Upcoming Events:
May 21, 2024 – Lise de Maisonneuve, Portrait et Personnage a l’aquarelle 10am – 4pm for more information
May 13 to June 17, 2024 – 5 Week Master Class with Ian Wright 1 – 4 pm Visual Arts Mississauga, Cost $500 contact for more information wrightian@rogers.com
May 26, 2024 – Monthly Zoom meeting 7PM EST
June 28 to July 1, 2024 Old Holland Painting Tour with Ian Wright. To pre-register email iwscanada@gmail.com
July 1, 2024 – Deadline for Submissions for United Through Watercolour, click for more details
July 17, 18 & 19, 2024 Three Day Workshop by Watercolour Master, Michael Solovyev for more information click here
September 5 to 8, 2024 United Through Watercolour, 4 day expo at the Visual Arts MIssissauga, for more info, check out our post.
September – October 2024 Highly acclaimed IWS/BC Member, MARNEY WARD, SFCA is offering an online workshop SEPTEMBER 2024 for 8 weeks online, as semi interactive course on Floral Watercolour To register and more information please check www.marneyward.com
September 30 – November 4th, 2024 – “Alberta in Watercolour”, Curated by our Alberta area rep Inna Nagaytseva. Click for more information
Our Spring 2024 Watercolour Magazine is now online !
Filled with beautiful watercolour paintings from our members, and information on upcoming events ! Check it out !
Click to view
International Watercolour Society of Canada
United Through Watercolour.
IWS Canada is a branch of IWS Globe, with chapters all around the world.
Our Mission is to spread the love of watercolour and provide resources to continually grow our skills and build a global community for all those who share our passion.
Canadian Watercolour
Our Quarterly Magazine
CLICK HERE TO SEE OUR PAST MAGAZINE ISSUES OR DOWNLOAD IN PDF.
Our professionally designed magazine by our media manager Cynthia Cabrera, showcases interviews, tutorials and a gallery of our members work.
Designed to boost the profiles of our members to provide a platform to display their latest work and upcoming workshops.
3D Online Gallery
Our Quarterly Virtual Gallery
A virtual, 3D Gallery space where we can share our work with the world. Control your viewpoint as you browse through the 3D space and immerse yourself in the beautiful work of our members.
Events & Exhibitions
in Person Meetups
Our in person events all across Canada.
Click here to see what is coming up and join us in person!
Our IWS Canada Team
At IWS Canada, we strive to extend our passion for watercolour to a worldwide audience, one artist at a time.
Ian Wright, President
We are very well in line in making sure our group operates in a welcoming, respectful, professional, and open-communicating environment that encourages all members to succeed.
Luan Quach, Vice President
Mena Nunes – Creative Designer
Mena is helping us out with her wonderful design skills to keep the IWS Canada quarterly Magazine looking great, and getting the word out about all your latest works and endeavours.
Peggy Burkowsky – IWS Regional Director
Acting as our international delegate, Peggy has recently represented IWS Canada in such far away places as Turkey and Japan!
Coral Ye Chen – International Director
Spearheading the IWS Canada exhibition “Stories in Light”, Coral has been busy organizing our biggest live international event in over 4 years, and featuring master watercolour artists from around the world!
Celinda Stevens – BC Area Representative
Tirelessly dedicating herself to countless live events in the BC area, Celinda has created a newsletter specifically designed to cater to our many BC members.
Luc Boivin – Quebec (and French Canada) Area Representative
Our latest addition, Luc will be a great help to help grow IWS Canada in the French speaking parts of Canada.
Inna Nagaytseva – Alberta Area Representative
Inna is very motivated to expand watercolour and IWS Canada in the Calgary area. If you would like to help her out, she is eager to meet you!
Chris Ostenstad – Webmaster
Chris’s WordPress skills are unparalleled and helps keep things on track with our website updates and more!
Do you want to join the team? Let us know how you would like to contribute
Get in Touch
If you have any questions, or want to offer your services and volunteer for IWS Canada, please feel free to email us at:
iwscanada@gmail.com
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Upcoming Events
- Sunday, July 16th IWS Paint Out at the Brickworks (Toronto) – 9am onwards, Featuring Doug Geldart & Ian Wright
Click here for more details - August 1st – Submissions open for Fall magazine
- October
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