First Coast Pastel Society

03/08/2026

Come join us tomorrow at the reception for our s hi ow opening at the JCA. Sunday, March 8, 1-3 pm

02/17/2026

The First Coast Pastel Society invites you to our Reception and Awards Presentation for our exhibition 'From My Vantage Point' Friday, February 20, 6-8pm at the Thrasher-Horne Center for the Performing Arts. It's a beautiful body of work, all rendered in the medium of pastel. Come see what pastel can do. Yummy snackies, cash bar and artist meetups. All welcome.

First Coast Pastel Society is located in N. Florida. Dedicated to promoting the art of Pastels.

10/29/2025

Come join us this Saturday, November 1, at 10 am:

Saturday we will have 2 groups of 4 for this meeting event. A Paint Around is a really fun activity for participants and spectators. We set up 8 easels and supply you with paper & a photo. Each group of 4 will have time to work on the piece and after an allotted time, must switch to the next painting. It's like a relay for art. The finished art will be available later for auction.

Although we love for folks to join our group we do welcome visitors too who can come and see what our group is about.

Christ Church
400 San Juan Dr.
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL

Park on the upper deck level and follow the signs.

10/02/2025

The FCPS Is having Its first plein air of the season this Saturday, Oct. 4, at Nocatee Landing. 9:00-12:00.

Bring a lunch or snack and join us afterward to enjoy viewing each others works.

Nocatee Landing is a beautiful location and you don’t have to be a paying member of the FCPS to paint with us there.

08/08/2025

For anyone interested this is a great upcoming workshop. This workshop is best suited for artists with prior pastel experience and a solid grasp of basic drawing fundamentals.

06/07/2025

06/05/2025

Join us this Friday at the St. Augustine Art Association for their monthly art walk, and the awards presentation for our 2025 annual Members’ Show.

The event is free and open to the public. Awards will be presented for the outstanding work being displayed.

05/01/2025

Please feel free to join us at our upcoming meeting Saturday, 10:00 am, May 3, at Christ Church in Ponte Vedra, 400 San Juan Dr., 32082. We will be electing officers, so hope members will try to be present. Guests will not be voting but are always welcome to attend.

If you have done some spring cleaning in your studio and found some items you no longer need, bring those to the meeting for a friendly swap session. You may price those items as you see fit or put them out as free for the taking. Anything not taken by another member must return to your closet and wait for another swap session.

This is our last meeting until September, so I hope to see you Saturday!

03/07/2025

We had to change our usual meeting date due to a workshop presented by Lyn Asselta pastel painter. Lyn is the initial founder of the FCPS and our first president. We were so lucky to have her come back to join us for this workshop and those who were able to attend were lucky indeed.

But as a result our monthly meeting will now be tomorrow, March 8, at 10 AM. Guests are always welcome to attend. As usual we will meet at:
Christ Church
400 San Juan Dr.
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL

Park up at the top of the parking deck ramp and follow the signs. We will have a demo of abstract pastel painting by Mary Vastola.

01/30/2025

On February 1, from 9:00 a.m.-12:00, FCPS will host a Plein Air Event

EDIT: venue has changed. We will be at Nocatee Landing instead!

The Nocatee Landing allows access to one of the most breath-taking views in the community.

The Nocatee Landing’s open-air pavilion features stunning views of the river, with parking and restrooms conveniently on site.

You don’t need to be a member of the FCPS to come paint with us. Anyone is welcome. We usually do a plein air event on first Saturdays, every other month. Feel free to bring a picnic lunch to eat with us after a morning of painting.