International Association of pastel societies

Golden Mentor Award

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Golden Mentor Award

The IAPS Golden Mentor Award is an honor presented to outstanding individuals who have contributed to the growth of artists and the medium of pastel. These individuals have given unselfishly of their time, created vast opportunities otherwise unobtainable, and have assisted artists in various ways to obtain their artistic goals.

Golden Mentor Award
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Golden Mentor Award Recipients:

  • 2024 – Vic & Rocky Mastis
  • 2024 – Kahne Smith
  • 2022 – Judy Richardson
  • 2022 – Becky Neideffer
  • 2022 – Lyn Jensen
  • 2019 – Shirley Anderson
  • 2019 – Willo Balfrey
  • 2017 – Robert Nelson
  • 2015 – Joe Baker
  • 2015 – Melody Lane
  • 2013 – Paula Ann Ford
  • 2013 –  Julia Patterson
  • 2013 – Amy Vreedevoogd
  • 2013 – Mack West
  • 2011 – Mary Ann Broddrick
  • 2011 – Liz Haywood-Sullivan
  • 2011 – Jamie Markle
  • 2011 – Urania Christy Tarbet
  • 2009 – Sandra Burshell
  • 2009 – Bill Canright
  • 2009 – Anne Heywood
  • 2009 – Brenda Mattson
  • 2009 –Rae Smith
  • 2009 – Jimmy Wright
  • 2007 – Anne Hevener
  • 2007 – Chuck Statham
  • 2007 – Duane Wakeham
  • 2007 – Richard Sutherland
  • 2005 – Jack Pardue
  • 2005 – Donna Aldridge
  • 2005 – Loreta Feeback
  • 2005 – Bob Heywood
  • 2003 – Rosemary Simpson
  • 2001 – Pat Suggs
  • 2001 – Peggy Braeutigam
  • 1999 – Milton Meyer
  • 1999 – Robert Suggs
  • 1999 – Phil Terry
  • 1997 – M. Stephen Doherty
  • 1997 – Carole Katchen
  • 1997 – Sidney Hermel
  • 1995 – Flora B. Giffuni

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