Affiliations

Federation of Canadian Artists | Senior Signature Member (SFCA)

The Federation of Canadian Artists (FCA) is a registered charity founded in 1941 by professional Canadian working artists including Group of Seven luminaries Lawren Harris, Arthur Lismer, and A.Y. Jackson. The first National Executive Council was led by Andre Bieler, and Lawren Harris was the BC region’s first Chairman. Other notable founding members included Emily Carr and the Honorable Mark Kearley.

The FCA continues to operate as a registered charity with members throughout Canada and Chapters in Alberta and B.C.. The FCA is dedicated to raising artistic standards by stimulating participants to greater heights of knowledge and achievement by offering what is believed to be the first completely artists' sponsored gallery in Canada. Currently the Federation is the only national-level visual arts organization that manages their own full-time art gallery.

The Federation Gallery is located on Granville Island, in the heart of Vancouver's art and culture community. Our gallery features twice-monthly juried exhibitions of works by emerging and Signature members as well as three juried international open shows held annually; Painting on the Edge, the Annual International Representational Exhibition, and the Annual International Mail-in Art Exhibition. 

The FCA also holds special collaborative exhibitions with other Canadian art societies. Hosting an extensive education program that is open to all artists, the FCA also provides workshops, classes, critiques and lectures in the fine arts media, with instruction by successful established artists who can help all artists to explore and develop their artistic interest and talent. Membership in the FCA is open to all who appreciate art.

*All text courtesy of the Federation of Canadian Artists

Women in Watercolor

Women in Watercolor was created in 2019 and had the 1st Annual Women in Watercolor International Juried Competition in 2020. It was a huge success with 1200 entries from over 50 countries and the winners definitely represented the best of the best women watercolor artists. WIW shared the winners all over social media as well as multiple publications, working to promote all the amazing women working in this medium!

Each year the competition has grown as well as the outreach and promotion of the artists. The 4th Annual Women in Watercolor International Competition in 2023 was a huge success with over 1800 entries from over 60 countries. Each year the winners and judges are published in multiple publications as well as many sponsor companies press releases and newsletters.

In 2023 Women in Watercolor expanded to include a membership option! WIW is so excited to offer this option so we can share more work from more women artists at every level of watercolor painting! With our membership option we now have a Members Gallery on the Website to feature all of our members beautiful work and link to their websites and social media accounts. We have a monthly blog/newsletter, Women in Watercolor Working Together, where we have a Monthly Featured Member and highlight and share more of our members and their work. We also have added a Non-Juried Members Only Online Exhibition!

*All text courtesy of Women in Watercolor