 2020 Members Prize Show @ University Place
Juried by: Jessica Rosico February 11-April 30, 2020 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA Opening reception: Friday, February 13 from 6-8pm Excerpt from the juror's statement: A juried show can reveal the tenor of what artists are finding most urgent right now, and the works are often reflective of a broader consciousness. For me, a satisfying exhibition often evokes an overall feeling rather than too much cohesiveness in visual approach. To that end, the submissions to this show did not disappoint. This exhibition is filled with painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, fiber art, and a range of mixed media. Not surprisingly, there is darkness lurking under the surface of a number of these works—whether they are unsettled domestic scenes, physically and mentally dark and dense landscapes, strident text, or frenzied abstractions. We do find ourselves more uncertain than not when we think about our place in this world, and this anxiety is present in many of these works. I also noticed a preoccupation with vision—how the viewer is intended to see and respond to a particular work, and how the subject itself is portrayed. We see figures blurred, covered, or cut off entirely, taken out of their original context and reinterpreted by the artist. The weight of tradition and history is also a thread that runs through this exhibition, with nods to aging landscapes and titles that recall how things might have been. The use of encaustic, alternative photographic processes, and even an emphasis on realism reminds us that we should never forget our own histories, even while creating an object that is very much in the present moment. Images: We were children now we've grown, acrylic and oil on canvas, 2019
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 Collective mural in the “Field Notes” exhibition made by Kate Holcomb Hale, Soyoung L. Kim and Stephen Hamilton. Photo by Celina Colby I am so humbled to be a part of the show Field Notes: Teachers, Lovers and the Consciousness in Between and am thrilled with all of the press it's been reicveing. The show is up for one more week. Go see it before it comes down! Powerful drawing show debuts at BCA’s Mills Gallery Artists draw from teachers, lovers, and the past for annual BCA show I'm thrilled to announce that two paintings from my Roominations series recently won awards: It's different now I think, I wasn't older yet won a Spotlight Award at the Cambridge Art Association's Mary Schein Fall Salon and We could never know what to want won a Best in Show and People's Choice Award at the Mosesian Center for the Arts's 2019 Member Show.
 2019 Member Exhibition @ Mosesian Center for the Arts
Juried by: Julie Fei-Fan Blazer September 12-November 8, 2019 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA Opening reception: Thursday, September 19 from 5:30-7:30pm Gallery Hours Tue.-Sat. | 12-5pm and during performances and special events Image: We could never know what to want, 2014, oil on canvas, 45 1/2 x 64 inches  20th Annual Frances N. Roddy Exhibition @ Concord Art
Juried by: Josephine Halvorson September 12-October 18, 2019 37 Lexington Road, Concord, MA Opening reception: Thursday, September 12 from 6-8pm This show was established in memory of Frances N. Roddy, a lifelong member of Concord Art. This year's competition was juried by Josephine Halvorson, Professor of Art, Chair of Graduate Studies in Painting at Boston University. Halvorson chose the work of 147 artists (out of a pool of over 600!) Gallery Hours Tue.-Sat. | 10am-4:30pm Sun. | 12-4pm Image: If you leave the light on I'll leave the light on, 2019, acrylic and oil on canvas, 35 1/2 x 54 inches |
