2025 PAINT AROUND AUCTION

Each year, talented painters volunteer in our PAINT AROUND.  This year we have enticed Janet Schwartz, Dave Kaphammer, Maryann Mullett and Lisa Regopoulos to participate. 

At our Members Exhibit Opening, the artists set up and painted a bit on their own paintings, but then they passed it on. This repeats until everyone gets their hands on each painting. The end results are beyond beautiful! 

All proceeds of these paintings go to the host of our show: The Monadnock Center for History and Culture.

Our Mission is:

• To set standards of excellence and to encourage the use of soft pastel;
• To unite outstanding pastelists through membership in the society;
• To establish pastel as a separate category in major art exhibitions; 
• To focus attention on the renaissance of pastel and to educate the public regarding the permanence and beauty of the medium;
• To offer workshops, critiques, classes, demonstrations and scholarships as part of our educational program; 
• To offer a vehicle of communication for the exchange of news and ideas through our website, social media, and our other publications;
• To hold members' shows at prominent galleries and museums; 
• To culminate the year's activities with a national annual juried exhibition open to members and non-members.