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Watercolor U.S.A. 2010 - 12 June - 8 August 2010

The 49th annual national exhibition of aqueous media painting. Click to see online gallery

Watercolor U.S.A. is the Springfield Art Museum's nationally known, annual juried exhibition featuring some of the country's best-known artists and jurors. The event is open to artists from all 50 states and U.S. territories. Hundreds of entries are received annually and judged for a variety of prizes, and possible purchase by the Museum or its patrons. Organized in 1962, this event attracts thousands of visitors annually to the Museum and to Springfield to view the work of exhibitors.

WHS Exchange Show with Japan a Great Success

WHS Show at the National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan. Click to see online gallery

The WHS Show held with the JWF Exhibition in Tokyo was a great success. As it was a time of cherry blossoms in Japan, 16 of us from the USA greatly enjoyed the best of their seasons. The welcome from JWF was one of a kind. Our delegates from WHS appreciated the great hospitality by JWF. No words can express our gratitude. The WHS display was in the center of the entire JWF Exhibition at the National Art Center, Tokyo. The total number of works was 700 including 31 from WHS. All the exchange events were coordinated well with JWF. This gave us a chance to understand their watercolor culture, raised on different soil with a different history.

I want to express gratitude to Caryl Morgan, Judi Betts, Wayne Conyers, Missie Dickens, Peggy Zalucha, Mary Ann Pope, Mary Lou Ferbert, Ara Leites and Hiroko Shikashio, who as members of the WHS delegation, gave extra support on this trip and with the event.

Kenji Nishikawa, WHS Japan Exchange Coordinator
April 15, 2010

Watercolor Now! 2011

The next Watercolor Now! will be held at the Slater Memorial Park Gallery in Rhode Island  from January 9-28, 2011.  The gallery is very scenic, and once was a two story boat house that has been removed and converted into a gallery.  It’s on a park by a lake, and is currently the setting for the annual Rhode Island Watercolor Society National Exhibition.  More information, as well as a prospectus, will be forthcoming later in the summer of 2010.