Abbreviation | AWI |
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Formation | 1923 |
Type | Non-profit |
Purpose | Visual arts |
Headquarters | Sydney, Australia |
Region served | Australia |
Membership | By invitation |
Official language | English |
President | David van Nunen |
Main organ | Committee |
Website | awi |
The Australian Watercolour Institute (AWI) is a non-profit membership organization devoted to the advancement of watercolour painting in Australia. It was founded in 1923 by six painters in Sydney, and was modeled after the Royal Watercolour Society and the American Watercolor Society.