American Watercolor Society’s 155th Annual International Traveling Exhibition
04/01/2023 - 04/29/2023 
Gallery Hours: 11 am – 4 pm, Mon – Fri with additional night and weekend hours by appointment 
36 Church Street, Middletown NJ 07748
The Middletown Arts Center is honored to present the American Watercolor Society’s 155th Annual International Traveling Exhibition (2022-23) from April 1 to April 29, 2023. One of the most revered watercolor showcases in the world, AWS’s 155th Annual Exhibition was held at New York City’s Salmagundi Club in April 2022, and displayed 140 paintings from artists around the country and the globe, selected by a panel of highly prestigious AWS Signature Members. The traveling show comprises 40 exceptional paintings chosen during the exhibition’s Jury of Awards, featuring a variety of watermedia including watercolor, gouache and acrylic. The Middletown Arts Center is the final venue on the tour schedule after stops at the Michelson Museum of Art (TX), the Pryor Art Gallery (TN), Mooresville Arts (NC) and the Fallbrook Art Center (CA).
View the American Watercolor Society’s 155th Annual International Exhibition on the AWS YouTube Channel.
The American Watercolor Society is one of the oldest and most prestigious art societies in the world. Indeed, election to the Society as a Signature Member is one of the most sought-after honors. AWS Membership comprises of many of the greatest names in painting throughout the Society’s history and includes the American impressionist Childe Hassam, regionalists Edward Hopper and Charles Burchfield, plus virtually every member of the important “California School” of watercolorists, and everyone in between, up to and including the late Andrew Wyeth.
For more information, visit americanwatercolorsociety.org or email info@americanwatercolorsociety.org.
Cathy Stricklin Hegman, AWS, D.F.
Holly Bluff, MA
“Guidance 2020” winner of the Alden Bryan Memorial Medal
Frederick Graff, AWS, D.F.
Salem, SC
“Heritage Hill” winner of AWS Gold Medal of Honor
Denny Bond, AWS
East Petersburg, PA,
“Numbers” winner of the Mario Cooper & Dale Meyers Medal
Artists included in the exhibition:
Joanna Barnum, MD, United States
Denny Bond, AWS, PA, United States
Will Bullas, AWS, CA, United States
Chung-Wei Chien, AWS, D.F., Taiwan, Taiwan, Province of China
Shi Fan Ching, Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China
Jansen Chow, AWS*, Malaysia, Malaysia
Tony Couch, AWS, GA, USA
Anni Crouter, AWS, MI, United States
Gerarde Doucette, NH, United States
Amit Gautam, Uttarakhand , India
Ken Goldman, AWS, CA, United States
Frederick Graff, AWS, D.F., SC, United States
Michael Granger, ID, United States
Tatsiana Harbacheuskaya, NV, United States
Wen qing He, GanSu, China
Cathy Hegman, AWS DF, MS, United States
Xiao Xing Hu, AWS, SC, United States
Alexander Khlupin, NJ, United States
Linda Koenig, WI, United States
Jonathan Kwegyir Aggrey, GA, Ghana
Kevin Leahy, NE, United States
Pablo-Ruben Lopez Sans, AWS, Spain
Stacy Lund Levy, MD, United States
Liz Masi, AWS, NY, United States
Antonio,Masi, AWS, D.F., NY, USA
Jeannie McGuire, AWS, PA, United States
Christine Misencik-Bunn, OH, United States
Robert O’Brien, AWS, VT, United States
Catherine O’Neill, AWS, NY, USA
Sue Pink, AWS, FL, USA
Hannie Rieuwerts, Utrecht, Netherlands
John Salminen, AWS, DF, MN, United States
Jose Sebourne, PA, United States
Jerry Smith, AWS, D.F., IN, United States
David Stickel, AWS, NC, United States
Catherine Welner, OH, United States
Keiko Yasuoka, AWS, TX, United States
Joseph Zbukvic, AWS , Victoria , Australia
Xiaozang Zhang, CA, United States