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May 11
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WFWS51 IWS Award Winners

By All IWS Info, WFWS

Please Congratulate the IWS Award Winners at WFWS51

Three IWS members won awards at the Western Federation of Watercolor Society’s 51st Annual Juried Show hosted by the Colorado Watercolor Society. This is an amazing showing since only six IWS paintings were accepted into the show.

Please congratulate Ying Peng, Hugh Mossman, and Lori Seale! All received $50 and merchandise awards.

You can view the exhibition right now if you have an account on ArtCall,

https://wfws51.artcall.org/pages/web-gallery. I will let you know when CWS posts the exhibition on the WFWS site. Catalogs will be sent to those that entered starting next week.

Thank you again to all who entered!

Shelly Johnson

IWS WFWS Delegate

Mar 07
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Anyone attending WFWS in Colorado?

By WFWS

If you are planning to attend WFWS in Colorado in May, please email me, and I will send you the link to the discounted hotel rate. Hotel is the Hilton Garden Inn Denver Tech Center, 7675 East Union Ave, Denver, CO.  To get the discounted rates, you must book before April 8.
Thanks,
Shelly Johnson, WFWS IWS Delegate
Shellyejohnson@yahoo.com

Feb 21
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Xi Guo Workshop at WFWS51

By All IWS Info, WFWS

Registration for Xi Guo’s workshop at WFWS51 in Denver, Colorado is now open. Since Xi lives in Florida and does most of her workshops on the East Coast, or Italy, this is a great opportunity to take her workshop in the West where it is easier for most to attend. If you are an IWS member, you can take Xi’s workshop for $400.00, otherwise it is $450.00 for non members. Workshop is May 5 to May 7, 2026. All the info is on the website, https://coloradowatercolorsociety.org/event-6571135

Feb 17
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WFWS51 Accepted Artists

By All IWS Info, WFWS

Please congratulate the six Idaho Watercolor Society members who had paintings accepted into the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies 51st Annual Juried Show:

Jessica Bryant, Fluid Harmony

Gail Greco, North of Ketchum

Shelly Johnson, Beau at Easter

Hugh Mossman, First Snow

Ying Peng, Smoker

Lori Kay Seale, Citizen Dreams Fading Away

32 IWS members submitted 66 paintings for consideration, and only 100 were accepted out of the 877 entries from the 10 WFWS member societies.

Thank you to all that entered!

Shelly Johnson

IWS WFWS Delegate

shellyejohnson@yahoo.com

Jan 26
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Deadline Reminders: WFWS51 and Capitol Rotunda Show

By All IWS Info, Rotunda Show, WFWS

WFWS

Only a Few More Days to enter WFWS51! The WFWS entry deadline is February 1, 2026 at 11:59 pm. Thank you to all who entered so far. As of Saturday, WFWS51 had received entries from 20 IWS members. Don’t wait until the last minute!  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. Please contact Shelly Johnson if you have any questions about entering or issues with ArtCall – shellyejohnson@yahoo.com

CAPITOL ROTUNDA SHOW

Deadline to enter is February 25, 2026 or until the 75 painting limit is reached.

For full details on how to participate — including eligibility, submission requirements, and deadlines — visit the ArtCall site –  https://iwsrotundashow42.artcall.org/

Oct 01
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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

Apr 14
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WFWS50 Award Winners

By WFWS

Please congratulate Gail Greco, who won the Sunshine Award ($1,000) sponsored by the Arizona Watercolor Association for her painting, “Winter Twilight”, Jessica Bryant, who won the Yellow Rose Award of Excellence ($900) for her painting, “Endurance”, and Shelly Johnson, who won the David Dean Memorial Award ($800) for her painting, “Happiness on a Tire Swing”, at the 50th Annual Western Federation of Watercolor Societies Exhibition in Lubbock, Texas. Jessica Bryant, Renee Galligher, Gail Greco, and Torgesen Murdock also received WFWS Signature status this year. All IWS members who entered WFWS50 should receive their catalog later this month.

It was an outstanding show and IWS was well represented in accepted work and in awards this year.

Thanks,
Shelly Johnson
IWS WFWS Delegate

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!