The 158th Annual International Exhibition of the organization was held April 7 – 25, 2025, at the historic Salmagundi Club on Fifth Avenue at 12th Street.
Selection jurors for the 158th were Joel Popadics, AWS, Iain Stewart, AWS, Michael Holter, AWS, Thomas W Schaller, AWS, and Dot Ganek, AWS. As in past years the jurors had a huge task, with nearly 1,000 entries submitted.
A selection of 40 pieces from the original exhibition travel across the country, with the final stop at the Herrig Center for the ARTS, from April 21 – May 15, 2026.
Admission: $7
| First | Last | AWS Title | Title | Medium | Price |
| Kathrine | Amble | Car Ride | Watercolor | $ 3,500 | |
| Shari | Blaukopf | AWS | Bonavista Cape | Watercolor | NFS |
| Ken | Call | AWS | C’est a Moi! | Watercolor | $ 5,000 |
| Chung-Wei | Chien | AWS. D.F. | Salmagundi Library | Watercolor | $12,000 |
| Jorge | Corpuna | Solitude In Greens | Watercolor | $ 2,200 | |
| Kevin | Deck | Tower Of Power | Watercolor | NFS | |
| Robin | Erickson | AWS | Reflection On Via V. Emmanuele | Watercolor | $ 5,750 |
| Xiqiang | Fei | AWS | Returning At Night | Watercolor | $ 1,900 |
| Vicente | García Fuentes | Gold Waterway | Watercolor | $ 3,100 | |
| Kathie | George | Rush Hour | Watercolor | NFS | |
| Laurie | Goldstein-Warren | AWS | Street Art | Watercolor | $ 5,000 |
| Frederick | Graff | AWS. D.F. | Town Centre | Watercolor | $ 4,300 |
| Rachael | Grimm | Outside The MoMA | Watercolor | NFS | |
| Lynne | Hardwick | Nomads Vision XXXX | Acrylic | $ 1,500 | |
| Cathy | Stricklin Hegman | AWS. D.F. | Big Top | Acrylic | $15,000 |
| Jasmine | Huang | AWS | Spring Song | Watercolor | NFS |
| Lorenzo | Ignacio | The Liberty Bell | Watercolor | $ 3,800 | |
| Peter | Jablokow | AWS | Scissor Bridge-On The Tracks | Watercolor | $ 2,000 |
| Mary | Jansen | Heiwa | Watercolor | $ 8,000 | |
| Ruth | Koch | Liminal Space | Watercolor | $ 6,000 | |
| Bing | LV | AWS* | Staring | Watercolor | $ 3,000 |
| Antonio | Masi | AWS, D.F., P. E., L.M. | Tramway-59th Street | Watercolor | $ 7,225 |
| Dan | McCrary | Chrome Horses | Watercolor | $ 4,500 | |
| Mark | McDermott | Cais Palafítico Da Carrasqueira #2 | Watercolor | $ 1,800 | |
| Woon Lam | Ng | AWS, D.F. | Slow Walk In The Rain, Oslo | Watercolor | NFS |
| R. Mike | Nichols | Watching TV | Watercolor | $ 7,000 | |
| Michelle | Nixon | Empty, Empty, Empty | Watercolor | $ 1,800 | |
| Catherine | P. O’Neill | AWS | On The Way Down | Watercolor | $ 2,000 |
| Lana | Privitera | AWS | Bird Watching | Watercolor | $ 5,000 |
| Stephen | Quiller | AWS, D.F. | The Journey | Casein | NFS |
| Jerry | Smith | AWS, D.F. | Winter Whisper | Acrylic | $ 2,000 |
| Svetlin | Sofroniev | Oxide Living | Watercolor | $ 6,500 | |
| Bivenne | Harvey Staiger | AWS* | Brief Rest | Watercolor | NFS |
| David | L. Stickel | AWS | Reflections From Chinatown | Watercolor | $ 3,000 |
| Richard | Surowicz | AWS* | Tangled | Watercolor | NFS |
| James | Turner | AWS | You Looking At Me? | Watercolor | $ 3,500 |
| Lorraine | Watry | Some Of My Favorite Things | Watercolor | $ 5,200 | |
| Pam | Wenger | AWS | Train To Cinque Terre | Watercolor | $ 2,500 |
| Keiko | Yasuoka | AWS | Summer Table | Watercolor | NFS |
| Jianzhong | Zhou | Red Wall | Watercolor | $ 3,500 |
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