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Please see our Prospectus on our website.

https://www.northeastwatercolor.com/events-1

The North East Watercolor Society is pleased to announce that our 49th Annual Juried Exhibition for 2025 is open for entries. The show is open to all watercolor artists in the United States. The exhibit will take place at the Kent Art Association in Kent, Connecticut. *Please note this is a National show this year.

Awards Juror: Soon Y. Warren AWS, TWS, NWS, TWSA, SW

• Entry Period: 5/12/25-7/21/25
• Notification of Accepted Work: 8/19/25
• Delivery of Accepted Work: 10/4/25
• Reception and Awards: 10/26/25
• Pick Up: 10/26/25 after awards

Handling Fee: Shipped work will be sent to Kent Art Association - Shipping details will be supplied upon acceptance. There will be a handling fee of $30.

If you are new to Cafe:

https://www.callforentry.org/artist-help-cafe/how-to-apply-artists/

Application Requirements

Artwork can only be submitted and paid for online via CaFE. 

If you already have a CaFE account, go to:

https://artist.callforentry.org/login 

to visit the CaFE website. Type in "North East Watercolor Society" in the search to find the exhibit.

Image Requirements File Format: JPEG or JPG File Dimensions: 1920 pixels on the longest side. 

300 dpi File Size: 3 MB maximum. 

Be sure JPEG image is a high-resolution, high-quality image. Photograph only the painting, not the frame or the mat.

Entry Fees: 

Apply for membership BEFORE submitting entry for discount here: 

https://www.northeastwatercolor.com/to-join-news-application-form

• NEWS Member - $45 for 2 paintings (only one may be selected)
• Non-Member $55 for 1 painting

Contact northeastws.vp@gmail with any questions

Eligibility Criteria

• Must be submitted by the deadline of 7/21/25
• NEWS Members may submit 1 or 2 paintings. Only 1 painting per artist may be accepted
• Non-Members may submit 1 painting.
• Paintings executed within the last 4 years and not previously exhibited in a NEWS International Exhibition
• Watercolor on Paper, Yupo and Aquaboard are allowed
• Minor amounts of pencil or opaque white allowed •Minor Amounts of Gouache and Watercolor pencil allowed only if used in fluid form
• No Acrylic, Casein, Egg Tempera, Ink, Magic Marker, Charcoal, Pastel, Collage or any form of Print or Reproductions
• Original artist's work only. No class work or work done under supervision. No copies of other artists’ work or use of other artist’s photographs.
• No work generated with or assisted by AI (Artificial intelligence)
• NEWS may rescind the acceptance of work where Prospectus rules have not been followed or work is misrepresented