EVENTS
Join us for the 2025 49th Annual Juried Exhibition
Click below for the Prospectus:
Accepting entries 5/12/25
Apply on CaFE:
https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=15194
October 5, 2025 - October 25, 2025
Deadline: July 21, 2025
Closing Reception, Awards Ceremony and Pick-up:
Sunday, October 26, 2025
AWARDS JUROR AND WORKSHOP INSTRUCTOR
SOON Y. WARREN
"HIDE AND SEEK" BY SOON Y. WARREN
"HIDE AND SEEK" BY SOON Y. WARRENWe are delighted to have Soon Y. Warren as our awards juror and workshop teacher.
Workshop dates: 10/22/25-10/24/25 at the Patchogue Medford Library, Medford, NY
More information and sign up will be forthcoming. Stay tuned!
Please email northeastws.workshops@gmail.com for questions
Soon Y. Warren AWS, NWS
Soon Y. Warren is a full time artist, teacher and workshop instructor nationally and internationally. She has an Associate degree in commercial art. Soon Y. has had numerous exhibitions and has earned numerous awards. Soon Y. is a signature member of National Watercolor Society (NWS), American Watercolor Society (AWS), Southern Watercolor Artist (SW), Texas Watercolor Society, Purple Sage Brush (TWS), Transparent Watercolor Society (TWSA) and more.
Her paintings and articles have been published in Artist Magazine, Watercolor Magic Magazine, North Light Books, Southwest Art Magazine, Watercolor Artist Magazine, International Artist Magazine, The Art of Watercolour, and Pratique des Arts. Her paintings have appeared in Splash, The Best of Watercolor, Strokes of Genius, and The Best of Drawing 3 and 4. She has written two instructional books; "Vibrant Flowers in Watercolor" and "Painting Vibrant Watercolor Discover the Magic of Light, Color, and Contrast."
Her painting was chosen to be in the edition of “Over 60 Artist” in Artist Magazine, and she achieved the “Master Watercolor” list in Transparent Watercolor of Society of America in 2024.
Her paintings are in permanent collections of private, corporate and educational institutions, nationally and internationally.
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BENEFITS OF ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP:
- Eligible to enter Annual Members' Exhibition, as well as other exhibition opportunities for members.
- May enter the National Juried Exhibition at a reduced charge.
- Reduced rate and priority in registration for NEWS sponsored workshops.
- May hold office (except for President or Vice-President) and may chair or serve on committees.
- Receive the newsletter, attend meetings, and see watercolor demonstrations by prominent artists.
- Interact with fellow artists in a social and friendly fellowship for the advancement of watercolor painting.
BENEFITS OF SIGNATURE MEMBERSHIP:
- May enter all NEWS exhibitions and may enter the National Juried Exhibition at reduced charge.
- May use the "NEWS" initials after his/her name, if desired.
- May hold any office or chair in the Society.
- All benefits of Associate Member.
Note: You must have a painting exhibited in 3 International Juried Exhibitions to be considered for signature membership in the society.
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THANK YOU!
PAYMENTS
Please note: We will be using Cafe this year's juried National Show. You will pay on the Cafe website. Here is the link:
https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=15194
Here is the pricing:
Members' National Exhibit Entry Fee (1 or 2 paintings): $45.00
Non-Members' National Exhibit Entry Fee (1 painting): $55.00
2025 Membership Fee:
- Annual Member Dues: $40.00. Please complete a Membership Application:
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- Please indicate the form of payment on the application. (either by check or PayPal) (Note: We are updating this option in the near future.)
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- Via PayPal: Use the PayPal buttons that are provided below. *Please make sure when filling out the member application to include member's name as well as name that is on the Paypal account.
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NEWS, 2702 Heather Avenue, Medford, NY 11763 (Please indicate on the check the MEMBER'S FULL NAME) Be sure to fill out the Membership Application on our website whether renewing or becoming a first time member. Thank you for your support!
$40 Annual Membership Dues
Make a Donation to the North East Watercolor Society Inc.
PAST EVENTS
48th Annual International Juried Exhibition
Best in Show Winner
"Orange Blossoms"
by Chris Krupinski
Thank you to our supporters of the 2024 International Exhibition
(Click on the company's name to visit their website!)
- Ampersand Art Supply (Award Sponsor)
- QOR Watercolor (Golden Paints) (Award Sponsor)
- HK Holbein Artists Materials (Awards Sponsor)
- Jack Richeson & Co. (Awards Sponsor)
- M. Graham & Co. (Award Sponsor)
- Silver Brush Ltd. (Award Sponsor)
- Dixon Ticonderoga Company (Award Sponsor)
- Kent Art Association (Outstanding Gallery Venue)
- A list of ACCEPTED ARTISTS can be found at: Accepted Artists pdf
A list of AWARD WINNERS can be found at: 2024AwardWinners Final.pdf
***AWARD WINNING PAINTINGS can be seen on the "GALLERY" page below***
2024 NEWS Members Exhibit 
Best in Show - "Pumpkin Peak" by Alonzo Clarke
2023 NEWS 47th Annual INTERNATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION
THIS BEAUTIFUL EXHIBIT WAS ON DISPLAY OCT. 8-29-2024 AT THE KENT ART ASSOCIATION GALLERY IN KENT, CT.
BEST IN SHOW: “Morning Errands”
by Susan Weintraub
THE AWARD WINNING PAINTINGS ARE LISTED BELOW:
We take this opportunity to list and thank the many companies, organizations and individuals whose generosity has helped us to maintain the high quality of our exhibitions and activities. We encourage their support and provide these links as a convenient reference to many of the finest people and products in the watercolor/art industry.
About
"The Promotion and Preservation of Watercolor Painting".
- We provide educational opportunities.
- We arrange exhibition and sales opportunities.
- We offer support, encouragement and fellowship.
- Members Exhibition
- Watercolor Demonstration
- National Exhibition
- Watercolor Workshop
| NEWS EXECUTIVE BOARD | EMAIL ADDRESS |
| PRESIDENT: Diana Aliberti | northeastws.pres@gmail.com |
| FIRST Vice President: Madeline Daversa | northeastws.vp@gmail.com |
| SECOND V.P. Vacant | |
| TREASURER: Tracy Mahler | northeastws.treasurer@gmail.com |
| AWARDS CHAIR: Gina Judy | northeastws.awards@gmail.com |
| SECRETARY: Teresa Cromwell | northeastws.secretary@gmail.com |
| MEMBERSHIP: Matthew Lombardo | northeastws.members@gmail.com |
| WORKSHOP CHAIR: Mary Jane Stevens | northeastws.workshops@gmail.com |
| EXHIBITION CHAIR: Madeline Daversa | northeastws.vp@gmail.com |
| PUBLICITY: VACANT | |
| NEWSLETTER: VACANT | |
| CATALOG: VACANT |
Exhibition Committee Members: Diana Aliberti, Madeline Daversa, Teresa Cromwell, Tracy Mahler, Matthew Lombardo, Lorraine Rimmelin, Lana Privitera
President Emeritus:
Richard Price
Artwork shown:
"EARLY SNOW" by Richard L. Price
NOTE: THIS IS THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE NORTH EAST WATERCOLOR SOCIETY.
(THE PREVIOUS WEBSITE (www.northeastws.com) IS NO LONGER OPERATING)
NEWS MEMBERS
(those with an asterisk* are paid for 2025)
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Katherine Adams*
Diana Aliberti*
Tony Armendariz
Anne M. Austin
Paula Baldinger
Judy Ballance
Janice Baragwanath
Susan Baresel
Robin Beckwith
Connie Berberian*
Annelein Beukenkamp
Stephen Bluto
Patricia Collins Broun
Maryann Burton*
Sal Caldarone
Janet Campbell*
Sheila Cappelletti
Mark Cardoza
Claude Carretta
Audrey Carroll*
Kathleen Cea-Gupta
Keming Chen
Alonzo Clarke
Connie Clutter
Brenda Cretney
Teresa Cromwell*
Ratindra Das
Chito Delos Santos*
Mark deMos
Marilyn Ventresca DiChiara
Gary Eckhart
Mary Endico
Amanda Epstein
H. Louise Falardeau*
Z. L. Feng
Karen Fitzgerald
Jeanette Fournier
Kass Morin Freeman
Sandra Swanson Fries
Pratibha Garewal
Bill Garvin (Honorary)
Judi Gilden
Arthur Patrick Gilmore
Randy Globus
Katherine Gray
Anita Gregorski
Hema Gupta
Linda K. Hall
SteveHamlin
Bruce Handford*
Cindi Handy
Anne Harhay
Caroline Harrow
Tom Hedderich
Luciana Heineman
Mary Ann Heinzen
Ann Higgins
Adrian Holmes
Elizabeth Horowitz
Judith Hummer*
Laura Hwang
Kathleen Hyden
Ashish (Soumil) Irap
John E. James*
Cheryl Johnson
Joyce Kanyuk
Shar Kennett
Alice Kenny*
Margaret Khorey
Diane Klock
Diane Kominick-Ouzoonian
Rebecca Krutsinger
Theresa Kubert
Kevin Kuhne
Janet Laird-Lagassee
Jeanne Lampson*
Joan E. Lane
Carolyn Latanision
Alexis Lavine
Beverly Leesman
Paul Loescher*
David Neil Mack
Christine Verga Maday*
Antonio Masi*
Liz Jorg Masi*
Jinnie May
Grace Scharr McEnaney
Mary McLaughlin
Patrica Morgan
Robert J. O'Brien
Catherine P. O'Neill*
Kristina N. Occhino
Roberta Oliver
Lynn Howson Page
Carolyn Pascarella
Colette Paul
Sandra T. Pealer
Bob Perkowski
Susan Philips
George Politis
Deborah Ponder
Lynn Pratt
Lana Privitera
Audrey Carroll*
Nan Quintin
Kristin Ranney
Lori M. Rapuano*
Carol Reilley
Dorrie Rifkin*
Lorraine Rimmelin*
Michele Rofrano
Marilyn Rose
Jan Ross
Babette C. Roy (Honorary)
Rose Scaglione
Merrilee Sett
DeEtta Silvestro
Natalie Smythe
Mikhail Solovyev
In Son
Bivenne Harvey Staiger
Herb Stanske
Jacquelyn Stein
Robert Steinmetz
E. Jane Stoddard
Annie Strack
Dennis Stuart
Kate Sullivan
Robert Sussna
Valerie Taggart*
Ellen Joyce Trayer*
Richard VanTieghem*
Patrick Varriano
Leslie Waxtel
June P. Webster*
Susan Weintraub
Jill A. Weltman
Cheryl Weymann
Susan Wiley
Nora L. Winn
John Wolff
Hong Yang
Kathleen Zann Isacson
Mary Zywar
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS:
(those with an asterisk* are paid for 2025)
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Judith Adel
Christine Alfery
Ciro Attardo
Linda Barboni
Sarah Baskin
Victoria Beckert
Laverne Black
Jerry Bukiewicz
Diane Camac
JoAnn Catania
Michelle Clamp
Patricia D'Ambra
Madeline Daversa*
Lorraine Devore
Pat Edwards
Meryl Enerson
Florence Ferrandino
Lisa Franklin
Jan Guarino*
Gina Judy*
Lisa Kassow
Laura Kohlmann*
L. Richard Koleszar
Lynwa Kreimann
Carl Kubie
Linda Kujawski
Joseph Kuzmiak
Anita Langford
Barbara Lanza*
Joanne Scotto-Lavino*
Matthew Lombardo*
Joan Macfarlane
June Maciolek
Mary Jane Magoon
Tracy Mahler*
Victoria S McMurray
Ellen McNally
Cathy McNulty
Lori McQueeney
Terry Milk
Midge Monat
Donna Napolitano
Yale S. Nicolls
Jeanne O'Leary
Janice Perlman
Debra Petrowski
Patricia Quirk
Lorraine Robinson
Carol Roe
Roberta Rosenthal
Tina Rosinski
Joan Ruppel
Margie Samuels
Tim Saternow
Lisa Sebelle
Carole Semolic
Laurie Sigmund
Margaret Simpson
Pat Smythe
Linn Stilwell
Viktoria Stockmal
Kevin Storms
Peggy (Margaret) Stover
Nina Suggs
Beverly Sullivan
Elizabeth Sundwall
Joseph Sundwall
Mark Taylor
Laura Torchio
RoseAnn Vita
HONORARY MEMBERS:
William Garvin
Dot Price
Gallery
VIDEOS
NEWSLETTER
The SPRING 2023 "NEWSnotes" Newsletter is now available. Use the link below to download the newsletter.
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HISTORY
The Orange County Watercolor Society first exhibited at the Harness Racing Museum and Hall of Fame in Goshen, NY with an invitational show which was attended by both Bogimir Bogdonivic, AWS, and John Pike, himself, who made a rare trip from his home in Woodstock, NY.
Membership expanded, and in 1976, the Orange County Watercolor Society sponsored its first Juried Exhibition at the Harness Racing Museum. The By-laws were revised and in response to the wider membership, the name of the organization was changed to North East Watercolor Society. The Annual Juried Show expanded the reputation of the organization and the jurors and demonstrators at those shows reads like a “Who’s Who” of American watercolor painters.
CHARTER MEMBERS: Carrie Lou Fisher, Ethel Goldblatt, Matilda Grech, Ingrid Large, Gus Liebman, Jean Needle, Gertrude Ochs, Richard Ochs, Estelle Reger, Gordon Richardson, Babette Roy, Don Selchow, Janice Slocum, Edith Vail and Malcom Yohannan.
PAST PRESIDENTS: Don Selchow (1973-1976), Babette Roy (1977-1983), Ingrid Large (1984-1986),
Joan Ross (1987-1990), Friede Strobl (1991-1992) Malcolm Yohannan (1993-1996), Richard Ochs (1997-2001), Winnie O’Dougherty (2002-2004), Richard Ochs (2005-2006), Richard Price (2006-2022), Janet Campbell (2022-2024).
SUPPORTERS
Kind Supporters of the 2023 International Exhibition:
(Click on the company's name to visit their website!)
- Ampersand Art Supply (Award Sponsor)
- QOR Watercolor (Golden Paints) (Award Sponsor)
- HK Holbein Artists Materials (Awards Sponsor)
- Jack Richeson & Co. (Awards Sponsor)
- M. Graham & Co. (Award Sponsor)
- Dixon Ticonderoga Arches Paper (Award Sponsor)
- Kent Art Association (Outstanding Gallery Venue)
- Parcel Room (Logistics and Shipping Services)
- Please contact us to become a valued sponsor of the North East Watercolor Society and its programs (exhibitions, workshops, and more).
- Email to: northeastws.pres@gmail.com
Contact
Please contact us via email for the quickest response. You can use the form on this page to send an email, or send an email directly to admin@northeastwatercolor.com Our new postal address is: North East Watercolor Society, 2702 Heather Avenue, Medford, NY 11763