Jean Hirons Pastel Artist

Juried shows and prizes

• 2008  Northeast Pastel Society 4th National Exhibition, Outstanding Landscape award
• 2007  Maryland Pastel Society “Shades of Pastel”, 2 Awards of Merit
• 2007  Pastel Society of America’s 35th annual “For Pastels Only” exhibition
• 2007  Chicago Pastel Painters 1st Annual Exhibit
• 2007  Pastel Painters of Cape Cod 12 annual exhibition
• 2006  Pastel Society of America’s 34th annual “For Pastels Only” exhibition, Pastel Painters of Cape Cod Award
• 2006  Maryland Pastel Society’s “Shades of Pastel” national exhibition, Award of Merit
• 2005  Maryland Pastel Society’s “For Members-Only” exhibition, 3rd Place and Honorable Mention
• 2005  Maryland Pastel Society’s “Shades of Pastel” national exhibition
• 2004 Pastel Society of America, 32nd annual “For Pastels Only” exhibition
• 2003  Rockville Arts League, 1st place
• 2002  Rockville Arts League, 3rd place and honorable mention

Solo shows:

• 2008  “Pastel Landscapes”, Paint Branch Unitarian Church, Adelphi, MD
• 2007  “Pastel Landscapes,” National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
• 2006  “Pure Color,” Creative Partners Gallery, Bethesda, MD
• 2004  “New Beginnings: Pastel Landscapes,” Creative Partners Gallery, Bethesda, MD
• 2002  River Road Unitarian Church (pastels), Bethesda, MD
• 2002  City Hall, Rockville, MD
• 1998  River Road Unitarian Church (pastels)
• 1991  River Road Unitarian Church (lithographs and colored pencil)
• 1988 River Road Unitarian Church (colored pencil)

Art Associations

• Waverly Street Gallery
• Pastel Society of America, signature member
• Maryland Pastel Society, full member

Education

Degrees:

• Bachelors in fine arts: Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio, 1970
• Masters in library science: University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, 1973

Further study in art:

• Corcoran School of Art, 1984-1986
• Art League of Alexandria, Va., 1987-1993

Workshops and courses in pastel with:

• Lisa Semarad
• Richard McDaniel
• Jack Pardue
• Elizabeth Mowry
• Albert Handell
• Doug Dawson
• Susan Ogilvie
• Bob Rohm
• Richard McKinley

Employment and related awards:

I worked at the Library of Congress as an international program coordinator for the Cooperative Online Serials Program (CONSER); winner of the Bowker/Ulrich’s Serials Librarianship Award (1996) and the Margaret Mann Citation (2002).