PHILADELPHIA WATER COLOR SOCIETY

116th Anniversary International Exhibition of Works on Paper

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Dorrie F Rifkin, What's the Rush W 43rd Street

Congratulations to the following artists 

whose paintings were selected for an award

 by our esteemed juror Stewart White!


1. PWCS Award for Excellence in Works on Paper

$1,000


Lois Sanders

2. Elizabeth Shober Hooper Memorial Award for

   Excellence in Presentation and Technique

$1,000


Teresa DeSeve

3. National Watercolor Society Award for Excellence in

   Watermedia

$500


Roland Stevens III

4. PWCS Members’ Award

$400


Kay Stern

5. PWCS Founders’ Award

$300


Denise Athanas

6. The Edward Yorkdale Award for Impressionistic Qualities

$300


Catherine Grygiel

7. Vincent Award

$300


Patricia Le Helmick

8. Frank Nofer Memorial Award for Transparent

     Watercolor

$275


Mick McAndrews

9. Pennsylvania Watercolor Society Award for Excellence

$250


James McFarlane

10. Marie L. Hollenbeck Award for Excellence

$250


Carmella Tuliszewski

11. Chandler Bellows Memorial Award

$250


William Sweeney

12. Richard Greenwood Memorial Award

$250


Yunhui Ye

13. PWCS President’s Award

$250


Dabei Liu

14. Award for Innovative Work

$250


Yuechen Feng

15. Mel Fetterolf Award

$225


Yan Sun

16. Mary K. McGee Memorial Award for Excellence in Pastel


$200


Barbara Neville

17. W. Emerton Heitland Memorial Award

$200


Jinnie May

18. Baltimore Watercolor Society Award for Excellence

$200


Lynn Ferris

19. Becky and Mick McAndrews Award for Excellence

$200


Siv Spurgeon

20. Barbara Welsh White Award for Excellence

$200


Diane Greenberg

21. Sarah Yeoman Award for Excellence

$200


Karen Benco

22. Mildred Sands Kratz Award for Traditional

     Watercolor

$150


Gilmore Van Stone Jr.

23. Newman & Saunders Gallery Award

$150


Karen Miller

24. Sandra Sawin Memorial Award for Representational

     Landscape in Watercolor     

$150


Sandra McKeehan

25. PWCS Award for Traditional Watercolor

$150


Yan Wu

26. Helen Farr Sloan Award given by the Studio Group at

     Howard Pyle Studio

$100


Hank Buffington

27. Ginny Coombs Award for Excellence

$100


Cheryl Schlenker

28. Annie Strack Award for Excellence

$100


Eileen Mueller Neill

29. Thornton Oakley Memorial Award

$100


Alice Norman Mandel

30. Bonnie and Harrison von Duyke Award for

     Transparent Watercolor

$100


Elizabeth Oberman

31. American Picture Framing Award

$100


Deborah Maklowski

32. Deena Ball Award for Excellence

$100


Sun Jiangang

33. James McFarlane Award for Excellence

$100


Sherry Ward

34. Susannah Hart Thomer People’s Choice Award

$100


TBD

35. David L Williams Memorial Award

$100


Dorrie Rifkin

36. George M. Schmid Memorial Award

$100


Wendy McClatchy


Bold print signifies endowed awards


Stewart White is a Senior Associate at Design Collective Inc. working as an architectural illustrator in Baltimore, Maryland.  He is a graduate of U of C at Berkeley with a major in fine art and a minor in art history.  Currently president of the Mid-Atlantic Plein-Air Painter Association (MAPAPA) he is a member of the American Impressionists Society (AIS), a signature member of the National Watercolor Society (NWS), a signature member of The American Watercolor Society (AWS) and past President of the American Society of Architectural Illustrators (ASAI).  

 

 

Hearty congratulations to the following 19 artists who also gained Signature Membership in PWCS with their acceptance into the 116th Exhibition!  Well done! 

 

Alayne R. Abrahams
Angela Reed Breese
Steve Cole
Roger De Muth
Dorothy Flanagan
Joseph Grubb III
Kathleen Zann Isacson
Mark A. Kaufman
Maria J. Keane
Theresa M. Kubert
Donald Leong
Karen Kierstead Miller
Emily Nicholson
Jill Hassall Rees
Dorrie F. Rifkin
Lois Sanders
Mary Rinderle Smith
Lena K. Thynell
Gilmore Van Stone


 

Click on the following link to view the list of all accepted entries: 

 

2016 Exhibition Accepted Entries.pdf 

 

To download a digital postcard, click here: 

 

2016 PWCS Exhibition postcard.pdf 


 

Sincere thanks to all artists who submitted so many beautiful works to the exhibition.  The depth and breadth of work submitted was exceptional.

 

The exhibition will be held in West Chester University's John H. Baker Gallery in the E.O. Bull Center on the West Chester University Campus from September 6 through October 15. 

The gallery talk by John Baker will begin at 12:30 with the Awards Reception immediately following. The gallery will open at 12:00.

Artists may pick up their works after the reception (3:00pm) or on Sunday, October16, from 11:00am to 3:00pm.

 


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