Greetings IWS members:
First, I want to thank all of you who contributed in any way to our 2024 Annual Juried Membership Exhibition. It was a tremendous success and showcased the depth of talent embodied by our organization.
There are so many people to thank, but I’d like to particularly thank:
- Carol HasBrouck Browning, whose seemingly endless store of energy and drive contributed so much to the show’s success,
- Chris Stubbs our Juror, who did yeoman’s duty in jurying a field of excellent work and held a very successful, well-attended, and much-appreciated workshop,
- Cynthia Bowman, who endured my relentless micromanagement and produced the finest catalog we’ve ever had as a watercolor society (I mailed the catalogs to the each of you yesterday and today),
- Sandra Davis, Art and Special Events Director from the Riverside Water’s Edge Gallery, who beautifully curated the works and worked diligently to support us and professionally display the paintings throughout the hotel,
- and to my wife Shaun who secured a record number of awards from our donor base and tirelessly nudged them until they contributed to our cause.
The most important Thank You is to you, the membership, for the avalanche of spectacular works that filled the hallways of the Riverside Hotel in Boise.
We had a total of 92 paintings gracing the walkways of the hotel, with 28 excellent works not juried as part of the exhibit proper.
At least 5 paintings sold from the Water’s Edge Gallery. Congratulations to Ying Peng, Hugh Mossman, Marina Zavalova, Thomas Fennell (Tom sold two), and I am probably missing one and I apologize if I have. Even 5 is unprecedented in a single show at the first venue.
All of the award winners should by now have received their packages.
As a final reminder, the pick-up date for paintings not in the travel show is Monday, July 1 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM. For those of you who shipped paintings and have not arranged for individual pick-up, I will be re-boxing your paintings in their original packaging and returning to you as quickly as I can. I will email you the receipt for the shipping, for which you can reimburse the IWS c/o Dennis Hayzlett, Treasurer, at the address in your membership directory.
The travel show will be crated that day as well, and picked up for delivery to Twin Falls on Tuesday July 2. From there the travel show will go to Idaho Falls, Pocatello, and back to me for distribution back to the artists in early November.
We are lucky to have Lewiston back in our lineup for the travel show in 2025. We are visiting them in the first week of August to see the venue and meet with the staff there. It is good to be bringing the travel show back to the northern reaches of our membership.
Here’s looking forward to a great exhibition in 2025, and even with our unequaled success in 2024 I hope it to be even better!
My sincerest thanks to all of you,
Scott
Scott Muscolo, 2024 IWS Annual Juried Exhibition Chair
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