Juried Exhibitions/Awards:

Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, Indiana
• Exhibited 1994-2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
• 2007 Merit Award Contemporary Pastel
• 2007 Purchase Award
• 2005 Jury Prize of Distinction, Pastel Traditional
• 1999 Merit Award - Outstanding Work Any Medium
• 1999 Purchase Award

Indiana Heritage Arts, Nashville, Indiana
• Exhibited 2000-2003, 2005-2009
• 2006 Award of Merit
• 2001 The Glen Cooper Henshaw Memorial Award
• 2000 The Glen Cooper Henshaw Memorial Award

Indiana Artists Club Annual Exhibition
• Exhibited 2001-2007, 2009
• 2002 Annual Landscape Award
• 2001 Merit Award

Indiana Artists Club Membership Exhibition
• Exhibited 2000-2006
• 2000 Honorable Mention

Indiana State Fair, Professional Division, Indianapolis, Indiana
• Exhibited 1994-2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009
• 2000 Honorable Mention

Open Space, Art About The Land – Red Tail Conservancy. Minnetrista, Muncie, Indiana
• Exhibited 2005, 2006, 2009
• 2005 Merit Award, Traditional Landscape
• 2005 (2) Purchase Awards

Madison Art Club, Annual Art Competition
• Exhibited 2008, 2009
• 2009 Merit Award for Pastel
• 2008 Merit Award Outstanding Work

Hamilton County Artistsí Association- The Gathering, Plein Air Painting Competition
• 2009 First Place, Pastel

Natureís Inspiration, Carmel, Indiana
• 2004, Cool Creek Nature Center

Brown County Artists Gallery Association, Nashville, Indiana
• 1995, Best of Show

Museum Exhibitions/National Shows:

Chicago Pastel Painters National Juried Competition, Chicago, Illinois
• 2009, Koehline Museum, two paintings accepted

Richmond Art Museum, Richmond Indiana
• 2008, ìPoetry and Passion: The Art of Pastelî, Invitational exhibit - featuring recent works by a group of thirteen award winning artists from Indiana and Ohio.
• Eight paintings accepted.

Richmond Art Museum, 110th Annual Show, Richmond, Indiana
• Exhibited 2008

The Sullivan Munce Cultural Center, Zionsville, Indiana
•2007 The Smithsonian Institute collaborative exhibit, ìFeast Your Eyes, The Unexpected Beauty of Vegetable Gardensî, 20-piece solo exhibit and sale, Moore Bruns Gallery

Cincinnati Art Club – View Point 37^th Annual National Juried Art Competition, Cincinnati, Ohio
• 2005 Pastel journal Award

Selected Exhibits/Solo Shows:

Hilbert Circle Theatre / Hoosier Salon Exhibit
Oval Promenade, Indianapolis, Indiana
• 2010 Two Artists - Pamela C. Newell & Donna Shortt
23-Piece Pastel & Oil Paintings Exhibit and Sale

Hoosier Salon Gallery at the Morris-Butler House, Indianapolis
• 2009, 5-works - group show with Corrine Hull, Tom Himsel, Jerry Points, and Mason Archie

Huntington University, Huntington Indiana
• 2009 Original Oil and Pastel Work, 31-piece exhibit Robert E. Wilson Gallery, Merillat Centre for the Arts

The Hoosier Salon Art Gallery ñ Indianapolis, Indiana
• 2009 Visions & Verse 16-piece two-person show with Libby Whipple

Serenity Restaurant, Zionsville, Indiana
• 2009, 15-piece Exhibit and Sale

The Hoosier Salon Art Gallery - New Harmony, New Harmony Indiana
• 2008, 23-piece three-person show with April Knox and Douglas Runyon

Indiana Authors Bookstore, in collaboration with the Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, Indiana
• 2007, 11-piece Solo Exhibit and Sale

The Canterbury Hotel, Indianapolis, Indiana
• 2007 Solo Exhibit and Sale

Carmel Clay Public Library
• 2007 Solo Exhibit and Sale

Hilbert Circle Theatre, Oval Promenade, Indianapolis, Indiana
• 2005 One Woman 25-piece Solo Exhibit and Sale

Purely Pastels, Hoosier Salon Invitational, Indianapolis, Indiana
• 2004 Exhibit and Sale

1^st Annual T.C. Steele Paintout, Historic Meridian Street, Indianapolis, Indiana
• 2004 Purchase Award

Pastels and Glass Flowers, Plainfield Guilford Township Public Library, Plainfield, Indiana
• 2002, 27-piece Solo Exhibit and Sale

Juried Art Fairs/Festivals

• Indiana Art Fair, Indiana State Museum/Indiana Artisan, 2010
• Art Fair on the Square, Noblesville, 2007, 2008, 2009
• Art on the Avenue, Logansport, 2009
• Broad Ripple Art Fair, 2008, 2009
• The Penrod Arts Fair, 2008, 2009
• Carmel International Arts Festival, 2008
• Orchard in Bloom, 2007, 2008

Professional Affiliations

Hoosier Salon Patrons Association, Indiana Heritage Arts, Indiana Artists Club, Hamilton County Artists Association, Indiana Plein Air Painters Association, and The Indianapolis Art Center
Pastel paintings earned the juried Indiana Artisan designation, 2009

Education

A.A., Massasoit Community College
B.F.A., University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
Continued Studies: The Indianapolis Art Center with Leah Traugott, Marilyn Etchison and Becky Hall Fehsenfeld
Additional study with Ron Mack, Dan Woodson, Bob Eberle, C.W. Mundy, Todd Reifers, David Slonim and Todd Williams

Art Instructor

• 2007 - 2009, The Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, faculty member, pastel painting
• 2007 - 2009, Hamilton County Artists Association, Noblesville, Indiana, guest artist and demonstration, art instructor ñ pastel painting
• 2009, Whitewater Valley Arts Association, pastel workshop instructor
• 2000, 2002, 2004, Central Indiana Artists, Avon, Indiana, guest artist and demonstration
• 2005, Knightstown High School, Knightstown, Indiana, AP art class, guest artist, slides and lecture
• 2004 The Sketchpad Studio, Brownsburg, Indiana, pastel workshop instructor

Gallery Affiliations

The Brown County Art Guild, Nashville, Indiana
The Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, Indiana

Publications

Fishers/Geist Magazine.  January/February 2007, featured artist
Carmel Current, March 3, 2009, ìPam Newellís Pastel Passionî