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President’s Message by Betsy Moritz
Our Annual Exhibition opening reception and announcement of winners will occur May 5 at HCAF. So update your calendar and join us for all the excitement.
Please consider a donation towards awards. Any donation whether large or small is appreciated and helps further our mission. Contact Awards Chairman Linda LaMantia at [email protected] for your donations. Or send a donation check to her at 402 Nye, Laredo, TX 78041.
I'm looking forward to meeting everyone at the TWS general meeting and free public demo at the HCAF this April. In the meantime, get your entries in.
Keep those brushes wet,
Betsy Moritz
Winter 2018 At the Watercolor’s Edge The Texas Watercolor Society Newsletter
Fellow watercolor enthusiasts,
It's time to load your brushes and begin painting away! The call for entries for our 69th National Exhibition to be held at the Hill Country Arts Foundation (HCAF) in Ingram, TX is on! There's still time to submit your works of art in this juried competition. The final day to receive your entries is March 1.
We are blessed to welcome, as our judge this year, a superb watercolorist, Laurie Goldstein-Warren from Buckhannon, WV. Judging will take place on April 16 before our annual TWS general meeting from 5 to 6 p.m. at HCAF. The general meeting will be followed by a free public demo by Laurie from 6 to 8 p.m. Subsequently, Laurie will teach a 3-day workshop from April 17 to 19.
Laurie Goldstein-Warren's unique approach with a limited watercolor palette is is open to all levels. To sign up for the workshop, contact [email protected]. Do this soon because seats are limited. See our website for more info.
Important Dates: March 1
entry deadline for the TWS 69th
National Exhibition
April 16 Judging of accepted paintings, general membership meet-ing, and free demo
by Laurie Goldstein-Warren
May 5 Reception and
Awards
April 16 to June 28 TWS 69th National
Exhibition
Banner Art: Round the Bend No. 2
By Virgil Carter
Betsy Moritz
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There are only days left before the March 1 deadline is here, so don't wait until the last minute. Enter your best work in the last two years very soon for the 69th Annual National Exhibit of Texas Watercolor Society.
Entries must be original and must be only water media (no collage) on 100% rag or cotton paper. A minimum size of 10" x 14" is required with no side longer than 42". Your entries must be for sale and must stay in the exhibit until it ends. The artist will receive 60% of the sale, Hill Country Arts Foundation (HCAF)will take 30% and TWS, 10%.
Artists must be 18 or over. TWS members can enter 1-3 paintings for $45; non-members can enter one painting for $60. If you are not a member, your work will not count towards signature membership in TWS. You may join TWS by using the membership form on the back of this newsletter.
A detailed prospectus is online which gives instructions for submitting either digital or compact disk entries.
Juror for the show is Laurie Goldstein-Warren, winner of the TWS show in 2016 and a Purple Sage member of TWS. She is a nationally recognized watercolor artist now living in West Virginia. Laurie will determine paintings to go in the show from digital and CD submissions and then determine winners when she sees all the paintings ready to hang.
Between March 19-21, accepted paintings will be posted on the TWS website. If you are shipping your painting, directions will be sent to you and it must be received by April 11; hand delivered
Don’t wait; submit your entries before March 1
paintings must be delivered to HCAF between 9-11 a.m. on April 13. If your painting is accepted and you decided not to show it, you will not be able to enter a TWS show for two years.
The festivities begin on April 16 with a TWS membership meeting at 5 p.m. at HCAF in Ingram and a free demo from 6-8 p.m. by Laurie Goldstein-Warren. The show will hang from April 16 through June 28 at the HCAF in Ingram. A reception and recognition of winners and merit award winners will be held on May 5. (Please note this date is a change from the one listed in the prospectus.)
Important Exhibit Dates
March 1 Final day to receive entries
March 19-21 Accepted paintings and shipping instructions posted on TWS website
April 16 Membership Meeting: 5 to 6
p.m. Demo by Laurie Goldstein-Warren: 6 to 8 p.m.
April 16 Exhibit Opens April 17 - 19 Workshop with Laurie Goldstein
-Warren May 5 Opening reception: 5 to 7 p.m.
Awards presented: 6 p.m. June 28 Exhibit Closes June 29 Artists must pickup hand
delivered work: 9 to 11 a.m. Shipped paintings will be returned.
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Workshops
Warren will show how to make cityscapes sparkle
Laurie Goldstein-Warren's website says, "I found my voice in art; find yours...Create!"
This is her aim as she teaches workshops throughout the country and abroad. She dabbled in a number of creative fields before turning to painting. She tells the story of her journey:
"I have been painting watercolors for seventeen years. Art has always been a part of my life. When I was young, ballet, tap and jazz dancing was my creative outlet. I was a dancer in the Rochester Academy of Performing Arts dance troupe until the age of 18. Later on my creative path took me to hair styling. I opened my own salon in New York and competed in fantasy hair competitions. I loved these particular shows because you had to create something never seen before, more avante garde than styles you would see on the street. When I moved to West Virginia in 1998 and found myself in the countryside, I went back to one of my first creative loves, art."
Laurie will be the juror for the TWS 69th Annual National Exhibition this year. After she judges the exhibition, she will give a free demo on April 16 from 6-8 p.m. and then a three-day workshop beginning April 17 and ending April 19. Her focus will be Cityscapes that Sparkle.
This workshop is a relatively new theme for Laurie, although she has long loved cityscapes.
But this workshop for intermediate to advanced watercolorists features her limited palette in watercolor and/or acrylic. There will be masking and pouring techniques as well as texture tools, such as the toothbrush and mouth atomizer. Students can paint night scenes in the city that sparkle and shine!
To her workshop students, she says, "In every
Laurie Goldstein-Warren
NYC-Cabulous by Laurie Goldstein-Warren
To register for the workshop, go to: [email protected]
or call Betsy Moritz at 830-336-3638
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workshop, I promise you will learn lots of techniques to take home and implement in your own work (and we have a lot of fun too!)"
Originally from New York, Laurie now lives in West Virginia. Laurie loves to experiment with new techniques in watercolor and watercolor/acrylic. She has exhibited her work in the U.S., Japan, Turkey, Canada and China. She travels and teaches workshops across the United States. Her works focus on cityscapes, portraits and still life. Her work has recently earned the High Winds Medal Award at the 150th anniversary of the American Watercolor Society Exhibition.
Laurie is a signature member of 14 watercolor societies in the U.S. including the Transparent Watercolor Society of American and Watercolor
Warren, continued from page 3
Hotel savings for Workshop Attendees
Make your reservations now for the TWS workshop with Laurie Goldstein-Warren and for a getaway in Texas Hill Country in beautiful April. The Inn of the Hills Hotel and Conference Center in Kerrville offers a discount to TWS members for the activities of the exhibition--TWS Meeting and demo, workshop and the May 5 reception. The Inn of the Hills is located 1001 Junction Highway in Kerrville, about 10 miles from Ingram, where the activities will take place. Phone is 800-292-5680. For the special rate, tell them "TWS Workshop." The offer expires March 17. Laurie’s entry in TWS’ 2014 Exhibition, Buttercup
West. Her work has been published in Splash 13. Alternative Approaches and Splash 14, Light and Color, as well as Watercolor Artist Magazine. Her work was chosen from more than 10,000 entries from around the world to be exhibited in the Watercolour Biennial in Shanghai, China.
Laurie’s award winning painting in the TWS Exhibition in 2016, Pedicab, NYC
At the Watercolor’s Edge is scheduled for winter, summer, and fall.
Send personal news about shows, awards, and painting activities to: [email protected]
At the Watercolor’s Edge is a publication of
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TWS Board of Directors 2017-2018 Executive Board
President Betsy Moritz [email protected] 830-336-3638
1st Vice President Linda LaMantia [email protected] 956-723-2173
2nd Vice President, Exhibits co-chair Anita Rollo [email protected] 830-257-7158
2nd Vice President, Exhibits co-chair Linda Bateman [email protected] 830-229-5643
3rd Vice President, Catalog Ric Dentinger [email protected] 210-260-2508
4th Vice President, Membership Christina Castillon [email protected] 956-744-4692
Treasurer Lee Ricks [email protected] 830-569-2481
Recording Secretary Anne Brennan Vela [email protected] 210-403-3830
Corresponding Secretary Sue Kemp [email protected] 512-345-8572
Director-at-Large Carol E. Hatch [email protected] 210-681-9679
Director-at-Large Mary Quiros [email protected] 956-286-8912
Director-at-Large Robin Roberts-Walker [email protected] 830-401-0153
Parliamentarian Mary Quiros [email protected] 956-286-8912
Standing Committees
Workshop Chairman Betsy C. Moritz [email protected] 830-336-3638
Newsletter Editor Leslie Kjellstrand [email protected] 512-784-1114
Publicity/Social Media Martha Philipp [email protected] 281-389-1611
Website Anne Vela [email protected] 210-403-3830
Properties Manager/Archives Linda Bateman [email protected] 830-229-5643
Signature/Sagebrush Chairman Julie McCollum [email protected] 830-223-5018
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