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Mar 21
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ArtCall Announcement for the IWS 2025 Annual Juried Membership Exhibition

By Annual Juried Exhibition, ArtCall

Greetings IWS Members!

Registration on ArtCall for the IWS 2025 Annual Juried Membership Exhibition closed last night at 9:00 PM.

This year we had 159 submissions from 95 entrants!  That is an incredible and deeply satisfying response to our call for artists.

There are fewer problems each year as we become more accustomed to the site, and this year was the best yet.  We satisfactorily resolved each of the six or so small matters that required special attention.

We also opened up the requirements for substrate and that may have had an impact.  We will see how it goes and consider its success for planning next year’s prospectus.

We will be notified of the juror’s decisions regarding the exhibit by April 1.  This will give nearly 4 weeks to have your accepted entry matted, framed, and delivered to The Riverside Hotel by the deadline of April 29.  Easy peasy.

(I’ll make a special announcement at the end of the first jurying process with hotel address etc. so you don’t have to save this message for a month.)

Again this year we will be allowing non-accepted artists to send in their SUBMITTED painting(s) for exhibition in a separate but very visible area.  You may sell your painting even if it is not a “winner”!  We had several artists benefit from this opportunity last year and we are happy to make it possible for you again this year.  Please remember only one submission per artist can be accepted into the exhibit proper.

We will again allow the jurist to select 65 paintings (for the exhibit proper) from which to choose the final 20 for the travel show.

Since we couldn’t know in advance how many entrants we would have, we have not determined how many submissions in total we can exhibit, so hang tight for that information.  We may be able to show only one per entrant, accepted or not.  I’ll let everyone know as soon as I know.

As soon as the judging for the exhibit is completed, I’ll send everyone a link to the web page of all entries.  The body of works submitted this year is spectacular, and I can’t wait to share it with you.

Good luck to all of you and I hope to see in you the Treasure Valley in June for the awards presentations.

Thank you!

Scott

Scott Muscolo, IWS Annual Juried Exhibition Chair

805-795-0252

Mar 17
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2025 Annual Rotunda Visitor’s Choice Awards

By Rotunda Show

Dear IWS Members,

We are thrilled to announce the winners of this year’s Visitor’s Choice Awards! With over 1,100 votes cast—the highest participation since the award began in 2022—it’s clear that the public was deeply engaged with our exhibition. The enthusiasm and excitement from visitors were truly inspiring, and the results reflect the incredible talent on display.

Congratulations to our 2025 Visitor’s Choice Award winners!

1st Place – Drenda Duff – On a Memory ($200 Cash Prize)

2nd Place – Sharon Herther – Corner of Rainbow and Kokanee ($100 Cash Prize)

3rd Place – Carol Browning – Watching and Waiting ($100 Blick Art Materials Gift Certificate)

4th Place – Don Belts – Our Comfortably Rough Home Nestled in the Palouse – Fond Memories ($50 Merri Artist Gift Certificate)

A huge congratulations to these artists for capturing the admiration of so many visitors! Your work resonated deeply with the public, and this recognition is well deserved.

This award would not be possible without the dedication of Bonnie Liles, who came to the Capitol daily to collect votes and took on the daunting task of counting them all—ensuring that every visitor’s voice was heard. Thank you, Bonnie, for your hard work and dedication!

And finally, a heartfelt thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s show—whether as an artist, volunteer, or enthusiastic supporter. The Visitor’s Choice Award is a celebration of the connection between artists and the public, and this year’s overwhelming response proves just how meaningful that connection can be.

Cheers,
Beth Trott
IWS Capitol Rotunda Art Show Coordinator

 

Mar 17
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ArtCall registration ends on Thursday March 20

By Annual Juried Exhibition, Prospectus

Greetings IWS members,
Please keep in mind that Thursday, March 20, 9:00 PM is the end of the ArtCall registration period for the IWS 2025 Annual Juried Membership Exhibition.

I have received phone calls from several of you to iron out small problems, but all in all the process has been quite smooth. Please keep in mind, I am available to answer your questions and help you with any ArtCall issues as we near the end of the registration period.

Thanks very much, good luck to all of you, and I hope to see you in June!

Scott Muscolo
805-795-0252
scottmuscolo@gmail.com

Link to ArtCall

Link to IWS 2025 Juried Exhibition Prospectus

Mar 08
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Last WFWS Reminder . . .

By WFWS

Last Reminder – WFWS

WFWS deadline to register is March 10. Also, some people have registered but not paid their invoice. Please check your email to make sure that the invoice is not in your spam folder. If you have questions about your registration or haven’t received an invoice, please contact Nathalie Kelley at nathkelley@yahoo.com.

Hello Friends!

You are invited to the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies 50th Anniversary Awards Banquet hosted by the West Texas Watercolor Society in Lubbock, TX on April 13, 2025. We hope that you will be able to attend and spend some time getting to know our city and all it has to offer. Lubbock is well known for its home grown musical talent, wineries as well as farming and ranching history. The Lubbock Arts Festival, always a highlight in the arts community, will be in full swing during the gala weekend. For more information about Lubbock and various venues, please click on the links below.

Links to the WFWS50 registration pages have now been added to the wtws.org website, the deadline to register for the banquet and weekend activities is March 10. The hotel links are also provided on your registration page. The reservation deadline to get the WFWS50 hotel rate is March 20.

We are looking forward to April and hope to see you all then!

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Feb 15
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Western Federation of Watercolor Societies 50th Anniversary Awards Banquet Registration

By WFWS
Hello Friends!

You are invited to the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies 50th Anniversary Awards Banquet hosted by the West Texas Watercolor Society in Lubbock, TX on April 13, 2025. We hope that you will be able to attend and spend some time getting to know our city and all it has to offer. Lubbock is well known for its home grown musical talent, wineries as well as farming and ranching history. The Lubbock Arts Festival, always a highlight in the arts community, will be in full swing during the gala weekend. For more information about Lubbock and various venues, please click on the links below.

Links to the WFWS50 registration pages have now been added to the wtws.org website, the deadline to register for the banquet and weekend activities is March 10. The hotel links are also provided on your registration page. If you registered but did not receive an  invoice, please check your email to make sure that the invoice is not in your spam folder. If you have questions about your registration or haven’t received an invoice, please contact Nathalie Kelley at nathkelley@yahoo.com.

Delegates will have excursions to the National Ranching Heritage Center and the Windmill Museum Friday afternoon and the Lubbock Arts Festival Saturday, unless they decide to do something on their own.

We are looking forward to April and hope to see you all then!

 

Feb 11
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IWS Workshop Entrants

By Annual Workshop
Dear IWS Members,
These are the members from whom we have received requests for inclusion into the Annual Workshop in June. Please check that if you notified us, we have your name down and have the correct email. Please note that we have 27 signed up and only have room for 22, so we will do a lottery on this Thursday.  Last year, we had enough late cancellations that everyone on the waiting list eventually got in, so if you end up on the waiting list, all is not lost.
Jean Ah Fong
 Susan Kluksdal

 

Beth Trott bethtrott@gmail.com
Karen Hickman khickman1013@msn.com
David Potter joemorgan409@msn.com
Mary Gardiner gardiner.mary12@gmail.com
Ben Sotelo benaysotelo@gmail.com
Rachel Linquist rachel.linquist@gmail.com
Nancy Inaba nancysinaba@gmail.com
Cathy Anderson catandr1203@gmail.com
Renee Carter thepaintedhome@gmail.com
Jane Shimon jshimon@boisestate.edu
Loretta Barra ljbarra@aol.com
Elaine Tyson quintetmom@gmail.com
Frankie Sims frankiesimsart@gmail.com
Renee Galligher reneegalligher@gmail.com
Jamie Landry mtjtrl69@gmail.com
Gizella O’Neil  gizwins@msn.com
Teresa McCully  gizwins@msn.com
Vicki Rhodes/Merryweather featheryournestvr@gmail.com
Betty Jo Evans bjo@q.com
JoAnn Duffin zduffins04@msn.com
Cynthia Bowman 1clbowman@gmail.com
Roy Gover rlgover@msn.com
Yvonne Tanner poodlemom9188@gmail.com
Katie Harris katie91600@gmail.com
Katheen Archer kcsplace7@live.com
Dixie Rogers dixierogersinsurance.com
Janel Williams cjtawill@yahoo.com
Feb 08
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Idaho SHPO Sponsors Art Contest

By Events

ATTENTION: Call to Artists!

We at SHPO are holding an art contest to find a design for our annual Archaeology & Historic Preservation Month poster. This year’s theme is the Rainbow Bridge over the North Fork of the Payette River. The chosen winner will have their design featured on the poster and will receive $1000 in prize money.

May is Idaho Archaeology & Historic Preservation Month. Each year, the Idaho State Historic Preservation Office (IDSHPO) creates a commemorative poster centered around a relevant theme. This year, we are asking for artwork submissions from the public that depict the iconic Rainbow Bridge over the North Fork of the Payette River along State Highway 55.

About The Rainbow Bridge: The bridge is an open spandrel arch bridge designed by Charles Kyle and constructed in 1933. It is the largest bridge of its type in the state and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It is currently at risk, as the crossing is to be redesigned, leaving the fate of the bridge in question.

Artwork may be of any two-dimensional medium, including but not limited to drawings, paintings, prints, and photographs. The IDSHPO will choose one design from the submitted artworks to feature on the May Archaeology & Historic Preservation Month poster. The artist of the chosen design will receive a $1000 prize. Artworks must be submitted by February 28th, 2025 to be considered.

 

For more information, rules, and to submit artwork:

https://history.idaho.gov/iahpm/

Kayla McElreath, M.H.P. (she/her)

Compliance Architectural Historian
Idaho State Historic Preservation Office

210 W Main St.
Boise, ID 83702

Office: 208.488.7473
Mobile: 208.918.0604 

Book time to meet with me

HISTORY.IDAHO.GOV

Preserving the past, enriching the future.
Explore a membership with the Historical Society!

Feb 04
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Art Call Opened Saturday Feb 1

By Annual Juried Exhibition

Good morning IWS members:

ArtCall opened for the 2025 Annual Juried Membership Exhibition on Saturday, Feb 1.  I believe we have conquered the bugs we ran into last year, and registering for the show should be problem-free. To access ArtCall, click here.

I am attaching for your convenience the prospectus and Travel Show Schedule. Both can be found at the end of this message as links.

We are exhibiting again this year at the Riverside Hotel in Boise/Garden City.  Participants are invited to enter up to two paintings, but this year only one per artist can be accepted into the exhibit.

Other pertinent details and dates are found in the prospectus.

Please let me know directly if you have any problems with ArtCall!

I’m looking forward to seeing everyone’s paintings.

Thanks, and good luck!

Scott Muscolo, IWS Annual Juried Exhibition Chair
805-795-0252

2025 Prospectus

2025 Traveling Show Schedule

Feb 01
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Art by The River, Second Call

By Events

Hello again our Artists Friends!

Two weeks ago we sent out the email content below along with the attached application announcing the registration for the 2025 Art by The River Event in Star, ID on September 20th and 21st.    The initial response was wonderfully received, with 34 of the 54 available booth spaces now applied for.

So we wanted to send this out again in case you missed the application and would encourage you to get your application in as soon as you can before we run out of spaces.

Late applicants would certainly be welcome to hold a position in the waiting list, but we only had three cancellations last year.

We thank you for your support of Art by The River and hope to see you there!

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Greetings Artists –

We thank you for having supported and participated in the Art by The River Fine Arts show in the past, and we are excited to announce the dates for the 2025 show!

Once again we will host this event at the Star Riverhouse, in Star, ID; and this will be our 5th year!  Below you will find the pertinent dates, and we hope that you mark your calendar to join us for this wonderful event for the local art community!  (Dates shown are “No Later Than” dates)

January 18th                                     ‘Call to Artists’ with Applications Emailed Out

May 17th                                            Deadline for Applications to be Submitted

June 14th                                           Artists Notified of Acceptance to this Juried Show

July 12th                                            Payment for Booth Fee due

August 16th                                      Final Date for Cancellation with full refund

August 30th                                      Final Show Information sent with Load In instructions sent

September 19th  (Friday)             Show Load-In Day

September 20th  (Saturday)       Show Open

September 21st  (Sunday)           Show Open

Note regarding the application:  The attached PDF form, found in the link below is ‘Fillable’, so that you should be able to populate the fields directly onto the document.    Then ‘’Save’ the document under a new name and return to us.  Otherwise, feel free to hand populate the information and send us a scan or good photo of the pages; and of course, you can also just mail the completed application to our PO Box shown below.

Please email your application to:   Vicki O’Keefe at vokeefe@rohcf.org      Feel free to call Vicki directly if you have any questions at 702.338.2293 and she will be able to answer all of your questions.

Thank you again for your support, and we hope to see you again!

 

Kevin O’Keefe

River of Hope Community Foundation, Inc.

702.513.8503
kokeefe@rohcf.org
P.O. Box 305
Star, ID 83669

Dedicated to promoting the Arts in the Treasure Valley.

2025 ABR Fillable Application