From Our President
Hello Artists! I am excited about the progress that has been made toward fulfilling our mission statement: “The purpose of the Tennessee Watercolor Society is to elevate the stature of watercolor and educate the public to the significance of watercolor as an important, creative, permanent painting medium. The organization’s purposes are to further the interests of painters in all watermedia through programs, competitive exhibits and workshops; to encourage the study of watermedia by art students and others engaged in the medium; and to support all the visual arts.”
We are beginning a new effort to further this mission statement with the first Full-time Student category in the 2021 Online Exhibition Prospectus. To encourage students, we will award three places in this category, all three of which will include a one-year TnWS membership. We hope these one-year memberships will develop into lifetime memberships the students will enjoy.
This Online Exhibition offers artists an opportunity to show art created with non-traditional substrates, if they prefer, and with a wide variety of watermedia. Because there is no need to mat or frame an entry, it will be an economical exhibition for artists to enter. I believe it will be a superb exhibition, and I look forward to seeing the entries as we celebrate this organization’s 50 years of serving the watermedia art community!
Our Regional Reps have been working hard to create opportunities for members to exhibit their work in local venues, also part of the Tennessee Watercolor Society 50th Anniversary celebration. I believe you will be as impressed as I am by the brochure they have developed to use at each region’s exhibitions.
With a couple of exceptions, workshop opportunities are mostly online, but additional plans are being developed as I write this to you. Although online workshops offer opportunities to learn with no travel involved, I am as tired as you are of the Covid-19 situation and will rejoice when it is over and we can meet again.
I see more and more of you participating on the TnWS Facebook page, and I really love seeing your work—it is definitely an inspiration!
Be well and keep your brushes moving,
Linn
Leadership of the Tennessee Watercolor Society
Our organization is led by a board of directors, which consists of elected officers, one to three immediate past presidents, members-at-large and all committee chairpersons.
Our primary officers – president, vice president, second vice president, secretary and treasurer – are elected every two years by the membership at the organization’s biennial business meeting, which is held during opening events of the TnWS Biennial Exhibition. Our executive board is currently made of these officers, a website liaison, and an immediate past president.
To efficiently address member needs, the TnWS membership is divided into the following geographic divisions: Region I-Memphis, Region II-Nashville, Region III-Chattanooga, Region IV-Knoxville, and Region V-Tri-Cities. The president appoints a contact to represent each region who acts as a liaison to the larger organization. Regional contacts coordinate requests and program ideas through the vice president.
The organization also has a historian and maintains several committees, including membership, workshop, exhibition, newsletter and bylaws. Other committees are appointed by the president as needed.
EXECUTIVE BOARD
President:
Linn Stilwell
Contact Linn
Vice President/Statewide Regional Coordinator:
Pamela Kingsley Seay
Second Vice President/Traveling Exhibition Committee Chair:
Ann Aiken
Secretary:
Gayla Seale
Treasurer:
Vickie Montgomery
Website Liaison/Bylaws Chair:
Jan Alice Keeling
Immediate Past President:
Judy Duke
COMMITTEES
Membership Chair:
Pat C. Patrick
Grants:
Lil Clinard
Off-year 2021 Online Juried Exhibition:
Linn Stilwell
Off-year 2021 Workshop:
Jan Batts
Traveling Exhibition:
Ann Aiken
Arts Advocacy:
Kathleen Haynes
Historian:
Filiz Griffin
Member-at-Large:
Lil Clinard
Bylaws Chair:
Jan Alice Keeling
SOCIAL MEDIA TEAM
Website Liaison:
Jan Alice Keeling
TnWS FaceBook:
Tuva Stephens
Marie Spaeder Haas
DATA ADMINISTRATION
Data Administrator for Exhibitions and Entry In-take:
Pat C. Patrick
NEWSLETTER TEAM
Editor:
Pamela Kingsley Seay
Graphic Designer for Newsletter:
Mark Cobbe
Writer:
Alyssa Leonard
Proofreader of Publications:
Jan Alice Keeling
2022 JURIED BIENNIAL EXHIBITION TEAM, Chattanooga, REGION III: TBA
Chair; Co-Chair; Awards Chair; Hospitality Chair (if reception and weekend activities will take place); Prospectus, Catalog and Signage Editor/GraphicDesigner:
OPEN. Please join the 2022 team! Contact Linn Stilwell.
Workshop Chair:
Pamela Kingsley Seay
Entry Intake Chair:
Pat C. Patrick
Traveling Exhibit Chair:
Ann Aiken
Juror:
Stan Miller
REGIONAL CONTACTS
Region I / Memphis
Pamela Kingsley Seay
Region II / Nashville
Wendy Latimer
Region III / Chattanooga
Mark Cobbe
Helen Burton
Marie Haas
Region IV / Knoxville
Jean Porter
Region V / Tri Cities
Barbara Jernigan
PAST PRESIDENTS:
2018-2020 – Judy Duke / Lexington
2016-2018 – Wendy Latimer / Brentwood
2012-2016 – Barbara Jernigan / Tri-Cities
2010-2012 – Tuva Stephens / McKenzie
2008-2010 – Mary P. Spellings / Mercer
2006-2008 – Harriet Howell / Rutledge
2002-2006 – Wendy Latimer / Brentwood
2000-2002- Jan Batts / Nashville
1996-2000 – Victoria Lenne / Oak Ridge
1995 – Durinda Cheek / Ringgold, GA
1994 – Sandra Baker-Hinton / Rossville, GA
1993 – Harriet Howell / Knoxville
1992 – Christopher Terry / Knoxville
1991 – B. J. Clark / Knoxville
1990 – Judy Ann Hostetter / Chattanooga
1989 – Leathers Maddux / Nashville
1988 – Pat Hopkins / Oak Ridge
1987 – Edna London / Signal Mountain
1986 – Harriet Chipley / Lookout Mountain
1985 – Anne Powers / Rockwood
1984 – Fran Henley / Rockwood
1983 – Janice Pollard / Nashville
1982 – Betty Robinson / Chattanooga
1981 – Lois Shelburne Wallace / Knoxville
1980 – David Wade / Memphis
1979 – Dot Galloway / Knoxville
1978 – Anton Weiss / Nashville
1977 – Beryl Hawkins / Bristol
1975-1976 – Connie Hendrix / Memphis
1974 – Donald Carmichael / Jackson
1973 – Mary B. Lynch / Lookout Mt., GA
1972 – George Shook / Memphis
1971 – Jason Williamson / Memphis
