Western Slope Meeting

WEST SLOPE PASTELISTS … PLEASE NOTE THIS MEETING DATE CHANGE! The May meeting of the West Slope Pastelists has been changed from May 16 to May 9. Please note this change! “What if…” Demo by Barbara Churchley DATE: Saturday, May 9 TIME: 1:00 PM FEE: Daily Vehicle Pass: $ 10, Individual Daily Pass: $4 LOCATION: Connected Lakes State Park DIRECTIONS: Located in the Southwest portion of Grand Junction on Dike Road. Take Broadway/Hwy 340 to Power Road and travel northwest. Continue on Dike Road to the park. MEET:  Parking area where the outdoor restrooms are. There is plenty of parking space available. […]

DATE: Saturday, April 18, 2026 TIME: 1:00 PM LOCATION: The Art Center in Grand Junction, 1803 North 7th Street DEMO ARTIST: Matt Jones, Curator of the Art Center At the April meeting, Western Slope pastelists will enjoy a lecture entitled “Impressionism is Not French,” by Matt Jones, curator at the Art Center of Western Colorado. Please note the change in location for this event: Art Center, 1803 North 7th Street, Grand Junction. (We will not meet at the Bray Education Center this month.)This lecture will focus on the formal and intellectual artistic movements that inspired some of the most iconic paintings from the period

DATE: Saturday, March 21, 2026 TIME: 1:00 PM LOCATION: Bray Education Center at 640 Belford Avenue in Grand Junction Carole Katchen Demo “ For the Birds”  Denver artist, Carole Katchen began her art career in Colorado in the 1970s. At that time it was a bastion of realistic painting, but even there, her work was unique. She avoided nostalgic depiction of cowboys and the old west. She wanted to focus instead on emotional reality of people living their lives. Her compositions are precisely organized for maximum balance and eye movement. She has received the Master Pastelist designation from Pastel Society

DATE: Saturday, February 21, 2026 TIME: 1:00 PM LOCATION: Bray Education Center at 640 Belford Avenue in Grand Junction DEMO ARTIST: Mike Ray

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

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

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

We will not meet in August. Stop by The Art Center and enjoy “The Member’s Show”.