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The SPS exhibition features 65 of the best pastel paintings selected from among 342 submissions by artists throughout the United States and Japan. The works were juried by Bill Hosner, a PSA Master pastelist, whose work is known throughout the United States and Europe.

Pictured are the award winners who were present at the June 12, 2008, reception at Oglethorpe University Museum of Art, in Atlanta, GA.

Best in Show: Horoshi Ishizaka
2nd place: Alan Flattmann
3rd Place: Jon K. Houghton
Gold Awards: Judith Cutler, Donna Biggee, Suzanne Wolfe, Al Zerries
Silver Award: Tonya Carpenter Exceptional Merit Awards: Hiroshi Ishizaka, Mikki Root Dillon, Connie Lynn Reilly, Lora Leigh Giessler, Nedra Bailey, Elaine Marie, Carl Forslund, Camilla Stoltz
Merit Awards: Phil Krzeminski, Jane Cozart, Ruth Hook Colby, Cheryl Powell, Lisa Gleim, Sallie Burns Atkins, Barbara Jaenicke, Marsha Hamby Savage, Cheryl K. Combs, Toby Reid Honorable Mention: Cheryl Powell, Walter Stanford, Claudia Post, Andrea Pejeau, Merritt Roach, Shelly Aquino Brandon, Marilyn St. Clair, Evelyn Breit, Ronnie Offen, Dru Stowers, Karen Margulies, Sharon Weiss, Jon K. Houghton, Fiona K. Lau, J. Christopher-Quillen, Betty Hendrix, Martha Bator, Barbara Jaenicke, Suzanne Wolf, Louise Eaton, Ken Landon Buck

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