See the rules for all our exhibits by clicking the “Exhibition Requirements” link below.
Our exhibition entry process will be done online through our website. A Call for Entries will be posted on the website with a link to the online entry form. Payment will be accepted through our website using PayPal.
HERE IS OUR 2026 EXHIBITION LINE UP:
STLWS / NORTON’S FINE ART & FRAMING ROTATING EXHIBITION
Norton’s Fine Art & Framing, 2025 S. Big Bend Blvd., St. Louis, MO, has offered the Saint Louis Watercolor Society members an opportunity to exhibit their artwork on a rotating basis in their gallery.
Entry for the July 23, 2026 Exhibition has Closed.
STLWS 29th ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP AWARDS EXHIBITION – BIG SPLASH 2026
Our 2026 29th Annual Membership Awards Exhibition, Big Splash will be held at Norton’s Fine Art & Framing gallery, 2025 S Big Bend Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63117.
Show entry is open to STLWS members who pay their annual dues by August 1, 2024, and submit a photo of their artwork (limited to one painting per artist), complete the online entry registration, and pay an entry fee of $15 online. All paintings must be for sale with a commission on sales. Iain Stewart will be our juror for the show’s award winners.
Call for Entries under the Exhibits tab on the stlws.org website will give more information on the exhibition, the Prospectus, and Receiving which will link to the online entry form which opens on September 15, 2026 and ends on October 21, 2026. The entry fee is to be paid online (STLWS SHOP tab) using PayPal (no PayPal account required – just a credit card).
Award winners will be notified by email or phone on October 27, 2026. Receiving is at Norton’s Fine Art & Framing, 2025 S. Big Bend Blvd., St. Louis, MO, on Saturday, October 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Opening Reception/Awards Ceremony will be held on Saturday, October 31, from 4:30 to 6 p.m., at Norton’s Fine Art & Framing, and the exhibition will open to the public on October 27th and close on November 21, 2026. Retrieval of artwork at the gallery will be from November 24 to November 28, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Note: the gallery is closed on Sunday and Monday and on Thanksgiving Day November 26th.
STLWS 2026 26th ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION
This year’s 26th Annual Juried Exhibition will be held at the Norton’s Fine Art & Framing , 2025 S Big Bend Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63117, from April 25th to May 16th, 2026.
The Saint Louis Watercolor Society’s 26th Annual Juried Exhibition is open to all water media artists. The exhibition will be “juried” for acceptance as well as judged for awards, and our juror/judge was Matthew Bird, a nationally recognized award-winning artist, educator, and juror.
Entry registration for the exhibition will be posted on the stlws.org website under the “Exhibits tab, “Call for Entries” subtab, and open for submissions from March 11th to April 8th. Judging of entries will be done from Thursday, April 9th, to Wednesday, April 15th, and artwork juried-in to the show will be posted on the stlws.org website on Thursday, April 16th. Artwork juried into the exhibition is to be delivered to Norton’s gallery on Saturday, April 18th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Judging for awards by our judge, Matthew Bird, will be on Monday, April 20th. The Awards Ceremony, open to everyone, will be on Saturday, April 25th from 4:30 to 6 p.m. The exhibition closes on Saturday, May 16th. Retrieval of artwork in the exhibition will be Tuesday, May 19th through Saturday, May 23rd at Norton’s gallery, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
A summary of the exhibition will be available under the Exhibits tab on the stlws.org website, Annual Juried Exhibits sub tab, AJE 2026 icon, after the opening reception.
STLWS 2023 SIGNATURE MEMBER EXHIBITION
Our 2023 Signature Member Exhibition was held at Norton’s Fine Art & Framing, 2025 S. Big Bend Blvd., St. Louis, MO. Show entry was open to members who have achieved Signature Status with the Saint Louis Watercolor Society.
Registration for the exhibition began January 16 and ended on January 27, 2023. Registration of entries was completed online on the stlws.org website (link to registration form was posted on the Call for Entries when registration opened), and the entry fee was to be paid on the stlws.org website. The exhibition was limited to the first 80 registrants.
One framed entry per artist was allowed with an entry fee of $15. Each artist had the option to submit up to three additional pieces of artwork for a bin sale with no additional entry fees, matted, no larger than 16” x 20” in matted size, encased in a plastic sleeve, and priced separately. All paintings, framed and matted, were for sale with a commission retained by the gallery on sales.