The Bloomingdale Artists Association will conduct the first meeting of the 2008-09 season from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10, in the Bloomingdale Park District Museum, 108 S. Bloomingdale Road.

Kimberly Mullarkey will give a demonstration on colored pencils, and the richness of color achieved through layering techniques. She is an adjunct professor at the College of DuPage and art instructor in the Botanical Art and Illustration Certificate Program at Morton Arboretum. She also teaches at The Fine Line Creative Arts Center in St. Charles and her DeKalb studio. Her work is in private collections in the United States, Canada and France.

For more information, call the museum at (630) 539-3096.