Submit Applications for the 2025 Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibition

October 10, 2025 through January 11, 2026 Arts Barn and Kentlands Mansion Galleries 311 and 320 Kent Square Road Gaithersburg, MD 20878 Reception and Awards Presentation: Sunday, November 9, 2024, 1:30-3:30pm

Judge of Selection and Awards

Joel Popadics  www.watercolorpop.com 

Joel Popadics’ paintings have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums across the United States, including the National Academy of Design in NYC; the San Francisco and the Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT.  His paintings are in public and private collections most notably, the Art for Healing Program at University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro, NJ and the United Methodist Church in Ridgewood, NJ.  Mr. Popadics is the recipient of numerous national awards and has been featured many times in American Artist, The Artist’s Magazine, Watercolor Artist, and Watercolor Magic magazines. 

Popadics is an advocate of watercolor and has dedicated his career to the advancement and appreciation of the medium. He is President of the prestigious American Watercolor Society (AWS) in New York City and a Past-President of the New Jersey Water Color Society.

He received a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York. He resides in Wayne, NJ with his wife Patricia and their two sons.

Open for Entry June 6 - August 6, 2025

The exhibition prospectus and instructions for application will be posted around April, 2025.