2008 - Pastels USA, 22nd Annual, National Exhibition, Pastel Society of the West Coast (PSWC), The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
2007 - Renaissance in Pastel 2007, Connecticut Pastel Society Fourteenth Annual
National Exhibition, Salt Box Galleries, W. Hartford, CT
2007 - Catharine Lorillard Wolfe 111th Annual Juried Exhibition, National Arts Club,
Gramercy Park, New York, NY
2007 - Pastels USA, 21st Annual National Exhibition, Pastel Society of the West Coast,
Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Carmichael, CA
2006 - Renaissance in Pastel 2006, Connecticut Pastel Society Thirteenth Annual
National Exhibition, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
2006 - Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art 110th Annual Juried Exhibition, National Arts Club,
Gramercy Park, New York, NY
2006 - Pastel Society of the West Coast, 20th Pastel USA International Open Exhibition,
Auburn, CA
2005 - Renaissance in Pastel 2005, Connecticut Pastel Society Twelfth Annual
National Exhibition
2005 - Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 109th Annual Juried Art Exhibition,
National Arts Club, Gramercy Park, New York, NY
2004 - Degas Pastel Society - Tenth Biennial National Exhibition,
Bryant Galleries, New Orleans and Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, MS
2004 - Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 108th Annual Juried Art Exhibition,
National Arts Club, Gramercy Park, New York, NY
2004 - International Association of Pastel Societies 7th Annual Juried Exhibition,
Binney and Smith Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
2004 - Renaissance in Pastel 2004, Connecticut Pastel Society Eleventh Annual
National Exhibition, the Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
2003 - Renaissance in Pastel 2003, Connecticut Pastel Society Tenth Annual
National Exhibition, West Hartford, CT
OTHER SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2007 - Stewards of the Land & Canvas Show, Marlboro, NY
2007 - Kent Art Association Juried President's Show
2006 - Kent Art Association Juried President's Show
2005 - Degas Pastel Society's Juried 14th Membership Exhibition, Hammond
Regional Arts Center, Hammond, LA
2005 - Womens' Invitational Art Show, Howland Cultural Center Show, Beacon, NY
2005 - Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) Annual Juried Show
2004 - Kent Art Association Spring, President's and Fall Juried Shows
2003 - Kent Art Association Juried President's Show
2003 - Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) Annual Juried Show,
Newtown, CT
2002 - Women Artists of the Hudson Valley Invitational, Howland Cultural
Center, Beacon, NY
RECENT AWARDS
2007 - John Manship Landscape Award, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 111th Annual Juried Exhibition, National Art Club, New York, NY
2006 - Kent Art Association Award, President's Show
2005 - Pastel Society of America Award, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 109th
Annual Juried Exhibition, National Art Club, New York, NY
2005 - Award of Merit, Degas Pastel Society Juried Members Show, Hammond
Art Center, Hammond, LA
2005 - Wallis Paper Award, Connecticut Pastel Society, Meriden, CT
2003 - Emily Hopson Award for Graphics, Juried President's Show, Kent Art Association
Kent, CT
2003 - Dick Blick Award for Pastels, Society of Creative Arts of Newtown Annual
Juried Show, Newtown, CT
2003 - Gold Label Award-Graphics, Orange County Art Federation
JURY EXPERIENCE
Awards Juror- 2007 Spring Show, Kent Art Association; Kent Art Association Student Show 2007, 2002
Jury of Selection- 2006 Renaissance in Pastel, National Juried Show, Connecticut Pastel Society
TEACHERS
Franklin Alexander- Woodstock School of Art
Christine Debrosky, PSA, PSWC-DP
Frank Federico, PSA Master Pastelist, NEWS
Richard McKinley, PSA, PSWC-DP
Joan Slocum, PSA
SOLO AND SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS
Boscobel Restorations, Inc., Garrison, NY
Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, NY
Marlboro Free Library, Marlboro, NY
Josephine-Louise Public Library, Walden, NY
ORGANIZATIONS
Connecticut Pastel Society (CPS)- Signature Member
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, New York, NY- Full Member
Degas Pastel Society, New Orleans, LA
Kent Art Association (KAA), Kent, CT- Elected Artist
ET CETERA
Bridget Herbst teaches and demonstrates pastel both in and out of her home. Her figures in Oil have been exhibited in numerous shows including the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 105th Annual Open Juried Exhibition at the National Arts Club in NYC. Her Pastels have been juried into shows nationwide, including Pastel USA. She became a member of the Degas Pastel Society in 2004 at the invitation of the organization’s Board of Directors and was also juried into Signature Membership of the Connecticut Pastel Society in 2005. Bridget is a Full Member of the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club
Ms. Herbst served for six years on the Board of Directors at Kent Art Association where she is an Elected Artist and former Exhibition Chairperson and was also Coordinator for the Franklin Alexander Workshops in Woodstock, NY for seven years. She is currently the Awards Chairperson at CT Pastel Society.
Paint what you love. Know the tools of your medium and they will serve you well. Use your skills every single day and they will multiply exponentially. Most of all, enjoy what you’re doing- even the difficult, frustrating aspects. After all, what could be more fulfilling and exhilarating than being an artist!