Autumn General Member’s Meeting and Demo

Community Arts Center 414 Plush Mill Road, Wallingford, PA

Our Annual Members Meeting is on Saturday, October 29, at 10 o'clock at the Community Arts Center in Wallingford. This marks the third anniversary of the first members meeting of the Philadelphia Pastel Society.  An artist demo will be presented by our own PPS member, Joe Kluck.  Joe is a self-trained pastelist who has been […]

Online Demo with Laura Pollak

Online PA, United States

A brief general winter meeting  will be followed by a 2- hour Demo with Laura Pollak  PSA PSWC PSNC SPS IAPS/MC Laura will discuss her work and provide a demo via a Zoom link.  Laura is an award winning fine artist who shows her work in galleries and museums across the nation and the world.  […]

Deadline for Signature Status applications

All applications for Juried Signature Status are due by the end of February.  Read about how to make your application here Contact Mary Smith -- marysmith.art@gmail.com -- with questions

2023 Online Members Exhibition

Online PA, United States

View the Members Exhibition here Open to all PPS members,  this show will be on view through our website from March 16- April 15, 2023. The entries were  juried by Susan M. Story PSA-MP, IAPS/MC.  Award winners will be announced on March 18. Susan M. Story is an award winning, passionate landscape painter from upstate […]

Plein Air Season begins

Our Plein Air outings will take place on Wednesdays every two weeks throughout the spring and summer.  Check here for our tentative schedule.

Dalton Tulip Farm Plein Air

Dalton Farms 660 Oak Grove Road, Swedesboro, NJ

 660 Oak Grove Road, Swedesboro, NJ 08085   Tickets are $12 plus tax and fees online or $16 walk up gate admission if tickets are still available. Tickets are non refundable, and the farm is open rain or shine. I suggest waiting til Tuesday so you can check out the weather before buying tickets.   Meet […]

Spring 2023 Member’s Meeting/Anne Strutz Demo

Community Arts Center 414 Plush Mill Road, Wallingford, PA

A brief members' meeting will be followed by our Spring feature, a presentation and Demo by a talented pastelist, Anne Strutz  PSA, IAPS/MC. Anne will follow up her April 13th presentation with a full day's workshop on April 14th.  Both of these events will take place at the Community Arts Center in Wallingford, PA. Read […]

Anne Strutz Workshop

Community Arts Center 414 Plush Mill Road, Wallingford, PA

A full day in-person workshop will be presented by Anne Strutz  PSA, IAPS/MC  to follow up after her April 13 Demo at our Spring Members' Meeting.  This fast pace one-day workshop will include a series of exercises exploring techniques to infuse paintings with energy and motion.  Come ready to get dusty and have some fun!  […]

Steinmetz Goat Farm Plein Air

Steinmetz Goat Farm 66 Lake Road, Fleetwood, PA, United States

 66 Lake Road, Fleetwood, PA  19522    10AM-1PM   Chickens, pigs, goats, ducks, peacocks   The owners like to do livestreams, so let us know if you would prefer not to be filmed.   (They also do goat yoga here!) Please let Kathy (fourbeank@aol.com) or Pat (rileypat@gmail.com) know if you're planning to come.

Linvilla Farm Market Plein Air

Linvilla Orchards 137 W. Knowlton Road, Media, PA, United States

 137 Knowlton Road, Media PA  19063  10AM-1PM      Raindate Friday, May 12   Lots of wonderful things to paint here.  Not only flowers and vegetables, but animals in the back and a duck pond. Please let Kathy (fourbeank@aol.com) or Pat (rileypat@gmail.com) know if you're planning to come.

Drexel Lodge Park Plein Air

Drexel Lodge Park 4140 West Chester Pike, Newtown Square, PA, United States

4140 West Chester Pike, Newtown Square. 10 AM Nature or old trains to paint! Railroad museum, 2 ponds, stream, and woods. Bathrooms available. Please let Kathy (fourbeank@aol.com) or Pat (rileypat@gmail.com) know if you're planning to come.

Ocean City, Cathy’s House Plein Air

Kathy Apfelbaum's House 4726 West Avenue, 2nd Floor, Ocean City, NJ, United States

 4726 West Avenue, 2nd Floor, Ocean City, NJ    9:30AM-4PM     Lunch will be provided.  Paint the wetlands or the ocean. Please let Kathy (fourbeank@aol.com) know if you're planning to come.

Chanticleer Plein Air

   786 Church Road, Wayne PA 19087    10:00-1PM    Raindate Friday, June 30     Parking reservation required.  For details, see their website, www.chanticleergarden.org     Adults $12, or Radnor Library Cardholders $6. Artists are asked not to block pathways.  There are picnic areas, so bring lunch! Please let Kathy (fourbeank@aol.com) or Pat (rileypat@gmail.com) know if you're planning to come.