About Us
“Waterloo Watercolor Group (WWG) is a non-profit organization formed to advance the practice and appreciation of watercolor and watermedia painting.”
ABOUT US
What We Do
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Waterloo Watercolor Group wants to share our enthusiasm for watercolor and watermedia painting. WWG educates, promotes and encourages the creative process through artist workshops and exhibit opportunities. WWG provides friendship and fellowship among watermedia artists, encouraging our members in their artistic growth and expression. We organize many exhibits and workshops open to members and guests. Through our instructive and exhibit opportunities, we promote public awareness and appreciation for the many talented watermedia artists in the Austin and Central Texas area.
You Are Welcome Here!
We are an inclusive organization and believe art world and WWG benefit from the inclusion of a diverse group of artists. We welcome members who are new to watercolor or experienced. We invite people of every race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability.
OUR HISTORY
Painting Together since 1977
Over coffee at the old Nighthawk Restaurant in Austin, Texas in August, 1977, Harold Eichenbaum, Gordon Fowler, Bill Rider and Windy Winn developed the idea of a watercolor artists’ group with no officers, no bylaws, no rules, or expensive dues. They decided to call the group “Waterloo Watercolor Group,” and drafted Murray Joyce to be the first newsletter editor, treasurer and only officer. Among the interested artists who organized and began meeting at Gordon Fowler’s Chili Factory on August 30, 1977 were: Dorothy Billman, Alayne Carter, Harold Eichenbaum, Gordon Fowler, Murray Joyce, Maude Folmar Ramsey, Avis Rider, Bill Rider, Charlie Shaw, and Windy Winn.
Today, WWG has grown from a small group of 15 charter members to a large number of enthusiastic water media artists with the purpose of promoting and educating the practice and appreciation of all water media art as a significant and creative permanent medium. Any person interested in painting with water media becomes a member upon the payment of annual dues. Active members have full voting rights and are eligible to serve as officers of the board upon election.
Night Hawk Restaurant, Austin TX, circa. 1960’s
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