FabrianoInAcquarello: the largest event dedicated to watercolour painting in Italy
FabrianoInAcquarello is an international watercolour convention which is based in Fabriano, the Italian city in the Marche Region which was one of the first places in Europe to develop paper historically.
The international convention has been held every year since 2010, and now is one of the largest displays of artworks in the world boasting over 1,000 watercolour artworks in 2024 in its watercolour art exhibition.
As an international convention Fabriano invited 82 countries, including Malta, to take part in its annual exhibition, which is themed around promoting peace and national cooperation and discussion of the arts.
This year the Fabriano International Convention features exhibitions in Fabriano, in the Marche in Italy held from April 26th – June 16th, after which the exhibitions move to Fort Worth, Texas in the United States to complete the annual convention.
Thirteen watercolour artists from Malta are participating, displaying one artwork each, these artists are:
Alfie Gatt, Andrew Smith, Anna Galea, Anna Grima, Audrey Mercieca, Caroline Said Lawrence, Feng Hongzhao, Jeni Caruana, Joanne Fenech Portelli, Joseph Casapinta, Miyuki Sugihara, Sarah Calleja and Winston Hassall.
Malta first participated as a guest country in 2016, and is managed in Malta by Andrew Smith who organizes and curates the island’s participation in the convention. The FabrianoInAcquarello International Convention is an event which is open to all artists, and the artwork exhibition and festival events are open to the public both in Italy, and in Fort Worth, United States.
Watercolour artists from Malta who are interested in taking part, exhibiting with their country, can contact Andrew Smith for more information,