Initially scheduled in Saint-Léonard from March 7 to 22, 2020,
The fourth Biennial "Pastel d'Opale"
ended prematurely on March 15.
The fourth Biennial "Pastel d'Opale"
ended prematurely on March 15.
The health crisis linked to Covid 19 greatly disrupted the holding of the fourth edition of our biennial.
- Our guest of honor, the talented Brian Bailey, was unfortunately unable to travel from the United States. On the other hand, his paintings were present.
- 12 countries were represented: the United States, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Ireland, Poland, Greece, Russia, the island Maurice, presenting 204 pastels.
- Brian Bailey offered us five pastels including “Listen”, Grand Prix of the “Master Circle” at the IAPS (International Association of Pastels Society) convention in Albuquerque (New Mexico) in June 2019.
- With only 8 days of exposure and in a rather traumatic health context, we still totaled more than 1000 visitors.
- Of the 6 workshops offered at the start, we were only able to provide that of Patrick Henry in the first week.
- The demonstrations scheduled until Saturday 14 took place normally, in particular at Nausicaa on Monday 9 and during the week preceding the opening.
- As always, in parallel to the biennial, the "Pastel d'Opale" workshop organized its annual exhibition in the salons of the Town Hall of Saint-Léonard; the 28 exhibitors presented 86 pastels.
- Thanks to the generosity of our partner Sennelier and the materials provided by our various sponsors,
we awarded 10 prizes worth more than € 3,000.
We also rewarded the Pastel d'Opale workshop with 3 prizes.
The award jury was made up of Stéphanie Portal, journalist for the magazine "Pratique des Arts",
and three of the winners of previous editions: Pascale Peterlongo, Sylvie Poirson and Catherine Hutter.