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  • Application Period - Online Member Show 2025

    • January 13, 2025
    • February 17, 2025
    • 11:59 PM
    • Online

    Each year, the Pennsylvania Watercolor Society provides an opportunity for its members to showcase their work online. Members have a chance to sell their work and to compete for 15 cash prize awards.

    2025 ONLINE MEMBERS SHOW CALENDAR

    • January 13, 2025 - Open for submissions
    • February 17, 2025 - Deadline for entries at 11:59 EST
    • Week of February 24-28, 2025 - Award notifications (via email)
    • March 1, 2025 - Members Show posted on the pawcs.com website. Show will remain active on the PWS website indefinitely. Your artwork may be entered in other shows at the same time as our show since this is considered a “showcase” and will remain up indefinitely.
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    • Painting “Whites” in Watercolor with Shelley Prior

      • June 09, 2025
      • June 11, 2025
      • Hummelstown Fire Hall 249 East Main Street Hummelstown, PA 17036
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      Registration: Begins mid-January 2025 at www.pawcs.com

      Members registration opens Jan. 15, 2025, and Non-members registration opens on Jan. 30, 2025

      Fee: PWS Members – $350.00, Non-members – $400.00

      Workshop fees include snacks and lunch each day

      Location: Hummelstown Fire Hall 249 East Main Street Hummelstown, PA 17036

      Questions: pwswrkshops@gmail.com


      Shelley Prior, CSPWC, NFWS, DVSA, CFS.

      Shelley’s passion for nature is evident in much of her work, but she also enjoys painting portraits, landscapes, and still life. Shelley has taught watercolor throughout Ontario, across Canada and the US for more than 20 years. Shelley has a strong social media presence (Shelley Prior Fine Art - Facebook, Instagram, YouTube & Reddit). Her work has been seen in many juried shows and has won local and international awards in addition to publications in both magazines and video lessons. She is a member of OAS, FASM, BFAA, ECOAA, NWS, CSPWC, DVSA, NFWS and CFS.

      Light is such a crucial part of Shelley's work, allowing the creation of realistic-looking form, luminosity and atmosphere. White subjects are especially interesting as they reflect many colors from their surroundings, creating glowing shadows that can be wonderfully recreated in watercolor.

      Shelly Prior’s contacts are www.shelleyprior.com www.instagram.com/shelleypriorfineart www.facebook.com/shelleypriorfineart Shelley Prior Fine Art - YouTube


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    • Fall Workshop with Sarah Yeoman

      • October 21, 2025
      • October 23, 2025
      • Hummelstown Fire Hall 249 East Main Street Hummelstown, PA 17036

      Dates: October 21-23, 2025

      Registration: Begins after June Workshop

      Fee: to be decided

      Workshop fees include snacks and lunch each day

      Location: Hummelstown Fire Hall 249 East Main Street Hummelstown, PA 17036

      Questions: pwswrkshops@gmail.com


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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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