AWI MEMBERSHIP

 

Founded in 1923, the Australian Watercolour Institute is Australia’s oldest and most prestigious watercolour society with both a national and international membership.

 

Membership of the Australian Watercolour Institute is by nomination and election at the AWI Annual General Meeting.

 

The pre-requisite for membership of the Australian Watercolour Institute is to be hung in our annual AWI exhibition. There are two ways this can occur:

 

          The first is to be invited as a guest artist.

          The second is to have work selected as a non-member artist.

 

During the final days of the annual exhibition, an AWI General Meeting is held and nominations for membership are called. All guest artists and non-members whose works have been hung in the annual exhibition are eligible.

 

Candidates are required to submit a minimum of three framed works in watercolour/water-based media, which have been executed within the last two years, and a current CV.

 

Members carefully review the quality of the framed works submitted by each nominated artist and subsequently vote by secret ballot. Only those members in attendance at the Annual General Meeting are eligible to cast a vote.

 

Candidates who receive over half the number of votes from those in attendance at the AWI General Meeting are then invited to join the AWI.

 

This membership process is designed to maintain the highest perceived possible standard

 

General information for non-members who wish to submit works for selection in our AWI annual exhibition can be found here.

 

Download Entry Form here.