2025 Annual International Exhibition

The Exhibition was held April 7 – 25, 2025, at the Salmagundi Club in NYC.  A list of accepted artists can be viewed here. Award winners can be viewed Here.

There was an opening reception on Tuesday, April 8th from 6-8 pm. Though open to the public, tickets are required to attend the reception.

The Exhibition was presented in both the main (Skylight) Gallery and the lower (Rockwell) Gallery at the Salmagundi Club.  The address is 47 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10003. The number for the Salmagundi Club is (212) 255-7740. Exhibition hours were seven days a week, 1-6 pm Monday – Friday and 1-5 pm Saturday and Sunday, with the below exceptions:

The building will be closed Sunday April 20 in observance of Easter. On Thursday, April 24 the Skylight Gallery will close at 4:30 pm, and have limited access from 1- 4:30 pm,  because of setup for that evening’s Watercolor Demo.  On Friday April 25 the Skylight Gallery will close by 3 pm to allow for setup of an event. The Rockwell Gallery will not be impacted by either of these events.

It is always free to view the Exhibition.

There was a Watercolor Evening demonstration by Thomas Schaller, AWS, on Thursday, April 24th at 6 pm. The demo was available both live and through Zoom.

After the New York show closes, 40 works from the Exhibition will travel the United States for a year as part of the AWS Traveling Exhibition. See the venue schedule here.

Submissions to the Annual International Exhibition are open to artists worldwide, both member and non-member. If you are not a member and are interested in joining, see membership page here. Though submissions for the 158th are closed, the prospectus may still be viewed below:
158th Annual International Prospectus.docx