Join NSWS for an Interactive Demo with Tammy Nara
2026-03-19 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 1807 Field Ave, St. Paul, MN, 55116, United States
Tammy Nara is a hiking artist and art teacher based in Shoreview, Minnesota. She enjoys using pen, watercolor, and acrylic to create responses to the natural world. “Experiencing and protecting the natural world is important. Creating art and connecting with other humans also enriches our lives in important ways. Let’s make time for what is important.” She started the website paintandhike.com in 2018. It is where she shares information about both art and hiking trails. Her education includes a master’s degree in art education from the University of Minnesota. She is currently one of 4 art
teachers at Irondale High School. Her art can be seen at Studio 321 in the Northrup King Building in Minneapolis. Join NSWS and Tammy Nara to learn the art of blind contour drawing on March 19th, 2026!

Join the NSWS For An In-Person Demo With Deb Zeller
2026-04-16 19:00 - 20:30 | Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval, 2661 Civic Center Dr, Roseville, MN, 55113, United States
Deb Zeller began her art career at age thirteen, when she received a set of oil paints for her birthday. Over the decades she has developed her skills in drawing, painting, glass fusion, encaustic (beeswax) painting, photography and bronze sculpture. It wasn’t until a painting trip to Cuba with Eric Rhodes of Plein Air Magazine in March of 2018 that Deb became serious about watercolor. Oil paints seemed way too cumbersome to carry all that way. She practiced weekly with watercolors in her studio with the Minnesota Figure Study Collaborative, but had never taken a lesson in watercolor painting. A short overview of the watercolor and charcoal portraits she created in Cuba can be seen on her website.

After Cuba, Deb’s love for watercolor really developed and she joined the Minnesota Watercolor Society. That led to numerous watercolor classes from both local and national artists. Watermedia has become Deb’s absolute favorite media, although she still plays with all the rest. She has Signature Status in both the Minnesota Watercolor Society and the National Watercolor Society.
You can check out all her work and the Minnesota Figure Study Collaborative on her website: zellerstudio.com

"Awakening" Notification of Acceptance
2026-04-19 00:00 - 23:30
“Awakening” – notification of acceptance into the NSWS spring national juried online exhibition.

"Awakening" Opens On NSWS Website
2026-05-03 08:00 - 17:00
Awakening, the NorthStar Watermedia Society Spring 2026 Online Juried Exhibition, opens and is posted on the NorthStar Watermedia Society website for viewing.

"Awakening" Award Ceremony
2026-05-07 19:00 - 20:00
Join the NorthStar Watermedia Society and juror, David R. Becker, on Thursday, May 7th at 7 pm on Zoom as David awards the top paintings in the NSWS spring national online juried exhibition, Awakening.

Dan Wiemer Demo
2026-05-21 19:00 - 20:30 | Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval, 2661 Civic Center Dr, Roseville, MN, 55113, United States
Join NorthStar for an evening of fun with watercolorist, Dan Wiemer. Dan will paint a beautiful, stylized North Shore scene, using transparent watercolor and opaque acrylic. Dan is obsessed with design, negative shape making, and the ruggedness of the North. These obsessions led him to study Canadian painters, most notably the Group of Seven. They are personally relatable to him. Their career paths evolved from graphic designers to illustrators to painters. This has been Dan’s path as well.
