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Celebrating 50 Years of Promoting the Art of Watercolor Painting

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Upcoming exhibits

    • Sat, April 26, 2025
    • 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
    • St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 1101 Bay Ridge Avenue, Annapolis
    • 25


    The AWC has once again been invited to participate in the
    Earth Day Festival at St. Luke’s Church, 1101 Bay Ridge Avenue, Annapolis(Eastport).   Save the date, Saturday, April 26 and plan to enter a painting relating to Earth Day. It is a one-day event filled with activities, talks and performances and always draws an enthusiastic crowd.

    Registration will open April 1st

    EXHIBIT:

    Entry Limit:      2 paintings per artist (space for 30 paintings total); 3 matted pieces and giclees per artist
    Entry fee:     $15
    Commission:     none; donations to church encouraged
    Entry deadline:
      April 16th or when maximum of 25 paintings has been reached
    Receiving:  TBA
    Pickup:        TBA

    The exhibit will be indoors and will showcase our paintings of  everything  in our natural world that we all treasure and want to preserve, woods, water, sky, plants, wild animals. The exhibit will be on display panels in the spacious lower level meeting room of the church.  We will also have bins for matted original paintings and gicleé reproductions.


    • Wed, May 21, 2025
    • Sun, July 06, 2025
    • The Galleries at Quiet Waters Park
    Registration is closed

    Golden Anniversary Exhibit at Quiet Waters Park

    2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Annapolis Watercolor Club.  Our long-anticipated exhibit at the Quiet Waters Park will be the highlight of a series of exhibits in celebration of this anniversary.

    Exhibit Dates:  May 21 - July 16, 2025

    Reception:  Sunday, May 25, 1:30-3:30PM

    Awards Judge:  TBA

    The Galleries at Quiet Waters is a large space and comfortably holds 80 paintings.  This exhibit will be open to non-AWC guest artists as well as AWC members.  There will be a juror who will select first, second, and third place award recipients for members and for non-members.

    All paintings must have gold (either paint or metallic leaf or other golden color).

    A presentation on the use of gold paint can be found here


       Information for Exhibitors   


    Registration:  Opens April 1 for both AWC members and for non-member guest artists; deadline for entry will be April 21 or when the maximum total number of 80 paintings has been entered.

    Entry fee:  $15.00 per painting; two paintings may be submitted by each AWC member artist until the maximum of 55 paintings have been reached, and one painting by each guest artist until the maximum of 25 paintings has been reached.

     There is a 25% commission on all sales.

    Receiving: Tuesday, May 20 (time to be announced)

    Pick-up: Sunday, July 6, 2:00-4:00 PM

    Subject matter:  All paintings must have gold (either paint or metallic leaf or other golden color).

    A presentation on the use of gold paint can be found here

    Exhibit Standards, Honor statement and Waiver:   The AWC Exhibit Standards have been updated.  Please review before registering. You can view and download a PDF of the standards here.  You will be asked to acknowledge that you have read and understand the standards and the Exhibit Honor Statement and Waiver.  That document can be viewed and downloaded here.

    In addition to the General Requirements in section 4 of the AWC Exhibit Standards, the following apply:

    6b. Accepted Artwork: All work must be totally original, created by the artist.

    6c. Media: Works must be watermedia paintings (i.e., watercolor, gouache, acrylic, egg tempera, casein, and ink) on natural or synthetic paper or paperboard; paper canvas, fabric (e.g., cotton or linen) canvas, Aquaboard, Clayboard or Gessoboard. No pastels or water-soluble oils. Collage elements are permitted, but must be primarily original watermedia work.

    6d. Permitted: Artwork resulting from guidance, photos, drawings or paintings used in workshop or classes must have proper credit given to the source to be specified after the “title” on the identification label and on the application form, i.e.: “photo from John Doe workshop”, or “from guidance in Jane Doe’s Class”.

Address:

P.O. Box 6030

Annapolis, MD  21401

The Annapolis Watercolor Club is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.  

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