UNIQUE IMPRESSIONS 2026
MGNE Members Bienial Exhibition
at The Rhode Island Watercolor Society
April 25 – May 22, 2026
SAVE THE DATES:
• Artist Reception: Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 1-3pm
• Virtual Artist Reception: Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 7-8:30pm ET
EXHIBITION CALENDAR
• Entry Deadline: April 12, 2026
• Deadline for Delivery of Work: April 24, 2026
• Exhibition Opens: April 25, 2026
• Reception: May 2, 2026 at 1-3pm
• Virtual Reception (Zoom): May 14, 2026 at 7-8:30pm ET
• Exhibition Closes: May 22, 2026
• Pick-Up Dates: May 22 at 2-4pm, May 23 at 9am-12pm
• Shipped Work Returned: Week of May 24, 2026
Unique Impressions 2026
Biennial Open Members Exhibition
April 22 – May 22, 2026
The Rhode Island Watercolor Socity
Slater Memoral Park, 831 Armistice Blvd. Pawtucket, RI 02861
Gallery Hours: Thursday + Friday, 10am-4pm; Saturday: 10am-3pm.
“We are pleased to once again welcome the Monotype Guild of New England to the Rhode Island Watercolor Society. It is an honor to welcome a wide variety of mediums, especially work by New England artists.”” – Katherine O’Hara, Gallery Director
For four decades, the Monotype Guild of New England has championed the art of the monotype and monoprint, fostering a vibrant community of printmakers dedicated to the expressive potential of one-of-a-kind prints. MGNE is thrilled to return to the historic Rhode Island Watercolor Society for their biennial members exhibition Unique Impressions 2026.
Featuring works from 51 artists across the United States, this exhibition highlights the dynamic and ever-evolving nature of monotype—a process that embraces spontaneity, experimentation, and individuality. Unlike traditional printmaking techniques that produce multiples, monotypes and monoprints yield singular impressions, making each print a distinctive exploration of form, texture, and color. This exhibition exemplifies how traditional printmaking techniques can be reimagined in a contemporary context.
PROGRAMMING:
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:
Joan Appel, Coneflowers, Monotype
Jo Ann Bianchi, Embrace II, Monotype
Diane Cameron, Cosmos, Monotype
Joe Caruso, Summer Road Trip, Monotype
Cindy Chandler-Guy, Cape Cove, Monotype
Jane Cohen, Layers, Monotype
Marc Cote, Favored Counsel, Monoprint
David Covert, dagwood, Monoprint
Cathie Crawford, Apricity Sky, Monoprint
Aimee Dalrymple, Travertine, Monotype
Susan Denniston, Living in the Layers, Monotype
Joanne F Desmond, Evolution, Monotype
Sally Dion, Cross Stitch Story, Monoprint
Adrienne Dooman, Skinny Dipping 6am, Monotype
Andrea Epstein, Read Between the Lines, Monoprint
Blair Folts, Laura’s Bird, Monotype
Alice Nicholson Galick, Deep Currents, Monoprint
Rosemary Goodell, the Cry, Monoprint
Joan Hausrath, Arch, Monoprint
Kate Higley, Mending: A Tear in the Understory 3, Monoprint
Amy Hourihan, Carter’s Tulips, Monotype
Kathy Jenkins, Enmeshed, Monotype
Spencer Kall, Head I, Monoprint
Ronni Komarow, A Vanishing Shoreline v.2, Monotype
Natalia Koren Kropf, Zen Lotus Pond, Monoprint
Linda Lancz, List of the Dead -Gaza, Monotype
Elisa Lanzi, Isola I, Monoprint
Rachel Leaney, Red Sky at Night, Monotype
Annie Lee-Zimerle, Dressed Buncheongsagi, no.2, Monotype
Sasja Lucas, Three Measures of Silence copy, Monoprint
Carol MacDonald, Roots Entwined, Monotype
Arch MacInnes, Entropy, Monotype
Robert Maloney, Damaged Testprint, Monoprint
Lynn Manos, 51 Aegean Dinghies #25, AE780, Monotype
Madeline Marshall, Berlin, Monotype
Katherine McDowell, Lake Monotype 454, Monotype
Andrea Moore, Delphinium, Monoprint
J. Marc Mueller, Field, Face and Flowers, Monoprint
Lynn Newcomb, Untitled, Monoprint
Marta Nowicka, Freedom, Monotype
Marcy Pope, Copse, Monotype
Carol Sacks, Ancient Arabian Palace Wall, Monotype
Deborah Schmitt, Goodnight Sun, Monotype
Susan St Maurice, Memorial, Monotype
Jean Thompson, Childhood Memory: From Nana’s Garden, Monotype
Adrian Tio, El Mano de Poder (The Hand of Power), Monoprint
R. Leopoldina Torres, Breakwater, Monotype
Marilyn Avery Turner, Coral Reef, Monotype
Andrea Warner, Blending Red, White, and Blue, Monotype
Anna Wingfield, Coastal Wind, Monotype
Ginny Zanger, Inchoate Dreams, Monotype
SPECIAL THANKS
Special Thanks to the exhibitions committee Lisa Flynn, Kate Higley, Carol MacDonald, Carolyn Letvin and Rebecca Leopoldina Torres for coordinating this exhibition. We also like to thank the RIWS Board of Directors for welcoming us back to collaborate, Katherine O’Hara, RIWS Gallery Director and the gallery installation team for helping install this gorgeous exhibition.
THE RHODE ISLAND WATERCOLOR SOCIETY:
Founded in 1896, The Rhode Island Watercolor Society is one of the oldest watercolor organizations in America. Their gallery, located in the JC Potter Casino Building, is a historic lakeside boathouse in Slater Memorial Park, features an art gallery, library and studio space. More information at rhodeislandwatercolorsociety.wildapricot.org
