Western Fed Entries Open December 15
The 2026 exhibition will be hosted by the Colorado Watercolor Society
and will be held at the Curtis Center for the Arts, 2349 E Orchard Road, Greenwood Village, CO, a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Area.
Entries for the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies annual exhibition will open on December 15, 2025 and SWS members are invited to submit paintings. As a member of SWS, you are also a member of the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies and are eligible to enter the WFWS annual exhibition that will be held from May 8 to June 27, 2026. No entries will be accepted after February 1, 2026. The juror/judge will be Xi Guo, Signature member of American Watercolor Society and National Watercolor Society.
The artwork must fit into standardized mats and the selected artwork will be submitted to the exhibition by the SWS Delegate to WFWS, Gail Delger.
The outside dimensions of the painting plus the mat must be one of these sizes:
16” x 20”; 18” x 22”; 20” x 24”; 20” X 27”; 22” x 22”; 22” x 28”; 24” x 30”; 24” x 36”; 27” X 35”; 30” x 30”; 30” x 40”.
Because there are a number of restrictions regarding the artwork, entry submission, matting, and framing etc., be sure to follow the prospectus requirements carefully.
The Western Federation of Watercolor Societies is comprised of ten watercolor groups from most states west of the Mississippi River and the annual exhibitions are hosted by each group in succession. In 2023, SWS hosted the exhibition in Texas.
The electronic images will be submitted to ArtCall.