Janine Helton’s painting Bright Eyes earned the Special Recognition Award in the Northwest Watercolor Society Signature Exhibition 2025. The exhibit opened on Jan. 23 and runs through July 15, 2025 at the Seattle Convention Center, Arch Building, 705 Pike St., Seattle, WA.

Her painting Whisper was selected for inclusion in the Fallbrook 16th Annual Signature American Watercolor Exhibition 2025 by Juror Frank Eber. The exhibition runs from Apr. 15 to May 17, 2025 at the Fallbrook Art Center, 103 S. Main Ave., Fallbrook, CA.

Connie Schmidt’s painting Welcome to Town was accepted in the Art & Soul exhibition at Webster Arts, 2 Summit Avenue, Webster Groves, MO, juried by Valeria Prieto, showing Feb 7 – Mar 14, 2025.

Her painting Reflections on Cool Lake was accepted in the Missouri Watercolor Society’s 2025 International Exhibition, juried by Donfeng Li. Showing at the Saks Fifth Avenue Gallery, Frontenac, MO, from Feb 1 to Mar. 31, 2025.

