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      Promoting Watercolor Since 1973


49th Annual National Juried National Exhibition

The Gallery At Kent Art Association

Kent, Connecticut


October 5th through October 25th 2025


Best in Show - Learning to Fly by Kathleen Giles



List of Award Winning Artists

Awards Juror – Soon Y Warren

Kathleen Giles - Life is Learning to Fly - 2024

North East Watercolor Society Best in Show Award

Ken Call - Waiting - 2022

North East Watercolor Society Second Prize Award

Cindi Handy - Threads of Friendship - 2025

North East Watercolor Society Third Prize Award

Dana Thompson - Amazing Grace - 2024

North East Watercolor Society Members’ Award

Susan Weintraub - Coney Island Boardwalk - 2024

North East Watercolor Society Excellence Award

Alisa Shea - The Rising Tide - 2024 

North East Watercolor Society Excellence Award

Robert O’Brien - Canadian Pacific - 2022

North East Watercolor Society Excellence Award

Chris Krupinski - Take a Cutie to Lunch - 2021

North East Watercolor Society Excellence Award

Carolyn Latanision- Remembering Degas

Richard L. Price Memorial-Fund Award

Mary Lou Andrews - The Breadmaker - 2023

The Executive Board Spotlight Award

John James - Blue Escape - 2023

M. Graham & Co. Merchandise Award

Cheryl Johnson - A Bittersweet Moment - 2025

Matilda Grech Memorial Award

Marilynne Bradley - Under the L. - 2023

DIXON-TICONDEROGA  Merchandise Award

Bivenne Staiger - Brief Visit - 2022

John Pike Memorial Award

Andy Yelenak - The Huntress - 2024

Holbein Artist Award I

Gwynn Di Pilla - Simpler Times - 2021

Holbein Artist Award II

Jan Guarino - Indie Girls - 2022

Ampersand Award

Z. Feng - Mother & Child - 2022

Pat & Richard Morgan Award for Figure Painting

Janice Baragwanath - Franklin Street - 2025

Blick Art Materials Award 1

E. Jane Stoddard - Illumination II - 2021

Blick Art Materials Award 2

Robert Steedman - The Old Oak Tree - 2025

Wes Wagner Memorial Watercolor Award for Outstanding 'Scape

Lana Privitera - Tea Time here, there, everywhere

George and Norma Taibi Memorial Award for Outstanding Still Life

In Son - Orchid Explosion

Terracotta Watercolor Explorer Award

Mary Kirsch - Joyful Disguise

Artists from Heaven Award


Since 1973 the North East Watercolor Society's mission has been 

"The Promotion and Preservation of Watercolor Painting":

It is our goal to offer SUPPORT, ENCOURAGEMENT AND FELLOWSHIP AMONGST ARTISTS

THROUGH EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, AND EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITIES

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