Happy New Year 2022

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Wishing all members a happy and healthy new year 2022.

Before we leave 2021 behind, let’s not forget the following:

  1. Membership subscription for 2021 was waved. For those who had already paid, the fees will be carried forward to 2022.
  2. WAA! Online Exhibition is open for members’ mini solo or small group exhibition.
  3. PWCS Annual Juried Exhibition 2022 is set in March 2022, with the theme “Night Scene”, no limit in size, max 3 pieces, submission of digital file on 24 Feb 2022.

WAA! ONLINE SOLO/ SMALL GROUP EXHIBITION

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Dear Members,

Here’s something exciting happening… The WAA! Online Auction platform will now open to members to apply for Solo/ Small Group Online Exhibitions. We will still hold the Online Auctions but can put in the Solo/ Small Group exhibitions in between online auctions. This is to encourage members to engage in more new works and we provide the platform to showcase your works.

For details, please read the following rules:

WAA! ONLINE SOLO/ SMALL GROUP EXHIBITION

WAA! will be used as a platform to feature Penang Water Colour Society’s members’ works in the form of solo or in small group. Kindly refer to the following Rules & Terms:

Rules & Terms

  1. This online platform is opened for Penang Water Colour Society’s members to hold their exhibitions.
  2. The exhibition can be in Solo or Small Group (2-5 artists).
  3. Number of paintings for each exhibition shall be as follow:
 Min no paintingsMax no paintings
Solo1525
Group (2 -5 artists)2025
At least 60% of paintings must be works not exhibited at WAA! before.
  1. Exhibition must have a theme.
  2. The artwork must be artist own creation, done in watercolour or predominantly with watercolour.
  3. Duration of exhibition is 2 weeks (including uploading time).
  4. All artworks must be for sale. Artist is to make a donation of 5% to PWCS for every painting sold.
  5. The sales of paintings should be done using this platform and in the transparent manner. Any abandoned sales, secret dealing, painting not according to specified details etc are considered disruption to the exhibition, and may result in the expulsion of artist and collector from the group.
  6. Collection of money and delivery of painting to the collector is solely the responsibility of the artist. PWCS and the Admin are not responsible for any lost, damage to the painting and non-payment from the collector.
  7. Members who are interested must apply to PWCS Committee using the Google Form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScAS3fusDS_TyGTN1LZEvky3PKTGgDravKdSEL_qk6THEVzbQ/viewform?usp=sf_link . The Committee has the right not to approve any proposal deem not suitable.
  8. PWCS and Admin will try their best to maintain this platform and find the best way to run the exhibition. Rules may be revised from time to time to a better performance.
  9. Artist participating in this online exhibition is deemed agreed to the Rules & Terms.

WAA! Online Auction – Update & Future Activities

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各位会员，

我们自去年11月在面子书成立WAA！线上拍卖会以来，办了20场拍卖会及一场线上展览，成绩可圈可点（当然也碰过几场是零拍卖的）。原本以为是顺应疫情而短暂的在线上作一些活动，没想到这九个月以来，我们越发觉得线上活动将会是未来的大趋势（当然我们相信疫情受到控制以后实体展览还是有它的存在价值和市场），而且线上展览/拍卖有它的无限可能性，比如说远在天涯另一角的朋友也可以来参观、竞标等等。我们希望这个线上活动可以延续下去，当然没有会员的大力支持我们恐怕也很难走下去。其实这几个月以来，有不少非会员（本地及外国画家都有）也来投稿，但都被我们婉拒，因为我们只想把这个平台保留给会员，作为会员的其中一个福利，所以我们希望大家善用这个机会，踊跃参与，让我们的水彩画作走出槟城，走出马来西亚，走向国际，让更多远在天涯各地的艺术爱好者认识我们，也希望我们能打出一个自己的品牌。

另外，我们目前也在着手策划用WAA！这个平台来办会员的小型个展或小组展（2-5人），等详细计划和条规确定后，希望大家也来踊跃参与。

Dear All,

We have organised 20 Online Auctions and an Exhibition on WAA! since November last year. It was actually meant to be a temporary measure to counter the non-productive activities during the lockdown. However, it seems that online activities have become an important part of the new normal life. As such, we urge all members to grab this opportunity to work together and showcase our watercolours to others. For the past 9 months, we constantly received non-members’ (local and overseas artists) requests to post their works on WAA! but we politely reclined as we want to reserve this platform specially for PWCS members only. So let’s make this our special privilege as a member who can post on WAA! to show the world our watercolours. Together let’s make PWCS a notable branding in watercolour world.

We also have a plan to use WAA! for members to showcase their works in the form of mini Solo or in small groups of 2 to 5. We hope members will give the support and actively participate once we get the Rules and Terms drafted.