We have had many reports from our members experiencing issues when attempting to renew their membership using their cell phone or tablets.
The IWS website is not optimized for mobile devices to be used to renew or add a new membership, therefore you must use your laptop or desktop computer. This is something we are looking into, and we will notify you of any future updates.
Lynn McConnell
IWS Membership Director
As some of you may have experienced, the Password Reset option on the website was not working. When you opted to reset your password, the system would email you a link and selecting the link would help you reset your password, but instead it produced a time-out error.
This has been fixed now and the error does not occur.
If you have tried to reset your password and have not been successful due to this error, first go to your email and delete all the emails you received titled, “[Idaho Watercolor Society] Password Reset”. Next, go back to the Idaho Watercolor Society website and start the process over again to reset your password, follow the directions by going to your email to find the password reset link.
Due to the low entry numbers, the WFWS50 Entry Deadline has been extended to next Monday, October 14.
As of last SUNDAY, seven IWS members had entered WFWS:
Terese Fandal, Gail Greco, myself, Hugh Mossman, Scott Muscolo, Ying Peng, and Elaine Tyson.
This does not include anyone who entered on MONDAY (yesterday).
If you entered as of Sunday and are not on this list, please let me know so West Texas can check your entry.
The West Texas Watercolor Society is hosting the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies 50th Anniversary Exhibition in Lubbock, Texas from February 1, 2025 to May 4, 2025. The show juror is Ken Call. (http://mobile.call4portraits.com/the-artist.shtml) The show venue is Museum of Texas Tech University. This show is open to watermedia artists who are members of one of the WFWS Component Societies, including IWS.
Please read the WFWS50 prospectus carefully. You do not need to include your estimated frame size with your entry, that will be determined after acceptance.
If your painting is accepted, your IWS annual dues for 2025 must be paid before your painting is sent to West Texas. IWS membership renewal for 2025 is here: Renewal Instructions for 2025
Click on the link below to view the prospectus and enter your paintings for consideration.
https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=13773
This year, in CAFE, once entries are checked out, submitted, and paid, there will be no changes or adding or substituting images, so please be sure of your entry before submission and payment.
You may enter your submissions until 11:59 pm on October 14, 2024.
Please call or email me with any questions.
Good luck!
Shelly Johnson
IWS WFWS Delegate
208 922-7566
IWS is Zooming – Analysis and Discussion
Wednesday, October 16, 7-9 pm
Entries to Nadine “Hergy” Hergenrider nhergenrider1@
…Please send entries no later than 5pm on Zoom day, October 16.
Tech questions? Ask Jane Shimon jshimon@boisestate.edu
Having trouble with a painting?
Have a successful painting that you’d like to share?
No painting to share? Join in anyway…it’s all
FUN, FRIENDLY AND HELPFUL!
Zoom Link: https://boisestate.
WFWS50 Entry Deadline is next Friday, October 11!
WFWS50 CAFE entry deadline is only one week away! As of October 1, only 165 artists have entered WFWS50 and only eight entries are from IWS.
Some reminders:
If accepted, your painting in the IWS Traveling Show will be back in time to ship to WFWS50.
Artwork previously entered in WFWS may be submitted again, as long as it did not get accepted into the prior exhibition. Different jurors have different criteria for judging artwork.
Minimum size is 100 square inches, or as small as 10” x 10”.
You do not have to deal with framing your painting, if accepted framing will be done by West Texas.
The West Texas Watercolor Society is hosting the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies 50th Anniversary Exhibition in Lubbock, Texas from February 1, 2025 to May 4, 2025. The show juror is Ken Call. (http://mobile.call4portraits.com/the-artist.shtml) The show venue is Museum of Texas Tech University. This show is open to watermedia artists who are members of one of the WFWS Component Societies, including IWS. Your IWS annual dues for 2025 must be paid by the WFWS entry deadline, which is October 11, 2024, or your entry will be disqualified. Please read the WFWS50 prospectus carefully and note that for WFWS50 mats must be a single white mat and a minimum of 3” on each side. Please call me if you need help with the math.
Ready to enter? The CAFE page for submitting entries for WFWS50 is now open. Click on the link below to view the prospectus and enter your paintings for consideration.
https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=13773
This year, in CAFE, once entries are checked out, submitted, and paid, there will be no changes or adding or substituting images, so please be sure of your entry before submission and payment.
You may enter your submissions until 11:59 pm on October 11, 2024.
Please call or email me with any questions.
Good luck!
Shelly Johnson
IWS WFWS Delegate
208 922-7566
TIME TO RENEW YOUR IWS DUES
Don’t miss out on all the fun activities IWS have planned for the coming year – RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP TODAY!
Please read the attached document detailing how to renew your membership using the new changes on our website.
For Dual IWS PAPI members, you can renew through IWS or through the PAPI website.
– Lynn McConnell
mcconnell1106@gmail.com
In order to help with the early entry deadline for WFWS for 2025, following is the complete calendar with dates for WFWS50.
If you want to enter your painting that is in the current IWS traveling show, you will have time to enter that same painting in WFWS50 and will have about a week to have it taken out of its frame and rematted.
Note that if your painting is accepted, it will be gone from November 11, 2024, to mid-May 2025.
WFWS50 2025
Calendar of Events
2024
2025
• May 9, 2025: Ship Artwork
Thanks!
Shelly Johnson
IWS WFWS Delegate
208 922-7566
shellyejohnson@yahoo.com
The West Texas Watercolor Society is hosting the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies 50th Anniversary Exhibition in Lubbock, Texas from February 1, 2025 to May 4, 2025. The show juror is Ken Call. (http://mobile.call4portraits.
This year, in CAFE, once entries are checked out, submitted, and paid, there will be no changes or adding or substituting images, so please be sure of your entry before submission and payment.
St. Al’s is preparing for their invitation only Artist of the Month Art Program for 2025 – 2026. If you would like to participate, please note the RSVP date is September 27 with the submission form due to the St. Al’s team by October 4.
Download the three documents provided by them and follow the directions as stated to apply.
St. Al’s Artist Program Document 1
St. Al’s Artist Program Document 2
St. Al’s Artist Program Document 3
