Please Also Congratulate Gail Greco
Please also congratulate Gail Greco, who achieved signature status with the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies when her painting was accepted into WFWS49, although her paperwork was not submitted, and she was not technically official, until WFWS50. With her acceptance into WFWS50, Gail’s artwork has been accepted into four WFWS exhibitions.
Happy Holidays!
Shelly Johnson
IWS WFWS Delegate
WFWS Signature Members and Ken Call Workshop
First, please congratulate the following new for 2025 WFWS Signature Members:
Jessica Bryant
Renee Galligher
Torgesen Murdock
WFWS Signature Members are artists who have been accepted into three WFWS annual juried shows.
Second, the Ken Call Workshop planned during WFWS50 is full, but there is no one currently on the waiting list.Ken Call’s workshop will be April 9 to 11, 2025 at the Museum of Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas. Ken will also give a demonstration the afternoon of April 8.Total cost of the workshop is $350 with a $105 deposit. (The planned nearby hotel for WFWS is about $100 per night.)
To get on the waiting list, contact Cecilia Adams at [email protected] or register on the WTWS website. wtws.org/ken-call-workshop/
Happy Holidays!
Shelly Johnson
IWS WFWS Delegate
Ken Call chose 100 paintings out of 764 entered. 60 entries were from 31 IWS artists.
Thank you again to all IWS artists who entered this very competitive show.
The West Texas Watercolor Society has announced the artists and artworks chosen for inclusion in the 50th Annual WFWS Exhibition. The juror chose 100 paintings for the show, including nine IWS artists, in the exhibition. The nine IWS artists and their selected works are:
Please join me in congratulating these artists for their excellent work! My personal thank you to all of the IWS members that entered, even if their work was not chosen.
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
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
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
[email protected]
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.
Do you have questions about WFWS50 or the prospectus? Do you have a painting you want to enter and want an opinion? Do you have a painting in progress for WFWS and want to share? I will be at the IWS Analysis and Discussion in Eagle on September 2, 2024 to answer any questions about WFWS and share one of my paintings.
WFWS50 CAFE entries open today, August 26, 2024!
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.
Good luck!
Shelly Johnson
IWS WFWS Delegate
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.
Entry deadlines are early this year! Entry opens 8/26/2024 and closes 10/11/2024. West Texas will be using CAFE.
Click on the link below to view the prospectus. Please read the prospectus carefully as some items are different for WFWS50. Also, 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.
The WFWS50 Call and Prospectus:
https://artist.callforentry.
Call For Entry Help for Artists | CaFÉ – CallForEntry.org
https://www.callforentry.org/
Shelly Johnson
IWS WFWS Delegate
208 922-7566
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