Jean Hirons Pastel Artist

Juried shows and prizes

• 2010 Pastel Painters' Society of Cape Cod, "For Pastels Only on Cape Cod", national juried exhibition, Award of Honor
• 2010 Pastel Society of the West Coast national juried exhibition, University Art Award
• 2010 Maryland Pastel Society national juried web show, Third Place
• 2009 Pastel Society of the West Coast national juried exhibition
• 2009  Northeast Pastel Society 5th National Exhibition, Outstanding Landscape and Juror's Choice Awards
• 2009 Maryland Pastel Society, "Shades of Pastel" national juried exhibition, Best Still Life Award
• 2009  Maryland Pastel Society "Members Only"; Award of Merit
• 2008  Northeast Pastel Society national juried exhibition, Outstanding Landscape award
• 2007  Maryland Pastel Society, “Shades of Pastel” national juried exhibition, 2 Awards of Merit
• 2007  Pastel Society of America’s 35th annual “For Pastels Only” national juried exhibition
• 2007  Chicago Pastel Painters 1st Annual Exhibit
• 2007  Pastel Painters of Cape Cod 12th 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

Shows:

• 2010 "Spring Song", solo show, Bethesda, MD.
• 2009  Two-person show; Marion Art Center, Marion, MA
• 2009  “Works on Paper”, three-person show, South Street Gallery, Easton, MD
• 2008  “New Pastels”, Waverly Street Gallery, Bethesda, MD
• 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, signature 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
• Margaret Dyer

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).