Q: What are the requirements for becoming a member of the Colored Pencil Society of America?
A. Anyone age 18 or older who is interested in the medium of colored pencil is welcome to join. There is no qualification process.
Q: Do you have a senior citizen or student rate?
A. As a nonprofit organization, CPSA dues barely cover its annual expenses due to continually rising printing, mailing, and administrative costs. Our goal is to keep annual dues as affordable as possible yet have a simple rate structure to avoid extra work for the volunteer governing board. For those reasons, we are unable to offer any reduced rates.
Q: How long does it take to process my dues?
A. Joining online at www.cpsa.org is the quickest and easiest way to become a member. Membership begins upon receipt of payment, providing full access to your members-only benefits.
If you pay by check and provide an email address, you will receive an email after your membership is processed which may take two or three weeks.
Q: Why must I be a CPSA member to join a district chapter?
A. CPSA is the legal entity under which district chapters are authorized to operate—without CPSA, chapters would not exist. The dues paid to CPSA are used to support these district chapters and provide benefits such as our two annual juried exhibitions, annual convention, and lightfastness testing for the entire membership. Chapter dues, on the other hand, are collected by the chapters and used strictly for chapter activities.
Q: What can I do if I miss a CPSA mailing due to a move?
A. CPSA uses bulk mail rates to minimize postage costs. It is important to notify us whenever you move because the USPS does not forward bulk mail. Should you miss a mailing, free PDF files of TTP are available on the members-only portal.
Q: What should I do if I live at a different address part of the year?
A. CPSA sends TTP by bulk mail in early May and November. The USPS does not forward bulk mail. It is, therefore, up to each individual to arrange for handling of mail during an absence.
Note: If you plan to be away from home in May or November, you should submit a Change My Address form. Address changes must be received at least two weeks before the TTP mailing dates.
Q: What is a Charter member?
A. Charter members are CPSA members who joined when CPSA was founded in 1990 and have maintained continuous membership since then.
Q: May I opt out of the member listing?
A. The members-only CPSA directory lists the name, city, state or country, chapter membership of all current members. Members have the option of including their email address and URLs of their personal art site online. Excluding your email address makes it difficult or other members to reach you and means you will not receive discounts or other special offers from CPSA corporate members.
Q: Who sees the member listing and does CPSA give my name and address to marketers?
A. CPSA respects your privacy. The CPSA directory is available only to current individual and corporate members. We never sell your personal information to any third party, nor do we share it with any person, company, or organization that is not a current, dues-paying member of CPSA.
Individual members may use the listing to inform other CPSA members about colored pencil-related products, workshops, classes, calls for entry and other similar events. The generous companies who support CPSA by becoming corporate members are allowed to use the directory to send a limited number of promotions, surveys and special offers each year.
All members, individual or corporate, are prohibited from reproducing or distributing the directory and from using member data to promote or advertise any products, businesses or services of any kind that are not directly related to colored pencil.
Misuse of the member listing for commercial purposes
will result in a suspension of membership.