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Links to art associations, art guilds and art societies, alphabetically by state or province in which the organization resides

Alabama

Watercolor Society of Alabama
P O Box 43011
Birmingham, AL 35243
www.wsalabama.org/

The Experimental Artists of America
http://www.experimentalartists.org

Alaska

Alaska Watercolor Society
P O Box 90714
Anchorage, AK 99509-0714
http://www.akws.org

The Fairbanks Watercolor Society
www.geocities.com/fairbanks_watercolor/

Alberta

The Alberta Society of Artists
http://www.artists-society.ab.ca/home/default.aspx

Arizona

Northern Arizona Watercolor Society
140 W Bell Rock Blvd
Sedona, AZ 86351-7782
www.naws-az.org/

Arizona Watercolor Society
P O Box 5406 Sun City West, AZ 85375
www.watercolor.org

Colored Pencil Society of America
P O Box 687
Green Valley, AZ 85622
http://www.cpsa.org

Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild
www.watercolor-sawg.org

Arkansas

Artists of Northwest Arkansas
www.artistsnwarkansas.org/

Mid-Southern Watercolorist
http://www.midsouthernwatercolorists.com/

Art Center of the Ozarks
http://www.artscenteroftheozarks.org

British Columbia

The Federation of Canadian Artists
http://artists.ca/

California

Santa Clara Valley Watercolor Society
www.scvws.org/

Santa Cruz Art League
http://www.scal.org

North Valley Art League
http://nval.org

Morro Bay Art Association
835 Main Street
Morro Bay, CA 93442
805.772.2504
www.morrobayartassociation.org/

The Paso Roble Art Association
P O Box 1636
Paso Robles, CA 93447
805.238.5473
www.pasoroblesartassociation.org/

San Luis Obispo Art Center is here:
http://www.sloartcenter.org

Valley Watercolor Society
http://www.valleywatercolorsociety.org/

Central Coast Watercolor Society
P O Box 813
San Luis Obispo, CA 93406
t. 805.543.8562

The Lodi Community Art Center
www.lodiartcenter.org/

California Watercolor Association
Box 4631
Walnut Grove, CA 94596-0631
http://www.californiawatercolor.org

San Diego Watercolor Society
2825 Dewey Road, Suite 105
San Diego, CA 92106
http://www.sdws.org

Watercolor West
P O Box 213
Redlands, CA 92373
http://www.watercolor-online.com/WatercolorWest/

National Watercolor Society
915 South Pacific Avenue
San Pedro, CA 90731-3201
http://www.nationalwatercolorsociety.org/

Lakewood Artists Guild
P O Box 3773
Lakewood, CA 90711
lakewoodartistguild@yahoo.com

San Gabriel Fine Arts Association
343 South Mission Drive
San Gabriel, CA 91776
http://www.barnesroberts.com/mezz/club/sgfaa.html

The Coachella Valley Watercolor Society
http://cvws.blogspot.com/

American Impressionist Society
http://www.americanimpressionistsociety.org/

Colorado

The Colorado Watercolor Society
http://www.coloradowatercolor.org/

The Western Colorado Watercolor Society
http://www.wcwatercolorsociety.com/

Pikes Peak Watercolor Society
http://home.pcisys.net/~ppwsart/

The Center for Fine Art Photography
http://www.c4fap.org

Connecticut

Mystic Art Association
9 Water Street
Mystic,, CT 06355
t. 860.536.7601
f. 860.536.0610
www.mystic-art.org

Connecticut Watercolor Society
http://www.connecticutwatercolorsociety.org/

The Lyme Art Association
http://www.lymeartassociation.org/

The Academic Artists Association
http://www.academicartistsassociation.com/

District of Columbia

The Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society
of Washington, D.C.
http://www.mpsgs.org

Delaware

The Delaware Watercolor Society
P.O. Box 984
Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971
http://www.delawarewatercolorsociety.org/

Florida

Jacksonville Watercolor Society
http://www.jacksonvillewatercolorsociety.org/

Florida Watercolor Society
18104 Havenswods Road
Brooksville, FL 34610-7134
http://www.floridawatercolor.org/

The Brevard Watercolor Society
http://www.brevardwatercolors.org/

Artist Colony
Milton, FL
www.artistcolony.net

Miami Watercolor Society, Inc.
P. O. Box 561953
Miami, Florida 33256-1953
http://www.miamiwatercolor.org/index.php

Portrait Society of America
P O Box 11272
Tallahassee, FL 32302
info@portraitsociety.org
http://www.portraitsociety.org/

Palm Beach Watercolor Society, Inc
P O Box 1916
Boca Raton, Fl 33429-1916
www.pbwatercolor.org/

The Gold Coast Watercolor Society
http://www.goldcoastwatercolorsociety.com/

The Tallahassee Watercolor Society
http://www.tallahasseewatercolorsociety.com/

The Central Florida Watercolor Society
http://www.centralfloridawatercolor.com/

Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society.
http://www.floridasuncoastwatercolor.com/

Gainesville Fine Arts Association
http://www.gainesvillefinearts.com/

Georgia

The Southern Watercolor Society
http://www.southernwatercolorsociety.org/

Georgia Watercolor Society
P O Box 922846
Norcross, GA 30010-2846
http://www.georgiawatercolorsociety.com/

The Sawnee Artists Association
http://www.sawneeart.org/

Cultural Arts Council of Douglasville
http://www.artsdouglas.org

Artists Guild of Northwest Georgia
http://www.georgiaart.net/

South Cobb Arts Alliance
http://www.southcobbarts.org/

Hawaii

The Hawaii Watercolor Society
www.hawaiiwatercolorsociety.org/

Kauai Society of Artists
P.O. Box 3344,
Lihue, HI 96766
http://www.kauaisocietyofartists.org/

Garden Island Arts Council
P.O. Box 827
Lihu'e, HI 96766
http://www.gardenislandarts.org

Idaho

Idaho Watercolor Society
P O Box 9093
Boise, ID 83707-9093
http://www.id-ws.org

Pastel Society of the Northern Rockies
http://www.psnr.net/

Illinois

Transparent Watercolor Society of America
Box 111
738 E Dundee Road Palatine, IL 60074
http://www.watercolors.org/

Chicago Artists Coalition
11 East Hubbard
Chicago, IL 60611
t. 312.670.2060
f. 312.670.2521
http://www.caconline.org/

The Municipal Art League of Chicago
http://municipalartleagueofchicago.com/home.html

The Illinois Watercolor Society
www.illinoiswatercolorsociety.org/

The Elmhurst Artists Guild
http://www.elmhurstartistsguild.org

Great River Watercolor Society
Quincy Art Center,
1515 Jersey St., Quincy, IL 62301
(217) 228-5267

Chicago Pastel Painters
http://www.chicagopastelpainters.org/

Indiana

The Wabash Valley Watercolor Society
http://www.wabashvalleywatercolorsociety.org/

Bloomington Art Center
http://www.bloomingtonartcenter.com/

The Watercolor Society of Indiana
http://www.watercolorsocietyofindiana.org/main.html

Bloomington Watercolor Society
http://www.bloomingtonwatercolor.org/

Iowa

The Iowa Watercolor Society
www.iowawatercolorsociety.org/

Kansas

Kansas Watercolor Society
http://www.kansaswatercolor.com/

Kentucky

Kentucky Watercolor Society
P O Box 7125
Louisville, KY 40257-0125
501.326.9256
http://www.kentuckyartists.com/kws/

Lexington Art League
http://www.lexingtonartleague.org

Cave Run Arts Association
http://www.caverunarts.org/

The American Academy of Equine Art
http://www.aaea.net/

Louisiana

Hoover Watercolor Society
P O Box 52251
Shreveport, LA 71135

The Louisiana Art and Artists' Guild
http://www.laag-site.org

Louisiana Watercolor Society
1308 New York Street
New Orleans, LA 70122
http://www.lwsart.org/

New Orleans Art Association
P O Box 56422
New Orleans, LA 70156-6422

Arts Council of New Orleans
http://artscouncilofneworleans.org/

Maine

Pastel Painters of Maine
www.pastelpaintersofmaine.com/

Maryland

Western Maryland Watercolor Society
www.westernmarylandwatercolorsociety.org/

The Baltimore Watercolor Society
http://www.baltimorewatercolorsociety.org/

Massachusetts

New England Watercolor Society
P.O Box 1190
Burlington, MA, 01803
http://www.newenglandwatercolorsociety.org/

South Shore Art Center
http://ssac.org

Michigan

Great Lakes Pastel Society
www.glps.org

The Michigan Water Color Society
www.mwcsart.com/

The Anton Art Center
http://www.theartcenter.org/

Minnesota

Minnesota Watercolor Society
4011 Chicago Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55407
www.minnesotawatercolors.com/

Northstar Watercolor Society
http://www.northstarwatercolorsociety.com/

The Transparent Watercolor Society of America
http://www.watercolors.org

Mississippi

Mississippi Watercolor Society
http://www.mississippiwatercolor.org/

Missouri

Missouri Watercolor Society
1406 Kenwood Drive
Fulton, MO 65251-1317
573.642.6410
http://www.mowsart.com

St. Louis Watercolor Society
P O Box 158
St. Louis, MO 63026
www.stlws.org

Sedalia Visual Artists
http://www.meg-originals.com/mo_50_folder/SVAA.html

Art Saint Louis
http://www.artstlouis.org

Foundry Art Centre
http://www.foundryartcentre.org

The George A. Spiva Center for the Arts
http://www.photospiva.org/

Jefferson City Art Club
http://www.jeffersoncityartclub.org/

Northside Art Association
http://www.northsideartassociation.org/

Montana

Montana Watercolor Society
P O Box 8274
Missoula, MT 59807-8274
http://www.montanawatercolorsociety.org/

Nebraska

The Northeast Nebraska Art Association
http://www.geocities.com/nenebartassoc/anac.html

The Prairie Winds Art Center
http://prairiewindsart.com

Nevada

Nevada Watercolor Society
P O Box 27224
Las Vegas, NV 89126
http://www.watercolorsociety.com/

Boulder City Art Guild
P O Box 60204
Boulder City, NV 89006-0204
t. 702.293.2138
f. 702.293.3917
www.bouldercityartguild.com

New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Art Association
www.nhartassociation.org

New Jersey

New Jersey Watercolor Society
http://www.njwcs.org/

The Visual Arts Center of New Jersey
http://artcenternj.org

The Garden State Watercolor Society
http://www.gardenstatewatercolorsociety.org/

Pascack Art Association, Inc
Westwood, NJ
www.pascackartassociation.org/

Essex Watercolor Club
7 Cove Land
Kinnelon, NJ 07405
973.492.2448

New Mexico

The New Mexico Watercolor Society
http://www.nmwatercolorsociety.org

Taos National Society of Watercolorists
www.taoswatercolor.org/

The Harwood Art Center
http://www.harwoodartcenter.org

New York

The Brooklyn Watercolor Society
http://www.bws.org/

Upper Hudson Valley Watercolor Society
64 McEchron Lane
Queensbury, NY 12804

The Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society
www.nfws.org/

The Allied Artists of America
http://www.alliedartistsofamerica.org

The Central New York Watercolor Society
http://www.centralnewyorkwatercolorsociety.org/

North East Watercolor Society
P O Box 10582
Newburgh, NY 12552
845.561.8489
http://www.norTheastws.com/

American Watercolor Society
47 Fifth Avenue | New York, NY 10003
http://www.americanwatercolorsociety.com/

Manhattan Arts
http://www.manhattanarts.com

The Smithtown Township Arts Council
http://www.stacarts.org

North Carolina

Watercolor Society of North Carolina, Inc
P O Box 6059
Raleigh, NC 27628-6059
http://www.ncwatercolor.net

North Dakota

Red River Watercolor Society
Karen Bakke, President
P.O. Box 1656
Fargo, ND  58107
http://www.rrws.20m.com/

Nova Scotia

Pictou County Artists' Association
P O Box 1436
Trenton, NS B0K 1X2
charleen.opray@ns.sympatico.ca

Ohio

The Lima Area Watercolor Society
http://www.limawatercolor.com/

The Ohio Watercolor Society
http://www.ohiowatercolorsociety.com/

The International Society of Acrylic Painters
http://www.isaponline.com/

The Cincinnati Art Club
http://cincinnatiartclub.com

National Collage Society
254 W. Streetsboro St.
Hudson, OH 44236
330.656.3673
info@nationalcollage.com
www.nationalcollage.com

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Watermedia Association
http://www.watercolorok.com/

Ontario

The Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour
258 Wallace Avenue, Suite 102
Toronto, ON M6P 3M9
416.533.5100
www.canartscene.com/orgs/cspwc

The Central Ontario Art Association
www.coaart.com

Pastel Association of Ontario
rsimpson59@cogeco.ca

Ontario Society of Artists
http://www.ontariosocietyofartists.org/

Oregon

Pendleton Center for the Arts
http://www.pendletonarts.org

Watercolor Society of Oregon
www.watercolorsocietyoforegon.com

Portland Fine Arts Guild
http://portlandfineartsguild.org/

Pacific Northwest Center for Photography
http://www.platestopixels.com

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Watercolor Society
P O Box 626
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055-0626
http://www.pwswc.com/

Pittsburgh Watercolor Society
6300 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
http://www.pittsburghwatercolorsociety.com/

Philadelphia Water Color Society
P O Box 58
Fairview Village, PA 19409-0058

The Chambersburg Council for the Arts
http://www.councilforthearts.net

The Chester County Art Association
http://www.chestercountyarts.org/

Rhode Island

Rhode Island Watercolor Society
http://www.riws.org/

South Carolina

South Carolina Watercolor Society
7 Oxford Drive
Cartersville, GA 30120
678.721.2506
scws@comcast.net

Union County Arts Council
P O Box 631
Union, SC 29379

South Dakota

Northern Plains Watercolor Society
PO Box 9724
Rapid City SD 57709
http://www.npwatercolors.com/

Tennessee

The Tennessee Watercolor Society
http://www.TnWS.org/

The Tennessee Art League
http://www.tennesseeartleague.org/index.html

Texas

Southwestern Watercolor Society
1322 Record Crossing Road
Dallas, TX 75235
http://www.swswatercolor.org/

Texas Watercolor Society
http://texaswatercolorsociety.net/

The West Texas Watercolor Society
http://pages.suddenlink.net/wtws/

The Watercolor Art Society – Houston
http://www.watercolorhouston.org/home.html

Society of Watercolor Artists
P O Box 9504
Fort Worth, TX 76147-2504
817.838.2409
http://www.swa-watercolor.com/

International Society of Experimental Artists
http://www.iseartists.org/

First Frontier Collage Society
http://www.collageffcs.com/

The Navarro Council of the Arts
http://www.navarrocouncilofthearts.com

The Midland Art Association
http://www.midlandartsassociation.org

The Visual Arts Society of Texas
http://www.vastarts.org/

Utah

The Utah Watercolor Society
http://www.utwatercolor.net/

Vermont

The Vermont Watercolor Society
http://www.vermontwatercolorsociety.com/

Virginia

Virginia Watercolor Society
P O Box 403
Roanoke, VA 24003
www.virginiawatercolorsociety.org/

Washington

Southwest Washington Watercolor Society
P O Box 2876
Vancouver, WA 98668-2976
www.swwswatercolor.org/

Northwest Watercolor Society
P.O. Box 50387
Bellevue, WA 98015-0387
http://www.nwws.org/dnn/

Spokane Watercolor Society
1921 W. 10th Ave.
Spokane, WA 99204

Kirkland Arts Center
http://www.kirklandartscenter.org

West Virginia

West Virginia Watercolor Society
http://www.wvwatercolorsociety.org/

Wisconsin

Wisconsin Watercolor Society
2025 East Newberry Blvd.
Milwaukee WI 53211-3651

Phipps Center for The Arts
www.thephipps.org/

Wyoming

Wyoming Watercolor Society
http://www.wyomingwatercolorsociety.org/