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ArtPoints.net Issue 12-07 December, 2007 Contact us at Barrchan@earthlink.net to have your association profiled and receive a set of watercolor paints |
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December, 2007 Art Society profile: National Watercolor Society 87th Annual Watercolor Exhibition |
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The Exhibit is open through the end of December 2007
Daniel Smith's new contact for art societies and associations - Connie Cagley, one of the many representatives of art supply companies present at the opening. Originally named the California Water Color Society, the National Watercolor Society was founded in 1920. The Society was instrumental in the founding and developing of the innovative California Watercolor Style, a style with an emphasis on using the paper white in the composition and relying very little if at all on preliminary pencil sketches. The name of the society has been changed twice first in 1967, to California National Watercolor Society; then in 1975, to the National Watercolor Society. The first exhibition was held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The first twenty-five annual exhibitions were held there. From 1946 through the early 1960's, they were often in Pasadena, Santa Barbara, San Diego, and the San Francisco. From the late 1960's through the 1970's, Laguna Beach Museum of Art was most often the host gallery, in addition to the Otis Art Institute and the Palm Springs Desert Museum. Throughout the 1980's to the present time, the annual shows have been held at, in alternate years, the Brea Civic Cultural Center and the Muckenthaler Cultural Center in Fullerton. Regional invitational shows have been held in Colorado and Arizona. Slides of its annual exhibitions are available through a rental program. Travel shows visit collegiate and public galleries and museums throughout the United States and Canada. Special written material are often prepared for these institutions, lectures and orientation programs are made available to docents of the host museums. Artists interested in watercolor, or art in general, may become Associates and attend openings, shows, and Society events. They receive all the NWS publications and may submit work for the juried shows for the same fees as Signature Members. This membership provides an opportunity for involved patronage by those who wish to appreciate, encourage, and support the efforts of the society. Today the NWS has over 8000 members all over the world, making it one of the largest, if not the largest, art organization in the world. In 1999, the National Watercolor Society found and purchased a building at 915 South Pacific Avenue, San Pedro, California, 90731 - 3201. We hope to make this the Society's center for offices, gallery, workshops, and a place to house our growing permanent collection. The National Watercolor Society Past Featured Societies
: November 2007: Nevada Watercolor Society
October 2007: San Diego Watercolor Society 2007 Exihbition August 2007: Algonquin Mill Art And Photography Festival April 2007: St. Louis Watercolor Society February 2007, San Diego Watercolor Society's move to a new gallery December 2006: Watercolor West's 2006 Exhibition September 2006: Santa Monica's Bergamont Station August 2006: San Luis Obispo Art Center July 2006: Pascack Art Association May 2006: Cerritos College Student Art Exhibition April 2006:Chicago Artists' Coalition Febuary 2006: Pastel Society of the Southwest January, 2006: Hoover Watercolor Society December, 2005: Art in Nova Scotia November, 2005: Watercolor West October, 2005: Swampscott Artists Association Special September 2005: Laguna Beach Sawdust Festival August, 2005: North East Watercolor Society July, 2005: Pleasure Island Art Association June, 2005: Venice Beach Art Walk May, 2005: Transparent Watercolor Society of America April, 2005: Louisiana Watercolor Society March, 2005: California Community College Media Arts Competition January, 2005: Mystic Arts Center October, 2004: Carlsbad 2004 ArtSplash September 2004: Watercolor West July, 2004: Morro Bay Art Association June, 2004: Alabama Watercolor Society April, 2004, The Watercolor Society of Missouri December, 2003 The Lakewood Artists' Guild July 2003, The Sausalito Art Festival June 2003, The Northern Arizona Watercolor Society May 2003, The Paso Robles Art Society April 2003, The Virginia Watercolor Society March 2003, The Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour January 2003: The Experimental Artists of Alabama December 2002: The San Diego Watercolor Society November 2002: The Portrait Society of America September-October 2002: Colored Pencil Society of America August 2002: Citrus Watercolor Society July 2002: Pennsylvania Watercolor Society June 2002: Taos National Society of Watercolor May 2002: Lodi Community Art Center April 2002: Pastel Painters of Maine March 2002:Alaska Watercolor Society February 2002: Pastel Association of Ontario December 2001: South Carolina Watercolor Society November 2001: Central Ontario Art Association October 2001: Kentuckiana Artists Pastel Society September 2001: San Gabriel Fine Arts Association August 2001: Northern Arizona Watercolor Society |
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