Master Circle
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PASTEL SOCIETIES
IAPS
Master Circle
The IAPS Master Circle was created to honor those artists whose work has been accepted and/or given awards in IAPS Juried Exhibitions. Artists who receive the Master Circle designation may use the letters “IAPS/MC” on resumes, websites, brochures, magazine articles and other media to indicate their membership in the Master Circle.
To receive the Master Circle designation, artists must accrue five (5) points. Points may be obtained as follows:
✔ One point for acceptance into any IAPS Juried Exhibition.
✔ One point for any award given by the judge in any IAPS Juried Exhibition.
Each recipient of the honor receives a three-inch medallion engraved with his or her name and the year the honor was bestowed engraved on the back. The design of the medallion was created by IAPS founder and President Emerita, Urania Christy Tarbet. “It is of a rose with a pastel stick next to it. The rose represents the resurgence of spring, as pastel is in its Renaissance period, and is now being recognized as a wonderful medium after being in the dark for so long. I wanted something very special that had never been done in the art world before, to honor pastel artists whose work was accepted in our exhibitions or awarded prizes. It is important for the recipients to cherish this symbol of excellence. It can be worn at IAPS exhibitions and conventions, and readily identifies IAPS artists who have received one of the most important honors in the pastel world.”
The points which determine the recipients of the medallions given at the Convention are calculated from the fifth point received at or before the fall Webshow prior to the next Convention. Artists who get their fifth point for an acceptance or award in the Convention Juried Exhibit will receive their medallion at the next Convention in two years.
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 Master Circle Medallion are encouraged to bring it with them to each convention to be worn at the Saturday Night Banquet.
Uniting pastel societies around the world in support of the fine art of pastel
RECIPIENTS OF THE IAPS MASTER CIRCLE HONOR
International Association of Pastel Societies
The year indicates when each artist achieved their status.
An (*) indicates the artist is deceased.
2026
Sharon Boisvert
Polly Castor
Vasil Katakis
Deborah Pepin
Natalie Richards
Carleen O’Connor Rivera
Fang Sullivan
Terri Taber
Davina Wang
2025
Joanne Agostinelli
Cheryl Browder
Nancy Chen
Mark Ivan Cole
David Decobert
Kristin Divers
Marz Doerflinger
Marina Drobyshevskaya
Julia Cox Fletcher
Jill Glassman
Masoud Habibyan
Albert Handell
Clint Howard
Kennith Keith
Alison Krajcik
Ellyn Lanz
Alexis LeBorgne
Cheng Li
Jiliang Liao
Wendy McClatchy
Terence McManus
Stephanie Mouw
Katerina Pyatakova
Darcie Case Roberts
Sarah Rose
Masafumi Saito
Jianjiang Shen
John Sherry
Lavone Sterling
Genevieve Tucker
Margi Tucker
Vladimir Zlotskiy
Zhuging MaoMei Zong
2024
Bithia Bjurman
Deborah Breedon
Terrilynn Dubreuil
Michèle Duretête-Brodel
Carole Elliott
Morgan Green
Karen Horne
Lynn Howarth
Susan Hurst
Natasha Isenhour
Mike Ishikawa
Gareth Jones
Anna Lisa Leal
Chi Kuang Lin
Huichien Lin
Toni Lindahl
Patricia Lindley
Yael Maimon
Heidi Marshall
Jody Martin
Nadine McCluskey
Glenn Escal Perez
Paula Phelps
Clarence Porter
Peggy Davidson Post
BF Reed
Lisa Rico
Bob Russin
Ann Sanders
Julie Skoda
William Sweeney
David Wolfram
Yanqi Zhai
Martina Zingler
2023
Shirley Anderson
Joe Baker
Veronique du Boisrouvray
Yevgenia Bondareva
Jason Chang
Brian Cobble
Lisa Cunningham
Keith Demanche
Mary Jo Drueke
Mandy Ellard
Kim Eshelman
Fred Fielding
Erin Gill
Suzanne Godbout
Deana Goldsmith
Carol Hall
Deborah Henderson
Daniel Keys
Shuk Lee
Karen Miller
Kelly Milukas
Janet Patterson
Sergey Pietila
Judy Richardson
Glinda Schafer
Donna Shortt
Gail Sibley
Anne Singer
Kahne Smith
Greg Stone
Patricia Prescott Sueme
Arlene Tarpey
Jai Wei
Kathleen Weil
Qingquan Zhang
Yang Zhao
2022
Barbara Archer-Baldwin
Christopher Atkinson
Barbara Berry
Denali Brooke
Dotty Carringi
Vincent Chiaramonte
Jane Christie
Catherine Cullis
Elaine Despins
Betty Efferson
Sarah St. George
Pamela Hamilton
Randye Jensen
Doreen St. John
Becky Johnson
Sandra Kavanaugh
LaDonna Kruger
Clark Mitchell
Laura Mocnik
John Plishka
Sylvie Poirson
Susan Cone Porges
Mark Price
Nicola Reif
Connie Lynn Reilly
Gary Rupp
Ann Sanders
Mary Rinderle Smith
Vladislav Tatarinov
Christine Troyer
Anu Vedagiri
Marlene Wiedenbaum
2021
Michele Ashby
Tom Bailey
Sarah Blumenschein
Evelyn Brody
Kris Buck
Roberta Condon
Elena Degenhardt
Robin Frisella
Alejandra Gos
Cory Goulet
Anne Kindl
Nancy Lilly
Fubao Ma
Joe Mancuso
Kathleen McDonnell
Renee Marz Mullis
Silja Salmistu
Brian Sauerland
Hei Shilei
Nancy Silvia
Lynn Simon
Susan Story
Otto Sturke
Sharon Pomales Tousey
Marie Kash Weltzheimer
Beth Tockey Williams
2020
Olga Abramova
Susan Ellis
Eileen France
Julie Friedman
Joe Kluck
Randall Kronblad
Eveline Miller
Fabang Pei
Judy Perry
Corey Pitkin
Laura Pollak
Peter Seltzer
Halla Shafey
Stan Sperlak
Anne Strutz
Enid Wood
2019
Lana Ballot
Kate Bergquist
Brenda Boylan
Lynda Conley
Tracy Ference
Michael Freeman
Adrian Giuliani
Rob Gregoretti
Tom Heflin
Haihong Jin
Betsy Kellum
Susan Kuznitsky
Judith Leeds
Tai Meng Lim
Marie Maines
Jory Mason
Jacqueline Meyerson
Maryann Mullet
Mary Ann Pals
Lisa Regopoulos
Teresa Saia
Janet Schwartz
Loriann Signori
Carol StrockWasson
Mary Lynn Sullivan
Karen Tighe
Gloria Vernon
Janice Wall
Lynne Wilcox
Donna Yeager
2018
Edgar Carabio
Cynthia Crimmin
Bethany Fields
Julie Freeman
Amanda Houston
Katherine Irish
Dave Kaphammer
Cristine Kossow
Christine Obers
Carol Peebles
Charles Peer
Alain Picard
Arlene Richman
Cheri Saffro
Jeanne Tangney
Jude Tolar
Dug Waggoner
Jill Stefani Wagner
Junhua Xu
JZ (Jianzhang) Xu
2017
Jacob Aguiar
Linda Armstrong
Lora Block
Gerald Boyd
Christine Camilleri
Bre Crowell
Jeannette Cuevas
Jeri Greenberg
Casey Klahn
Aurelio Rodriguez Lopez
Lee McVey
Judy Miller
Katrina Thorstensen
Tara Will
2016
Tony Allain
Brian Bailey
Gwenneth Barth-White
Stan Bloomfield
Margaret Farrell Bruno
Ron Chapman
Tom Christopher
Suzanne deLesseps
Jennifer Evenhus
Jeff Fioravanti
David Francis
Ted Fuka
Irene Georgopoulou
Lisa Gleim
Joyce Hanson
Kathy Hildebrandt
Cindy House
Maureen Keough
Helen Kleczynski
Margaret Larlham
Bev Lee
Margi Lucena
Maria Marino
Nancy Marshburn
Glen Maxion
Deborah Quinn Munson
Linda Mutti
Ronnie Offen
Aline Ordman
Michele Poirier-Mozzone
Diane Rappisi
Rae Smith
Anna Wainright
2015
Donna Aldrich
Willo Balfry
Mike Beeman
Donna Biggee
Jeanne Ciravolo
Roberta Combs
Carol Dallas
Lyn Diefenbach
John Philbin Dolan
Margaret Dyer
Janis Lacey Ellison
Diane Fechenbach
Ray Hassard
Jean Hirons
Gigi Horr-Liverant
Mike Barret Kolasinski
Isabelle V. Lim
Luana Luconi-Winner
Karen Margulis
Jane McGraw-Teubner
Richard McKinley
Nancie King Mertz
Elizabeth Mowry (deceased)
Connie Noah
Nancy Nowak
Matthew Peake
Claudia Post
Dennis Rhoades
Donna Rossetti-Bailey
Marsha Hamby Savage
William Schneider
Jeanne Rosier Smith
Maureen Spinale
Debora Stewart
Christine Swann
Jane McGraw Teubner
Marie Tippets
Kari Tirrell
Lorraine Trenholm
Susan Williamson
Trilby Wood
2014
Gigi Horr Liverant
2013
Mary Aslin
Lyn Asselta
Karen Budan
Sandra Burshell
Robert Carsten
Christine Debrosky
Linda Dellandre
Susan Grinels
Karen Howard
Gary Huber
Karen Israel
Barbara Jaenicke
Edward Kennedy
Cheryl LeClair-Sommer
Patsy Lindamood
Kim Lordier
Andrew McDermott
Dan Michaels
Paul Murray
Barbara Benedetti Newton
Lisa Ober
Colette Odya Smith
Daggi Wallace
Kurt Weiser
2011
Marla Baggetta
Phil Bates
Christine Bodnar
Linda Gross Brown
Bill Canright
Claudette Gamache
J Kay Gordon
Kathryn Hall
Liz Haywood-Sullivan
Marcia Holmes
Tatijana Jacenkiw
Janis Krendick
Deborah LaFogg-Docherty
Alice Laputka
Cuong Nguyen
Sangita Phadke
Maggie Price (deceased)
Lisa Stauffer
Sally Strand
Vianna Szabo
Patricia Tribastone
Sharon Will
Bonnie Williams
2009
Alexandrine Bartlett
Judith Cutler
Christine Ivers
Brenda Mattson
Lucy Petrie
Terry Smith
2007
Stephanie Birdsall
Peggy Braeutigam
Eileen Casey
Ronald Chapman
Janet A. Cook
Alan Flattmann
Terri Ford
Cameron Hampton
Ruth Hussey
Rita Kirkman
Richard Lundgren
Kathleen Newman
Dianna Ponting
Jerry Power
Clauda Seymour
Frederick Somers
2005
Doug Dawson
Nora deAragon
Diana DeSantis
Frances Dodd
Frank Federico (deceased)
Carl Forslund
Sidney Hermel (deceased)
Anne Heywood
Truman Hosner
Milton Meyer
M.L. Moseman
Desmond O’Hagan
Patricia Suggs
Urania Christy Tarbet
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