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Upcoming events

  • Laura Pollak Workshop "Painting the Ethereal Light in both Landscape and Abstract" via Zoom

    • 03/05/2025
    • 03/26/2025
    • 4 sessions
    • via Zoom
    • 11
    • 4 registrants
    Register

    Keeping warm? Here's a great opportunity to stay inside where it's nice and cozy and still attend a great pastel class series.

    Popular pastel teacher Laura Pollak has agreed to do a 4-class Zoom (link coming) workshop for us which will take place on Wednesdays this March. It is called "Painting the Ethereal Light in both Landscape and Abstract". The cost for members is $365 and $390 for nonmembers.

    The class will be 1-5pm on Wednesdays March 5, 12, 19, and 26. Laura will contact you a few weeks before the first class to discuss your skill level, your goals for the workshop, and how the bulletin board function will be used for group & individual critiques. This is a class for newer pastel artists as well as those who have experience. 

    One of the best features of this 4-session pastel class is that Laura makes it available to the enrolled students on a private YouTube channel for one month so you can review and watch again. There will also be a Facebook community for her students to converse and interact as well as an online Bulletin Board to share works and help. So if you miss a class or if Wednesdays don't work for you there is a good option.

    Since this is such short notice the registration will be open to members and nonmembers alike...first come, first served. Laura needs a minimum of 12 students, with a maximum class size of 15 or so.

    Supplies list coming.

    http://www.laurapollak.com

    Watch Laura's demo at this link: https://www.youtube.com/live/aKSw7XRbju4?si=IXWPvMcEfmN4Ay4U





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Past events

12/06/2024 Board Meeting (Zoom)
11/08/2024 SAMA "Rendering Radiance" pick up unsold work
11/07/2024 SAMA "Rendering Radiance" pick up unsold work
11/06/2024 SAMA "Rendering Radiance" pick up unsold work
10/26/2024 General Meeting (potluck)
08/24/2024 "Rendering Radiance" Reception and Awards
08/16/2024 "Rendering Radiance" PPAL Members Exhibit
07/27/2024 General Meeting
07/25/2024 Board Meeting (Zoom)
06/17/2024 "Rendering Radiance" SAMA Acceptance emails
06/06/2024 Board Meeting (Zoom)
05/24/2024 "Rendering Radiance" SAMA Registration due 5/24
04/25/2024 Board Meeting (Zoom)
04/20/2024 General Meeting (potluck)
04/13/2024 New and Gently Used Art Supplies Sale
03/21/2024 Board Meeting (Zoom)
03/08/2024 Road trip to Butler Museum of American Art
02/29/2024 Board Meeting (Zoom)
01/27/2024 General Meeting (bring your lunch)
01/25/2024 Board Meeting (Zoom)
11/04/2023 General Meeting (potluck)
10/25/2023 Loriann Signori Workshop "From the Marvelous to the Mundane"
10/12/2023 Board Meeting (Zoom)
07/15/2023 General Meeting (potluck)
06/05/2023 Pure Color 2023 Demos, North Hills Arts Center
06/03/2023 Pure Color 2023 Reception, North Hills Arts Center
05/27/2023 Exhibit, North Hills Arts Center
04/28/2023 Road trip to Cleveland Museum of Art and Butler Museum of American Art
04/23/2023 Lyn Asselta Workshop "The 'Why' of Painting" (via Zoom) - Register by 4/15
04/15/2023 General Meeting, Speaker photographer/printer Alex Patho
03/16/2023 Board Meeting (Zoom)
01/21/2023 General Meeting (no potluck)
01/19/2023 Board Meeting (Zoom)
11/05/2022 General Meeting (potluck)
10/28/2022 Board Meeting (Zoom)
10/24/2022 Field Trip to The Ruins Project plus Paint Out
09/17/2022 Fran Marze Retrospective
09/06/2022 Board Meeting (Zoom)
08/09/2022 Board Meeting (Zoom)
07/16/2022 General Meeting (potluck)
06/29/2022 Board Meeting
06/01/2022 Road Trip to Rochester Art Supply
05/05/2022 Board Meeting (Zoom)
04/09/2022 "Pure Color" pick-up
04/09/2022 General Meeting (bring your own lunch)
03/19/2022 "Pure Color" Reception, North Hills Arts Center
03/17/2022 Board Meeting (Zoom)
03/12/2022 "Pure Color" Exhibit, North Hills Arts Center
03/10/2022 "Pure Color" drop-off
03/05/2022 Paint In at Gilberti Fine Arts
02/26/2022 "Pure Color" NHAC Registration due 2/26
02/15/2022 Board Meeting (Zoom)
01/08/2022 General Meeting (potluck)
01/06/2022 Board Meeting (Zoom)
12/17/2021 Exhibits NHAC Prospectus Meeting (Zoom)
12/14/2021 Board Meeting (Zoom)
11/05/2021 Board Meeting (Zoom)
10/27/2021 Paint Out at Pittsburgh Botanic Garden
10/16/2021 PPAL "Pure Brilliance" Reception
09/27/2021 PPAL "Pure Brilliance" Exhibit
09/18/2021 General Meeting (potluck)
09/14/2021 Paint Out at St. Paul of the Cross Monastery
09/14/2021 Weirton Juried Exhibit Registration (extended to 9/14)
09/10/2021 Barbara Jaenicke "Meet and Greet"
09/10/2021 Barbara Jaenicke Workshop, Painting the Poetic Landscape
09/07/2021 Board Meeting (Zoom)
08/19/2021 Paint Out at Phipps Conservatory grounds
08/05/2021 Board Meeting (Zoom)
07/22/2021 Paint Out at Washington's Landing (Herr's Island)
07/10/2021 General Meeting (via Zoom)
07/06/2021 Board Meeting (Zoom)
06/29/2021 Paint Out at the Frick grounds
06/10/2021 Depreciation Lands Museum Paint Out
06/08/2021 Exhibits Committee Meeting (Zoom)
06/02/2021 Board Meeting (Zoom)
05/05/2021 Board Meeting (Zoom)
04/29/2021 Pittsburgh Botanic Gardens Paint Out
04/15/2021 Tony Allain workshop (via Zoom)
04/10/2021 General Meeting (via Zoom)
04/09/2021 PPAL "Pure Pastel" Wheeling Reception
04/06/2021 Board Meeting (Zoom)
04/01/2021 PPAL "Pure Pastel" Wheeling Exhibit
03/12/2021 Wheeling Exhibit Registration (due March 12)
03/09/2021 Board Meeting (Zoom)
02/28/2021 Logo Contest Submission (due 2/28/2021)
02/02/2021 Board Meeting (Zoom)
01/14/2021 PPAL members Dakota Pastels warehouse tour (via Zoom)
01/09/2021 General Meeting (via Zoom)
01/07/2021 Board Meeting (Zoom)
12/12/2020 PPAL sponsored portrait demo by Christine Swann (via Zoom)
12/01/2020 Board Meeting (Zoom)
11/05/2020 Beechwood Farms Nature Preserve Paint Out
10/28/2020 Board Meeting (Zoom)
10/22/2020 Pittsburgh Botanic Gardens Paint Out
10/10/2020 General Meeting (via Zoom)
09/28/2020 Board Meeting (Zoom)
09/16/2020 McConnells Mill State Park Paint Out
09/02/2020 Board Meeting
08/26/2020 Pittsburgh North Shore Riverwalk Paint Out
08/06/2020 Board Meeting (Zoom)
07/31/2020 Pittsburgh Botanic Gardens Paint Out Rain Date
07/24/2020 Pittsburgh Botanic Gardens Paint Out
07/11/2020 Board Meeting (Zoom)
07/11/2020 General Meeting (potluck)
04/11/2020 CANCELLED - General Meeting (potluck)
01/18/2020 General Meeting (potluck)
12/31/2019 Gilberti Gallery exhibit pick-up
10/18/2019 Gilberti Gallery exhibit reception
09/28/2019 General Meeting and Framing Lesson (potluck) (register by 9/1)
09/28/2019 "Petite Pastels" Exhibition at Gilberti Gallery, Coraopolis
08/09/2019 Marla Baggetta Workshop, Color Confidence
08/08/2019 Marla Baggetta Demo (potluck)
06/10/2019 General meeting
02/23/2019 PPAL Meeting (Potluck)
10/08/2018 General meeting
08/28/2018 Our Own Paint a Portrait Day
07/10/2018 PPAL Meeting (Potluck)
05/12/2018 PPAL Meeting (Potluck)
05/01/2018 Gilberti Gallery exhibit pick-up
04/28/2018 Coraopolis Paint Out
03/16/2018 Gilberti Gallery exhibit reception
03/05/2018 PPAL Exhibition at Gilberti Gallery, Coraopolis
03/01/2018 Gilberti Gallery exhibit drop-off by 3/5
02/25/2018 Gilberti Gallery Exhibit Registration due 3/1
02/24/2018 PPAL Meeting (Potluck)
11/04/2017 Workshop - Introduction to Pan Pastels with Diane Murray
10/02/2017 Christine Ivers Workshop, Night Scenes
07/22/2017 PPAL Meeting (Potluck)
05/21/2017 Artsmiths exhibit pick-up
05/11/2017 Artsmiths exhibit Gallery Talk, "An Evening with Linda Barnicott"
05/07/2017 Artsmiths exhibit Gallery Demo, Christine Swann "Portrait Painting in Pastel"
05/06/2017 Artsmiths exhibit Gallery Demo, Diane Grguras "Pastel Painting in Plein Air"
04/29/2017 Workshop - Color Harmony with Gail Beem
04/24/2017 Artsmiths exhibit class, Gail Beem, "An Exploration in Pastels"
04/22/2017 Artsmiths exhibit Gallery Demo, Diane Murray "Pan Pastels"
04/20/2017 Artsmiths exhibit Gallery Talk, Fran Marze "History of Pastel"
04/15/2017 Artsmiths exhibit pick up work not accepted by 4/15
04/09/2017 Artsmiths exhibit reception
04/09/2017 PPAL Exhibition at Artsmiths, Mt. Lebanon
04/02/2017 Artsmiths exhibit drop-off by 4/2
03/15/2017 Artsmiths Exhibit Final Info Due 3/11
03/11/2017 PPAL Spring Meeting (Potluck)
02/03/2017 Artsmiths Exhibit Registration due 2/1
01/28/2017 PPAL Winter Meeting (Potluck)
11/05/2016 Clothed Figure with Brian McDermott
10/29/2016 PPAL Fall Meeting (Potluck)
08/20/2016 Paint-out at the home of Patty Young (Potluck)
04/23/2016 Composition is King with Christine Swann
04/02/2016 PPAL Spring Meeting
11/07/2015 "Save this Painting"/"FRAME this Painting" Gail Beem and Karen Ferrick Workshop
10/01/2015 Stan Sperlak Workshop
08/25/2015 "Pastel Expressions" - CPPS/PPAL Joint Exhibition Pick-up
08/08/2015 Paint-out at the home of Rex and Barbara Swann (Potluck)
07/01/2015 Monroeville Public Library Exhibit
06/26/2015 Artists' Plein Air Night at the Frick
06/20/2015 Paint-out at the home of Shari Finney (Potluck)
06/15/2015 Monroeville Public Library Exhibit Registration due 6/15
05/30/2015 Paint-out at the Frick grounds
05/16/2015 Abstracts with Gail Beem Workshop
05/01/2015 Upper St. Clair Hospital exhibit Pick Up
05/01/2015 "Pastel Expressions" - CPPS/PPAL Exhibition
04/22/2015 "Pastel Expressions" - CPPS/PPAL Joint Exhibition Drop-off
04/18/2015 PPAL Spring Meeting
03/30/2015 Upper St. Clair Hospital Gallery 1 Exhibit
03/06/2015 Upper St. Clair Hospital exhibit Drop off
11/08/2014 "Clothed Figure Life Drawing Workshop with Brian McDermott"
11/01/2014 Saville Gallery Exhibit Reception
11/01/2014 Frank Sarris Public Library Exhibit
10/30/2014 Saville Gallery Exhibit
09/13/2014 Degas at the Frick Tour
07/22/2014 Degas at the Frick Poll
06/18/2014 Exhibit @ Delanie's Coffee Shop
06/03/2014 The Hoyt Exhibition
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