Welcome to
 The Central New York
    Watercolor Society



       2025 is an exciting year for CNYWS!

Our next exhibit:

Signature Members:  The 2nd Signature Exhibit will be held this October 3 - 31  

 Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY

Co-chairs: April Cacciatori and Emily Falco

Click link below to download and print out the Call for Art/Prospectus.

Artists are encouraged to enter two pieces. Please send images and a one-page artist

bio to be included in a binder in the gallery at the exhibition by Sept. 15th to 

Pam Lynch.

DELIVER WORK TO CAA ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH

NOON- 2 PM

2025 CNYWS 2nd SIGNATURE EXHIBIT - Call for Artists and Prospectus

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LINDA WOKOUN WORKSHOP OCT. 15 - 17

OPEN TO MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC

Click to download and print out registration form for workshop below

Linda Wokoun Workshop REGISTRATION FORM

CNYWS Annual Meeting OCT. 18th

Click to download and print out registration form for meeting below

CNYWS ANNUAL MEETING 2025

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Congratulations to our Annual Members-Only Juried Exhibition

Award Winners as selected by Juror Linda Wokoun

Best in Show:  Craig Anderson-" Times Up"

Juror's Choice: Drayton Jones-"Florida Beach"

Judith Levins-"On Hold"

Pam Lynch-"Exuberance"

Artistic Merit:  Martha Deming-"Shiners"

Eric Shute-"Chimney Bluffs"

 Lorraine Van Hatten-" Soldier Cobbler"

(The online gallery featuring all 57 paintings is now available--it is the first choice in the drop down menu listing under Events/Exhibitions)


(L to R) Pam Lynch, Craig Anderson, Judith Levins, Lorraine Van Hatten, Eric Shute, Drayton Jones


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Past Exhibits for 2025


1st Signature Exhibit at VIEW Arts Center, Old Forge, N.Y.

March 15th - May 10th

Co-chairs: Mary P. Murphy and Lorraine VanHatten

For online gallery of this show, click on white dot to the right of the

CNYWS Events/Exhibits menu heading. Gallery is the third item.

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2025 1st All-Member Exhibit at the Rome Art and Community Center, Rome, N.Y.

 May 3rd - May 30th

Co-chairs: Kathy Guthrie, Denise Ernst, and Lynne Reichhart 

Online gallery available by pointing cursor at the menu heading Events/Exhibitions

and selecting the second item.

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CNYWS ANNUAL MEMBERS-ONLY JURIED EXHIBITION 2025

Falcone LibraryLe Moyne College, DeWitt, NY

June 2 - August 15

Go to online gallery of paintings under Events/Exhibitions heading--point cursor and select the show title

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SO MUCH TO LEARN, SO MUCH TO SEE!

How to navigate this website:

Click on each page title in the horizontal menu to open each page.  

To see current/recent events/exhibitions, click directly on the menu title: CNYWS Events/Exhibitions.

Our Events/Exhibits page ALSO has a white dot after the main title. If you "hover" over this title, you will access drop-down menus with more items. Each item will open an additional page. These additional pages are "galleries" of previous shows, for the most part.

  The "parallel bars" symbol on the far right hand side of the menu includes :

  • CNYWS Officers/BOD/Committees
  • CNYWS Newsletter Archive
  • CNYWS Member Website Links, and more... Enjoy scrolling !

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                  Our History          

     The Central New York Watercolor Society was formed in February 1982 with fourteen charter members from the central New York State region. The Society was organized with the assistance of Mario Cooper and his wife, Dale Meyers, both past presidents of the American Watercolor Society, as well as Clarence Say, and Dan Meyers, past presidents of the Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society.

         The first President of  CNYWS was Willard J. Sauter of Utica, N.Y.

The Central New York Watercolor Society promotes the joy of watercolor painting through annual exhibitions, workshops, watercolor and water media demonstrations, and other educational outreach.



Plan now to participate in the 2025 Guest Artist Workshop with

Linda Wokoun

October 15 - 17

Annual Meeting on October 18

More information on our Events/Exhibitions Page

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                                 2024 Exhibits             

1st CNYWS Signature Show of 2024 at VIEW

To see the virtual gallery, Go to Events/Exhibitions tab in the main menu. Hover your pointer over the white dot and the gallery is the first choice...select by clicking

2nd CNYWS Signature Show of 2024 at RACC

          

To view the paintings from this exhibit, go to Events/Exhibitions and

follow the previous instructions above 

 Featured Member Art-- SEEKING YOUR FALL PAINTINGS!

                                  Please send something to share!!

                                        

                

"Success in watercolor results from the partnership between artist and medium;

finding a balance within the knowledge, technique, and skill of the painter;

and leaving room for the magic that makes watercolor so distinctive."

Mick McAndrews




CNYWS MEMBERS :    Keep your brushes busy!!

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ATTENTION!

We would like to now feature your FALL paintings

on our home page.

Please send a high res jpg. to lynch1@twcny.rr.com.

Please include title! Can't wait to see what you have been

up to!





JOIN 


Do you love Watercolor?

Are you looking for opportunities to enhance your personal art journey?


We encourage watercolor enthusiasts at all levels to join us! 


LOOKING FOR SOMETHING IN PARTICULAR?

USE THE SEARCH BELOW AND ENTER A KEY WORD, SUCH AS "SIGNATURE", "EXHIBITS", ETC.


        

Looking for information?

Enter a keyword in the Search blank above and hit RETURN on your keyboard

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MEMBER WORKS

   

Transitions  Karen Harris



                        Thistle Be Good

                           Geraldine Meday



          Kaleidoscope    Joanne DeStefano


Would you like to have your artwork featured on our HOME page?  Please send to: lynch1@twcny.rr.com



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Watercolors from Art History

A Wall, Nassau, Winslow Homer (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1836–1910 Prouts Neck, Maine), Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper, American

               A Wall, Nassau

Winslow Homer, 1898

Watercolor on wove paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art


 

 Learn more about our Featured Member Artist,

Kathleen

Pfeifer

 in the

CNYWS WINTER 2025 newsletter

Newsletter in our NEWS section


Check out Blog posts 

by Signature Member, 

KatieTurner

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