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STATE & LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS (BY STATE)

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Alabama

WATERCOLOR SOCIETY OF ALABAMA, c/o Sharon Gates, President, 3640 Stratford Way, Birmingham AL 35242

HUNTSVILLE - The International Society of Experimental Artist, c/o Nanette Jones, 1705 Merryvale Rd., Birmingham AL  35216

See also:  Tallahassee Watercolor Society (accepts members from Florida, Georgia & Alabamba)

Alaska

  • ALASKA WATERCOLOR SOCIETY, c/o Debi Morrow, President, PO Box 90714, Anchorage AK 99509-0714

Arizona

  • ARIZONA WATERCOLOR ASSOCIATION  (602) 943-6265; or e-mail us at AWA@watercolor.org ; or mail c/o Jennie Johnson, President, 12809 North 2nd St., Phoenix, AZ 85022-5403
  • CONTEMPORARY WATERCOLORISTS OF ARIZONA, c/o Mickey Daniels, 4010 E San Juan Ave., Phoenix AZ 85018
  • NORTHERN ARIZONA WATERCOLOR SOCIETY, c/o Martha Townsend, Membership Chariman, 30 E. Vista Rd., Sedona AZ 86531
  • SOUTHERN ARIZONA WATERCOLOR GUILD, c/o Karen Hancock, Secretary, 4809 E. Eastland, Tucson, AZ 85711 - khancock@flash,net

California

Arts Council of Conejo Valley

California Gold Coast Watercolor Society
c/o Trish Shaheen, President, PO Box 6485, Ventura CA 93006-6485

California Watercolor Association, c/o Jerry Little, President, PO Box 4631, Walnut Creek,CA 94596-0631 cwa@jps.net  www.jps.net/cwa

Central Coast Watercolor Society c/o Roger Bradfield, President, 349 Zogata Way, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420

Coachella Valley Watercolor Society, c/o Clonard Thomas, 2nd Vice President, Aerie Art Garden, 71-225 Aerie Rd, Palm Desert CA 92260

Los Padres Watercolor Society, c/o Violet Stegall, Secretary, 5441 Palace Ct., Santa Barabara CA 93111

Marin County Watercolor Society c/o Marjorie L Pirie, Treasurer, 364 Via Casitas, Greenbrae, CA 94904-2344

Monterey Peninsula Watercolor Society c/o Margaret Roberts, PO Box 793, Pebble Beach, CA 93953

Santa Clara Valley Watercolor Society c/o Addie Johnson, Membership Chairman, 713 Gail Ave, Sunnyvale CA 94086

Santa Cruz County Watercolor Society c/o Patricia Michaud-Towery, Newsletter Editor, 1605 38th Ave, Capitola CA 95010

Stanislaus Watercolor Society c/o Loretta Ostrom, 1409 Entrada Way, Modesto CA 95355

Valley Watercolor Society c/o Membership, 11451 Tampa Ave. #173, Northridge, CA. 91326

  • BAKERSFIELD - Bakersfield Art Association, PO Box 386, Bakersfield CA 93302
  • BURBANK - Burbank Art Association, PO Box 1013, Burbank CA 91507
  • Cerritos Art Association, PO Box 3608,Cerritos CA 90703-3608 (Correstpondence to PO Box 576, Lakewood CA 90714-0576
  • FREMONT - Fremont Art Association, 37659 Niles Boulevard, Fremont, CA 94536
    Tel: 510-490-0199
  • GLENDALE - Only have the phone 818.843.7963
  • LODI - The Lodi Art Center is currently located in the Lakewood Mall on Ham Lane between Elm and Lockeford Streets. Center Hours:
    Monday through Saturday, 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM; Phone: (209) 368-4925 
  • MORRO BAY ART ASSOCIATION, 835 Main St., Morro Bay, CA 93442
    Telephone: (805) 772-2504
  • PASADENA California Art Club, PO Box 92555, Pasadena CA 91109-2555 (626.583.9009) (fax 626.577.9331)
  • PASO ROBLES - Paso Robles Art Association, Post Office Pox 1636, Paso Robles, CA 93447
  • SACRAMENTO - Watercolor Artists of Sacramento Horizons, Inc. c/o Mike Zielenski, President, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, 5330-B Gibbons Drive, Carmichael CA 95608 mzielenski@hotmail.com
  • SAN DIEGO - San Diego Watercolor Society, 2400 Kettner Blvd, San Diego CA 92101-1249 - http:www.sdws.org
  • SAN FRANCISCO - Celebration of the Arts, 4469 D Street, Sacramento, CA 916 455-2787
  • SAN GABRIEL - San Gabriel Fine Arts Association 343 South Mission Drive, San Gabriel, California 91776 818-2821448

Colorado

Clear Creek Watercolor Society c/oMargie McIlvain, PO Box 205, Empire CO 80438

Colorado Watercolor Society c/o Arlene K Burns, President, 10467 W Arkansas Place, Lakewood CO 80232-5015

Pikes Peak Watercolor Society c/o Jo Gaston, President, PO Box 62693, Colorado Springs CO 80962 ppwsart@pcisys.net

Western Colorado Watercolor Society c/o Lou Linn Cain, President, PO Box 3584, Grand Junction CO 81502  - loulinn@aol.com

  • EVERGREEN - The Evergreen Artists' Association, PO Box 3931, Evergreen CO 80437
  • GOLDEN - Foothills Art Center, 809 15th St, Golden, CO (no zip) - phone 303.279.3922

Connecticut

Connecticut Watercolor Society c/o John Atwater, President, PO Box 1313, Farmington CT 06034-1313

  • NEW CANAAN - Silvermine Guild Arts Center, Dept AM, 1037 Silvermine Rd, New Canaan CT 06840 - phone 203.966.2613
  • TOLAND COUNTYTolland County Art Assoc. of Connecticut  "Art Center of Tolland" or better known to many as the "Old Town Hall" on Tolland Green

Delaware

Florida

Citrus Watercolor Club c/o Anne Weaver, President, PO Box 142, Lecanto FL 34461

Florida Keys Watercolor Society c/o Robert Pierce, 8042 Porpoise Dr, Marathon FL 33050

Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society c/o George Ann Pieters, 3406 Wilderness Blvd. East, Parrish FL 34219

Florida Watercolor Society c/o Joan Swetland, President, 18104 Havenswoods Rd., Brooksville FL 34610-7134 sweats@atlantic.net 

Gold Coast Watercolor Society, c/o Joyce Albrecht, Pres, 2795 Hackney Rod, Weston FL 33331

Palm Beach Watercolor Society, c/o Rubin Levine, President, PO Box 1916, Boca Raton, FL 33429-1916

  • Jacksonville Watercolor Society, c/o Ruth Bamberg, Membership Chairman, 10 Tenth St, Unit 49, Atlantic Beach, FL 32233
  • FORT MYERS BEACH ART ASSOCIATION, Sylvia J. Nicol, President, P.O. Box 2359,
    Fort Myers Beach, Florida  33932 (941)  463-3909  GmaSJN@aol.com
  • Lake Worth Art League 416 Lake Avenue, Lake Worth FL 33460 561.586.8666
  • Miami Watercolor Society, c/o Daphne Baruch, President, 13626 SW 116 Lane, Miami FL 33186
  • Tallahassee Watercolor Society, PO Box 38502, Tallahassee FL 32315-8502 - email: twsoc@tfn.net Tallahassee  & surrounding communities (also Georgia & Alabamba)

Georgia

Georgia Watercolor Society, Contact Linda Gisi-Windland, Membership Chairman; 420 Walmart Way, Suite B-109, Dahlonega, GA 30533
(770) 889-3713  -

See also:  Tallahassee Watercolor Society (accepts members from Florida, Georgia & Alabamba)

Hawaii

Hawaii Watercolor Society, c/o Gig Greenwood, President, PO Box 22404, Honolulu, HI 96823-2404

Idaho

Illinois

Great River Watercolor Society, c/o Quincy Art Center, 1515 Jersey St., Quincy IL 62301

The Illinois Watercolor Society, P.O. Box 1003 Des Plaines, IL 60018-9998

Lakes Region Watercolor Guild, c/o Betty Simmen, President, 5740 Regency Ct., Gurnee IL 60031

Sketch Club of Chicago, c/o Ward C. Platt, 627 W. Addison ST, Chicago IL 60613

  • CHICAGO - Chicago Windy City Artists, 6005 W Irving Pk Rd, Chicago IL 60634
  • CHICAGO - CHICAGO ARTISTS' COALITION; Attn: Olga Stefan, 70 E Lake St, Suite 230,
    Chicago, IL 60601; Phone 312.781.0040; email info@caconline.org

Indiana

Art Association of Madison County, Inc. 515 Federal Drive, Anderson, IN  46013 
Janet Trisler, President

St. Joe Valley Watercolor Society, c.o Marilyn Stoll, President, 54763 Merrifield Michawaka IN 46544

Wabash Valley Watercolor Society, c/o Honig, Jo, President, 3829 Windward Pl ,West Lafayette. IN 47941 jmhonig@aol.com

Watercolor Society of Indiana, Doris McKee, Executive Director, 4181 East 96th Street, Suite 200, Indianapolis, IN 46240
(317) 814-6194, dmckee@ori.net 

Iowa

Iowa Watercolor Society, c/o Betty Shipler, Membership Chairman, 5509 Forest Ave., Des Moines, IA 50311

Kansas

Kansas Watercolor Society, c/o MaryLou Sunderland, Executive Secretary, PO Box 1796, Hutchinson KS 67504-1796 - sundrlnd@southwind.net

Kentucky

Kentucky Watercolor Society, c/o Carol Wiseman, Administrative Asst., PO Box 7125, Louisville, KY 40257-0125

Northern Kentucky Watercolor Society, c/o Beulah Chapin, 1324 Old State Rd., Park Hills, KY 41011

Louisiana

The Hoover Watercolor Society, c/o Mary  Sorrows Hughes, Publicity Chairman, 530 Atkins St., Shreveport, LA 71104 maryhughes@marysorrowshughes.com

Louisiana Watercolor Society, PO Box 850287, New Orleans, LA 70185-0287  Monica Bishara 

  • COVINGTON - St. Tammany Art Assoc. 129 N. New Hampshire Covington, La. 70433
  • GRETNA - West Bank Art Guild, contact Al LeBlanc
  • LOUISIANA WATERCOLOR SOCIETY, P.O. Box 6978 Metairie, La. 70009
  • NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans Art Assoc. P.O. Box 24832 New Orleans, La. 70184-4832
  • NEW IBERIA Watercolor Society, c/o Mrs. Arthur C. Tomlinson, Bayou Art Gallery, 143 West Main St., New Iberia LA 70560
  • SLIDELL - Slidell Art League, 444 Erlanger St. Slidell, La. 70458

Maine

Blue Hill Painting Society, c/o Thomas L. Sullivan, PO Box #7, Blue Hill ME 04614

Maryland

Anapolis Watercolor Club, c/o Ellen Russell, President, 202 Sharon Drive, Pasadena MD 21122

Baltimore Watercolor Society, c/o Emily Tompkins Taliaferro, President, 713 Stoney Spring Dr., Baltimore MD 21210 - emtompkins@aol.com

Frederick County Art Association 
FCAA Offices are at the Delaplaine Visual Arts Center (DVAC) 
40 South Carroll Street, Frederick, Md, 21701 
(301) - 698 - 0656 

Goddard Art Club, 1999 Greenbelt, MD....

Valley Art Association (at the Mansion House, City Park)
501 Highland Way
Hagerstown, MD 21740
Phone:  301-797-6813 (open Fri, Sat, and Sun)

 

Massachusetts

Cambridge Art Association
Lowell Street Gallery
Tues-Sat 11:00am-5:00pm, Sunday 1-5pm 
25 Lowell St. located across from Mt. Auburn Hospital University Place Gallery Mon-Fri 8:00am-6:00pm, Sat 9:00am-1:00pm 124 Mt. Auburn St. 
located in Harvard Square 
mailto:cambridgeart@mindspring.com

Michigan

Michigan Water Color Society, c/o Janet Hamrick, Corresponding Sec., 240 West Maplehurst, Ferndale, MI 48220

South Western Michigan Watercolor Society, c/o Hildy Montgomery, Newsletter/Publicity, 167 Dunham Drive, Battle Creek MI 49015-4013

Minnesota

Central Minnesota Watercolorists, c/o Ethel Boyle, Co-President, 7012 43rd Ave. SE, St. Cloud, MN 56304

Minnesota Watercolor Society, c/o Marian Alstad, Membership Chair, 4011 Chicago Ave. South, Minneapolis MN 55407

Northstar Watercolor Society, c/o Franklin J. Zeller, President, 2610 Valley View Dr., White Bear Lake, MN 55110

Southeastern Minnesota Visual Artists
16 First Street S.W., Rochester, MN (USA) 
(507) 281-4920 

Mississippi

Mississippi Watercolor Society, c/o Anne Dennis, President, 1336 Rice Rd., Madison MS 39110

Missouri

Saint Louis Watercolor Society, c/o Judy Seyfert, President, Suite 208, 2129 Barrett Station Rd., St. Louis MO 63131 - zipart@earthlink.net

Missouri Watercolor Society - George "Papa" Tutt, President, 1406 Kenwood Drive, Fulton, MO 65251-1317

Montana

Montana Watercolor Society, c/o Judy Scott, Membership Chairman, 2517 Briggs, Missoula MT 59803

 

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