Keiko Tanabe - Blog: North American Watercolor Artists (NAWA)

NAWA Returns to Mexico City

12/6/2014 7:21:00 PM

I am delighted to announce, as a member of the North American Watercolor Artists (NAWA), that the NAWA will participate in the XI Bienal Internacional de la Acuarela in Mexico City. This is our third time to join this exhibition as a group. The show takes place at the prestigious Museo Nacional de Acuarela Alfredo Guati Rojo. It's divided into two parts: The first part begins on December 7 and runs until January 4, 2015. The second part is from January 11 till February 8. The NAWA was founded in 2010 by 6 contemporary watermedia artists currently working in the United States: [...]

North American Watercolor Artists (NAWA) at Strathmore

1/13/2012 7:31:25 PM

Last Sunday the Mansion at Strathmore was packed with our friends and visitors as the North American Watercolor Artists (NAWA) celebrated the opening of our first show in America, "Stepping Over the Line." The show was curated by Harriet Lesser at Strathmore. Click here to read the press release. The Mansion at Strathmore was built in a Colonial Revival style, originally as a summer house, and is now a beautiful and prestigious art gallery in the Washington, D.C. area. I feel truly honored and fortunate to have four of my paintings on exhibit, together with the other members of the NAWA: Kathleen [...]

North American Watercolor Artists presents "Stepping Over the Line"

12/12/2011 3:36:45 AM

I am very pleased to announce that North American Watercolor Artists (NAWA) will have our very first show in America at the prestigious Strathmore mansion in N. Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A. STEPPING OVER THE LINE January 7 - February 4, 2012 Opening Reception: Sunday, January 8, 2-4PM Known for their forward thinking approach and unexpected points of view, NAWA members Kathleen Alexander, Carol Carter, Mark Mehaffey, Thomas Schaller, Nicholas Simmons and Keiko Tanabe, push boundaries and break through the traditional definitions and restrictions of media and artistic genres. Whether through the unique application of color, the subtle laying of media or the intimate focal point of [...]