This exhibit is FREE to the public and will be on display during library hours Monday-Friday, 9am-6pm, starting Friday, December 19th, 2025, through Friday, January 9th, 2026.
"34th Annual Mid-Southern Watercolorists Member’s Open Exhibit"
Group Statement
The Mid-Southern Watercolorists (MSW) is a regional organization of artists who share a passion for watercolor painting. Founded in 1970 in Little Rock, Arkansas, the group was created to promote and elevate the art of watercolor as a professional medium.
About MSW
Mid-Southern Watercolorists was founded by five artists; Doris Williamson Mapes, Bruce R. Anderson, Josephine Graham, Edwin C. Brewer and Catherine Tharp Altvater. The organization has approximately 200 members in 13 states, Puerto Rico, and Japan.
Our goal is to enrich the stature of watermedia and encourage the recognition of its significance in our culture. This organization furthers the interest of painters and patrons by its programs and by its competitive and non-competitive exhibits. It also provides opportunities for study by art students and others engaged in art making and in appreciation of arts.
MSW exhibitions have been hosted in Little Rock, Arkansas at locations including the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts the Central Arkansas Library System’s Showcase Arkansas Gallery, the Historic Arkansas Museum, the Arkansas Art Center’s Terry Community Gallery, and the Hot Springs Convention Center, as well as other prestigious institutions in surrounding areas of the state.
This is the secondary branch of the William F. Laman Public Library located in the heart of the Argenta Arts District of North Little Rock.
