Programs

April 2026 Program

Janet Schwartz — Figurative Painting with Pastels
Tuesday, April 7, 6:30pm
Needham Free Public Library

For this year’s joint artist program with the Wellesley Society of Artists, we are pleased to welcome pastel artist Janet Schwartz. The driving force behind Janet’s figurative paintings is the connection between people and/or the environment. In this demo, Janet will focus on capturing the gesture and mood in a figurative painting to tell a story.

Although trained as an art teacher, Janet put off her artistic interests to pursue a corporate career until 2021, when she traded it in for a full life of painting and teaching. Her work has recently focused on connections between figures at the beach, while she is also drawn to a diverse range of subjects: the variation of light in nature and architecture, the unexpected beauty of urban landscapes and traffic scenes, and more. Janet is a Master Circle Member of the International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS), a Copley Signature Artist with the Copley Society of Art, a juried member of the Rockport Art Association and the Northshore Art Association; a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of America (PSA) and Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod (PPSCC). You can learn more about Janet and her work at janetschwartzart.com.