Golden Mentor Award
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PASTEL SOCIETIES
IAPS
Golden Mentor Award
The IAPS Golden Mentor Award is an honor presented to outstanding individuals who have contributed to the growth of artists and the medium of pastel. These individuals have given unselfishly of their time, created vast opportunities otherwise unobtainable, and have assisted artists in various ways to obtain their artistic goals.
IAPS GOLDEN MENTOR AWARD RECIPIENTS
The year indicates when each recipient received the award.
2026
Carol Hall
Paul Murray
Lisa Rico
Mary Sexton
Christopher Stillians
2024
Vic & Rocky Mastis
Kahne Smith
2022
Lyn Jensen
Becky Neideffer
Judy Richardson
2019
Shirley Anderson
Willo Balfrey
2017
Robert Nelson
2015
Joe Baker
Melody Lane
2013
Paula Ann Ford
Julia Patterson
Amy Vreedevoogd
Mack West
2011
Mary Ann Broddrick
Liz Haywood-Sullivan
Jamie Markle
Urania Christy Tarbet
2009
Sandra Burshell
Bill Canright
Anne Heywood
Brenda Mattson
Rae Smith
Jimmy Wright
2007
Anne Hevener
Chuck Statham
Richard Sutherland
Duane Wakeham
2005
Donna Aldridge
Loreta Feeback
Bob Heywood
Jack Pardue
2003
Rosemary Simpson
2001
Peggy Braeutigam
Pat Suggs
1999
Milton Meyer
Robert Suggs
Phil Terry
1997
M. Stephen Doherty
Sidney Hermel
Carole Katchen
1995
Flora B. Giffuni
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