MARY ASLIN is a participant in the Laguna Beach Art Festival running through the end of August.

LINDA GROSS BROWN was accepted into the Catherine Lorrilard Wolf Art Club show in NYC at the National Arts Club, was included in the pastel issue of the Pratique des Artists magazine from France and the Best of Worldwide Artists, Pastel, Pencil and Drawing. Also included IAPS show at the Butler in the Pleiades 28th annual juried exhibition in NYC, juried by M.Stephen Doherty, editor in chief of American Artist Magazine.

"I've been a busy girl this summer! I also received notice from IAPS that I am now in the Master's Circle and will receive my medal at the next convention." And she has been selected to appear in the 2011 Marquis Who's Who in American Art!!

BARBARA GUYER is a participant in the Laguna Beach Art-A-Fair running through the end of August.

SEPTEMBER McGEE is a participant in the Laguna Beach Sawdust Festival  running through the end of August.

MARLENE ROGERS is a participant in the Laguna Beach Art-A-Fair running through the end of August.

SALLY STRAND recently won the Bronze Award for her painting, "Breeze", at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio: IAPS 16th Juried Exhibition. Another painting, "Yellow Chair" is currently on view by invitation in an exhibition, "Pastels by Invitation 2010", at Creative Arts Center, Chatham, MA. Sally will also be exhibiting a pastel painting at the Pastel Society of America, 38th Annual Exhibition, NY, NY during the month of Sept. Her work is also being published in the current French magazine, Pratique des Arts.

STEVEN FELDMAN, 62, new member, board chairman of Ways & Means, and guest writer for the USPA newsletter, rediscovered his youthful passion for art after a 40-year hiatus in which he established a law practice, married, and reared two children.

The passion is back with a vengeance. His interest in photography, pastels, acrylics and water colors have changed the way he views everything from vast panoramic sunsets to the tiniest gnat on a water lily, from the laugh lines around his wife's eyes to the impish grin of his grandson. Hoping to meld his deep knowledge of the law with his boundless appreciation for art, he has begun helping budding artists with contract and copyright issues by doing pro bono work for the California Lawyers for the Arts where he offers dispute resolution services.

The Orange Art Association Juried Show w will open Saturday, August 14th, at the Guggenheim Gallery on the Chapman College Campus. The time of the Opening is 7:00 P.M. Several of our USPA members had work accepted into the Show. It will be up till the 21st of August. It's always a good show.