Watercolor Society of AlabamaPromoting and supporting watermedia since 1939
Watercolor Society of Alabama began in 1939 with an exciting vision to promote, create and inspire painters in the art of watercolor media. We embrace that vision by holding juried watercolor competitions each year: WSA Annual National Exhibition , Statewide Alabama Members Showcase and Online Showcase.
We offer workshops taught by nationally and internationally known artists. Vibrant Newsletters, published quarterly, keep members informed and connected.
The Online Showcase gallery will be posted on WSA website for one year under Exhibitions Galleries (until January 2022).
Catalog will be sent to all exhibiting artists. Extra copies may be ordered here.
July 3 (Sat): Prospectus Posted
Aug 7 (Sat): Entry DEADLINE – EXTENDED to TUESDAY, AUGUST 10!
Aug 14 (Wed): Juror Selection Begins.
Aug 23 (Mon): Artists Accepted List and Acceptance Letter with Shipping Instructions posted on Web.
Sep 7- 10 (Tues-Fri): Shipped Work Due at HHM
Sep 11 (Sat): Hand Carried Work Due (10:00AM-1:00PM) Unpacking & Hanging of Paintings
SEP 16-18 (Thur-Sat): Workshop with Joan Fullerton (9:30AM-4:00PM Thur and Fri; 9:30-3:30PM Sat at HHM)
SEP 19 (Sun): Award Ceremony and Opening Reception – (1:00PM-3:00PM at HHM)
Nov 5 (Fri): Exhibition Closes
Nov 6 (Sat): Hand Carried Paintings to be picked up (10:00AM – 1:00PM) Shipped Paintings packaged
Nov 16 (Tues): Shipping begins.
September 25, 2021: Prospectus posted
October 25, 2021 (Monday Midnight): DEADLINE to enter
November 13, 2021 (Saturday): Juror’s Decision of Acceptance/Awards
November 20, 2021 (Monday): Showcase Opens/Awards Notification on WSA Website
February 1, 2022 (Wednesday): Showcase Ends (The Online Showcase gallery will be posted on WSA website for one year under Exhibitions Galleries)
Artist’s Bio
Since graduating from the University of Montevallo (Alabama), Ronald Lewis has won over 95 awards for his paintings in oil, watercolor, and acrylic. He is an elected signature member of the American Watercolor Society and has exhibited with the Watercolor Society of Alabama, Southern Watercolor Society, Rocky Mountain Watercolor Society, Mainstreams, and Birmingham Art Association. He was one of a hundred artists chosen to exhibit at the Smithsonian Institute with the National Park Academy of the Arts. He has been an Honored Artist at the Birmingham Festival of the Arts, and is represented in the collections of the Birmingham Museum of Art, the Columbus Museum in Columbus, Georgia, and the Fine Arts Museum of the South in Mobile, Alabama. He is also represented in private and other corporate collections throughout the United States and abroad. His works have been published in Revue Moderne in Paris, Southern Accents Magazine, Birmingham Magazine, The Artist Magazine, American Artist Magazine, and American Artist Acrylic Highlights.
Lewis is listed in Who’s Who in American Art, and has also had a number of one man shows in galleries in the U.S. and in Tokyo, Japan.
Lewis is listed in Who’s Who in American Art, and has also had a number of one man shows in galleries in the U.S. and in Tokyo, Japan.
ONLINE ENTRY is now required for WSA National Online Showcase. We are providing tips and an Entry Tutorial to help guide you through the process. If you follow the steps in the tutorial, it will probably save you time when completing the Entry Form online. Please download and print the Entry Tutorial along with this Prospectus.
Please review the Online Entry Tutorial prior to entry: Tutorial
PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR IMAGES USING THE REQUIRED NAMING FORMAT: LastnameAPaintingtitle.jpg. FAILURE TO DO SO MAY RESULT IN YOUR IMAGE BEING INCORRECTLY PROCESSED OR DISQUALIFIED.
NOTE: If you need to resize your images and you don’t having a photo editing software program on your computer, go to the free online editing tool at: www.resizeimage.net Be sure to save your images using the REQUIRED FORMAT for submission (for example: LastnameATitle.jpg – must be .jpg format – see Tutorial, above).