Go to the Call for Work Page on the website to submit your paintings. The Prospectus is there for your information too.
We have posted two new videos on our Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society YouTube Channel! A Gallery Walk with Mary Whyte and the June Show Your Art Show
NFWS Fall 2023 Members Watermedia Exhibition Submission Period begins July 1 and runs until Monday, August 14, 2023!
NFWS Fall 2023 Members Watermedia Exhibition
October 4 – November 8, 2023
Project 308 Gallery
308 Oliver Street
North Tonawanda, New York 14120
The submission period opens on July 1, 2023, and closes at midnight on Monday, August 14, 2023. Submissions for our Fall 2023 Members Watermedia Exhibition will be juried and judged by Stanley Kurth our NFWS Fall 2023 Workshop Artist. Entering Artists will be notified as to Stanley Kurth’s selections by September 3, 2023.
A link to The Prospectus will be posted on the Call for Work page on July 1, 2023. Submit your work there, on the Call for Work page, following the instructions in the Prospectus. The Prospectus and a link to the Call for Work page will be emailed to all NFWS Members on July 1, 2023!
The June 2023 Waterbucket has been posted!
June Show Your Art Show, Thursday, June 15th, 6 – 9 pm, Amherst Community Church.
With Comments by Rita Argen Auerbach and Sally Treanor. Check for details on our Calendar.
RiTA ARGEN AUERBACH is an internationally recognized award winning artist whose work is represented in numerous museum, private, and corporate collections in this country and abroad. A Legacy of her art career is on view June 9 – October 1, 2023 at the Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo NY.
Rita is a long time art educator. She taught art in the Clarence Central Schools for 20 years, chair of art department and received Outstanding teacher from the New York State Art Teachers Association. After retirement Rita served 20 more years on the faculty of Chautauqua Institution Special Studies teaching Watercolor painting. She also conducted workshops in Costa Rica, Italy, Spain and France. Transparent watercolor has always been her choice of medium. 
SALLY TREANOR works in transparent watercolor specializing in small format landscapes, figurative work, and impressionistic . Her traditional watercolor and Sumi-e techniques employ a limited palette based on triads. She has studied with master watercolor teachers all over the world and has taught beginning-advanced watercolor painters for over forty years.
Sally has been active in the Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society since 2003, editor of its Waterbucket newsletter since 2004, and has served on its Board for many years and as President and Vice President. She has been an Exhibiting Member of the of the Buffalo Society of Artists since 2011and has served on its Board and as an officer. She is also a member of the Fine Arts League.
The awards for our 2023 Open Watercolor Exhibition were announced last evening, May 25, at the Award Celebration at the Carnegie!
You can see them all and read Mary Whyte’s comments on our page Spring 2023 Award Winners . It was a lovely evening, reconnecting with many NFWS Members and friends. Congratulations one and all!
The Exhibition’s last day is today, May 26, 2023! Hope you can make it to the Carnegie Art Center, 240 Goundry Street, N. Tonawanda, NY, today, open from 12 – 4 today, Friday.
Join Mary Whyte for an inspirational presentation – Three Keys to Creating Your Best Work
After a brief Members Meeting, Mary Whyte will discuss her work and what she has learned to be the three keys to producing your best work ever.
A very special event for our monthly members meeting!
The May 2023 Waterbucket has been posted!
NFWS Spring 2023 Open Watercolor Exhibition – Online Show!
Our NFWS Online Show of the Spring 2023 Open Watercolor Exhibition has been posted! Here is the link:
NFWS Spring 2023 Open Watercolor Workshop
Daneen Kane’s “Apple Blossoms”
The Exhibition runs from May 3 – 27, 2023 at the Carnegie Art Center, 240 Goundry Street, North Tonawanda, NY. The Awards Reception is Thursday evening, May 25th from 6 – 8 pm.
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