

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: January Meet the Artist
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 18 Jan, 2026 at 03:00 pm – Sun, 18 Jan, 2026 at 04:30 pm
- **Event Description**: FINE ART BIOGRAPHY  Donna J. Chambers, Mc Kinney, Tx. Email: dchambersart@yahoo.com 269.982.2990   

Donna creates with pastels because they present a full spectrum of hues, values of lights and darks, as well as the ability to utilize a variety of textures and strokes with which to create interesting paintings.  Donna has used pastel techniques to create paintings of diverse subjects: landscapes, animals, birds, and portraits.   Her pastels have been in juried shows in Michigan, Indiana, and Texas.   She enjoys creating paintings and teaching pastel techniques to artists. 

Professional Art Associations and Shows  

Donna  is a past  member of the McKinney Art Club, The Pastel Society of the Southwest, The Visual Arts Guild of Frisco  She was also actively involved in Art Reach as a committee member.  Donna was voted the 2021-22 Vice President of Richardson’ Civic Art Society.

Created, 2020-21, Texas Bluebonnets Arts and Crafts Group was a virtual group with varied  art projects.  Donna has been a panel member for “Women in Arts” twice and is involved in “Spotlight” a virtual show showcasing individual artists and their creative art process showing some of their finished works.
  
Spring of 2016,  Donna was the director and gallerist of the Art Gallery at fILTER(ed), a coffee café in McKinney, Texas.  She recruited new artists for membership and guest memberships, screened prospective artists’ works and does daily maintenance of the gallery logistics and data.   AGF was showcased  RCAS monthly art winners in the gallery.   

Art in the Atrium, Frisco, Texas’s twice yearly juried show. Donna’s pastel paintings were juried in 6 shows, 2017-20. 

Recent Art Shows and Public Viewing in Texas

2020     RICHARDSON CIVIC ART SOCIETY REGIONAL SHOW: FIELD OF BEAUTY, won third place in its class.
Sept:     The Pastel Society of the Southwest Annual Regional Juried Show accepted 

RCAS CIVIC; GLORIOUS MORNING,  LARKSPURS, and RED AND WHITE BOUQUET
Nov       RCAS: FALL BOUNTY, MEXICAN HATS CONEFLOWERS, 
and YELLOW &amp;  BLUE FLOWERS BRIGHTEN THE WALKWAY

2021 Jan RCAS: CRIMSON PRAIRIE CLOVER, PINK PRAIRIE CLOVER, LA JOLLA AFTER THE STORM.
Feb       RCAS: BLUE THISTLES, Third place Members Choice Award, Art of the Month
March  VAGF: JURIED IN  MORGAN ROSE
             RCAS SPRING SHOW: PINK PRAIRIE CLOVER  (Third Place Pastel &amp; Graphics), FRESIAS &amp; HYDRANGEAS, WHITE  PRAIRIE CLOVER
April    RCAS CIVIC SHOW: HEATHER FIELDS, LA JOLLA IN THE MIST,  and ST. JOSEPH RIVER
May     RCAS CIVIC 
             VAGF JURIED IN  GLORIOUS SKY and PINK PRAIRIE CLOVER
June     RCAS CIVIC: GRAND CANYON BEAUTY, MONUMENT HOO DOOS, MONUMENT VALLEY

Demonstrations:
             Donna has given  pastel demonstrations and workshops in Texas:      
                   Wylie Art Gallery, The Martin House, McKinney,  Irving Art Center.
             fILTER(ed) Art Gallery  (AGF),  weekly demonstrations from 2016-20.
             Pastel Society of the Southwest, September 2018. 
             TEXAS BLUEBONNETS  YOU TUBE DEMO painting Texas Blue and Orange Bonnets
            
Exhibits and Shows:  
             Her art was exhibited in her one woman show of pastel paintings through RCAS.
                   Donna J. Chambers’ Huffines Exhibit, 2019.
            Art Reach “Windows of Nature” Lover’s Lane Methodist Church,  2022.
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- **Event Categories**: art, workshops, fine-arts, crafts
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 7

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Mckinney
- **state**: TX
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 4701 S. Custer Rd., Suite 500, McKinney, TX, United States, Texas 75070
- **lat**: 33.15492
- **long**: -96.73229
- **full address**: 4701 S. Custer Rd., Suite 500, McKinney, TX, United States, Texas 75070

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- **organizer**: Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea Craig Ranch (https://allevents.in/org/sweetwaters-coffee-and-tea-craig-ranch/26190527)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sun, 18 Jan, 2026 at 03:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 4701 S. Custer Rd., Suite 500, McKinney, TX, United States, Texas 75070
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea Craig Ranch
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, workshops, fine-arts, crafts
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