Exhibition Contents and Schedule
The Combined 2020/2021 73rd/74th Annual Michigan Water Color Exhibition
Exhibition and schedule of events.
This show has now been rescheduled and is being juried by highly acclaimed artist Carolyn Latanision AWS, NWS. This exhibit will be at the Battle Creek Art Center Opening on June 5th and running until July 4th.
The Michigan Watercolor Society is pleased to host a 3 day Watercolor Workshop featuring our juror Carolyn Latanision. This workshop will cover interior and exterior structures, focused on perspective and strong value representation to emphasize form. Additional details and a printable application can be obtained through the link below.
Traveling Show
Michigan Watercolor Combined 2020/2021 Annual
Exhibition Travel Show
Adrian Center for the Arts
July 12- August 20
ART 634
September 1 - October 1
Newaygo Arts Place Council
October 12 - November 13
Greater Flint Arts Council
December 10-24, 2021 and January 3-7, 2022
Award Donations
The Michigan Water Color Society relies on donations to award exceptional work at our yearly exhibition. We are currently accepting DONATIONS of any size, so we may continue to recognize and encourage and support emerging and illustrious Michigan artists to participate in the advancement of water media and contemporary art. Thank you for your support!
2020-21 MWCS 73rd/74th Annual Exhibition Winner Gallery
Lori Zurvalec - Hostas with Honey Bee Trails
Denise Willing-Booher - The Bouquet
Marilynn Thomas - Leaf Wing Sun
Twylla Tassava - Waiting to Perform
Stacie G Rose - She Danced with Abandon in the New Light of Dawn
Rocco Pisto - The Aftermath
Catherine McClung - Musing
Robin Maxon - Sitting Ducks
Ken Hobson - Brisk Walk
Katherine Harra - Chaos K #4
David Giordan - Flip the Switch
Cindy Evans - Standing Strong
Kevin Clifford - Splashy Koi
Jan Brown - Lilies of the Evening
Janet Almstadt-Davison - Marching
2020-21 MWCS 73rd/74th Annual Exhibition also in Travel Show
Pamela Wilburn - Waiting
Kent Wiejaczka - Last Light
Chris Unwin - Ornamental Cabbage
Nancy Raitt - A Force of Nature
Rosemary Lee - Split Infinitive
Carol LaChiusa - Oldtown Nantucket Topsy Turvy
Michael Ingel - _Grapes Looking Oranges
Janine Helton - Wing Nut
Alexandra Harris - Alpha Beta Turquoise
Lora Garcelon - Arabesque
Alice Frank - The Night Has Made Up Its Mind
Ruth Forman - Old Maple
Pamela Day - Giverny III
Bill Brinker - Live Performance
Mark Bonnette - Blue Horizon
2020-21 MWCS 73rd/74th Annual Exhibition Gallery
Paula Zaks - After the Party
Cynthia Yates - Sycamore by the Falls
Nobuko Yamasaki - Unfolding Beauty
Laura Whitesides-Host - Gift of a Pod
Jorge Torres - Hopeful
Vianna Szabo - Rocky
Lonora Swanson Flores - Pears Because I Want to know my grandmother
Julia Rohde - Garden Paths
Jeanne O'Leary - Dress-up
Ellen Monteiro - Festa de Lirio
Kathleen McNamee - Industrial City
Belinda McGuire - Hidden Treasures
Mary Marple - First Snow
Valerie Mann - Orchid in Window
Joyce Anne Manke - Chiquita's Wild Child
Tracy Lyons - Downtown
Susan Kwolek - Cry Kookaburra Cry
Edee Joppich - The Shadow of Her Smile
Janet Alford - New Magnolias
Diann Benoit Jameyfield - Red Hot
Georgie Jagner - Will O' the Wisp
Susan Jager - Backstage
Angelis Jackowski - Bleeding Hearts
Michael Hyrman - Greg Was A Fisherman
Carole Hunnes-Nielsen - Raised to Heaven
Catherine Huddy - East River Power Plant
Robert Hubbach - Making a Decision
Shirl Hathaway - Forgotten Playmate
Susan Wolocko-Hassenrik - Ave Maria
Mary R Hartman - Forest Floor
Steve Griggs - _I Dreamed a Dream
Cheryl Gould - The Jersey Boys
Richard Goff - Wharf Angel
Sherry Adams-Foster - Coral Fantasy
Robert Fionda - High Sky Brandywine, Texas
Jan Filarski - Satellites
Lori McElrath- Eslick - Trout
Janice Dumas - Superior Beach Overlook
Prudence Barber - New Growth
Barbara Baker - Soya's Storage Shed
2019 MWCS 72nd Annual Exhibition Winner Gallery
Bill Brinker - Lunch at Hardrock
Kathleen Conover - Sun's Warmth in Winter
Ruth Forman - Sunset on Adam's Drive
Angelis Jackowski - Waterlily III
Susan Semenick - Galveston Dockyard
Kathleen Mooney - Afloat
Janice Garrett - Let in the Light
Shirley Hathaway - Keeping the Light
Lori Zurvalec - Hostas
Loretta Brown - Shades of Diversity
Diann Benoit Jameyfield - The Good Old Days
VValli Thayer McDougle - Transverse: Opus #19
Jeanne O'Leary - Fellowship
Kay Cassill - Cafe Life - Cagnes sur Mer
2019 MWCS 72nd Annual Exhibition also in Travel Show
Janet Alford - New Birth
Prudence Barber - Washed Ashore
Patricia Boyst - We Can't All Be Butterflies
Julie Daleiden - Shades of Autumn
Pamela Day - Newe Giverny
Frank Dulin - Breaking News
Janice Dumas - Woodward Avenue
Janet Faerber - Forest Dweller
Paula Fiebich - Paris Graffiti
Katherine Harra - Apres Omelette
Michael Ingle - Golden Light
Sam Knecht - Odd Couple
Pamela Wilburn - Neighborhood Watch
Denise Willing-Booher - The Thinker
Cynthia Yates - Red Bridge Plein Air
2019 MWCS 72nd Annual Exhibition Gallery
Diann Benoit Jameyfield - The Artist
Kathy Boltz Phillips - Museum IV
Mark Bonnette - Lake Town
Patricia Boyst - Ever So Sweet
Bill Brinker - The Americans
Frank Dulin - Heartbreak
Mary Ann Dunn - Love Me, Love Me Not
Cindy Evans - The Introvert
Janice Faerber - Allison
Lora Garcelon - The Time is Now
Janice Garrett - Opened Wings
David Giordan - Put a Fork In ItJ
Janine Helton - Proud Dad
Mike Henry - Down the Lane
Robert Hubbach - After the Rain
Jon Hunter - Kin-Folk
Jon Hunter - Strips
Angelis Jackowski - Waterlily !!
Sam Knecht - Island Bell
Janet Kondziela - Sargents Rocks
Debra Larocque - Awakening
Mary Ann Dunn - Big Blue
Catherine McClung - Sapling
Kathleen Mooney - Off of the Coast
Nancy Murray - Bromeliads
Steve Fanelli - Two in the Bush
Steve Fanelli - Eva
Judy Thurston - Mandrain Oranges
Tassava Twylla - Making Music
Barbara Weisenburg - Gypsy
Pamela Wilburn - It's All in the Game
Gwen Tomkow - Hay Bales
2018 MWCS 71st Annual Exhibition Winner Gallery
Kent Wiejaczka - Lake Michigan Ice Series #3
Donna Zagotta - Muse
Kirsten Barton - White Bird of Paradise
Kathleen Mooney - Teal and Indigo
Bobbie Coven - First Big Snow
Steve Fanelli - Lookout
Bill Brinker - French Canadian Trapper
Michael Ingle - Izzy
Janice Garrett - Three Pears
Lori Zurvalec - A Pirouette to Green Life
Donna Thibodeau - Deep Woods
Robert Fionda - Precarious
Cindy Evans - Nature's Way II
Katherine Harra - Amelia
Shirley Hathaway - Brazil Botanical Orchid
Mark Bonnette - Bartlett Pear Blossoms
Theodore W. Vassar - Seismic Fault Line
2018 MWCS 71st Annual Exhibition also in Travel Exhibition Gallery
Linda Allen - Embracing Trees
Beverly Booth - Fowl Play
Janice Brown - Tree House
Kay Cassill - Circus Series 2: Magician
Jon Hunter - Pink
David J. Littell - Blumen II
Catherine McClung - Rust Always Wins
Stacie G. Rose - Sitting in Sunshine
Vianna Szabo - The Letter
Marilynn Thomas - Surfing the Web
James Velthoven - Mergansers
Harry Villalonga - Eighteen
Kent Wiejaczka - Capitol Reef Series #1
2018 MWCS 71st Annual Exhibition Gallery
Cityscape 4 - Linda Allen
All Interconnected - Janet Almstadt-Davison
Water Lily 8 - Kirsten Barton
Everything's Fine - K.W. Bell
Bowl Full of Cherries - Patricia Boyst
Vermont Landscape - Bill Brinker
Calling - Shanrong Chou
Early Morning Adventure - Bobbie Covan
Giverny II - Pamela Day
Under the Red Umbrellas - Janice Dumas
Birdwatching - Janice Dumas
Brothers - Steve Fanelli
Galactic Mechanism XI - Jan Filarski
White Chicken - Ruth Forman
Dahlia - Sherry Adams Foster
Taboo - Lora Garcelon
Carnival Glass with Daffodils - Janice Garrett
Mañana Island - Robert Hubbach
Undercut - Primary Hughes
Squawk - Jon Hunter
Miner's Castle - Michael Ingle
The Work Man - Diann Benoit Jameyfield
Fading Ferns - Sam Knecht
Peaches - A Summer Harvest - Belinda McGuire
La Beaute D'Automne - D. Joanne Rummel
Rock and Roll - Peg Sandin
Belle Isle - Susan Semenick
Birds Who Can't Fly - Try - Donna Thibodeau
August Afternoon - Judy Thurston
Egrets - Christine Unwin
An Apple a Day - Adam VanHouten
Fruit of the Gods - Denise Willing-Booher
Autumn Song - Nobuko Yamasaki