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HotPress Editor, Jeffrey Waters
“Hot Press” is the always anticipated full-color newsletter published bi-monthly by NWWS and sent directly to the in-box of all members in good standing. It is filled with current news, artist interviews, important information, event notices, and much more.
Hot Press is published in January, March, May, July, September, and November and wonderfully edited by NWWS Member, Jeffrey Waters.
DEADLINE: The deadline to have something published in an issue is the 10th of the month prior to its publication. For example, June 10th is the deadline for July’s publication.

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July/August 2019
There are no meetings in July/August. Article: Summer 2019 Plein Air Update.
May/June 2019
April 30 - St. Andrews Lutheran Church: Don Andrews. May 28 - Daniel Smith Seattle Store: Tom Hoffman
March/April 2019
March 26 - Daniel Smith Store/Seattle: Jennifer King. April Meeting Date changed to April 30 - St. Andrews Lutheran Church: Don Andrews
January/February 2019
January 22 - Daniel Smith Store/Seattle: Ron Stocke. February 25 - St. Andrews/Bellevue: Liz Walker
November/December 2018
November 27 - Daniel Smith Store/Seattle: November Splash KATE BARBER, MARY SCHUMAKER, ERIC WIEGARDT & LOIS YOSHIDA. There is no December Meeting.
September/October 2018
September 25 - St. Andrews/Bellevue: Sarah Hansen. October 23 - St. Andrews/Bellevue: Linda Daly Baker
July/August 2018
OPEN Show results; Waterworks Unplugged Prospectus; Linda Daly Baker Workshop
May/June 2018
May 29 - Daniel Smith Store/Seattle; Carla O’Connor. Article: Watercolor Essentials, Putting it in Perspective by Donald W. Patterson.
Mar/Apr 2018
Mar 27 - Daniel Smith Store/Seattle;Maria Coryell-Martin. Apr 24 - St. Andrews/Bellevue; Mark Mehaffey. Article: The Value of Watercolor by Laurin McCracken.
Jan/Feb 2018
Jan 23 - Daniel Smith Store/Seattle; Eric Lin; Pizza & Paint. Feb 27 - St. Andrews/Bellevue; Digital Slideshow; Logo Design Submission; Signature Show Special Recognition Recipients; Waterworks 2017 Awards; Watercolor Reading List by Jeff Waters.
Nov/Dec 2017
Nov 28 - November Splash - Jean Pratt Beouy, Molly Murrah, Joe Mac Kechnie and Cheryl Schmardebeck; No December Meeting; "Watercolor Portraits on DANIEL SMITH Iridescent Gold Watercolor Ground" by Molly Murrah; 78th Annual International Open Exhibition - Prospectus available online Nov 12.
Sept/Oct 2017
Sept 26 - Demo - Kathy Collins; Oct 24 - Demo - Iain Stewart; "A Design Dilemma" by Eric Wiegardt; Waterworks Exhibition Reception: October 26, 6-8pm Tsuga Fine Art & Framing, Bothell WA
July/Aug 2017
2017 Open Exhibition Awards List; Waterworks Prospectus and Registration Form; "How to Paint the Limbs of Figures", by Eric Wiegardt; "Saving White Space", by Laurel Hart
May/Jun 2017
May 23 - Demo-Jeannie Grisham; June - No General Meeting; "The Art of Making Paint", by Sarah Love; "Awkward Geometric Shapes", by Eric Wiegardt
Mar/Apr 2017
Mar 28 - Slideshow Presentation of 77th Open Exhibition Entries; Apr 25 - Demo-Juror Keiko Tanabe; "The Time Factor", by Kathy Collins; "Save Your Lights", by Eric Wiegardt
Jan/Feb 2017
Jan 24 - Demo-Stephanie Bower; Feb 21 - Demo-Anita Lehmann; "Painting is Drawing", by Eric Wiegardt
Nov/Dec 2016
Nov 22 - November Splash; Dec - No General Meeting; "Cut it Up", by Kathy Collins
Sept/Oct 2016
Sept 27 - Demo-Bill Hook; Oct 24 - Demo-Fealing Lin; "Thoughts on Competition and Juried Shows", by Pat Dews
July/Aug 2016
July & Aug - No General Meeting; "What is the Best Painting Procedure", by Eric Wiegardt
May/Jun 2016
May 24 - Demo-Keith Artz; June - There is NO meeting in June; "A Question of Quality", by Thom Wright, President of Daniel Smith Stores
Mar/Apr 2016
Mar 22 - Demo-Joan Archer and Cascadia Museum Tour - NWWS Members Only; Apr 26 - Demo-76th Open Exhibition Juror Jeannie McGuire; "For the Sheer Beauty of it", by Joe Mac Kechnie; CORRECTION: Keith Artz will demo at the May 24th meeting
Jan/Feb 2016
Jan 26 - Demo-Catherine Gill; Feb 23 - Slides of the Open Exhibition Entries; Recovering the Light by Jeffery Waters
Nov/Dec 2015
Nov 24 - Demo-Molly Murrah; December - No Meeting; NWWS Shines in New Cascadia Art Museum.
Sept/Oct 2015
Sept 22 - Demo-Bev Wozwiak; Oct 27 - Demo-Eric Wiegardt; Northwest Watercolor Society Members and Guests Are Invited to an Extraordinary Grand Opening of a New Art Museum in Edmonds, Washington!
July/Aug 2015
July & Aug - No General Meeting; "The Secret of Painting Loose" by Eric Wiegardt
May/Jun 2015
May 26 - Demo-Che Lopez; June - No General Meeting; "Spreading the Word About NWWS' 75th" by Sarah Love
Mar/Apr 2015
Mar 24 - Demo-Ron Stocke; Apr 27 - Demo Elizabeth Kincaid; "A Taste of New Mexico: Watercolors in the Northern Mountains" by Donna Caulton
Jan/Feb 2015
Jan 27 - Demo-Mareth Curtis-Warren; Feb 24 - Demo Joe Mac Kechnie; Featured Artist - Thomas Schaller on "Light"
Nov/Dec 2014
Nov 25 - Demo-John Ringen; Featured Artist - Bill Hook; No meeting in December
Sep/Oct 2014
Sep 22 - Demo-David F Martin speaks on the 75 Year History of NWWS; Seattle to Singapore by Charlette Haugen
Jul/Aug 2014
July/Aug - No meeting; Jan Hart Imparts the Magic of Watercolor to her Students
May/Jun 2014
May 27 Demo-Anna Roedel; June - No meeting; Waterworks Prospectus.
Mar/Apr 2014
Mar 25 Demo-Ron Stocke; Apr 22 Demo-Donna Zagotta; "Gold Medal Fellowship" a new NWWS status above Signature Member; Celebrate the Grays: Painting with the Neutrals by Kathy Collins, NWWS
Jan/Feb 2014
Jan 28 Demo-Carla O'Connor; NWWS Paint-Out by Shirley Jordan; The Competition by Eric Wiegardt.
Nov/Dec 2013
Step-by-Step Art Lesson by Soon Y. Warren; Interview with Artist Paul Jackson.
Sep/Oct 2013
"The Business of Being an Artist-2" by Charlene Collins Freeman; Interview with Artist Nicholas Simmons.
July/Aug 2013
"The Business of Being an Artist-1" by Charlene Collins Freeman; Interview with Artist Mary Whyte.
May/Jun 2013
May 28 Demo-Lola K. Deaton; Interview with an Artist-Carla O'Connor.
Mar/Apr 2013
March 26 Demo-Molly LeMaster; April 23 Demo-Mark Mehaffey; Interview with Artist Jeannie McGuire.
Jan/Feb 2013
Jan 22 Demo-Kay Barnes; Feb 26 Demo-Cindy Briggs & Theresa Goesling; Interview with Artist Earnest Ward.
Nov/Dec 2012
Nov Demo-Catherine Gill Nov 27; No Dec Meeting. Interview with Artist Charles Reid.
Sep/Oct 2012
Sep Demo-Joe MacKechnie; Oct Demo -Stan Miller; Interview with Artist Ona Kingdon
Jul/Aug 2012
2012-13 General Meeting Demo Schedule; Sept-Joe MacKechnie; Oct-Stan Miller; Interview with Artist Janet Flom
May/Jun 2012
May Demo by William "Bill" Hook; Waterworks 2012; NWWS Watercolor Foundation Awards Scholarship; 72nd Annual International Open Exhibition
Mar/Apr 2012
March Demo by Ann Breckon; April Demo by Open Juror Thomas Schaller; Painting Outside of the Box-"What Box?" by Suze Woolf
Jan/Feb 2012
January Kathy Collins Demonstrator – Loose paintings done quickly - February Slide show of 2011-12 exhibition entries. Watercolor Reading List by Jeff Waters.
Nov/Dec 2011
November - Dotti Burton, Demonstrator – Abstract watercolor and acrylics; No General Meeting in December – Enjoy this magical season!
Sep/Oct 2011
September Program John Ebner, October Program John Salminen
Jul/Aug 2011
John Ebner for September 27, 2011 Meeting - John Salminen Workshop Registration - Waterworks 2011 Prospectus
May/Jun 2011
71st Annual Open Exhibition, Jeannie Grisham May Meeting
Mar/Apr 2011
Paul Jackson demo March Bev Jozwiak demo April
Jan/Feb 2011
71st Annual Open Entries Demos by Breckon, MacKechnie, Riley at January mtg
Nov/Dec 2010
Kay Barnes demo November meeting, 71st Annual Open ProspectusTheresa Goesling and Cindy Briggs - Similar Palettes, Different Approaches
Sep/Oct 2010
Theresa Goesling and Cindy Briggs - Similar Palettes, Different Approaches
Jul/Aug 2010
Waterworks 2010 Prospectus Don Andrews Workshop FALL SAMISH PAINT-OUT REGISTRATION FORM INCORRECT
May/Jun 2010
May Program, Dan Riley Demo 2010 Waterworks Prospectus
Mar/Apr 2010
Kristi Galindo Dyson Demo March Program 70th Annual Open in April
Jan/Feb 2010
Glen Oberg demo January Program
Nov/Dec 2009
Dianna Shyne November program 70th Annual Open Prospectus Joe Garcia Juror
Sep/Oct 2009
September Program Stan Miller
Jul/Aug 2009
Signature Show, A Touch of Class Waterworks 2009 Prospectus
May/Jun 2009
Four to demo at May meeting, 2009 Signature Show
Mar/Apr 2009
March Program Michele Cooper April Program Mike Svob, Open Ex Juror
Jan/Feb 2009
Workshop Registration Form - MIKE SVOB 69th Annual Open Exhibition
Jan/Feb 2009
Waterworks 2008, a great success
Nov/Dec 2008
November Program - Tom Hoffmann Thinking in Layers
Sep/Oct 2008
Caroline Buchanan Sept. Program
Jul/Aug 2008
Betsy Dillard Stroud workshop offered with Waterworks 2008
May/Jun 2008
May Program - Deanne Lemley
Mar/Apr 2008
March meeting Billie Torbenson/ Pat Dews to judge Open Show
Jan/Feb 2008
January Program - Elizabeth Kincaid - Glazing Demonstration
Nov/Dec 2007
Art and the Digital Camera
Sep/Oct 2007
Seeing the Unseen Sea with d'Elaine Herard Johnson
Jul/Aug 2007
Kay Barnes, Master Painter - Master Teacher
May/Jun 2007
Tom Hoffman to Speak at May Meeting
Mar/Apr 2007
March Program Joan Archer
Jan/Feb 2007
January Program Patrick Howe
Nov/Dec 2006
November Speaker Tom Hoffmann
Sep/Oct 2006
Donna Watson Discussion and Slideshow
Jul/Aug 2006
Featured Artist Ann Breckon
May/Jun 2006
Signature Show
Mar/Apr 2006
Stitt Workshop Great Success