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 (A Not for Profit (we have no dues, no Robert's Rules of Order, no Officers, etc.) group of local artists...
Promoting Watercolor and Watermedia Painting on the Virginia Peninsula
​CHECK US OUT ON FACEBOOK (Search for Peninsula Watermedia Society)

THE ONLY REQUIREMENT FOR MEMBERSHIP IS A LOVE OF ANY WATERBASED MEDIA

AS OF JANUARY, 2023 WE NOW HAVE A PERMANENT HOME.
WE ARE GUEST'S NOW HOSTED AT:

THE MARY M. TORGGLER FINE ARTS CENTER
1 Avenue of the Arts, Newport News, VA 23606, (757) 594-0800
https://thetorggler.org/​

THE TORGGLER IS GRACIOUSLY HOSTING US AND IS ALLOWING US TO MEET. 
PLEASE CONSIDER EITHER BECOMING A MEMBER OR DONATING TO THIS STATE OF THE ART FACILITY!


The meeting will still be the FOURTH Sunday of the month, from 2:30-4:30pm (unless otherwise notified).
IN THE EVENT THERE IS A CONFLICT WITH THE TORGGLER (UNLIKELY, BUT POSSIBLE) WE CAN DISCUSS ALTERNATIVES

WELCOME TO 2025!!!!
FEBRUARY'S MEETING IS on the 23rd at 2:30!!!
MARCH MEETING IS on the 23rd at 2:30!!!

email us at: [email protected] Or use our: contact form


Here is a Google Maps QR code that will get you to the Torggler!
Directions to the Torggler Fine Arts Center
DIRECTIONS (GOOGLE MAPS) to The Torggler Fine Arts Center!
Getting to the parking lot for the Torggler is a bit convoluted. You will enter onto Avenue of the Arts from Warwick Blvd. Follow the road around, past a small traffic circle of sorts, stay straight. You will pass the POPE CHAPEL on your right and Saunders Plaza. Directly ahead of you will be the Paul Trible Library
TURN RIGHT and continue down until you see the parking lot on your left. 

Walk across the street to the TORGGLER, enter and look around. Look UP when you come in too!
As always, the meetings at the Torggler are free and open to the public and anyone interested in watermedia, or water based artistic creations.

All MEETINGS of the PWS MEETING AT THE TORGGLER
are the FOURTH SUNDAY of the month at 2:30pm to 4:30pm.
UNLESS OTHERWISE POSTED HERE or IN THE REMINDER EMAIL!

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     2025 Monthly Challenges
  • February: Moving Water
  • March: Underwater Landscape
  • April: A Glass Object
  • May:  Abstract a "Concept" (Fear, Hope, Love, etc.) ​Note:  5/25/25  may be changed to the 18th because of the Holiday weekend.
  • June:  Artists Choice
  • July:  Abstract Scene/Landscape       Note: July's meeting is moved to the 20th as there is a conflict with the 27th
  • August: A painting of Rocks
  • September: A bunch of Garlic
  • October: A Night Scene

     DEMO'S FOR 2025 (more to be listed)
  • February 23: No Demo: Show and Tell (Bring something to show!)
  • March 23rd: Artist Lynn Frailing: Watercolor Botanicals
  • April 27: Korrine Maher, Local Acrylic Artist
  • May 18 or 25: Christopher Wynn, Richmond artist
  • June 22:
  • July 20:   Artist Rachel Evans (Making your own watercolor paints) PLEASE NOTE: JULY's MEETING WILL BE ON THE 20th NOT the 27th
  • August 24: 
  • September 28: 
  • October 26: POTLUCK


We do not meet in November and December due to the Holidays, as always.

Thank you to everyone who donated at our last meeting to keep the website online. Your generous donations covered the site hosting, and domain name renewal and a little bit extra for next year. 
Again, thank you all so very much!

LOCAL GALLERIES and ART STUFF
Happy to add more!
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Williamsburg Contemporary Art Center​
 110 Westover Ave, Williamsburg, VA 23185
(757) 229-4949

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​ CHARLES H. TAYLOR VISUAL ARTS CENTER IN HAMPTON!
4205 Victoria Boulevard
Hampton, VA 23669
757-727-1490
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday from 10am-6pm

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Yorktown Arts Foundation
On the Hill Gallery
Washington Square

5308 George Washington Memorial Highway
Yorktown, VA 23692-2761

​Business Hours: 
Tuesday - Saturday: 10AM-6PM, 
Sunday: 11PM-5PM
Phone: (757) 369-1108 

OUR NEW LOCATION!!!

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Arts On Main 
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6580 Main Street, Gloucester, VA 23061
Open Wednesday – Saturday
Noon – 5:00pm
Closed Sunday through Tuesday
(except for special classes & events)

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The Muscarelle Museum of Art
Address: 603 Jamestown Rd,
​Williamsburg, VA 23185

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​Virginia Beach Arts Center
Home of the Artists Gallery
523 Virginia Beach Blvd, Suite A, Virginia Beach, VA 23451
P: (757) 425-6671

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Bay School Community Arts Center
279 Main Street
Mathews, VA 23109 804-725-1278
 PO Box 1524, Mathews, VA 23109
Call for Winter/Summer Hours (also on website).

MUST SEE EXHIBITION!!!!
Michelangelo: The Genesis of the Sistine
March 6, 2025 - May 28, 2025
Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg

Bringing 25 rarely-displayed masterpiece drawings by Michelangelo to the United States, Michelangelo: The Genesis of the Sistine will offer American viewers an unprecedented opportunity to experience first-hand the genius of the famed artist. Displaying Michelangelo’s initial studies and early drawings of the famous frescoes of the Sistine Chapel, the exhibition will explore the rich story of the origin of these works, arguably some of the most famous in the world.

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Check out the Torggler Fine Arts Center, on the Christopher Newport University Campus. It's a state of the art museum. They offer art classes and a wide variety of exhibits throughout the year. Their website is HERE

Peninsula Watermedia Society, Virginia
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.pwsva.org
Thanks to all of you who have donated to the upkeep and support of the Peninsula Watermedia website. It's much appreciated.
​You all are amazing!!
​BECOME A MEMBER-Click here!

You are a member if you get the email reminder notices. 
We don't have any dues, so to be a member send a request, ask to be placed on the mailing list, that's it.


It costs me about $100.00 a year to operate this site (hosting, domain renewal, my time, etc.
Please consider donating. March and April are the months the website fee and the hosting fee are due.
Anything you donate helps! We don't have dues as you know, so this is a way to help offset my costs.
If you find the site or meetings useful donate!
If not, you are welcome to come to the meetings and use the site anyway.
You can donate any amount you would like.

All donated money will go towards the site operation, domain name renewal,
hosting, and related expenses associated with PWS.

Please NOTE: Gracious donations have covered the site and hosting fees for 2025

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A full accounting is available if requested.
Unfortunately the Web Host now requires a business account to use PayPal along with requiring a tax ID and other business documentation that PWS does not have.
If you want to donate now you will have to do it in an actual meeting, in person. Sorry for the inconvenience.