On View: April 5-27
The Bear Gallery is located on the third floor of the Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts building in Pioneer Park, 2300 Airport Way, Fairbanks, Alaska.
2024 marks the 25th anniversary of the Fairbanks Watercolor Society and the 25th Annual Water Media Show. Fairbanks Watercolor Society officially turned 25 years old in January, 2024!
The Watercolor Society was founded in January 1999 with officers Jack Taylor, President; Neville Abbott Jacobs, Vice President; Gael Murakami, Secretary; and Barbara O’Dell, Treasurer. Fourteen hardy artists attended that first meeting despite -40 temps and ice fog. Topics included developing a logo, workshops, paint-ins and outs, and who was exhibiting where. Jim Allan organized the first Annual Show at Denali State Bank on Airport Road in March of 1999.
In March 2009 the Watercolor Society celebrated their 10th year at the Annual Show at New Horizons Gallery. In April 2019, they celebrated their 20th anniversary at the Bear Gallery. Since 2009, they have grown from 20 members to over a hundred. Their membership ranges from beginners to professional artists, art instructors, and lifelong painters from different careers and walks of life. Creating and sharing their art is the common thread that binds them and challenges them to do their very best work. Exhibiting their work is how they share with and proudly show the world what they do.
The Fairbanks Watercolor Society invites their many friends, family, fans, supporters, and fellow artists to view and celebrate 25 years of creating and exhibiting their art at the Bear Gallery.
About the Society:
The Fairbanks Watercolor Society is a not-for-profit affiliate of Fairbanks Arts Association and actively works to promote the role of watercolor and visual arts in Interior Alaska. Activities and events are undertaken with the objective of providing a variety of opportunities for members and the general public to learn, experience, and benefit from the visual arts, thereby enhancing the quality of life in our community. Current activities are participation in the Design Alaska Art Walk, paint outs at Creamer’s Field, Georgeson Botanical Garden, Tanana Valley State Fair, and paint outs at various Borough/State Recreation Areas, as well as an annual fall paint out and retreat.
Fairbanks Watercolor Society Mission Statement:
To provide an organization open to any person or group in the Interior of Alaska interested in watercolor and water media painting by providing an opportunity for members to:
- Learn more about the process of water media painting
- Exhibit their artwork
- Paint together in an atmosphere of friendly sharing critique
- Advance the appreciation of water media painting in Alaska
These Events are Free and Open to the public thanks to our generous donors and sponsors.
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