PITTSBURGH WATERCOLOR SOCIETY: SPRING 2026 New Member Screening is scheduled for Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Wilkins School Community Center. Potential new members must be registered online for the event to be considered for membership. Registrants must drop off works to be considered between 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM. and return for pickup of works between 3:00 to 3:30 PM. the same day. Applicants will be notified of acceptance or rejection via mail or email.

For the screening, artists must bring 3 water-based media paintings, matted and framed "exhibit-ready". These must be created primarily with water-based media on a paper surface (YUPO and Tyvek are permitted) and unvarnished. No canvas. No Aqua board. Mediums include: watercolor, acrylic, casein, gouache, egg tempera. No pastels, class work, digital images, nor any form of print or reproductions, 10% collage only.  Works must be framed "exhibit-ready". No size limit, other than they must fit in the door and one must to be able to carry them. Generally, PWS exhibits limit outside framed dimensions of work to be no more than 48 inches in any one dimension. The screening panel is looking for a consistent level of professional quality painting, so it is advisable to bring 3 pieces representative of your technique, style, and subject matter in your usual work.

All applicants will receive a notification via email regarding their screening result within one week after the screening. New members will be invited to exhibit in our upcoming Online New Members Exhibit and to the general members’ meeting in October at Wilkins School Community Center. New members will receive more information on PWS membership with their acceptance letter. There is no fee for screening.

Waterworks 2026 

March 21 - April 17, 2026     

LATROBE ART CENTER

819 Ligonier St.

Ligonier, PA. 15650

ENTRY DEADLINE: Thursday March 13, 11:59 PM

DROP OFF TIMES: 

LATROBE ART CENTER

Saturday March 14, 2026 (10:30 AM - 2:30 PM)

Monday March 16, 2026 (10:30 AM - 4:30 PM)

PUBLIC RECEPTION: Saturday, March 21, 5:00 to 7:00 PM

PICK UP OF UNSOLD WORKS: Saturday, April 18, 10:30 AM - 2:30 PM

ELIGIBILITY: This exhibit is open to PWS Juried, Signature and Honorary members working primarily with water-based media on a paper surface (YUPO, Mylar, and Tyvek are permitted) and unvarnished. No canvas. Mediums include: watercolor, acrylic, casein, gouache, egg tempera and water-based inks. No oils, oil pastels, pastels, class work, digital images, any form of print or reproductions, no more than 10% collage.

Each PWS member may exhibit one (1) work. Work must have been completed within the past 3 years and must not have been exhibited in any previous PWS show. The work must NOT be in any other show, in person or online, at the same time. Works must be matted and framed, and wired, ready to hang. NO saw-toothed hangers. Frames may be black, gray, gold ,silver, wood or metal, and must be no wider than 1 1/2 inches. Artwork should be matted in white or off white, acid-free board.

Image size minimum: 12 inches on shortest side.

Framed size maximum: 40 inches on longest side.

FOR A PRINTABLE COPY OF THE WATERWORKS PROSPECTUS, CLICK HERE.

For a printable copy of consequences for failure to follow the prospectus requirements, click here.

ENTRY FEE:  $25

Online registration is required for Waterworks. It is advised that you enter online and pay through our website www.pittsburghwatercolorsociety.com

If you wish to pay via check, please make the $25 check payable to PWS, write "Waterworks" in the subject line, (must be postmarked by April 17, 2025), and mail it to:  

Waterworks 2025

c/o PWS

WSCC 

7604 Charleston Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15218 

QUESTIONS? Contact us at waterworks@pittsburghwatercolorsociety.com