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  • Application Open - Member Show 2026

    • January 12, 2026
    • February 16, 2026
    Each year, the Pennsylvania Watercolor Society provides its members with an opportunity to showcase their work online. Members have the chance to sell their artwork and to compete for fifteen cash prize awards.

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  • Spring Workshop with Ken Call

    • June 17, 2026
    • June 19, 2026
    • Hummelstown Fire Hall 249 East Main Street Hummelstown, PA 17036
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    Registration Opens: January 15, 2026, for members and January 30 for nonmembers
    Fee: $350.00 for PWS members and $400.00 for nonmembers of PWS Workshop fees include snacks and lunch each day
    Location: Hummelstown Fire Hall, 249 East Main Street Hummelstown, PA 17036
    Questions: pwswrkshops@gmail.com

    His theme will be, “The Enlightened Brush”

    Ken Call AWS, NWS, TWSA MA

    Born and raised in Rochelle, Illinois, Ken graduated from the American Academy of Art in 1980 and with an Associate’s Degree in Illustration and Watercolor. He worked as a freelance artist nationally for many years. Ken spent 1993 and 1994 studying and painting in Paris, France. He is now living in Northbrook Illinois with his wife and two children.  After beginning his career as a studio artist, he soon branched out on his own, beginning a very successful freelance career, which to date has led to the creation of over 500 illustrations for books, magazines, art publishers, advertising agencies and corporations.  Ken, in the last few years, has made the transition to fine art and portraiture. Many of his originals are hanging in galleries and homes across the country. Several awards have led to Signature status in the American Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society, Missouri Watercolor Society and Transparent Watercolor Society Master along with being a Master Signature member with the Illinois Watercolor Society.


    Artist Statement

    Starting in art school and all through my early years as an illustrator I was encouraged to paint in many different mediums and styles. I tried them all but, in the end, I settled on watercolor. The spontaneity and flow just fit my personality and style. What I look for and strive to achieve can only be expressed in this wonderful medium. One of the things asked of the artists is to define what inspires them to do what they do. After giving it some thought, the one thing that comes to mind before anything else is play of sunlight, indoors or out, which creates a mood.

    Future workshop with Richie Vios September 29, 30, and October 1, 2026.

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Call for Entries - Other Organizations

The Watercolor Art Society - Houston (WAS-H) has issued a call-to-artists around the world to participate in its annual International Watermedia Exhibition (IWE).

WAS-H is reaching out to all watermedia artists to enter the 46th International Watermedia Exhibition at https://www.callforentry.org/. The deadline for artist submissions is January 13, 2023, and invited entries must be received at the WAS-H gallery by 3:00 p.m. CST, on February 28, 2023, to be included in the exhibition.

The 46th International Watermedia Exhibition will showcase paintings by global participants from March 5 – March 30, 2023, at the WAS-H Gallery in Houston’s Museum District and winners will be awarded over $10,000 in prizes.

Acclaimed watercolor artist, Brenda Swenson, WW, NWWS, SDWS, CWA, will serve as the juror and judge for the event. Swenson's art has been featured in several volumes of "Splash: Best of Watercolor", "Watercolor Artist", "Watercolor Magazine", "Watercolor Highlights", "Plein Air Magazine" and numerous other publications. She is the author of two books and an active participant in the arts community as 1st Vice-President of the California Art Club, as well as having served on the board of directors for the National Watercolor Society and Watercolor West.

For more information, please visit https://watercolorhouston.org/International-Watermedia-Exhibit or email iwe2@watercolorhouston.org.


The Springfield Art Museum is pleased to announce a call for entries for Watercolor USA 2023, highlighting the very best in contemporary American watermedia. This year’s exhibit will run from June 10 through September 3, 2023. The deadline to apply is midnight on February 22, 2023.

Organized in 1962, this year marks the 62nd year of Watercolor USA. The nationally known exhibition is open to artists from all 50 states and U.S. territories, and seeks to discover what is new and what is next in the world of American watermedia. This year’s exhibit will be judged by prolific watercolorist Keiko Tanabe, AWS, NWS, AIS, LPAPA. For full information on entry rules, entry fees, and how to submit artwork, please visit our website at: www.sgfmuseum.org/246/Watercolor-USA. The Springfield Art Museum is located at 1111 East Brookside Drive. Admission is always free. Donations are gratefully accepted.



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