Skip to main content
search
All Posts By

idwcsociety

Jan 04
Love0

IWS 50-year Anniversary Celebration + Needed Volunteers

By All IWS Info

IWS is hosting a 50-year Anniversary Celebration honoring IWS, the members, the founders, the history, and the volunteers and donors that made it possible. Sunday, June 7, 2026 we are having a Reception for IWS members, invited guests, and past supporters of IWS at the Riverside Hotel from 4-6pm.  Additionally, we will publish a book celebrating our 50 years.  The book will be available for purchase.

Joyce Green, Pam Grant, and Nancy Inaba have been working hard all year putting together the sources, materials and contacts for the celebration. They need your skills to put the final phase of this milestone celebration together. They need volunteers who can contribute with writing, editing, public relations, those who have experience publishing a book, those who can assist with the logistics for the show, shipping, registration at the reception, design and graphics of printed materials, and other jobs.

Please contact Joyce, Pam, or Nancy to volunteer and help us keep the momentum going.

Dec 15
Love0

WFWS51 ArtCall entries open today, December 15, 2025

By All IWS Info

The Colorado Watercolor Society is hosting the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies 51st Exhibition at the Curtis Center for the Arts in Greenwood Village, Colorado from May 8, 2026 to June 27, 2026. The show juror is Xi Guo. (https://www.xiguopainting.com/) This show is open to watermedia artists who are members of one of the WFWS Component Societies, including IWS. Your IWS annual dues for 2026 must be paid by the WFWS entry deadline, which is February 1, 2026, or your entry will be disqualified.

Please read the WFWS51 prospectus carefully. You can find the prospectus on the Colorado Watercolor Society’s WFWS webpage (https://coloradowatercolorsociety.org/western-federation-of-watercolor-societies) by clicking the yellow “download prospectus” button. Remember that for WFWS, if your painting is accepted, you will be responsible for matting, but not framing. Your mat must be at least 3 inches on all sides and the outside measurement must be one of the specified sizes. Please call or email me if you need help with the math.

Please call or email me if you have any questions or issues entering. Good luck!

Shelly Johnson, IWS WFWS Delegate, shellyejohnson@yahoo.com, 208 922-7566

A reminder of important dates:

ArtCall opens for entries December 15, 2025

ArtCall closes February 1, 2026

Jury results are released February 27, 2026

Accepted paintings are due to delegates April 3, 2026

Exhibition Dates are May 8 to June 27, 2026

Opening Reception is May 9, 2026

Dec 04
Love0

WFWS ArtCall opens Dec. 15!

By All IWS Info

Get ready for the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies 51st Exhibition!

You can find the prospectus on the Colorado Watercolor Society’s WFWS webpage (https://coloradowatercolorsociety.org/western-federation-of-watercolor-societies) by clicking the yellow “download prospectus” button.

A reminder of important dates:

ArtCall opens for entries December 15, 2025

ArtCall closes February 1, 2026

Jury results are released February 27, 2026

Accepted paintings are due to delegates April 3, 2026

Exhibition Dates are May 8 to June 27, 2026

Opening Reception is May 9, 2026

Oct 26
Love0

IWS Holiday Gathering

By All IWS Info

Make plans to attend the IWS Holiday gathering. If you’re out of the area, come join us in Meridian Idaho.

WHEN: Tuesday, December 9, 2025, 6:00pm – 9:00pm

WHERE: Louie’s Italian Restaurant, 2500 E Fairview Avenue, Meridian, ID 83642

COST: $39 per person – Spouses and guests encouraged. A Secret Santa art exchange will be part of the event.

RSVP Carol HasBrouck Browning by Friday, November 28, 2025, Hazzy1900@gmail.com

Send Payment to: 71 W Arnaz St. Meridian, Id 83646. Make check out to IWS

Oct 01
Love0

Get ready for the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies 51st Exhibition

By WFWS

The 2026 exhibition will be hosted by the Colorado Watercolor Society and will be on display at the Curtis Center for the Arts, 2349 E Orchard Road, Greenwood Village, CO.

Exhibition Dates are May 8

Key Deadlines

Dec 15, 2025 – ArtCall Opens for entries

Feb 1, 2026 – ArtCall Closes

Feb 27, 2026 – Jury Results Released

Feb 28, 2026 – Xi Guo Workshop Registration Opens

Apr 3, 2026 – Paintings Due to Delegate

Events

May 5–7, 2026 – Xi Guo Workshop at Curtis Center

May 8, 2026 | 6–9 PM – Awards Dinner, Hilton Garden Inn, Denver Tech Center

May 9, 2026 – Exhibit Opening Reception

To view the prospectus, go to https://coloradowatercolorsociety.org/western-federation-of-watercolor-societies/ and click on Download Prospectus. 

I look forward to another super showing by Idaho Watercolor Societies members.

Shelly Johnson

IWS WFWS Delegate

Sep 15
Love0

Patriot Art Foundation Volunteer Watercolor Instructors

By All IWS Info

The Idaho Watercolor Society is excited to announce a dynamic program in partnership with The Patriot Art Foundation to provide art instruction and supplies to Veterans throughout the State of Idaho. Instructor training sessions will begin in October 2025, with the first classes starting in January 2026. This is an amazing way to use our talent to give back in a way that could be life changing for a veteran. For more information, open the announcement flyer or contact Lynn McConnell (mcconnell1106@gmail.com) or Gail Grecco (gailgreco055@gmail.com).

Sep 04
Love0

Artist of the Month Art Wall at Saint Alphonsus in Boise 

By SW Exhibits, Uncategorized

Each year Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise invites local artists to bring art samples to share with an Art Jury in hopes of being chosen to display and sell their art. The next Art Jury will be October 3, 2025, at 9am.  Three sample pieces will be left in the North McCleary Auditorium for the Art Jury to review.  Your art will then need to be picked up again between noon-1pm.

Please review the following Saint Alphonsus Art Wall Guidelines and Healing Environment Criteria documents, which are the basis for all artist selections. Please bring the completed Registration Form with you on the day of the Art Jury.

Respond by September 26th to confirm you will be participating in this year’s Art Jury. For further information, contact Volunteer Services at the Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center: 208-367-2112 or bo-volunteers@sarmc.org

 

Sep 04
Love0

VOTING REMINDER – ELECTION BALLOT 2025

By IWS Annual Meeting

Reminder to vote by September 7, 2025.

Officers to vote on include:

Scott Muscolo – President
Lynn McConnell – Vice President
Roy Gover – Secretary

Also Vote on 2 additional items:

  1. Change in Treasurer’s role. Due to the fact that we are unable to find a volunteer to serve as treasurer, the Board has proposed outsourcing the bookkeeping to and Dennis will oversee the reports, retaining his title as Treasurer.  This requires a by-laws change.  Please vote on this proposal.
  2. Dues increase. Expenses everywhere are rising and that includes costs incurred by IWS.  Grants to help cover shipping expenses for our traveling show are no longer available and there are several other operational expenses that have risen in price.  Therefore, in order to keep our coffers in a positive space for the foreseeable future, the board is proposing an increase to dues of $10 per year.  That would make annual dues for Active members $55.  (Average cost of 7 societies around the western states is $58.)

WORDING FOR BY-LAWS REVISIONS (in red)

TREASURER

The Treasurer shall have oversight of the financial activities, assets and financial records of the Society.  Beginning in 2026, the monthly bookkeeping activities and year-end reporting will be handled by a bookkeeper.  A bookkeeper will be hired by the Board and their work will be audited on an annual basis by the Treasurer and the Executive Members of the Board.

The Treasurer shall oversee necessary disbursements on a timely basis for the business of the Society as approved by the Board.

The Treasurer shall review monthly bookkeeping reports and present financials to the Board at monthly meetings. The Treasurer will work with the bookkeeper to prepare a year-end report for the annual membership meeting.

The Treasurer shall work with the Executive Members in preparing a proposed annual budget at the fall annual membership meeting.  Once expenses and income for the year are accounted for, a complete budget will be sent to the membership in January for final approval vote by membership. 

All voting must be received by the end of the day, September 7, 2025

If you have any questions, please contact Carol HasBrouck Browning at hazzy1900@gmail.com or 864-423-2521.

Click here to access the voting ballot