2025 Annual Capitol Rotunda Show Visitor Choice Awards

We are thrilled to announce the winners of this year’s Visitor’s Choice Awards for the 2025 Annual Capitol R0tunda Show held March 1-14! 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)

IWS 2025 Annual Juried Membership Exhibition

The exhibition will be held May 6 – June 29 at the Water’s Edge Gallery, located in the Riverside Hotel, 2900 W Chinden Blvd., Boise, ID, 83714.  The awards reception will be on Tuesday, June 3, 6:30 – 8:30, on the main floor. Please inquire at the hotel desk for the exact location.  The exhibition will be juried by acclaimed artist Kathleen Giles.

SHOWS and EXHIBITS

Carrie Cornils – Carrie  has two pieces on exhibit at the Sun Valley airport May 21 through August, 2025.

Karyn deKramer has her painting ‘Morning Glory’ -Bald Eagle juried into the IWS 2025 Annual Juried Exhibition. Please join us at the Awards Ceremony at the Riverside Hotel, Tuesday June 3, 5:30 -8:30. The exhibit is on display May 5 -June 30.

Rachel Linquist – Rachel’s painting “Pears on a Dogwood Blossom Cloth” has been accepted into the Northwest Watercolor Society (NWWS) 2025 Waterworks Member Exhibition by Juror Michele Usibelli. The exhibit opens April 25 and runs until June 30 and can be viewed during that time at www.nwws.org.

Gary McCall and Mary Gardiner have three collaborative paintings in the Do Si Do exhibit at the TVAA Gallery, first floor Gem Center for the Arts, 2417 Bank Dr., Boise, May 20-Aug 12, 2025. Mary also has a painting in the Art and Soul of the Magic Valley competition, her painting sponsored by and exhibited at Title Fact, Inc, Twin Falls, June 6-June 28, 2025.

Loretta Barra is proud to announce her painting “Dew Kissed Iris” was juried into the IWS 2025 Juried Annual Show which is at The Riverside Hotel through June 29th. She also has her Ebook “Watercolor Basics and Beyond” -available on Amazon and www.LorettaBarra.com.

Linda Aman – Has a painting “Warm Embrace” juried in the Idaho Watercolor Society Juried Annual Show. Reception is June 3rd, 5:30-8:30, winners will be announced. General Public invited; refreshments are served. Tell your friends.

Shelly Johnson will be showing her painting “Fawn” as part of the 15th Annual Art & Soul of the Magic Valley. This event will be held June 6 to June 28 at venues throughout Twin Falls and the surrounding areas. “Fawn” will be showing at Middlekauff Ford, 1243 Blue Lakes Blvd N in Twin Falls. Middlekauff will be holding an artist reception on Tuesday, June 10 from 5 pm to 7 pm. If you are in Twin Falls, please stop by and say hello!

Michelle Mallett – I have a solo show that will run June 2-30 at Valley View Assisted Living at 1140 Allumbaugh St Boise.  There will be an artist Meet & Greet on June 16 from 5-7pm.  Hope you can make it!

Anne Watson Sorensen will have a booth at the 2nd annual Meridian Arts Festival held at Kleiner Park on Sat June 28 9-5 and Sun June 29 10-4.  Hope to see you there! http://www.aesorensen.com. Anne also has a painting juried into the Sun Valley Airport in Hailey, ID, that will be on display through Oct 2025 called “Fly Away”.  She is also honored to have the painting “Light Emerging” juried into the IWS Annual Juried Exhibition at the Riverside Hotel. Anne’s acrylic abstract “Echoes of Resistance” hangs in the secondary IWS exhibit at the Riverside Hotel.

Jessica L Bryant’s painting, Amidst the Cascades, received the Morris Watercolor Guild Award of Merit in the Transparent Watercolor Society of America exhibition. She also earned signature membership with TWSA. She’ll be attending the awards dinner June 7; the exhibit runs through August 5.

View the 2025 IWS Juried Membership Exhibition, juried by nationally renowned artist, Kathleen Giles. – Click any image to enlarge it and view the slide show.

Partners, Sponsors, & Donors

IWS would like to thank our partners, sponsors, and donors for the 2024 Juried Membership Exhibition

Partners: Roots Family History; The Riverside Hotel and Water’s Edge Gallery

Sponsors: Blick Art Materials; Jerry’s Artarama; M Graham and Co.

Donors: Catalyst Arts Collaboration; Cheap Joes Art Stuff ; The Merri Artist; Idaho Art Gallery; QOR Artist Watercolor; Holbein; Studio 77; Princeton Art Brush Co.; Strathmore