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03-03-2010
Online Annual General Meeting...
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03-03-2010
Winner of February Dusty is...
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26-02-2010
Dusty theme for March...
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17-12-2009
PGE officially with IAPS...
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27-11-2009
Scribbler page updated...
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01-09-2009
Our Sponsor is PanPastels!
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06-05-2009
PGE Formally Founded!
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Coming up: Annual meeting

Please download the following documents:

The Agenda for the meeting

The Activities report for 2009

The Financial report for 2009

The Auditors report for 2009

The Activity plan for 2010

The Board Development Comittees report

The Pastel Guild of Europe was founded in May 2009 when pastel artists from all over Europe perceived a need for a supportive organization, as pastellists are still rather few and scattered over many countries. Together we can educate artists and the general public, promote, and enjoy the versatile and permanent pastel medium, thus taking an active part in bringing the renaissance of pastel painting to Europe.

Being a newborn society, our first activities are internet based, and we will grow to have the capacity of arranging exhibitions and workshops where members meet in person. At the present, we offer a monthly online challenge, Get Dusty, and the monthly newsletter The Pastel Scribble, and will arrange an online juried exhibition in 2010.

Advisors to the board of PGE

How the PGE came to be born

Hanging out at the artists community www.WetCanvas.com, George in Portugal, and Charlie in Sweden talked about existing pastel societies in Europe. We were looking for a society with a broad membership base that wasnt strictly local, and used English for communicating. The following conversation took place:

Charlie: Maybe we should start an European pastel society? We'd need a bunch of dedicated Europeans to make it possible. Any interested Europeans who'd like to make a society?

George: Its a great idea ... Im an European really interested, to make a society.

And then they were three, when Mario in Croatia joined the effort. Many more European pastel artists on WetCanvas flocked to the idea. So we set to work. One of the first things done was to post a call to European pastel artists to join in the effort of building a pastel society.

First there was the brainstorming phase which lasted for about a month. Several European pastel artists contributed generously with ideas and work: Marion in France, Sophie in England, Ceci in Spain, Jose in Portugal, and several others, including those who later served on the Steering Committee to do the work of making the founding of the Pastel Guild happen. The members of the Steering Committee were: Dorte, Denmark; Mary Brigid, Ireland; George, Portugal; Mario, Croatia; Charlie (Carlotte), Sweden.

The joint efforts of all members lead to the founding of the PGE on May 3, 2009, where the Steering Committee was elected as the first Board.

We are looking forward to a wonderful time with the PGE,

Charlie and George,
Founders of PGE