International Association of Pastel Societies

IAPS Global Grants

IAPS Grant

IAPS Global Grants

IAPS Member Societies are eligible to apply for an IAPS Global Grant. The application process is now closed. The awardees will be announced by March 15, 2025.

Each society awarded a grant will have until March 15, 2026, to complete the project. Awardees will be required to produce a culminating presentation of their project to be presented at the 2026 IAPS convention.

IAPS Global Society Grant

IAPS is committed to promoting pastel and honoring those who have achieved notable accomplishments in the pastel medium. Every two years at the IAPS Biennial Convention, the final grant projects will be presented at the Friday Night Fiesta.

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.

IAPS Grant

IAPS Global Society Grant

PURPOSE:
The IAPS Global Society Grant provides the opportunity for IAPS Member Societies worldwide to advance pastel knowledge 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.

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Check out some of our past Global Grant Projects.

IAPS Grants

Winners of The 2023 IAPS Global Society Grants

These three Societies were each awarded $1000.

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.

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