ENTRY PROCEDURE:

Exhibition is open to members of the Virginia Watercolor Society only. For details on becoming a member and to pay the $40 dues, go to : https://virginiawatercolorsociety.org/vws-membership/ 

ENTRY FEE: $40.00. for a maximum of three (3) digital images.

The Juror for this exhibition is: Iain Stewart

ALL ENTRIES MUST BE COMPLETED NO LATER THAN MIDNIGHT  EST 05/23/25.  

Application Requirements

METHOD OF SELECTION Juror  Iain Stewart https://stewartwatercolors.com/ will select no more than one painting per artist from digital images. Artists will be notified of the juror’s choice. Selected paintings must then be submitted for the exhibition. Final selections will be from the actual submitted paintings with the juror’s and receiving committee’s right of refusal.

Please ensure what you list on your entry matches the painting you deliver for the exhibition.

NOTIFICATION  All artists will be notified of the juror's decision by email by June 27, 2025

Hand-delivered paintings: Details will be provided to accepted exhibition members.   

Shipped paintings : Shipping instructions will be provided to accepted exhibition members.  

AWARDS:  Awards will be given at the discretion of the juror. The top award of $1,500 is provided by the Virginia Watercolor Society

Every care will be taken by the VWS, the 2025 Exhibition Committee and the Art Museum at the Covington Center. Artwork will be covered by insurance while on exhibit for current market or appraised value (minus any commissions). It is suggested that artists wishing protection during shipping insure their works independently. VWS and the Art Museum at the Covington Center have the artist’s permission to use an image of accepted painting for publicity purposes. Submission of a work to the exhibition shall constitute an agreement to comply with all conditions set in this prospectus. If a submitted painting is found to be non-compliant it will not be exhibited and it will be returned to the artist in the manner in which it was delivered. The artist will not be eligible to submit to the 2026 Exhibition.

Eligibility Criteria

Open to members of the Virginia Watercolor Society only. For details on becoming a member:https://virginiawatercolorsociety.org/vws-membership/ 

ELIGIBLE WORK FOR THE EXHIBITION -

• Paintings in watercolor, acrylic, casein, gouache, egg tempera or water-soluble ink.
• On paper or Yupo. No other
  surfaces accepted.
• No canvas, digital, computer-generated, water soluble oil, or Giclée art.
• No images generated with or assisted by AI (artificial intelligence)..
• Collage elements will be accepted if the adhered paper pieces are painted in water media by the artist. No computer-generated, digital or printed clippings will be allowed.
• If other mediums are used, water-based media must dominate the piece.
• All entries must have been completed on or after January 1, 2022 and may not have been painted under supervision.
• Works may not infringe upon another’s copyright. If photo references are used, they must be the artist’s own photographs.
• Paintings accepted for previous VWS juried exhibitions are ineligible.

SPECIFICATIONS: 

All accepted paintings must hang for the duration of the exhibit. 

Paintings must be:

• Ready for hanging with appropriate hanging hardware and hanging wire, (no sawtooth hangers)
• Framed under plexiglass or acrylic glazing (no glass)
• Matted, using only white or off-white matting on all 4 sides, and professionally presented. Poorly matted or framed paintings will be disqualified.
• Minimum FRAME Size in any direction is 16 inches.
• Maximum FRAME size in any direction is 44 inches. This includes diptychs and triptychs, which must be in a single frame.

If you are accepted you will be provided with a link to a  label to be filled in, printed out, and attached to  the back of the painting: This will include the artist's name, phone number, title of the painting, medium, price or NFS, insurance value, and a checklist of other requirements. This information must match your entry form information.

All submissions must include prices. Not For Sale (“NFS”) is acceptable. Prices as listed on entry form may not be changed. Artists will be contacted directly for any sales.