Next Exhibition
WATER WAYS
FESTIVAL OF WATERCOLOUR
3- 26 September 2021
Babylon Gallery, Waterside, Ely, Cambridgeshire
The festival is a juried exhibition with artwork selected from all over East Anglia. As a result, art lovers will get a curated view of the best water-based media art from the region.
NON-MEMBERS and FRIENDS
Submit via the OESS portal (click on the button below)
MEMBERS
Submit via the email link sent out on 7 June 2021.
Or log into the member's area of this website and find the link there.
Key dates
Important information
It is crucial that artists who take part read the following key pieces of information before submitting artwork.
Exhibitions
The Society holds three exhibitions throughout the year
Awash Festival of Watercolours is held at the beginning of the year in Norfolk
Spring Exhibition is a showcase for full members of the Society. It is usually held in Suffolk.
Selected Exhibition provides an opportunity for residents of East Anglia to exhibit their work. It is a juried show and is usually held towards end of summer/beginning of autumn in Cambridgeshire.
Awards
The society awards prizes for paintings determined to be best in show by the judges at our annual selected exhibition.
‘Completely bowled over by the exhibition, absolutely beautiful’.
‘Super exhibition – lovely to see beautiful expressive watercolour’.
‘Beauty in paint, paper, perfection: excellent’
‘Wonderful variety of subjects and some very talented artists’.
‘A truly superb collection of very gifted works’.
‘Very talented exhibition’.
‘Excellent exhibition showing such variety of water medium’.
‘Interesting how varied the styles are, lots of talent and atmosphere in the paintings’.
‘Amazingly accomplished artists!’
‘Amazing watercolour exhibition, lots of variety of techniques – lovely’.
‘Wonderful exhibition, such variety, such talent’.
‘Very enjoyable and particularly well displayed’.
Photography
A guide to photographing your work for submission to exhibitions.
Presentation
A guide to presenting and delivering artwork to exhibitions.