Visit our site to read the latest Creativity Workshop prompt from watercolorist Bev Jozwiak (whose work is featured below) and find out how you can enter your work to win a $100 gift certificate to Jerry's Artarama. The deadline for entry is December 22, 2008.

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) presents the 1,000 Journals Project (through April 5), a showcase of some of the journals from a SFMOMA experiment that have returned to San Francisco. The project is ongoing, collaborative and participatory—co-curated by anonymous project creator Someguy and Stephanie Pau of the SFMOMA Education Department—whereby 1,000 blank journals are tracked as they journey around the world. Each journal is stamped with a message inviting participants to decorate its pages, and then pass it on when finished. The journals have thus far made their way to more than 40 countries and all 50 states.

In keeping with the spirit of the project, journals and art supplies will be available to museum visitors, inviting you to take part in the experiment.

Art collectors and enthusiasts crowd into the Academy Art Museum to experience the excitement of Plein Air–Easton (above). This year's Competition Prospectus will be released December 1, 2008, with an artist’s submission deadline of March 6, 2009. Competition artists will be announced March 27, 2009. Click here for more information.

The Northwest Watercolor Society has awarded the winners of its 2008 Annual Waterworks juried exhibition. Juror Betsy Dillard Stroud selected Joe MacKechnie's painting, Rachel 2 (shown here) as the first place winner. Other winners included Harold Walkup and Donna Watson. Winners are now on display (and are available for purchase) at the New Dimension Gallery in Bellevue, WA.

We love hearing from readers, especially when readers win our award donations. The following note came from Susan M. Stuller, who won the Watercolor Artist Magazine Award for the National Watercolor Society’s 88th annual juried exhibition:

“I was honored to receive this award as I have been a subscriber for many years. Thank you again for your support of this wonderful show. I am enclosing a postcard of the award winning painting for your records.”

Pictured here is her winning painting. Congrats to Susan!

Just a reminder: North Light Books is now accepting submissions for the latest edition of the Best of Watercolor series, Splash 11: New Directions. Here's how to enter: Get the entry form from the all-new Splash website at www.splash11.com. The deadline for entry is January 16th, 2009.

What’s creating more buzz around our office than “Joe the plumber,” you ask? A couple of forthcoming watercolor shows, naturally. We thought we’d share the news.

Kentucky Watercolor Society Aqueous USA 2008 (pictured; through Nov. 2), at the Actors Theatre of Louisville (Kentucky).

South Carolina Watermedia Society 31st Annual Exhibition (Oct. 25-Dec. 31), at The Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum (Myrtle Beach).

Watercolor Society of North Carolina 63rd Juried Exhibition 2008 (Oct. 26-Dec. 13) at the Greenville Museum of Art.

Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour “Open Water” 2008 (Oct. 28-Nov. 21), at the John B. Aird Gallery/Galerie John B. Aird (Toronto).

Visit our site to see all of the finalists for our Speedy Delivery challenge--and read about the fabulous artists who took on the challenge together. Our winner, Mary Ann Boysen, (whose painting The Watering Trough at the Barn is pictured here), was surprised by the news that she'd won. "Thank you for the nice surprise. At first I didn’t believe it," she said. "I look forward to perusing Jerry’s for some art supplies soon." Don't forget to enter your work for your chance to win a $100 gift certificate to Jerry's Artarama. Click here for the details.