International watercolor exhibit at MCC through Oct. 27

McCook Neb.— One of America’s longest running traveling art exhibitions is in McCook for a six-week stop at McCook Community College’s Wrightstone Gallery.

The 158th International Exhibition of the American Watercolor Society continues through Oct. 27 at McCook Community College. This is one of America’s longest running traveling art exhibits, is free admission and housed in the Wrightstone Fine Art Gallery, 1203 E. Third. The gallery is open to the public seven days a week.

This exhibit includes 40 pieces produced by artists from 10 countries including: Norway, Singapore, Taiwan, China, Bulgaria, Great Britian, Peru, Spain, Canada and artists across the United States. Some famous artists who have been part of the AWS include Winslow Homer, Thomas Eakins, John La Farge, Edward Hopper, Lydia Field Emmet and Dean Mitchell.

MCC has been a stop for the AWS exhibit in 2011, 2014 and 2020. Every one of these exhibits has always attracted visitors from a wide region and this year is no exception. Art enthusiasts from Denver, Omaha, Kansas City have traveled in groups to see this year’s show and it has been a destination for school children throughout the area.

The gallery will be open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m.-6 p.m., open until 9 p.m. Thursdays and for this exhibition, will be open Saturdays and Sundays from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

This year’s annual exhibition opened April 7-25 at the Salmagundi Club in New York, New York. MCC is the first of four U.S. stops for the traveling exhibit. Other venues include Mooresville, North Carolina; Martinsville, Virginia and Bradenton, Florida.