The Northern Arizona Watercolor Society is currently exhibiting 57 original watercolor paintings at the Community Library in Sedona, 3250 White Bear Road. Most of the paintings are offered for sale. There will be an artist demonstration on Tuesday, March 24, from 10 a.m. to noon. The exhibit will hang through Friday, April 3.

NAWS Juried Exhibition

This year’s NAWS juried exhibition, The Color of Light, will be held at the Phippen Museum, 4701 SR 89 North, in Prescott, from Sunday, March 22, through Sunday, April 26. This exhibition celebrates the many ways artists interpret light, atmosphere and color through the expressive medium of watercolor. The exhibition’s awards reception which is open to the public will be held on Saturday, March 28, from 1 to 3 p.m. with a watercolor demonstration at 11 a.m. by Stephen Quiller, a nationally recognized watercolor and acrylic artist and educator. Quiller chose 45 water media paintings from the 105 submitted by 43 artists. Many of these Arizona artists are from the Verde Valley and Sedona.

NAWS March Membership Meeting

The Northern Arizona Watercolor Society program at the Friday, March 27, at 9 a.m., membership meeting features a presentation by member Rosemary Kaiser on the life of 20th century artist Helen Frankenthaler, who worked in highly diluted oils. Her large works often resembled watercolor and she often worked with her large canvases on the floor. A demonstration with group participation will try to capture this artist’s abstract expressionist style. Guests are welcome. The meeting is at Village Park Baptist Church at 55 Canyon Diablo Road in the Village of Oak Creek.

NAWS is a regional nonprofit water media association. Monthly meetings from August through May feature informative learning topics and artist demonstrations. Additional membership benefits include access to exceptional quality workshops, participation in small critique groups, exhibitions and an extensive DVD loan library of painting technique videos. See naws-az.org for more information.