra Burshell (2022)
Margaret Larlham (2022)
Karen Margulis (2022)
Tara Will (2022)
Marcia Holmes (2021)
Glen Maxion (2021)
Richard McKinley (2021)
Christine Swann (2021)
Marie Tippets (2021)
Anna Wainright (2021)
Tony Allain (2020)
Gwenneth Barth-White (2020)
Eileen Casey (2020)
Liz Haywood-Sullivan (2020)
Jane McGraw-Teubner (2020)
Nancy Nowak (2020)
Jeanne Rosier Smith (2020)
Sally Strand (2020)
Lyn Asselta (2018)
Rita Kirkman (2018)
Desmond O’Hagan (2018)
Christine Bodnar (2017)
John Philbin Dolan (2017)
Brenda Mattson (2017)
Nancie King Mertz (2017)
Daggi Wallace (2016)
Alan Flattmann (2016)
Barbara Jaenicke (2016)
Diana DeSantis (2014)
Anne Heywood (2014)
Vianna Szabo (2014)
Terri Ford (2012)
Frederick Somers (2012)
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