Become a member

For only $40 a year…

Membership is open to anyone working in pastel or interested in the medium.

Benefits include:

  • Priority enrollment in workshops

  • General meetings, mini workshops, and paint-outs with lots of camaraderie

  • Member-only exhibitions

  • Member-only extensive library of books, DVDs, magazines, etc.

  • Ability to show your work on this website via our Member Gallery

  • Newsletter

  • Monthly “Art Talk Tuesdays” via Zoom

  • Beginners class

Our membership year runs from July 1st through June 30th. If you sign up on or after April 1st, you will be enrolled through the succeeding membership year, through June 30, 2027. That’s up to 15 months!

Renewals

If you are renewing your membership, go to the MEMBERS ONLY page, log in and pay your dues. Dues are NOT pro-rated.

Dues renewal reminders will be sent throughout the months of April, May, and June. Each membership year runs from July 1st through June 30th of the following year.

In order to qualify for the 2027 Members’ Show to be held in the spring of 2027, dues must be paid by June 30th, 2026.

If you renew by June 30th, 2026, you will be entered in a drawing for a $100 gift card to Dakota Pastels.