Thank you for your interest in becoming an Associate Member of the RWS. Applications for 2024 are now closed but will reopen again in spring 2025.
If have applied for 2024 RWS Membership, you will receive notification of whether you have been shortlisted by 6pm on Friday 5th of July. If you have not received an email by then, please check your junk folder or contact us at info@royalwatercoloursociety.com
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Royal Watercolour Society artists are elected on merit by the current Membership - a tradition dating back to the Society's foundation over 200 years ago. Any professional artist working in water-based media may apply. Our Members' work is extremely varied, both in style and subject matter, and includes paintings in gouache, acrylic, pen and ink and watercolour mixed media on paper.
If elected, you will enjoy full Membership benefits, including four major group exhibitions at Bankside Gallery each year, as well as other opportunities to exhibit in external exhibitions (recent collaborations have been with the Royal Albert Hall, the RHS and the Globe). Your work will be publicised through the Society's website, and there are opportunities to run courses, have your work used for publicity, on merchandise, and to become involved in Society events.
