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Laura Pollak is an American visual artist, pastelist, educator, and art blogger born in Detroit, Michigan. Pollak´s art encompasses a wide range from landscape to abstraction. Her painting oeuvre has been praised by jurors for its texture, color harmony and drama. She received the Exceptional Merit Award in the Southeastern Pastel Society Show 2023. Awards she received as a pastelist also include the 2019 Award for Abstract, BoldBrush Painting Competition for her piece "Emeralds", the 2020 Master Circle´s Award by the International Association of Pastel Societies, and the 2023 The Pastel Journal´s 21st Annual Pastel 100 Winners Abstract & Non-Objective Honorable Mention,  Among distinctions from other learned societies,  she has been a president of the Pastel Society of North Carolina, a member of the Master Circle of the International Association of Pastel Societies, a Signature member of the Pastel Society of America, a Signature Member of the Southeastern Pastel Society, a Distinguished Member of the Pastel Society of the West Coast, and a Signature Member of the Piedmont Pastel Society. Pollak is a graduate of the Master of Arts program at Michigan State University. An online collection with some of her recent art was recently published on American Art Collector.