Tucson Pastel Society

Founded Jan 10, 2010

[email protected]
​www.tucsonpastelsociety.org

​General Meeting Info for the 2025-2026 Season!!!!

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November Program!!!!!!
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Pat Dolan

Pan Pastels and Design!

The video is snippets from Pat's demo coming soon.  Audio and video issues are solely that of the videographer in training.  

My first art instructor at the Drawing Studio when I retired.
She holds a BS in Art History and MS in Visual Design.  She has shown extensively and has been active in a series of art collaborations, some providing opportunities of reconnection to the earth through art. She has taught drawing, pastel gouache, encaustic, cold wax and mixed media workshops at The Drawing Studio and Pima Community College for the past 30 years.  She is a woman with many interests, one of which is stand up comedy and storytelling.

Pat gave a very instructional and hilarious presentation on a commission she was doing for her grand-niece, Ruby, by Ruby’s grandparents of Ruby's power animal, the wolf. During her demonstration she talked about looking at the geometric features of an animal while painting with pan pastels, soft pastels, gouache, pastel pencils and art graph. Throughout she mentioned what her favorite paper and tools were and ideas of how to present larger pieces without the need for expensive frames. She encouraged us to loosen up with art, have fun and not listen to our inner critic. - Penny Mazer

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November Artist of the Month

Light of the Whispering Field


20" x 16"



Jeanne Conant-Kramer

This painting was born out of imagination. Glowing late afternoon sunlight drifting across a field from behind a small grove of autumn trees was the goal.  
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Typically, I approach my work with my many interests in mind. I try to slow down and explore them in a visual context.
My work is less about a place or object and more about interpreting the essence of the place or thing. I strive to communicate my own visual experience through emphasizing the shapes, lines, textures, colors, and emotions that I see and feel. My work is on the abstract scale, ranging from slightly abstract and recognizable, to completely abstract.

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January Artist of the Month!!!
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Bring your entry for Artist of the Month


to the general meeting


January 21, 2025


Winners are voted on by the members present at the meeting

Thank you, Arizona Art Supply, for the $25 gift certificate awarded to the contest winner!!!

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Open Studio

2nd Wednesday of each month - 

Click HERE for details!


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Plein Air

January 28, 2026

10 am - 1 pm

Historic Canoa Ranch/Conservation Park

Click HERE for details!


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Member Free Class!!!

February 21, 2026

with

Candy Schultesis

Working Small in a Series​

9:00 am - 4:00 pm

TPS Art Center

​For more information CLICK HERE!

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Thank you, Lynn Wilson, for volunteering for our Social Media chair.  She is keeping our TPS FaceBook page up to date.  The name of the page is "Tucson Pastel Society".  We welcome members to join. Please share your information, your websites and most importantly your art. If you are a member of TPS you can freely interact on our FB page. Non-members are vetted just to keep the site free from spam. Let’s talk, share our love of art and Pastels.

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News

Click on the Activities Tab for the complete Tucson Pastel Society Calendar.

Check out the plein air/special events page for upcoming events.  Meeting times and car pool instructions are listed.

Click on the Shows tab to see all of our show information.

​New Members:
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Edward "Skip" Zahm

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Member of IAPS!!

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The Tucson Pastelist!

A monthly newsletter with updates on the members of Tucson Pastel Society and so much more!

​Download the past & current newsletters from this year.

Adobe Acrobat Reader required. 
Don’t have it? Click HERE to get it.

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Facility Page
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​We are renting!!!!!

Visit our facility page for rental information, contracts and payment possibilities.

​Also visit the Facility Event page where events not sponsored by TPS will be listed.  If you would like to participate in any of the unsponsored events, contact the person listed for fees and information.

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​Programs Photos

Round Robin's