{"id":414,"date":"2020-07-20T20:51:35","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T20:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pastelsec.com\/about\/"},"modified":"2020-09-17T15:35:44","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T15:35:44","slug":"our-mission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pastelsec.com\/en\/about-us\/our-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Our mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Our mission<\/h2>\n<p>The Pastel Society of Eastern Canada (PSEC) was founded in Montreal in 1995, and collaborates with the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/iapspastel.org\/\">International Association of Pastel Societies<\/a>\u00a0(IAPS),\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pastelsocietyofamerica.org\/\">The Pastel Society of America<\/a>\u00a0(PSA), and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pastelartists.ca\/\">Pastel Artists Canada<\/a>\u00a0(PAC).<\/p>\n<p>PSEC is a non-profit corporation made up of professional and amateur artists who use dry pastel as a medium. The society aims to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Promote and encourage artistic activities by way of education and appreciation for the art of dry pastel;<\/li>\n<li>Create awareness and provide information throughout the general public by advertising and sponsoring pastel exhibitions of members\u2019 pastel paintings;<\/li>\n<li>Provide workshops, conferences, seminars, publications, and information for the advancement of the art of pastel painting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>PSEC is governed by a Board of Directors whose executive members are elected every 2 years at the Annual General Meeting.\u00a0 You will find the list of current executive members under <a href=\"http:\/\/pastelsec.com\/en\/about-us\/executive-committee\/\">Executive Committee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pastelsec.com\/en\/adhesion\/\">How to become a member of PSEC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information, please read the Society&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/pastelsec.com\/en\/about-us\/policy-and-procedures\/\">policies and procedures<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our mission The Pastel Society of Eastern Canada (PSEC) was founded in Montreal in 1995, and collaborates with the\u00a0International Association of Pastel Societies\u00a0(IAPS),\u00a0The Pastel Society of America\u00a0(PSA), and\u00a0Pastel Artists Canada\u00a0(PAC). 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