Watercolor Organizations
Art organizations can
be a great source of advice and support for
a beginning or accomplished artist. There are many thousands of
"organizations" seeking your support. Unfortunately, many are simply
an attempt to sell you something or ways to get your name for an email list. For
that reason, I would stick to large, established national organizations like the
American Water Color Society and to the very local organizations like a local
watercolor artist collective or a artist club. The large organizations set the
standard in their media for what is "good".
Although arbitrary, there is a lot to learn from those individuals who
are better at something than you are. On the other hand, the local organizations
give you some form of camaraderie and group support;
and, are a great source for information about the local or regional art
market. I am not saying that there are not a tremendous number museums and other
organizations that are great sources of information and support. In fact, there
are too many to list. However, for a starting point, I always like the top and
the base. You will hear about valuable resources in the middle area soon enough.
Following are just a few art organizations that operate on a national,
international or highly visible regional level.
National
Watercolor Organizations
American Water Society
www.americanwatercolorsociety.com
National Watercolor Society
www.nationalwatercolorsociety.org
There are special
interest watercolor societies:
Most
states have .org Watercolor Societies:
If there is not a
state organization, there is a regional organization like the New England
Watercolor Society (www.newenglandwatercolorsociety.org)
or city organizations like the San
Diego Watercolor Society( www.sdws.org).