2009 All Member Juried Show
Show dates: May 17 – June 27, 2009
National Watercolor Society Gallery, 915 S. Pacific Avenue, San Pedro, CA 90731. Opening hours: Thursday–Sunday, 11:00am–3:00pm
Congratulations to our top award winners:
Deanna Thibault, winner of the Dana Bartlett Award ($1,000) for “Black Flowers” (right).
Mareth Warren, winner of the Milford Zornes Award ($1,000) for “Flaxen Hair, Freckles” (left).
NWS Permanent Collection Award Winners 1955–2006
October 12 – December 21, 2008
The National Watercolor Society Permanent Collection was exhibited for the first time in this
configuration at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center Foundation in Fullerton, CA. The City of Brea and Palm Springs Desert Museum also lent artwork. Two photo sections included watercolors
donated to the Los Angeles Museum of Art in 1955 and artwork unavailable for this exhibition.
A display case featured Society ephemera, including early catalogs and photos of early members and presidents. Download PDF for more information on this exhibit.
Pictured: “Traveling” by Alexander Nepote (1955).
88th Annual Exhibition
August 30 – November 1, 2008
Riverside Art Museum, 3425 Mission Inn Ave,
Riverside, CA 92501.
Tel: (951) 684-7111.
Congratulations to Soon Y. Warren of Texas, winner of the National Watercolor Society Purchase Award, with Silver Star. More winning images on our 2008 Annual Exhibition page.
Knowing how far afield most of our exhibitors live, we were honored to have so many of them present for the Awards Luncheon for the 88th Annual Exhibition. Pictured above are some of the newest Signature members that were able to attend the festivities.
Director of the Riverside Art Museum Daniel
Foster with NWS Exhibition Director Elizabeth Carr.
The Riverside Art Museum was the host for the NWS 88th Annual Exhibition.
Signature Members
Artists desiring Signature membership in the National Watercolor Society are selected from entries in the Annual Exhibition held in the Fall of each year, and are invited to supply three paintings to be considered by a jury. Membership details...
Congratulations to our new 2008 Signature Members:
Kathy Bay, William Burrell, Ginnie Cappaert, Janet Mach Dutton, Barbara Fox, Jonathan Frank, Barbara Taylor Hall, Susan Hanssen, Crystal Hartman, Steve “Cedar” Jameson, John Krenik, Lynne Kroll, Robbie Laird, Valerie Larsen, Robert Mcintyre, Sylvia Megerdichian, Robert Lee Mejer, Robert W. Mitchell, Sue Pink, Fritz Raiser, Stephen Ravensscraft, Liz Roberts, Robert Steinmetz, Gari Stephenson, Susan M. Stuller, Toshiko Ukon, Russell Yerkes.
Many of you may have been among the crowd on January 26, 2008 when Milford delivered an extraordinary watercolor presentation at the Pasadena Museum of California Art during his 100th birthday celebration. The party was sponsored by the National Watercolor Society, and aided by many of the art societies of Southern California.