Pittsburgh Watercolor Society (PWS) presents the WaterWorks exhibit each year as an excellent opportunity for all Pittsburgh Watercolor Society members to showcase new works in watercolor and other water media.
The 2024 Waterworks exhibit will be in person at the Latrobe Art Center, 819 Ligonier Street Latrobe, PA 15650 https://www.latrobeartcenter.org/ and online via our website www.pittsburghwatercolorsociety.com
Juror of Awards will be Michael Tusay.
ELIGIBILITY: This exhibit is open to PWS Juried, Signature and Honorary members working primarily with water-based media on a paper surface (YUPO, Mylar, and Tyvek are permitted) and unvarnished. No canvas. Mediums include: watercolor, acrylic, casein, gouache, egg tempera and water-based inks. No oils, oil pastels, pastels, class work, digital images, any form of print or reproductions, no more than 10% collage.
Each PWS member may exhibit one (1) work. Work must have been completed within the past 3 years and must not have been exhibited in any previous PWS show. And the work must not be in any other show, in person or online, at the same time. Works must be matted and framed and ready to hang. Frames may be black, gray, gold ,silver, wood or metal, and must be no wider than 1 1/2 inches. Artwork should be matted in white or off white, acid-free board.
Image size minimum: 12 inches on shortest side.
Framed size maximum: 40 inches on longest side.
FOR A PRINTABLE COPY OF THE WATERWORKS PROSPECTUS, CLICK HERE:
For a printable copy of consequences for failure to follow the prospectus requirements, click here:
Enter by April 12, 11:59 P.M online on our website at https://www.pittsburghwatercolorsociety.com/Waterworks
ENTRY FEE: $25 Online registration is required for Waterworks. It is advised that you enter online and pay through our website www.pittsburghwatercolorsociety.com
If you wish to pay via check, please make the $25 check out to PWS, write "Waterworks" in the subject line, (must be postmarked by April 8, 2024), and mail it to:
Pittsburgh Watercolor Society
WSCC
7604 Charleston Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15218
IMPORTANT DATES:
Entry Deadline: Friday April 12, 11:59 PM (online); April 8, 2024, (postmarked)
Drop Off @ Latrobe Art Center, Saturday, April 13, 11:00 AM. to 3:00 PM
Opening to the Public: Monday April 22, 1:30 to 4:00 PM
Artists Reception Open to the Public: Saturday April 27, 2:00 to 4:00 PM
Pick-up of unsold works: Tuesday, May 28, thru Saturday, May 31, 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
QUESTIONS? Contact us at waterworks@pittsburghwatercolorsociety.com
