The crowning jewel of View’s exhibition season, the 35th annual Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolors features work from the nations top watercolor artists. This year's exhibition features 90 works from 86 artists selected by Juror of Selection Carolyn Lord, NWS from 455 entries. The $14000 in awards will be selected by Chris Krupinksi, AWS-df, NWS and announced at the opening reception on August 5.
Please join us on Friday August 5, 2016 for a reception and awards ceremony celebrating the opening of the 2016 Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolors and solo exhibitions by Carl Rubino and Ruth Clegg and on August 6th for the annual Walkabout Lecture and Brunch. This years lecture will be given Juror of Selection Carolyn Lord, NWS, for more information and to register click here.
Both Lord and Krupinski will be giving workshops at View this Spring and Summer. For a complete list of watercolor related workshops click here.
2016 Award Winners
| The Beechmont First and Gold Medallion | Sitting Pretty | Ken Call, NWS, TWSA |
| The Ruth G. Rosenau Silver Medallion | Can you hear me now? | William Vrscack, AWS |
| The Judith and A. Richard Cohen Abstraction Award | Lijang Alley | Ratrinda Das, AWS-df, NWS, TWSA-MA |
| The Morrison Family Memorial Award | Bob at the Easel | Dean Mitchell, AWS, NWS, TWSA |
| The Sallie and Gannon Kashiwa Award | September Snow | Charles McVicker, AWS, NWS |
| The Adirondack Express Award for Strong Narrative Content | Whatever Comes Next | Carol McSweeney, AWS |
| The Forest Runes Award in Memory of Scott Stuart | Los Colores | Kim Johnson, AWS, NWS, TWSA |
| Three Smart Sisters Award for Soft Edged Expressionism | Headlights | Susan Weintraub, AWS |
| Tina Wolfe Memorial Award | Shoreline | Amy Baxter |
| Realism in Nature Award | Camp Coffee | Bob Ripley |
| The Martin Family Award | Katherine | Valerie Larsen, NWS, WHS |
| The Howard Slater Memorial Award | Old Harbour, Cloonamore County, Ireland |
Joel Popadics, AWS |
| The Burstein Family Award (in memory of Dorothea and Albert Gordon and Alan Burstein) |
Khazack XXVI | Lynn Hardwick |
| The Arthur E. Baker, Jr. Memorial | Brokedown Palace | Robert O'Brien, AWS, NWS |
| W.B. Romeling Memorial Fund Award | Busy Day in Paris | Lois Ward Wolford |
| Ben Emerson Memorial: “Eye for Color” Award | Dragon Fly | Michiko Taylor |
| The Pulsifer Award | The Hornbeck | Catherine O'Neil, AWS, NWS |
| The Trails & Streams Medallion for a Woodland Theme | River Morning | Z.L. Feng, AWS, NWS |
| The Bradley C. Barnard Award | Yellow Crocus | Mina Angelos, AWS |
| Exhibition Award | Circles & Squares III | Frank Spino |
| The Finer Family Award | Tropical Holiday | Judi Betts, AWS, NWS |
| The Friedlander Award | Joe Hilcroft | Patricia Billeci, NWS |
| Gurdon and Mildred Evan Memorial | Chantilly Lace | Virginia Braun |
| Upper Hudson Valley Watercolor Society Award | Sunny Glade | Jeffery Mathison |
| The Segaul Family Award | Tins | Gary Eckhart |
| Dr. Donald and Helen Budd Burness Memorial Award | The Sunporch | Richard Price |
| The Margaret and William Foley Award | I Prefer Corot | Viviannna Szabo |
| The Old Forge Hardware Award | Image of an Era | Gay Paratore, NWS |
| The Brodock Award | Self Portrait (2016) | Barbara Yoerg, AWS |
| The Garnet Award | Forest Path | Kristin Woodward |
2016 Exhibiting Artists
| Christine Alfrey | Lac du Flambeau, Wi |
| Wilmer Anderson, AWS | Madison, WI |
| Mina Angelos, AWS | Plattsburgh, NY |
| Genady Arkhipaub | West Springfield, MA |
| Kathy Armstrong | Trumansburg, NY |
| Christopher Baker | Weedsport, NY |
| Karen Barnes | Rome, NY |
| Gordon Bashant | San Diego, CA |
| Amy Baxter | Saint Augustine, FL |
| Judi Betts, AWS, NWS | Baton Rouge, LA |
| Annelein Beukenkamp | Burlington, VT |
| John Bierley, AWS | Pennsdale, PA |
| Patricia Billeci, NWS | Tivoli, NY |
| Virginia Braun | Webster, NY |
| Ken Call, NWS, TWSA | Northbrook, IL |
| Gill Cameron | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Candace Cima | Ithaca, NY |
| David Colon Jr. | Macedon, NY |
| Tony Conner | Bennington, VT |
| John Elwood Cook | Wellesley Island, NY |
| Don Dalton | Chester, VT |
| Lawrence Danecke | Greenville, TN |
| Ratindra Das, AWS-df, NWS, TWSA-MA | Wheaton, IL |
| Roger De Muth | Cazenovia, NY |
| Joanne Destefano | Utica, NY |
| Tracie Doerner | Rochester, NY |
| Trish Doty | Arnold, MD |
| Gary Eckhart | Warren, VT |
| Schuyler Edwardsen | Chittenango, NY |
| William Elkins | Syracuse, NY |
| Z.L. Feng, AWS, NWS | Radford, VA |
| Beverly Fink | Derby, NY |
| Tim Gaydos, AWS | Patterson, NJ |
| Katherine Gray, NAWA, CLWAC | New Paltz, NY |
| Carol Griffith | Orient, OH |
| Bro Halff | San Diego, CA |
| John A. Hancock | Shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains, VA |
| Lynne Hardwick | Summerville, SC |
| Kate Hartley | North Creek, NY |
| Keith Hunter, AWS | Dallas, PA |
| Kim Johnson, AWS, NWS, TWSA | Phoenix, AZ |
| Katharine Kernan | Utica, NY |
| Linda Kollar | Fultonville, NY |
| Nancy Lane | Canandaigua, NY |
| Valerie Larsen, NWS, WHS | Webster, NY |
| Timothy Lederach | Niskayuna, NY |
| Joan Lentczner | Bloomsburg, PA |
| Loretta Lepkowski | Glenfield, NY |
| Krys Lipinski | Lindenhurst, NY |
| Susan Lynn | Kansas City, MO |
| Christine Verga Maday | Valley Stream, NY |
| Jeffery Mathison | Spring Mills, PA |
| Carol McSweeney, AWS | Kalispell, MT |
| Charles McVicker, AWS, NWS | Princeton, NJ |
| Spencer Meagher | Mount Vernon, IL |
| Dean Mitchell, AWS, NWS, TWSA | Tampa, FL |
| Robert O'Brien, AWS, NWS | Perkinsville, VT |
| Kathleen O'Dell | Litchfield, NH |
| Catharine O'Neill, AWS, NWS | Hamburg, NY |
| Jeannine Papelino | Utica, NY |
| Gay Paratore, NWS | Santa Fe, TX |
| Joel Popadics, AWS | Wayne, NJ |
| Richard Price | Hancock, NY |
| Peter Rashford | Cold Brook, NY |
| Bob Ripley | Marietta, NY |
| Marlin Rotach, TWSA, NWS, WHS | Kansas City, MO |
| Peter Seward | Lake Placid, NY |
| Vita Sorrentino | San Diego, CA |
| Frank Spino, NWS | Melbourne Village, FL |
| Jane Stoddard, NWS, TWSA | East Amherst, NY |
| Dashuai Sun, TWSA | Elmhurst, NY |
| Vianna Szabo | Romeo, MI |
| Elizabeth Taber | Pompano Beach, FL |
| Michiko Taylor | Potsdam, NY |
| Jane Grace Taylor | Webster, NY |
| Diana Teeter | Forest Hills, NY |
| Ezra Tucker | Monument, CO |
| Miranda Updike | Ipswich, MA |
| Lorraine VanHatten | Barneveld, NY |
| William Vrscak, AWS | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Susan Weintraub, AWS | Brooklyn, NY |
| Lois Wolford, NWS | Towson, MD |
| Kristin Woodward | Latham, NY |
| Tom Yacovella | Utica, NY |
| Barbara Yoerg, AWS | Las Vegas, NV |
