May 4, 2026 – May 22, 2026
Matthew Bird Workshop: May 12 – 14, 2026
Awards & Reception: May 16, 2026
Entry Deadline has passed
Juror of Selection and Judge of Awards
Matthew Bird, AWS, NWS
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Matthew graduated with honors from the Pratt Institute of Art in Brooklyn, New York, in 2000. He worked as a designer, art director, and children’s book illustrator, and is a Signature Member of numerous organizations, including the American Watercolor Society and National Watercolor Society where he served as vice president. His award-winning watercolor paintings have been exhibited in juried shows across the United States, as well as in Canada, China, England, Greece, Hong Kong, and Italy. Matthew says that his subjects are selected to communicate his love and respect for nature and life. Some pieces create narratives based on his own experiences. His desire is that when others see his work, they are “inspired by the perceptible signs of the real Creator.
Matthew Bird Workshop
May 12 – May 14, 2026
9:00 am – 4:00 pm daily
American Legion Post 397
1225 Hickory Ave, Harahan, LA 70123
Workshop Chair: Carol Creel, LWS Email Carol
Exhibition Location
Place St. Charles
201 Saint Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70170
In the heart of downtown New Orleans, one block from the French Quarter, the first floor of this one million square-foot skyscraper features a food court, two restaurants, retail shops, and the LWS International Exhibition.
Calendar
| Entries due | February 14, 2026 |
| List of accepted paintings posted online | March 9, 2026 |
| Unframed shipped work due | April 10, 2026 |
| Framed shipped work due | April 20, 2026 |
| Hand-delivered work due, 9:00 – 10:30 am | May 2, 2026 |
| Exhibit opens | May 4, 2026 |
| Matthew Bird workshop | May 12 – 14, 2026 |
| Awards & Reception, 2:00 – 4:00 pm | May 16, 2026 |
| Last day of exhibit | May 22, 2026 |
| Pick-up hand-delivered paintings, 9:00 – 11:00 am | May 23, 2026 |
Questions
Direct questions to the Exhibition Chair, Melanie Long, Email Melanie.
Accepted Artists
Congratulations to the following artists whose paintings were chosen by Matthew Bird to be exhibited in the 56th Annual International Exhibition.
- Suzanne Accetta, Rhythms in Shadow
- Rick Anderson, Good Day Sunshine
- Marilynne G Bradley, Paradise Lost
- James Brantley, Cherokee Cabin
- Winifred Breines, Grapes in White Container, Tile
- Benita Brewer, Thirty Year Union
- Joy Brinkley-Hill, Carson’s Hot Habaneros
- Ken Call, This Seat Is Taken!
- Sandra Carpenter, Evening On The Bayou
- Coral Ye Chen, Keeper of Early Dreams
- Merri A Chester, High watch
- Valerie Clark, A Rose By Any Other Name…
- Lyudmila Tomova Clark, Venice Views
- Gerry Claude, Swimming Koi
- Chryl Casso Corizzo, Ripples, Pass Christian
- Walter Costilow, Tin Top Down
- Carol Creel, Cherries in Repose
- Antonio Darden, Rainy Day
- Kathleen Durdin, Spoken Word Artist
- Emily Efferson, Lobster Pot
- Sue Evans, Northern River
- Sue Evans, Prague
- Terry Evers, Remembrance
- Patrick Faile, Carolina Day
- Z L Feng, Snow Wood
- Jane Fritz, Across the Fjord
- Antoaneta Georgieva, Different Corner
- Cindi Handy, Willie’s Chicken Shack
- Tracy Hebert, It’s All Relative
- Suzanna Hendrix, Treasure Trove
- Anne Hightower-Patterson, Look What’s Coming
- William G Hook, Scary Stuff 6
- Mary Margaret Houser, Abandoned
- Michael Ingle, Woman Between the Doors
- John E. James, We Are All Faceless
- Ellen McLean Jenkins, Rice Country
- Bev Jozwiak, Window to My Soul
- Gina T. Judy, Reflections of Pittsburgh
- Michele Tabor Kimbrough, Seafood Delight
- Peggy Kirby-Paradise, The Bells of the Apocalypse
- Susan W Knowlton, Côte de Beaune Serenity
- Chris Krupinski, Cuppa Limon
- Rebecca Krutsinger, Yesterday
- Maureen Lewis, Tree Hugger
- Lian Sze Lien, Kor Yor
- Kerk Hwang Lok, Where The Sea Breathes
- Melanie Long, Glass Garden Dreams
- Christine Marie Lucas-Bandera, Murdered
- Pio Lyons, Anna Belle
- Kathleen Manning, WildFlour
- Theresa Miller, FREE PARKING
- Elizabeth Randall Neely, Superior Sunset
- Gisela Niedenfuer, Glow on the Seine
- Setsuko Ohara, Kim
- Barbara Oliver, Got One!
- Natalia Outkina, Maestro
- Claire Nunez Pescay, Key West Visitors
- Lisa Pope, Transparent Trio
- Cissy McCabe Quinn, Copping a Squat
- April M Rimpo, Celebrating Fall
- Patricia Ryan, Orchids & Companions
- Joleen Louise Schiller, Afternoon Tea
- Bonnie Joy Sedlak, First Sign of Spring
- Gerard Sellers, Yesterdays Dreams
- Suzanne Shumate, Terri’s Blooms
- Kathy Simon-McDonald, Guilty Pleasures
- Alan Kenneth Smith, Morning in Morrisville
- Constance Spencer, Acts of Love
- Iain Stewart, The Temple of Apollo – Rome
- E Jane Stoddard, Wash Line, Tuscany
- Kathy Miller Stone, La Signora Dei Fiori
- Don Taylor, Costa Rica Croc
- Adriana Toso-Schulze, Sound of Silence I
- Erika Joy Valdivia, Mister Larry
- Linda Southern Vanek, On the Move
- Jonathan Neal Vizina, Live Bait
- Kim Voisin, Ahhh-It Was A Good Day
- Jared Wade, The Oceanside Monarch
- Christine S Walker, Rustic Relic
- Herb Willey, Eleanor B Out of the Fog
- Jane Wise, Rusty Latch
- Zhu Zhanyan, Reminisce