Board of Directors

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
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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