Society of East Anglian Watercolourists (SEAW) is a watercolour society in East Anglia, England, founded in 2007.
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History
The Society of East Anglian Watercolourists (SEAW) was inaugurated in 2007 with the help and guidance of the Royal Watercolour Society and their then president Richard Sorrell. The society was founded to promote watercolour as a painting medium throughout East Anglia. It is the only regional society in England dedicated to the medium of watercolour.
About
The SEAW provides a platform for watercolour artists living and working in East Anglia to become part of a community where their work can be exhibited and where they can participate in courses and social activities. Members are drawn from Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex and Bedfordshire.
The society runs a series of one-day classes and painting days every year. Tutors in recent years have included Thomas Plunkett PRWS, Geoffrey Pimlott RWS, Colin Merrin RWS, Julia Sorell RI RBA, Roger Jones, David Hyde, and others drawn from the Royal Watercolour Society, the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, and the New English Art Club, and also from the society’s own professional members.
Exhibitions
The society holds two exhibitions a year: one Member’s Exhibition where members have at least one work shown and one Selected Exhibition where an independent committee will have at least one member of the Royal Watercolour Society on the panel along with two professional people from the world of the visual arts.