Ann McMillan

AWARDS
Wakeham-Sutherland Award, Pastel Society of the West Coast, Haggin Museum, 2008 Director’s Choice, Greenwich Workshop Gallery Small Works Show, November 2007
First Place, 10^th Annual International Association of Pastel Societies, March 2007
Honorable Mention, Los Altos Plein Air Paintout, September 2006
The Mr. and Mrs. Bob Suggs Award, Pastels USA, Pastel Society of the West Coast, 2006
Third Place, Pastel Society of the West Coast Member Show, November 2006
First Place, Los Altos Plein Air Paintout, September 2006
Best of Show, Jewel by the Bay Alameda Plein Air Painout, July 2006
Honorable Mention, Central Coast Fine Art Competition, Morro Bay Art Association, July 2006 Honorable Mention, Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, Member’s Show, 2006
Third Place, Central Coast Fine Art Juried Competition, 2005
First Place, Estes Park Plein Air Quick Draw, August 2005
Honorable Mention, Society of Western Artists 55^th Annual Exhibit, 2005
Emerging Artist Award from the editor of Arts and Antiques Magazine ,
                                                                                     Carmel Art Festival, May 2003

EXHIBITIONS
Recent Explorations, Thomas Moser Gallery, October 2008 – January 2009, San Francisco
97^th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition, California Art Club, April – May 2008, Pasadena 51^st Annual Saratoga Rotary Art Show, May 2008, Saratoga, California
Napa Valley Art Festival, May 2008, COPIA, Napa, California
Less Is More Miniature Show, Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, 2007, Laguna Beach
Los Gatos Art Association Annual Open Juried Show, 2007, Los Gatos, California
96^th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition, California Art Club, April – May 2007, Pasadena Peninsula Plein Air, Fioli Gardens, 2006, Woodside, California
Annual Exhibit, Pastel Society of the West Coast, 2006, Auburn, California
The Best of Plein Air, Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, 2006, Laguna Beach, California 95^th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition, California Art Club, April – May 2006, Pasadena Annual Exhibit, Society of Western Artists, 2005
Salon International 2005, Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonio, Texas
Northern California Views: California Painting in the Plein Air Tradition,
                                                                                         Napa Valley Museum, 2005 Central Coast Fine Art Juried Competition, Morro Bay Art Association, 2004, 2005 and 2006

PUBLICATIONS

“Back to School: Castilleja Alumnae Artists Return to Exhibit Their Works”,
                                                                                 Palo Alto Weekly, April 10, 2008 “Artists To Watch”, Southwest Art Magazine, August 2006
The Plein Air Scene featured artist, January/February 2004, edited by Sarah Beserra
Plein Air New Mexico, edited by Maggie Price, The Jack Richeson Fine Art Series, Volume 1

COMPETITIONS AND PAINTOUTS
Sonoma Plein Air, 2005 – 2009, Sonoma, California
Scene on the Strait, 2004 – 2006, Martinez Regional Shoreline, Martinez, California
Estes Park Plein Air Paintout, 2005, Estes Park, Colorado
Carmel Art Festival, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, Carmel, California
Point Reyes Plein Air Paintout, William Lester Gallery, 2003 – 2006
San Luis Obispo Plein Air Painting Festival, 2003, 2004, 2006

JURIED MEMBERSHIPS
Signature Member, Pastel Society of America
Mentor Member, California Art Club