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

May Front-Range Meeting

DATE: Saturday, May 10th, 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 1:00 as needed

Location: Wheat Ridge Center for Music & Arts (currently also Wheat Ridge United Methodist Church)
7530 W. 38th Ave.

Demo Artist: Carole Katchen

“How to Turn A Boring Painting into One That’s Exciting”

PSC welcomes Carole Katchen as our demo artist for the May 10 Front Range member meeting.
Carole Katchen has been a professional artist for 60 years. Her first solo exhibit was at the Denver Art Gallery (Saks Gallery) in 1972. Since then her work has been featured in galleries and museums throughout the United States, in South America, Taiwan and China.

Some of her pastel awards include:

  • Avelyn Goldsmith Award, PSA, NY
  • Holbein Award, Pastel USA, Sacramento, CA
  • Grumbacher Gold Medallion, PSNM National Exhibit
  • Merit Award, PSSW National Exhibit, Irving, TX
  • Master Pastelist, Braids Award, PSA, NY
  • Golden Mentor Award, International Association of Pastel Societies

Fourteen of Katchen’s art instruction books have been released by national publishers. She wrote and illustrated 3 children’s books for Scholastic Books. Total sales of all her books have exceeded 1 million copies.

Carole Katchen in her studio
May 10, 2025
September Front-Range Meeting

DATE: Saturday, September 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.

September 13, 2025
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

April Western Slope Members Meeting

DATE CHANGE! (As the 3rd Saturday is Easter Weekend)

Date: April 26, 2025

Demo by: Sandy Marvin

Information: 1:00 – 1:20PM

Demo: 1:25 – 3:00PM

Location: Bray Education Building, 640 Belford Ave., Grand Junction

Presenting Our Demo Artist: Sandy Marvin

Sandy Marvin is a lifelong artist with a curriculum vitae of art careers that includes medical artist, calligrapher, sign painter, graphic designer, art teacher and now pastel painter. Her change of focus from lettering to painting came about during her years teaching art when she became increasingly attracted to drawing and painting.

Sandy is primarily a representational painter with a strong abstract tendency. She works in soft pastel with a dash of other media mixed in. Her inspiration comes from the natural world as well as the world of things. She is particularly attracted to intriguing shapes, lyrical line, interesting juxtapositions and color relationships. 

Sandy is a Master Signature member of PSC and has been awarded First Place and Best of Show in two PSC Signature Artists shows. 

Monthly Challenge Is: Bev’s Goats and Lama’s

April 27, 2025
    May Western Slope Members Meeting

    Date: May 17, 2025 – 3rd Saturday

    Information: 1:00 – 1:20PM

    Demo: 1:25 – 3:00PM

    Location: 640 Belford Avenue, Grand Junction – Bray Education Building

    Presenting Our Demo Artist: Doug Graybeal

    "Survivor" by Doug Graybeal
    “Survivor” by Doug Graybeal

    Graduating with a degree in Architecture during a slow economy Doug moved to Colorado to ski and never left. He was a principal in an award winning and nationally recognized architectural firm for 25 years before starting his own distinguished practice focused on sustainable design. After practicing the “hard line art” of architecture for forty years Doug decided to more deeply explore the softer “more free flowing” art of watercolors with the vibrancy of pastels. He has drawn throughout his career and taken workshops from Colorado and nationally recognized artists. Doug continues to expand his artistic skills combining pastels with watercolors and participating in Plein Air events throughout Colorado. He is a signature member of the Pastel Society of Colorado.

    Monthly Challenge Is: Landscape (Gateway Colorado) or Rocks

    1. Pick one of the pictures or you can combine if there is more than one. Size is your option to complete the picture.
    2. Bring to your next Members Meeting, enjoy how each of us see the original picture…this is Fun
    3. Vote for your favorite
    4. What’s the next Challenge??????
    May 17, 2025

      2025 PSC Board Meetings

      Finance Committee
      7:00pm; 3/5, 5/7, 9/7, 11/5.

      Board Meeting
      Wednesday following Member Meeting, 7:00pm; 1/15, 3/12, 5/14, 9/17, 11/12.

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