The Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod is a nonprofit corporation sustained by membership contributions, gifts and grants. Founded by Cape Cod pastel artist Sarah Fielding-Gunn and a handful of other local pastelists in 1995, the Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod’s goal was to establish viable exhibition venues for the medium while fostering the public education and appreciation of pastels.
In just over a decade, PPSCC has grown to 200 members in 30 states and U.S. territories.
Our mission
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The Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod is a nonprofit corporation sustained by membership contributions, gifts and grants. Founded by Cape Cod pastel artist Sarah Fielding-Gunn and a handful of other local pastelists in 1995, the Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod’s goal was to establish viable exhibition venues for the medium while fostering the public education and appreciation of pastels.
In just over a decade, PPSCC has grown to 200 members in 30 states and U.S. territories.
Our mission continues today: to create a community of pastel artists, to set standards of excellence through education and to encourage and nurture artists in their professional growth. Further, we strive to educate the public and gallery owners of the permanence, versatility and value of the medium and to offer opportunities for our members to participate in juried shows and exhibitions devoted to pastels. We hope to establish pastel as a separate category in art exhibitions.
Pastel artists of all levels are welcomed and encouraged to become members. All members are encouraged to participate fully whether attending demonstrations and workshops or volunteering to help in any capacity.
PPSCC is a member of the International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS).
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Greetings from the Southeastern Pastel Society in Atlanta!
First, we hope that all is safe and well with you and your artists during these challenging times.
We here at SPS are reviewing how we stay connected with our members. We want to keep them engaged and enjoying our artistic community, so we’re doing an “informal” survey of our sister pastel organizations to see if you’d be willing
View moreGreetings from the Southeastern Pastel Society in Atlanta!
First, we hope that all is safe and well with you and your artists during these challenging times.
We here at SPS are reviewing how we stay connected with our members. We want to keep them engaged and enjoying our artistic community, so we’re doing an “informal” survey of our sister pastel organizations to see if you’d be willing to share your current practices in a couple of areas:
• How often and through what means are you conducting your regular meetings?
• What type of appreciation gift/gratuity does your organization give to guest speakers?
We used Zoom for our May meeting, and the feedback was very positive. We’re currently exploring making more use of online meetings going forward. We also want to attract high quality speakers so that our programs are appealing. To provide more incentive for such speakers, we want to align our speaker gifts with what other organizations offer and felt we should gather some data on the typical practice across our societies in North America.
We’d greatly appreciate it if you would share with us regarding the two topics above. In return, we’d be glad to compile the survey results and share them with you. Hopefully, we all will benefit from the exchange!
Thanks very much,
View lessLisa Stockdell