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February 2026 Front Range Members Meeting

DATE: Saturday, February 14, 2026 TIME: 10:00-10:30 am, socializing with coffee and snacks 10:30-11:00 am, meeting 11:00am-12:30 pm demo, with room available till 1 as needed LOCATION: Wheat Ridge Center for Music & Arts (currently also Wheat Ridge United Methodist Church)7530 W. 38th Ave. DEMO ARTIST: MITCH CASTER For our meeting, we are privileged to have Mitch Caster demonstrate drawing a clothed model in charcoal. Mitch Caster is a Colorado-based fine artist and life drawing instructor. In his oil paintings, pastels, and drawings, his subjects come to life with exceptional use of light and shadows, and extraordinary depth. His background as a courtroom illustrator […]

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January 2026 Front-Range Meeting

DATE: Saturday, January 10, 2026 TIME: 10:00-10:30 am, socializing with coffee and snacks 10:30-11:00 am, meeting 11:00am-12:30 pm demo, with room available till 1 as needed Location: Wheat Ridge Center for Music & Arts (currently also Wheat Ridge United Methodist Church)7530 W. 38th Ave. DEMO: “Starting Strong” with Jen Starling As artists we can learn from and be inspired by many forms of art expression. This season we will be treated to artists employing various media with experience and insights to share that transcend the boundaries of single a medium. Jen will demo a portrait in oil.  Jen Starling focused seriously on ballet and

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January 2026 Western Slope Meeting

DATE: Saturday, January 17, 2026 TIME: 1:00 PM LOCATION: Bray Education Center at 640 Belford Avenue in Grand Junction DEMO ARTIST: George Callison Grand Junction artist George Callison came to the artist’s world by way of a career in biological sciences. Vertebrate Paleontology and Comparative Anatomy trained an analytical eye, to see what nature provided. That knowledge evolved into a career in designing touring Natural History Exhibitions and Park Planning that featured robotically animated dinosaurs and other creatures . Learning to draw what he saw was inspired at Cal State Long Beach by Betty Edwards ( author of “Drawing From

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2025 Holiday Party for West Slope Pastelists!

Date: Saturday, December 13, 2025Time: NoonPlace: Moody’s Lounge, 546 Main Street, Grand Junction (located on the mezzanine level of the historic Kress Building; elevator in the back of the building, off the alley or take the stairs from Main Street) Please email your reservation to Claudia at Crowell.claudia@gmail.com by November 30. Spouses, partners are invited. Seating limited. Gift Exchange! There will be the annual brown bag gift exchange, if you are interested. Your gift can be a unique tree ornament or a small framed pastel painting, painted by you! And don’t forget to include a favorite piece of chocolate in your brown sack. Hope to see you

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November Western Slope Meeting & Demo

DATE: November 15, 2025TIME:  Information: 1:00 – 1:20 PM            Demo: 1:25 – 3:00 PMAddress: Bray Education Building, 640 Belford Avenue, Grand Junction Demo Artist: Jennifer Riefenberg Jennifer is a board member of Plein Air Artists of Colorado (PAAC) and member of the American Impressionist Society, Pastel Society of Colorado, and Oil Painters of America.  Jennifer has won numerous awards in local, regional, and national exhibitions and has taught painting and other art for many years. She is currently represented by Mary Williams Fine Arts in Boulder, CO; Redstone Art Gallery in Redstone, CO and The Golden Bough in Basalt, CO.

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Western Slope Meeting & Demo

DATE: October 18TIME:  Information: 1:00 – 1:20 PM; Demo: 1:25 – 3:00 PMAddress: Bray Education Building, 640 Belford Avenue, Grand Junction DEMO ARTIST: Norbert Nagel Norbert is a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of Colorado.  Of his painting experience, Norbert says:  “I started painting about 20 years ago. Before that I was really into sports, especially baseball, football, and soccer. Since I’ve been painting, I’ve been very lucky to win a lot of awards – from the Pastel Society of Colorado, Pastel Society of New Mexico, and Wyoming’s Western Spirit Art Show. I was also included one year in the Pastel Journal’s Pastel 100 competition as Best

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