Saluting the North East Watercolor Society (NEWS) is the title of the show which Cultural Affairs at SUNY Orange is producing mid-January through mid-March.

Due to the snowy, icy inclement weather on February 9 & 16, the art reception for the show is now scheduled for Sunday, March 2 from 1pm to 4:15pm.

During the reception, Watercolorist Marilyn Rose will present her art demonstration, Using photo reference to tell your story effectively in Watercolor. The demo starts at 2:30pm. Her 25-piece solo show, Watercolor Stories is displayed on the Orange Hall Gallery Fringe Wall.

The reception will also offer to attendees, lively music provided by Geoff Hamburg, pianist.

A total of 93 paintings are displayed in this show. The venue is Orange Hall Gallery where NEWS members’ shows have been displayed during the past twenty years.

Highlighting this show, Saluting NEWS, are artworks by nine of the originators and well-known artists of the NEWS art organization. In addition, twenty-nine member artists are showing their works.

Please note: the reception and demonstration and exhibit are free and open to the public. Free parking is available in the lot #1 which is adjacent to Orange Hall and located at the corner of Wawayanda and Grandview Avenues, (GPS: 24 Grandview Ave.) on the Middletown campus of SUNY Orange. Questions may be addressed to Cultural Affairs at cultural@sunyorange.edu. 

Exhibition dates: January 23 ~ March 14, 2025

Gallery hours: Monday ~ Thursday, 8am - 8pm and Friday, 8am to 5pm, plus Sunday, March 2, 1 to 4:15pm 

Venue: Orange Hall Gallery: GPS: 24 Grandview Avenue, Middletown, NY

PARTICIPATING  MEMBERS

Judith Adel

Diana Aliberti

Ciro Attardo

Paula Baldinger

Linda Barboni

Patricia Collins Broun

Sal Caldarone

Janet Campbell

Teresa Cromwell

Amanda Epstein

Arthur Gilmore

Tom Hedderich

Ann Higgins

Kate Hyden

Kathleen Zann Isacson

Laura Kohlman

Barbara Lanza

Victoria McMurray

Midge Monat

Pat Morgan

Tim Saternow

Carole Semolic

Dennis Stuart

Elizabeth Sundwall

Joseph Sundwall

Valerie Taggart

Ellen Joyce Trayer

Rich Van Tieghem

Leslie Waxtel

HISTORICAL

Artists of note, Organizers of Orange County Watercolor Society/North East Watercolor Society

*  Deceased

Matilda Grech *

Richard Ochs  *

Winnie O’Dougherty  *

Richard Price  *

Eli Rosenthal  *

Babette Roy  *

Richard F.

Van Tieghem  *

Mary Evelyn Whitehill *

Mel Stabin