The Evelyn Ecale Schultz Creative Spirit Award

Welcome to the Illinois Watercolor Society

IWS Mission
The mission of the Illinois Watercolor Society is to advance the education and caliber of watercolor painting throughout Illinois.
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Mailing address:
Illinois Watercolor Society
P.O. Box 1003
Des Plaines, IL 60018-9998

Email address:
Tony Armendariz, Executive Director
tonya@illinoiswatercolorsociety.org


Events Calendar

Members' Meetings

Next meeting: Tuesday February 9, 10 am
Featured Artist: Dick Shipley NWS, TWSA

As a watercolorist, Dick Shipley has his own take on reality. He enjoys melding this view of reality with his impressions of places he has visited. His paintings reveal a new spontaneity, regardless of the subject matter. A street scene, an old barn, or a simple pot of flowers can become something unusual.

Visit: https://sites.google.com/site/shipleywatercolors/Home to see more of Dick Shipley's work.

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Join us at Dick Blick Art Materials in Wheaton, IL for IWS members' meetings for socializing, painting demonstrations by nationally recognized artists and educational lectures on materials and all things watercolor. The meetings generally run from 10 am until 12 pm with hospitality provided by Dick Blick.

Blick Art Materials is located in Danada Square East, at the northeast corner of Naperville Road and Butterfield Road (west of 355). Danada Square East contains a Dominicks Food Store.

Blick Art Materials
79 Danada Square East
Wheaton, IL 60187
630.653.0569
Click here for more directions.

Non-Members are welcome to attend.

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26th Annual Open Juried Exhibition

To be held at
The Next Picture Show Gallery
113 W. First St.
Dixon, Illinois 61021
815.285.4924

Deadline for entries: February 15, 2010

Show dates: May 7 - June 1, 2010

  Download the Prospectus here.

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Small Waters:
'A national juried exhibition of small scale watercolors'


To be held at the
Elmhurst Artists' Guild Gallery at the Elmhurst Art Museum
150 Cottage Hill Ave.
Elmhurst, Illinois 60126
630.279.1009

Eligible Works: Paintings with an image size of 144 square inches or less (i.e. 12"x12", 10"x14", etc.).

Deadline for entries: May 15, 2010

Show dates: July 25 - August 27, 2010

  Download the Prospectus Here.

eric anderson
2009 Annual Members' Show
Best of Show

J. Eric Anderson 'Retired Old Friend'
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Ken Call
2009 25th Annual Open Juried Exhibition
Best of Show

Ken Call 'Memories'