San Diego Watercolor Society International Exhibition

 

Thank you for considering entering the San Diego Watercolor Society’s 45th International Exhibition.

SDWS was established in 1965 and is one of the largest and most active in the United States. The International Exhibition is widely recognized for its high standard of excellence in water media art.

For over four decades, the International Exhibition has been an annual highlight for SDWS. The event attracts entries from hundreds of water media artists worldwide. The Exhibition features over $20,000 dollars in cash and awards with a $5,000 first place cash prize. The International Show is the best-selling show of the year.

You must be logged into our website to enter the show. To do so you may either have a paid SDWS Membership or a free Non-Member account.

Existing accounts, please log in to enter the I-Show Here (Please do not create a new account, select recover login Recover it or Contact Support@sdws.org If you have forgotten the account email you used). 

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Important Dates

CALL FOR ENTRY OPENS: January 31, 2025

ENTRY DEADLINE: May 18, 2025, 11:59PM Pacific Time

ACCEPTANCE NOTIFICATIONS: June 9, 2025

SHIPPED PAINTINGS TO BE FRAMED DUE TO FRAMER: July 14-25, 2025

READY-TO-HANG SHIPPED PAINTINGS DUE TO ARTWORKS: July 21-25, 2025

HAND-DELIVERED PAINTING DELIVERY TO SDWS GALLERY: August 1-3, 2025

FIRST LOOK/ARTIST GALA & AWARDS CEREMONY (INVITE ONLY): September 27, 2025

ARTIST BREAKFAST (INVITE ONLY): September 28, 2025

EXHIBITION OPEN: September 28, 2025 - October 31, 2025

  

 

Prospectus

It is crucial to read the entire Prospectus prior to entering.

All eligibility requirements including the allowed media, substrates, dates, and other important information are described in the Prospectus.

San Diego Watercolor Society Members should take note that these requirements are different from a monthly member show.

Please email the International Exhibition Team at ishowinformation@sdws.org with any questions. 

Click HERE for the 2025 45th International Exhibition Prospectus

 

Juror Kathleen Conover, AWS-DF, NWS-M, ISEA-NF, WHS, TWSA-MA Website: www.KathleenConover.com Master Artist, Kathleen Conover exhibits her work, juries exhibitions, gives demonstrations, and teaches in-depth workshops. She has been juried into more than 100 exhibitions, receiving national and international recognition for the vision, innovative techniques, and fearless expression that give rise to her unique designs. Painting with openness to her subject matter, she is guided by intense observation and deep personal reflection. The result is rich symbolic layers of literal and figurative design. Painting from an early age, Kathleen was influenced by teachers and artists in the fertile environment of Southern California’s prominent artists, museums and galleries as well as early international travels. She studied undergraduate fine arts at San Diego State University, finished her Bachelor of Art degree at the University of Washington in Seattle and earned her Master of Arts degree from Northern Michigan University. Continued study with American master watercolor artists over the next decade enriched her depth, understanding, skill, and personal style of painting. Kathleen Conover’s current involvement in the growing international watercolor scene includes invitations to exhibit, judge, and demonstrate in China, Turkey, France, Belgium, Thailand, and Greece. She has been honored as one of 40 international master watercolorists invited to exhibit at the first watercolor-exclusive museum in Qingdao, China, the “Birthplace of Watercolor”. Global travel continues to influence her award-winning paintings and inspires her work toward her lifetime pursuit, “... to be a better painter”.

 

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2022 42nd International Exhibition

2021 41st International Exhibition

2020 40th International Exhibition

2019 39th International Exhibition

2018 38th International Exhibition

2017 37th International Exhibition

2016 36th International Exhibition

2015 35th International Exhibition

2014 34th International Exhibition