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Welcome to the Arkansas Pastel Society (APS) web page. We are a regional organization for pastel artists located in Little Rock, Arkansas. Our goals are to educate the public about pastel painting, network with pastel artists, conduct shows and exhibits of pastel work, and conduct pastel workshops. You can contact us at info@arkpastel.com.

Check out our congratulations page to see what’s going on with member artists.

The Arkansas Pastel Society sponsors one workshop a year by a nationally recognized pastelist. Maggie Price and Kitty Wallis held 2006 and 2007 workshops. The 2008 workshop was conducted by Doug Dawson. Richard McKinley conducted a five day workshop and Doug Dawson conducted a three day workshop in 2009. Susan Ogilvie conducted a five day workshop in June of 2010.

The Arkansas Pastel Society held national exhibits in 2005, 2007 and 2009. Check out the menu bar soon for the winners of our 2009 exhibition which was judged by Doug Dawson.

Through art scholarships the Arkansas Pastel Society will strive to promote the medium of pastel to deserving students. In 2008 our first $500 scholarship was granted to the THEA Foundation, a non profit organization that supports the arts in our schools. The same scholarship was repeated in 2009.

We are proud to be a member of the International Association of Pastels whose objective is “to celebrate worldwide, the expanding presence of dry pastel as a major fine art painting medium,” and to “provide a strong voice for pastel artists and the luminous medium of "Pastel".”

We are an active society with many very talented members. For information on our monthly meeting click here. Come join us.

Enjoy our website. We update the site monthly so come back and visit us often.