meetings

We have two groups of artists that meet regularly, one on the Front Range (Denver) and one on the Western Slope (Grand Junction). Both share friendships, information on pastel supplies, demos, and methods to promote sales.

Upcoming Meetings

Front-Range

October Front-Range Meeting

DATE: Saturday, October 11th, 2025

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.

October 11, 2025
November Front-Range Meeting

DATE: Saturday, November 8th, 2025

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.

November 8, 2025
December Front-Range Meeting

DATE: Saturday, December 13th, 2025

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.

December 13, 2025

Western Slope

September Western Slope Meeting & Demo

DATE: September 20
TIME:  Information: 1:00 – 1:20 PM
            Demo: 1:25 – 3:00 PM
Address: Bray Education Building, 640 Belford Avenue, Grand Junction

At the meeting, we’ll be having a creative mixed-media paint-along. We’ll provide paper and other miscellaneous supplies. Artists need to bring a small amount of pastels and pastel pencils if you have them. Bring a variety of warm and cool colors and darks and lights.
 
Demo Artist: Bev Lee PSA, PSCM, IAPSMC
Bev is a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of America, Master Signature member of the Pastel Society of Colorado, and Master Circle artist with the International Association of Pastel Societies. Light and color are the inspirations for her painterly realistic pastels.

Childe Hassam, Mary Cassatt, and the Wyeths are a few artists that have been influential for Bev. Her self portrait, “Unraveled,” received the Art Spirit Foundation Bernhard Gold Medal Award in the 2020 Pastel Society of America Award. Along with winning other numerous national awards, her works have been featured in The Artist Magazine, Pastel Journal including a cover feature and three inclusions in the top 100 competitions, Sketchbook Confidential, and “Pure Pastel II,” through North Light Books/FW Publications. Bev is the author of Painting Children, Secrets to Capturing Childhood Moments, also through North Light Books.

Bev lives in western Colorado with her husband and her German shepherd dog. She keeps busy with her family, her art, and hiking. See more of her art at bevlee.com.

September 20, 2025

    2025 PSC Board Meetings

    Finance Committee (2nd Wednesday of the month)
    7:00pm; 3/12, 5/14, 9/10, 11/12.

    Board Meeting (Wednesday following Finance Committee Meetings)
    7:00pm; 3/19, 5/21, 9/17, 11/19.

    Zoom link for all 2025 Board Meetings:
    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7028846325?pwd=dlVBZlJTTUtNbTV4dVNqaG1VcjA4dz09&omn=82694580919