![Joe Baker, fall 2008](images/jb_0908.jpg)
Joe Baker has earned membership in the Master Circle of the International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS), is a Signature member of The Pastel Society of America (PSA) and the Connecticut Pastel Society (CPS), and was an active member in the former Housatonic Valley Art League (HVAL). He currently serves on the Board of Directors of IAPS where he is Treasurer and IT Chair.
Teachers: Joan Griswold (oil studio); classes & workshops with others including Frank Federico, Richard McKinley, Dennis Sheehan, Larry Zingale.
Selected Shows and Exhibitions:
2023: IAPS 43rd Juried Exhibition, online at www.iapspastel.org
2022: IAPS 40th Juried Exhibition, Albuquerque, NM
2021: Pastel Society of America 49th Annual International Exhibition, New York, NY
2020: Connecticut Pastel Society Renaissance in Pastel National Exhibition, Norwich, CT
2020: Pastel Society of America 48th Annual International Exhibition, New York, NY
2020: IAPS 36th Juried Exhibition, Dunedin, FL
2019: Connecticut Pastel Society Renaissance in Pastel National Exhibition, Norwich, CT
2019: Pastel Society of America 47th Annual International Exhibition, New York, NY
2019: Adirondack Pastel Society Annual National Exhibition, Glens Falls, NY
2019: IAPS 34th Juried Exhibition, Albuquerque, NM
2019: Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
2018: Connecticut Pastel Society Renaissance in Pastel National Exhibition, Stamford, CT
2018: Pastel Society of America 46th Annual International Exhibition, New York, NY
2017-21: CPS Member Show, Southington, CT
2017-21: HVAL Summer & Member Shows, Great Barrington, MA
2017: Pastel Society of America 45th Annual International Exhibition, New York, NY
2017: CPS Renaissance in Pastel National Exhibition, Vernon, CT
2017: Pastel Society of New Hampshire National Exhibition, Portsmouth, NH
2017: Academic Artists Association, 67th Annual National Exhibition, Vernon, CT
2016: CPS Renaissance in Pastel National Exhibition, Norwich, CT
2016: Pastel Society of America 44th Annual International Exhibition, New York, NY
2016: Solo Show "Moments", Sandisfield Arts Center, Sandisfield, MA
2016: Pastel Show (5 person) "Capturing Color", Spencertown Academy, Spencertown, NY
2014: Solo Show "In our World", Whitney Center for the Arts, Pittsfield, MA
2014-15: CPS Pastel Purely Pastel Show, Old Lyme, CT
2013: Solo Show "Chasing Light", Sandisfield Arts Center, Sandisfield, MA
2013: CPS Renaissance in Pastel Show, Norwich, CT
2013: CPS Purely Pastel Show, East Hartford, CT
2012-13: Northeast National Pastel Exhibition, VIEW, Old Forge, NY
2012: CPS Signature Member Show, Old Lyme, CT
2011: CPS Signature Member Show, East Hartford, CT
2011: Solo Show "Recent Paintings", Knox Gallery, Monterey, MA
2010: CPS Signature Member Show, Old Lyme, CT
2010-11: Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod, "For Pastels Only", S. Yarmouth, MA
2009-12: CPS Renaissance in Pastel Show, Waterbury, CT
2009: Solo Show "Close to Home", Sandisfield Arts Center, Sandisfield, MA
2008-16: CPS Member Shows, Meriden, CT
2006-10: KAA Members, Spring, President's & EAI Shows, Kent, CT
2006-15: HVAL Summer & Member Shows, Sheffield, MA
Selected Awards:
October 2023: IAPS 43rd Juried Exhibition; Award of Merit
March 2021: CPS Member Show; UART Pastel Paper Award
November 2020: HVAL End-of-Year Member Show; Honorable Mention
October 2020: CPS Renaissance in Pastel National Show; Richeson Award
March 2018: CPS Member Show; UART Pastel Paper Award
October 2017: PSNH National Exhibition; Guerrilla Painter/Pastel Journal Award
March 2017: CPS Member Show; UART Pastel Paper Award
March 2016: CPS Member Show; Wholesale Frames Award
June 2013: CPS Purely Pastel Show; Silver Award of Excellence
March 2013: CPS Member Show; Dakota Art Pastels Award
October 2011: PPSCC FPO National Exhibition; My Art Tutor Award
March 2011: CPS Member Show; Rembrandt Pastel Award
Aug 2010: HVAL Member Show; Award of Excellence
July 2010: HVAL Juried Show; Honorable Mention
Jan 2009: CPS Member Show; Diane Townsend Pastel Award
Publications:
Sanctuary, The Journal of the Massachusetts Audubon Society, Nov/Dec 1996.