Pennsylvania Watercolor Society

46th Annual International Juried Exhibition

September 20 – November 1, 2025

Held ONLINE at www.pawcs.com

JUROR OF SELECTION: Shelley Prior

JUROR OF AWARDS: Michał Jasiewicz

CALENDAR:   Intake Begins: May 1, 2025

                       Entry Deadline: July 31, 2025

                       Notification to Artists: By email after August 23, 2025

                       Exhibition Dates: September 20 – November 1, 2025

AWARDS:      1st Place $1,750                

                       2nd Place $1250                  

                       3rd Place $1,000                 

                       Additional cash and merchandise awards

Signature Status is awarded to PWS members when accepted into two PWS Juried Exhibitions within an eight-year period. The Sylvan Grouse Guild Award is awarded to PWS signature members who have attained a total of six points through awards won at annual PWS Juried Exhibitions. Points are based on the level of the award.

ENTRY FEE:    You may submit one or two images, but no more than one entry per artist may be selected for exhibition.

PWS Members: $40 with Member Code for one or two images. (for Member Code, login to your Pennsylvania Watercolor Society account at www.pawcs.com,  hover over Exhibits tab, click on Member Code-Juried Exhibition)

Non-Members: $55 for one or two images   

PREPARE YOUR IMAGE:

• Take a photo or create a scan of your painting. Crop to show ONLY the painting without a mat or frame.
• File Type: JPEG or JPG only.
  File Dimensions: Size your JPEG or JPG to be at least 1200 pixels on the longest side. 
  File Size: Max 5 MB.

QUESTIONS: Jeannine Swartz, pwsjuriedshow@gmail.com

JUROR OF SELECTION: Shelley Prior is a full-time Burlington artist and art instructor. Her watercolour painting style has evolved into a highly realistic style covering a variety of subjects which may include birds & wildlife, nature, portraits, floral, still life & landscape. Subjects with reflective qualities like glass and metal are especially intriguing to her. Shelley is a very active instructor teaching regular classes as well as travelling to teach workshops for about the past 30 years. Although she paints in acrylic and oil as well, her primary medium is watercolour. During the pandemic she started a YouTube channel offering free weekly demonstrations on various subjects and techniques. This channel and social media platforms have more than 65,000 followers worldwide. 

Website and Social Media links:

www.shelleyprior.com

www.instagram.com/shelleypriorfineart

www.facebook.com/shelleypriorfineart

Shelley Prior Fine Art - YouTube

JUROR OF AWARDS: Michał Jasiewicz, born in Nowy SACZ, Poland, is a professionally active architect by profession. Watercolour is a passion and part of his lifestyle. Elements of architecture frequently appear in his works, though they are never represented directly; they are usually part of a broader cultural landscape. The coexistence of the natural landscape and human artifacts makes a remarkable material which enables the artist to create a half-realistic, half-poetic vision of the world, a vision as elusive as the changing light or seasons of the year. The resulting works are quite often inspired by a flash of light on a facade, shimmering surface of the water, billowing sky rather than by a particular object. Michal is often invited to run painting workshops and live watercolour painting sessions both in Poland and abroad. Visit www.michaljasiewicz.com to view Michal’s work.

THE PENNSYLVANIA WATERCOLOR SOCIETY

PWS is a non-profit (501)(c)(3) organization that was founded in March of 1979 by twelve watercolor artists who sought to create an association that would support and advance the watercolor medium for artists while promoting the beauty and appeal of watercolor to the public. For more information and to become a Member today, visit our website at www.pawcs.com.

Application Requirements

Enter 1 or 2 images for consideration by Juror of Selection. No more than one image may be selected per artist.

Eligibility Criteria

• Open to all artists 18 or older.
• All work must be original paintings, hand created, entirely the work of the entrant, and free from any copyright infringement.
• Your source material must be your own design or your own photograph. No class or workshop paintings.
• Works must be watermedia paintings on natural or synthetic paper, no canvas.
• No size limitations because the exhibit is held online, not in a physical gallery.
• Framing is not required because the exhibit is held online.
• Entries must have been completed within the past 3 years (after March 2022) and NOT previously accepted in any PWS Exhibition, including the online PWS Members Show.
• Accepted paintings must be for sale and not listed for sale in another exhibition during the scheduled dates of this exhibition (9/20/25-11/1/25).