January, 2026
If you haven’t paid your $40 dues for 2026, please do so as soon as possible. You can pay them on PayPal here: pikespeakpastel.org/membership.
Or you can send a check to: Pikes Peak Pastel Society, P.O. Box 2443, Colorado Springs, CO 80901.
We want EVERYONE back as a member.
Book Clubs are Restarting
Please sign up for one of our book clubs and join your fellow artists to learn landscape or portrait painting. Here are the details:
Portrait Book Club at Library 21
meets every other Thursday 1 – 3 pm
beginning January 29
Portrait Book Club at Lyn Farrell’s home
meets every other Friday 2 – 4 pm
beginning January 23
Contact Lyn Farrell for details.
Landscape Book Club will meet once a month;
contact Lisa Faherty Vance for details
February, 2026
February 21, 2026
10:30 am
Meeting
East Library
Our February Meeting will be at the East Library on February 21st at 10:30 am. Our own Chad Greene will be demonstrating his pastel painting technique on canvas. Please join us for this informative time together. Mark your calendars now!
March, 2026
Member Show at Commonwheel
by Ingrid Burnett
We would like to invite all Pikes Peak Pastel Society (PPPS) members to submit their artwork to our Pikes Peak Pastel Society Exhibition: Colorado Serenade. The exhibit begins on March 6, 2026 and ends on March 30, 2026. The Commonwheel Artist Co-Op in Manitou Springs, CO will host the exhibit.
Our judge will be Kim Costello, owner of Academy Art and Frame. Only original, framed paintings will be eligible to be judged in the show. The show will be judged in two categories: Emerging and Established artists.
Emerging artists are defined as PPPS members who have never won a prize in a PPPS juried show. Established artists are defined as PPPS members who have won a prize at some time in the past in a PPPS show, including: Best in Show, First, Second or Third place, honorable mention, or a sponsor prize.
The Judge will select at least a Best in Show, First and Second Place in each of the two categories.
All members may enter up to three pieces. Each member is guaranteed to have at least one piece hung in the show. PPPS jurors have the final decision on selection and hanging.
Click here for more information and to enter.
Read Our Latest Newsletter!
Our latest Newsletter is here! All current members get a copy.
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It’s only $10.80 plus shipping and tax, with a small profit going to PPPS.
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Click here to purchase a printed copy from Blurb.
It’s only $10.80 plus shipping and tax, with a small profit going to PPPS.
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Click here to purchase a printed copy from Blurb.
It’s only $10.60 plus shipping and tax, with a small profit going to PPPS.
Click here to view and read our November 2022 Newsletter.
FREE Resources
Members:
One of your member benefits is to have your art on our PPPS website. Take a look at our site to see the format and what other members have posted. You can include a photo of yourself, a short biography, and several paintings. To send your info and images or for more information, email Mary Sexton, our webmaster, at marys@goodgraphicdesign.com.
A Brief History of the
Pikes Peak Pastel Society
The Pikes Peak Pastel Society origin dates back to 1999 when a group of local Colorado Springs and Pueblo artists began seriously working in pastels under the mentorship and encouragement of Mariya Zvonkovich. PPPS was officially incorporated as a not-for-profit association in 2000.
The Mission is to promote, educate and encourage artistic excellence in soft pastel painting among its members within the community. Educational workshops, painting demonstrations and workshops, plein aire paint-outs, field trips to art exhibits and museums are all part of member meetings and special events.
Two pastel exhibitions are held annually, one for members only and one national juried exhibition. The Pikes Peak Pastel Society is a member of the International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS).
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