ANNOUNCEMENT
The International Watercolor Society (IWS) represented by IWS Irina Endorphine Art, an
institutión of IWS Globe, represented by Irina Yushmánova in coordination with IWS Mexico
and the Secretary of Culture of Alcaldía Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, call on watercolor artists of all
nationalities to participate in its 1° International Watercolor Festival "Rivers of Color” that
will take place from September 28 to October 19, 2023.
During the festival there will be an exhibition of 100 previously selected works, as well as
competitions and live demonstrations of artists
RULES OF THE EXHIBITION
Theme: Free, all themes are welcome
Participating: artists of all nationalities over 18 years old.
Size: 56 x 38 cm in horizontal or vertical format.
Maximum number of works: participants may submit a maximum of 3 works of their
authorship.
Medium: 95% transparent watercolor on paper.
Other characteristics:
Collage, pastel, Indian ink, gouache, stylographs, and other media will not be accepted.
Digital images or any form of digital editing, reproduction, or printing will not be accepted,
either.
The work must be original, made in the years 2022-2023 and should not have been
previously exhibited in any IWS exhibition.
Works made in class, copies or works similar to those of other artists or based on public
sources or references not attributed to the author will not be accepted.
Registration deadline: August 1.
The individual registration of each participating work must be made by filling out the form at
the following link: https://endorphine-art.com/exposicion.Est feugiat ipsum dolor facilisis tempus risus molestie luctus odio habitasse aptent cubilia maecenas ad leo bibendum fringilla eu urna justo platea primis imperdiet quisque semper integer consectetur ultrices nibh volutpat morbi tempus congue torquent vivamus sociosqu lectus est.
Image of the work: in the registry only one image per work will be accepted which must be
perfectly cropped without including passepartout (mat) or frame.
Image format: 3 to 5 MB, 300 dpi resolution with a minimum of 1500 pixels on its longest
side.
File name: "Country Author_Title_Measures_Yearofproduction.jpg"
Participation fee:
The general participation fee will be $1,300 Mexican pesos or US$70 per work.
The fee for current and former students of IWS Irina Endorphine.Art School will be $1,100
Mexican pesos or US$60 per work.
Fees will only be paid for works selected by the jury for exhibition.
Sale of the works: The exhibited works may be sold at the price indicated by the artist
during their registration. If this field is left blank, it will be assumed that they are not for sale.
For each work sold during the exhibition, the Organizing Committee will retain 30% of the
price indicated in the registration form. The sale amount received will be sent to the artist
discounting the commission retained by the Organizing Committee.
Copyright: The Organizing Committee reserves the right to exhibit and record video of the
participating works for promotional purposes only.
Reception and return of works: The selected works must be delivered or sent to the
physical address indicated in the selection notification. If the artist prefers to send his work
already framed, he must inform the Organizing Committee. Deadline for receipt of selected
works in physical (framed): September 22.
Once the exhibition is over, the works will be returned, directly to the gallery or sent to the
address recorded in the registry.
Each participating artist will assume the shipping and return costs of their work (s).
Printing of works: The Organizing Committee has considered the printing of works in high
quality EXCLUSIVELY for artists living outside Mexico who wish to do so. The printing will
have an additional cost of $450 Mexican pesos (US$25 US dollars) per work. After the event,
the prints can also be sent to the artist who must pay the shipping costs.
Virtual exhibition: all the works selected for the physical exhibition (on-site) and winning
works of all competitions will be published free of charge in the virtual version of the
Festival (website) open to the public.
Discounts:
Current and former students of IWS Irina Endorphine.Art School will have a discount
of $200 Mexican pesos (US$10 USD) on the general participation fee as indicated
above.
● The selected works that are sent already framed, wil be validated by the Organizing
Committee, and if the frame is accepted, they will have a discount per work of $ 300
Mexican pesos (US $ 15 US dollars).
● There will be no discounts on participation fees for contests
JURY:
The jury who will evaluate the works for the international exhibition will be composed of
prestigious international artists and members of the International Watercolor Society (IWS),
who will select the 100 works that will participate in the exhibition and determine the
winners of this contest.
The rating will be completely anonymous. The decisions of the jury are final.
Evaluation criteria:
● Watercolor technique
● Quality based on artistic skills according to the type of each work (for example:
anatomy, perspective, composition, color, etc.)
● Artistic expressiveness
● Outstaning idea
Jury members:
● Atanur Dogan (IWS President and Founder), Turkey-Canada
● Tere Lojero (IWS Mexico Leader and IWS Vice President), Mexico
● Sareh Mohebeian Zadeh (IWS Sareh Art Gallery Leader and IWS Vice President),
Russia
● Hong Chan (IWS China Leader and IWS Vice President), China
● Amit Kapoor (IWS India Leader and IWS Vice President), India
● Isabel Moreno Alosete (IWS Spain Leader), Spain
● Zahra Hamze (IWS MoonArt Demy Leader), Iran
● Kauser Hossain (IWS Bangladesh Leader), Bangladesh
● Elizabeth Uribe (IWS Titicaca Puno Peru Leader and IWS Manager), Peru
● Gonzalo Vargas Garrido (IWS Chile Leader), ChilePosuere per felis pulvinar leo pretium magna congue rutrum mollis faucibus id eu donec gravida arcu neque taciti donec ut consectetur lorem lacinia porttitor rhoncus donec.
AWARDS
Five works from the international exhibition will be awarded:
● First place: $20,000 Mexican pesos (US$1,000 US dollars).
● Second place: $10,000 Mexican pesos (US$500 US dollars).
● Third place: $5,000 Mexican pesos (US$250 US dollars).
● Fourth and Fifth places: art supplies.
● The top 20 works will receive a special Top 20 certificate.
The prizes will be awarded in cash to the winners or by PayPal for artists abroad.
Creditors of prizes who, due to various circumstances, cannot attend the awards, may send a
representative, attaching a power of attorney letter with autograph signature, in which they
are empowered to receive the corresponding prize in their name. In case of doubts, please
contact the Organizing Committee.
All participating artists will receive a participation certificate.
The exhibit awards ceremony and Festival inauguration will take place on Thursday,
September 28, 2023 at 6:00 p.m Central Time, at the Casa de Cultura San Rafael in Colonia
San Rafael, Mexico City, Mexico.
The exhibition will be open to the public from October 1 to 19, 2023 from 9:30 a.m. to 8:30
p.m.
Materials: during the registration to the contest, the Organizing Committee will give each
participant paper (half sheet of professional watercolor paper 56 x 38 cm, 300 g / m2 with
individual registration number) at no additional cost. The rest of the materials are at the
participant's expense.
Medium: 95% transparent watercolor on paper. Collage, pastel, Indian ink, gouache,
stylographs, and other media, digital images or any form of digital editing, reproduction or
printing will not be accepted.
Format: horizontal or vertical
For the human figure, portrait and still life contests, participants will be distributed in
several groups with a model for each group in order to facilitate visibility for all artists.
For the landscape contest, a comfortable and safe space is considered. Artists must bring
their own materials for plein-air except for paper (easel, chair, paintings, etc.). The cost of
transportation is included in the contest fee.
Duration and place of each contest: 4 hours. Each participant may submit only 1 work for
each contest which must be carried out in the indicated facilities.
Delivery of works: when finishing the works, no later than the date and time specified for
the end of the contest, they must be delivered for review by the jury.
During the competitions there will be access to drinking water, bathrooms, and sinks.
Lunch food: Food is not included in the contest costs, but there will be suggestions for
nearby places.
Participation: each artist can participate in one or several competitions in addition to the
international exhibition. Participation is optional in either case.
Fees:
Contest Fee
1) Human Figure $950 Mexican pesos (US$55 American dollars)
2) Landscape $700 Mexican pesos s (US$40 American dollars)
3) Portrait $950 Mexican pesos s (US$55 American dollars)
4) Abstract Art $500 Mexican pesos os (US$25 American dollars)
5) Still Life $500 Mexican pesos nos (US$25 American dollars)
CONTESTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS:
CONTESTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS:
During the Festival, 5 on-site watercolor competitions and various artists’ live painting
demonstrations will be held on the set dates and times.
General rules to participate in the contests:
Theme: The theme will be specified for each contest as appropriate: human figure,
landscape, portrait, still life, or abstract art.
Participating: artists of all nationalities over 18 years old.
Registration: must be done via website together with the contest payment at
https://endorphine-art.com/concursos-iws no later than the day before each contest. One
hour before the start of the contest, participants must show up with an official identification
to validate their registration
Exhibition of works: all the winning works of each contest will be exhibited in the same
space as the international exhibition at no additional cost. Likewise, the works will be
published in the virtual version of the Festival (website) open to the public.
Sale of the works: In case of being interested in selling their work, at the end of the contest,
the participant must write the desired price with pencil on the back of their work and notify
the Organizing Committee. The sale of works of competitions will be governed by the same
guidelines of the sale of works of the international exhibition indicated above.
Copyright: The Organizing Committee reserves the right to exhibit and record video of the
participating works and their creation process during the contest for promotional purposes
only.
Return of works of competitions: at the end of the exhibition, the winning works of
competitions that are exhibited and have not been sold, will be returned to the artists under
the same guidelines of the international exhibition indicated above. The costs for sending
works will be covered by the artists who cannot collect them directly.
The non-winning works created during competitions will be delivered to artists at the end of
the contests awards ceremony.
Evaluation of competitions works and awards: to determine the winners, the works created
during competitions will be evaluated by a jury composed of prestigious artists with
experience in each of the themes of the contests.
Evaluation criteria: they will be the same as the evaluation criteria of the international
exhibition indicated above.
Awards of the contests:
3 works from each contest will be awarded prizes:
● First place: $5,000 Mexican pesos (US$250 US dollars).
● Second and Third places: art supplies.
The prizes will be awarded in cash to the winners or by PayPal for artists abroad who are not
present during the awards.
Creditors of prizes who, due to various circumstances, cannot attend the awards, may send a
representative, attaching a power of attorney letter with autograph signature, in which they
are empowered to receive the corresponding prize in their name.
All participating artists will receive a participation certificate.
The awards ceremony for all contests will take place on Sunday, October 1, 2023 at 18:00
hrs, at the Casa de Cultura San Rafael in Colonia San Rafael, Mexico City, Mexico
CONTACT:
For MORE INFORMATION please contact the Organizing Committee:
Email: iwsirinaendorphineart@gmail.com
Web Page: https://endorphine-art.com/convocatorias/
Name Phone Language
Irina Yushmánova
IWS EndorphineArt
+525561442806 (only WhatsApp)
Spanish – English – Russian
Ivette Herrera +525554033391 Spanish – English
Fanny Álvarez +525521487458 Spanish – English
Silvia Luna +525527533686 Spanish – English
Patricia González +525527023757 Spanish
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