meetings 2023

Trini Mendenhall Community Center, 1414 Wirt Rd, Houston TX
Click here for details on Meetings/Workshops 2023

MAY 6

Carolina Dalmas Demo  

september 9

Caroline Ratliff demo

october 7

Betty James Demo

november 4

Sherry Killingsworth Demo

december 2

Christmas Luncheon

TEXAS!

Bluebonnets, Big Skies, Cactus, Longhorns, Pastel

events

ART OF THE PASTEL exhibition through may 27

Lights, darks, brilliant color, nuanced neutrals, Art of the Pastel captures the beauty of pastel. Visit the exhibition until May 27, 2023 at the Ross Gallery, Arts for Rural Texas, 114 North Live Oak, Fayetteville TX.

Juror Cheng Lian awarded Best of Show to Carolyn Hancock for "Diamonds on the Water."

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monthly challenge

A different theme every meeting, with a spin-the-wheel award. Watch for PSST emails for challenge subject and details.

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big wave workshop July 17

A summer workshop with Carolyn Hancock. Learn how the water moves and how to capture the details to paint realistic waves. Click for details.

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pastel live online August 17-19, 2023

Are you attending Pastel Live Online in August? PSST is an affiliate and will earn a small bonus if you register by clicking here or on the image.

Pastel Live has 30 of the world’s best pastel artists demonstrating their methods and techniques. Pastel Live offers wisdom and insights on everything from art instruction to career level strategies and advice.

membership

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Whether in a grand studio or a corner of a room, we are alone at the easel. That isolation tells us to take a break, get out and be around other artists.

​We need to talk with our peers, to see how our work stacks up against others, to learn, evolve, and get better together in this wonderful art journey.

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"I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say ay other way - things I had no words for”

- Georgia O'Keefe

about psst

PSST has an international membership of artists who share a love of pastel and its unique beauty. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Our Board is comprised of volunteer members who freely give their time to promote pastel through artist demonstrations, workshops, education and exhibitions. Read more . . .

news and spotlight

carolina dalmas

CAROLINA DALMAS was awarded the Pastel Journal Best in Pastel, and First Place in Still Life & Floral. Juror Michael Freeman said, "This painting can be enjoyed from a distance or up close, as it draws in the viewer to enjoy the many interesting details, textures and colors."

Carolina is PSST 1st Vice President/Membership Chair.

CYNTHIE HANKS

CYNTHIE HANKS was juried in as an Associate Member of the Pastel Society of America

tetyana aleksEnko

TETYANA ALEKSENKO was juried in as an Associate Member of  the Pastel Society of America. 

​​Tetyana is PSST Communications Chair.

rita kirkman

RITA KIRKMAN The painting The Letter is one of only 20 pastels selected from the PSA 50th Annual Exhibition 2022 to exhibit at the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown Ohio. This exhibit will show through May 14, 2023.
The Letter had won the Flora B. & Joseph V. Giffuni Memorial Award at the 50th Annual Exhibition, earning Rita the designation of PSA Master Pastelist.