Neal H. Allen {Fine Art Pastels}
Education
Continuing Education
Annette Gurdo (Munson Williams Proctor/Pratt Art Institute) 1998-2003
Workshops
Michael Chesley Johnson PSA, MSPAC 2011, 2012, 2016
Sean Dye PSA 2011
Kathleen Galligan 2013
Tony Allain PS, RSMA, PSA, IAPS-MC, MPANZ, EP/IAPS 2023
Alain Picard, PSA, IAPS-MC 2024
Critique
Louise Frechette, PSA 2006
Mary Padgett, PSA 2013
Michael Chesley Johnson, PSA, MPAC 2020
Exhibitions
Open
Adirondack Art Show, View, Old Forge, NY - 2006-2018
Ontario County Arts Council (various) 2019-present
Juried (Regional)
Annual Juried Summer Art Show Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts, Little Falls, NY - 2006, 2008-2012
Annual Juried Exhibition, Arkell Gallery, Canajoharie, NY - 2011, 2015, 2016
Pastel Artists of Central New York, Cazenovia College Art Gallery - 2013
Chenango Arts Council Public Arts Initiative - 2015
Juried (National)
Pastels Only, Pastel Society of New Hampshire - 2012, 2019
Northeast National Pastel Show, View, Old Forge, NY - 2013, 2018, 2019
It's Pastel, Pastel Society of New Hampshire - 2019
Adirondack National Pastel Exhibition, Adirondack Pastel Society - 2020, 2022
Pastel Society of Western New York - 2022-2024
Solo Exhibitions
Cherry Branch Gallery, Cherry Valley, NY (with Abbey Koutnick, watercolors) - 2015
West Winfield Public Library, West Winfield, NY - 2015, 2016
The Arkell Gallery, Canajoharie, NY - 2016
Cheshire Union Gallery, Cheshire, NY - 2021
Fort Hill Performing Arts Center, Canandaigua, NY - 2022
Wood Library, Canandaigua, NY - 2023
Anthony Road Winery, Geneva, NY - 2024
Awards
Pastel - Third; Master's Division - Adirondack Art Show; View, Old Forge, NY - 2008
Oil/Acrylic/Pastel - Second - Adirondack Art Show; View, Old Forge, NY - 2012
Outstanding Merit - Paint Palmyra, Palmyra, NY - 2022
Pat Bashart Memorial Merit Award - Pastel Society of New York summer show, 2023
Charitable Donations
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Auction, NYSUT - 2005-2007
Old Forge Plein Air Paint Out - 2010-2018
Family Services Benefit; Kailua, Kona, HI - 2010
Hospeace House, Naples, NY - 2022, 2023
Memberships
Pastel Society of America, Associate Membership - 2016-present
View, Old Forge, NY - 2008-2020
SPA (Syracuse Pastel Artists)(founding member) - 2012-2017 (defunct)
Ontario County (NY) Arts Council (Board of Directors, Exhibiting Artist) - 2019-present
Pastel Society of Western New York - 2022-present
