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KWS National Exhibition 2010 "Best of Show"

KWS National Exhibition 2011
Frank Webb, Juror

November 18, 2011 - January 1, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Kansas Watercolor Society was founded in 1970 for the purpose of encouraging the advancement, appreciation, and creation of watermedia through exhibitions, juried competitions, painting workshops, scholarships, and memorials.

The early Kansas Watercolor Society juried competitions were open only to Kansas artists and included only works in transparent watercolor. Missouri and Oklahoma were added to form the Tri-State competition in 1979, Nebraska was included in 1986, and the addition of Colorado created the 1988 KWS Five-State Exhibition.  1996 included New Mexico and Texas in the first KWS 7-State Exhibition, and Arizona was added in 2003 to form the region represented in the Kansas Watercolor Society Great 8 Exhibition. As the competition's regional area broadened, so did the rules on painting media--widening the narrow definition of watercolor to include the use of any aqueous media executed on paper, with the exception of water-based oils.  

In 2006,  the Kansas Watercolor Society dissolved and transferred the duties and responsibilities for the KWS Great 8 Exhibition to the Wichita Center for the Arts , ensuring the continuance of the organization's mission and the standards of excellence that began in 1970.  In 2009, The Wichita Center for the Arts expanded the competition to create the first annual KWS National Exhibition.