Philadelphia Water Color Society

2025 Members Show

watercolor painting of a sandybeach with a lifeboat and lifeguard station

Ocean City by Stephen Rutherford, one of the prize winners from the 2024 Members Show.

About the Show

May 9 – June 9, 2025
Fine Arts Gallery, Montgomery Community College,
340 Dekalb Pike, Blue Bell, PA 19422

If you are a PWCS member, this is an opportunity to showcase your work with one of the oldest and the most prestigious watercolor societies in the U.S.—the Philadelphia Water Color Society. It is also a chance to compete for cash awards, and potentially, sell your work.

This is both an In-Person and Online Show. There are two ways to participate. You can choose to show your work both in the in-person exhibition in the Fine Arts Gallery at Montgomery Community College and on our website. (Please note that that this option requires hand-delivery and pickup; artwork cannot be shipped.) Or, you can choose the Online-Only option.

More information about eligibility, submissions, and other details is available in the prospectus.

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Juror of Awards

Chris Kurpinski, ASW-DF, NWS-G, is a Dolphin Fellow of the American Watercolor Society, Gold Signature member of the National Watercolor Society, Distinguished Master of the Transparent Watercolor Society of America and elected member of Allied Artists. She is the recipient of over 250 national and regional awards. Most recently, she’s been awarded First Place in Splash 2024 and Best Still Life in Artist’s Magazine’s 2025 Annual Competition.

Calendar

  • Feb. 1 - Submissions open
  • March 14  - Submissions closed
  • April 5 - Notification of Awards
  • May 5, 12-3 pm - Drop-off Artwork
  • May 9 - Show Opens
  • May 9, 6-8:30 pm - Opening Reception
  • June 9, 12-3 pm & 5-7:30 pm - Show Closes, Pick-up Artwork

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