RED 2020

RED 2020

Image in header courtesy of exhibiting artist, Nicolas Hyacinthe

November 4 – December 17, 2020 
Presented in two parts at the Kathryn Schultz Gallery & Online
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Juried by Layla Bermeo, the Kristin and Roger Servison Associate Curator of American Paintings, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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  • Monday, November 30, 3:00pm: Susan Emmerson & Meirav Zaks-Zilberman
  • NEW! Wednesday, December 16, 5:30pm: Remi Pico & Barbara Trachtenberg

NEW! Special Event: Reds of the Harvard Art Museums’ Forbes Pigment Collection, with Alison Cariens, Conservation Coordinator | Thursday, December 17, 12:00pm, on ZOOM. Click here to register.

Why RED? For nearly 20 years, the Cambridge Art Association has hosted a fall exhibit, open to artists from the New England states, centered around a color – RED or BLUE, depending on the year. Both the success of the exhibit series, and the challenge to participating artists, lies in channeling the varied meanings of a color like RED. It is the color of action, violence, heat. It is the color of luck, happiness, and passion. RED is more than a color. Past jurors for the RED & BLUE Biennials include: Joseph Ketner; Amy Sadao (Director, ICA Philadelphia); Howard Yezerski (Miller Yezerski Gallery); Carl Belz (Rose Art Museum); Jane Farver (MIT List Visual Arts Center); Vera Ingrid Grant (The Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African & African-American Art); Nick Capasso (Fitchburg Art Museum); Sarah Montross (deCordova Sculpture Park & Museum); Dan Byers (Carpenter Center for Visual Arts).

About the Juror | Layla Bermeo is the Kristin and Roger Servison Associate Curator of American Paintings, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. In 2019, Bermeo organized Frida Kahlo and Arte Popular, the MFA’s first-ever Kahlo exhibition, and co-curated Collecting Stories: Native American Art (2018–2019), which explored the range of perspectives, motivations and voices involved in building the early holdings of Native American art at the MFA.

Previously, Bermeo co-curated the Black History/Art History Performance Art Series at Harvard University, held curatorial fellowships at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Williams College Museum of Art, and served as a guest curator at the African American Museum in Philadelphia. She received her bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University and graduate degrees from Williams College and Harvard University. WBUR, a National Public Radio news station, recently named Bermeo as one of the ARTery 25, a cohort of 25 millennials of color impacting art and culture in Boston.

Juror’s Statement | The challenges that we now confront every day — COVID-19, climate change, social injustices — are explored by many of the New England artists who submitted works to the Cambridge Art Association’s 2020 exhibition focused on the color RED. Often difficult to describe in words, these issues are visualized in flame-covered canvases and portraits of essential workers, but they also emerge in bold abstractions, deep examinations of nature, and meditations on loneliness. The color red represents violence in the hands of some artists, joy in others, and as I looked closely at each work, I was struck by the constantly shifting permutations and meanings. As they responded to this call and to the world around them, artists of this region experimented, stretching the limitations of color, form, and materials. 

 

Within this highly diverse and competitive group of 267 artists, I was particularly interested in those who engaged with, but sought to transcend, our current moment. Their paintings, watercolors, prints, textiles, and other objects grapple with illness, wildfires, and protests, but will be legible and compelling to people living far beyond 2020. The approximately 70 works that I was able to select also show evidence of innovative techniques and careful consideration of formal concerns, whether the artists are trained or self-taught. In one show, they are loosely organized into themes of landscape, plant and animal life, and abstraction. The other show focuses on climate change, figures, and the built environment. Both shows, and all of the artists, represent creative voices that tell many different stories and speak to many different audiences. This digital exhibition is but one platform. 

 

It has been my honor to serve as juror for RED. As someone who primarily studies historical art, I am so grateful to gain insight into the practices of local living artists. I thank Erin Becker, Rebecca Schnopp, and everyone at the Cambridge Art Association for this opportunity, and look forward to continuing to strengthen connections across our New England arts communities.

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Awards

Best in Show  | Talia Connelly, Pt. I, Migration
Juror’s Choice | ​Paige Wallis, Crimson and Whimsy
Juror’s Choice | Claudia Ruiz Gustafson, El juego de lana (Cat’s cradle)
Juror’s Choice | Meirav Zaks Zilberman, By the Side of the Road

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE EXHIBITIONS ONLINE

EXHIBITING ARTISTS

Part 1: November 4 – 20, 2020
First Name Last Name City, State Membership Title Media Dimensions Price
Francis Alix Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts FuryErupting Acrylic on canvas 21.5 x 21.5 x 2 inches $700
Clare Asch Marlborough, Massachusetts Artist Member Convergence #16 Watercolor on arches 22 x 22 x 1 inches $1,200
Becky Carpenter Somerville, Massachusetts Associate Artist Member Our Golden End Acrylic on wood panel 20 x 16 x .25 inches $200
Joe Carpineto Somerville, Massachusetts “SMALL HOUSE “ Steel and metal mesh 30 x 8 x 6 inches $650
Mark Chadbourne Brookline, Massachusetts Artist Member The Red Road Acrylic on canvas 37 x 49 inches $1,250
Talia Connelly Cambridge, Massachusetts Student Artist Member Pt. I, Migration Woven jacquard with mohair, wool, rayon, metallic, and opalescent slit film yarn 60 x 54 x 0.15″ $5,075
Gabriela Crinigan Everett, Massachusetts Quarantine Ink on paper 11 x 14 inches $300
Online-only Paula DeSimone Natick, Massachusetts Artist Member Transcendence Monotype with Collage 26-1/2″ x 31″ x 1-1/2″ $850
Yildiz Grodowski Somerville, Massachusetts Associate Artist Member ‘Mind Games’ Acrylic on canvas 20 x 20 x 1.5 inches $1,000
Kay Hartung Acton, Massachusetts Artist Member Tangled Pods 5 Encaustic monotype, pastel on masa paper 22.25 x 19.5 inches $850
Mark Heffley Concord, New Hampshire #BetterThanARug-A 3diminsional Rug Recycled rock-climbing rope with wooden supports 38 x 20.5 x 16.5 inches $12,000
Brendan Kenny Malden, Massachusetts Lock And Release Cotton and viscose 36 x 48 inches $400
Online-only Tamara Krendel Andover, Massachusetts Opening Event, Red Geranium Watercolor on paper 16 x 14 x 1 inches $950
Yvonne Lamothe Quincy, Massachusetts Black’s Creek, Summer Oil on panel 48 x 36 x 2 inches $1,800
Zhonghe (Elena) Li Cambridge, Massachusetts Artist Member Solitude Watercolor on yupo 14 x 11 inches $800
Andromeda Lisle Cambridge, Massachusetts Artist Member Heron Acrylic on board 40 x 24 x 1.5 inches $2,000
Emily Manning-Mingle Brighton, Massachusetts Artist Member A Case of You Oil on canvas 16 x 12 inches $625
Ravneet & Juan Marwaha Cambridge, Massachusetts Red Window Archive inkjet print 17 x 11 inches $275
Joanna Muehleisen Cambridge, Massachusetts Artist Member quiet red Acrylic on canvas 36 x 36 inches $640
Online-only Diane Nelson Brighton, Massachusetts Artist Member Glacial Edge Acrylic on panel 10 x 8 x 1.5 inches $200
Nilufer Ozturk Sudbury, Massachusetts Spin Top Acrylic on canvas 40 x 30 inches $2,500
Suzanne Papin Boxford, Massachusetts Artist Member Schism Photography 16 x 20 inches $250
Zoe Perry-Wood Lexington, Massachusetts Artist Member Pepper Plant Archival pigment print 25 x 18 x 1 inches $850
Remi Picó Boston, Massachusetts my name is red Acrylic on wood 24 x 30 inches $5,000
Anthony Pilla Duxbury, Massachusetts Artist Member The Awakening Color woodcut 24 x 18 inches $650
Astrid Reischwitz Bedford, Massachusetts Artist Member Daughter of Thistles Archival pigment print with unique embroidery 23 x 28 inches $2,300
Online-only Alexandra Rugg Canton, Massachusetts Vinvissius Heights Watercolor 7 x 12 inches $180
Anne Russell Somerville, Massachusetts Artist Member Summer Gardens: Rose Campion 3 Monotype: soy-based ink on rag paper 24 x 14 inches $475
Iman Aurora Sakkaf Concord, Massachusetts Associate Artist Member Troves Acrylic 14 x 11 x 1.5 inches $300
Ingrid Scheibler Newton Centre, Massachusetts Artist Member Belly Up Acrylic and mixed media 48 x 60 inches $3,800
Rochelle Seltzer Brookline, Massachusetts Associate Artist Member Inside the Pain aAcrylic on canvas 6 x 12 inches $500
Barbara Trachtenberg Newton, Massachusetts Artist Member Factory of Evil Acrylic on canvas 49.5 x 37.5 x 2 inches $2,100
Jessica Vohs Brookline, Massachusetts Crimson Lines Dye on velvet 14  x 69 inches $50
Martha Wakefield Belmont, Massachusetts Artist Member After the Wolf Archival digital photograph 24 x 18 x 1.25 inches $400
Nicole Winters Boston, Massachusetts Like a Red Moon Collograph 20 x 5 inches $150
Philip Young Arlington, Massachusetts Artist Member Up To The Ristorante “laMole, Greve Acrylic 27 x 33 inches $1,500
Part 2: December 1 – 17, 2020
First Name Last Name City, State Membership Title Media Dimensions Price
Elaheh Ahmadi Somerville, Massachusetts Freedom of Choice Digital photo print 11 x 14 x 3 inches $600
Online-only Christie Allan-Piper Newton, Massachusetts Artist Member A Gathering of Roses Pastel on paper 29 x 60 x 1inches $1,000
Robert Brodesky Milton, Massachusetts Fleeing Chaos Oil, enamel and spray paint 36 x 48 inches $3,800
Nancy Hall Brooks Somerville, Massachusetts Artist Member Peace Talks Oil on canvas 32 x 26 inches $1,850
Sandra Clyne Boston, Massachusetts Artist Member El Día de los Muertos Pencil and watercolor 14 x 11 inches $600
Robert Diebboll Rockport, Massachusetts Artist Member Lifeguard Oil on linen 32 x 32 inches $4,800
Susan Greer Emmerson Dorchester, Massachusetts Artist Member Hiraeth Ink, charcoal and gouache on paper 30 x 22 inches $1,800
Moriah Faith Brighton, Massachusetts Student Artist Member A History of Addiction, A History of Getting Blood On Your Hands Oil on canvas 48 x 48 x 1.5 inches $1,900
Gilllian Frazier Lowell, Massachusetts Artist Member “Smoke Clouds” Oil on board 18 x 24 inches $950
Gay Gillies Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts Containment Warning Watercolor and charcoal on paper 16 x 20 inches $600
Elizabeth Hopkins Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts Student Artist Member Ruby Archival inkjet print 24 x 17 inches $250
Nicolas Hyacinthe Randolph, Massachusetts Succession of The Gods Mixed media 28 x 23 inches $600
Online-only Steve Imrich Cambridge, Massachusetts Associate Artist Member SOMERVILLE 14 Oil on linen 42 x 36 inches $4,700
Online-only Youngsheen A. Jhe Lexington, Massachusetts Artist Member Nonetheless II Oil on canvas 36 x 24 x 1.5 inches $5,000
Sydell Masterman Waltham, Massachusetts Artist Member The Crowd Acrylic on canvas 15 x 19 inches $3,500
Katherine McGough Arlington, Massachusetts Artist Member The Red Braid Watercolor on paper 13 x 16 x 1 inches $250
Silvina Mizrahi Boston, Massachusetts From the heart Bronze 25 x 5 x 5 inches $1,800
Charlotte Moore Cambridge, Massachusetts Associate Artist Member GAZA Silk print surrounded by frame of molded cocktail paper napkins (joomchi) felted onto merino wool fiber 8.5 x 11 inches $150
Sean Moore Newton. Massachusetts Harvard Square, Mass Ave Oil on canvas 32 x 46 x 2 inches $2,900
Paul M. Murray Jamestown, Rhode Island Associate Artist Member Lucky? Color photography 16.5  x 16.5 inches $395
Online-only Carolyn Newberger Lenox, Massachusetts Artist Member Study in Red Watercolor 20 x 14 inches $1,600
Sinikka Nogelo Gloucester, Massachusetts Climate Change Acrylic 48 x 36 x 1.5 inches $4,200
Maritza Ranero MARIANA  (Brick from the Mariana Serial Series) Enamel paint on bristol paper 17 x 14 inches $900
Judy Robinson-Cox Gloucester, Massachusetts Artist Member Powder Room Photography 18 x 18 x 1 inches $250
Claudia Ruiz Gustafson Framingham, Massachusetts Artist Member El juego de lana (Cat’s cradle) Archival pigment print 12 x 12 inches $500
Leslie Scott-Lysan Wakefield, Massachusetts Associate Artist Member Fort Point Channel Landmark: Boston Wharf Company Sign Oil on cradled wood panel 30 x 24 x 1.5 inches $1,300
Laurie Simko Chelmsford, Massachusetts Thank You Brittany Oil on canvas 16 x 12 inches $1,900
Betty Stone Arlington, Massachusetts Artist Member Recorded Red-handed Archival inkjet print 16 x 20 x .75 inches $295
Jed Sutter Milton, Massachusetts Under the Old Bridge Watercolor on paper 10.75 x 13.75 inches $625
Shane Taremi Cambridge, Massachusetts Associate Artist Member Unreal Reality-Naples-Fibonacci Red on Gray Photography-dye sublimation metal print 20 x 30 x 0.2 inches $950
Paige Wallis Malden, Massachusetts Associate Artist Member Crimson and Whimsy Acrylic on linen 36 x 30 x 1.5 inches $7,500
Yining Wang Middletown, Connecticut East of Eden Oil on canvas 24 x 34 x 1.5 inches $1,500
Cindy Weisbart Somerville, Massachusetts Associate Artist Member Quiet But Loud – 1 Digital print 20 x 30 inches $350
Meirav Zaks Zilberman Newton, Massachusetts By The Side Of The Road Oil on canvas 30 x 40 inches $5,400
Online-only Elizabeth A. Zeldin Watertown, Massachusetts Artist Member It’s A Pandemic Watercolor on d’Arches 11.5 x 15 inches $600
Sam Zhao Newton, Massachusetts Associate Artist Member Brave Oil on canvas 36 x 48 inches $5,000

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR ARTISTS

Drop-Off*
October 30 & 31, Noon-4:00pm at Kathryn Schultz Gallery
*Late drop-offs will not be accepted, no exceptions.
Pick-Up*
Show 1: December  11 & 12
Show 2: December 18 & 19 or after the Holidays
*Artists who are not in contact with staff about a late pick-up within 7 days of the official dates will incur a $15 per week fee until the artwork is picked up. The fee must be paid before or at pick-up.
Opening Reception & Awards Presentation | November 5, 6:30-7:30pm on ZOOM

Have questions? Please email Assistant Director, Rebecca Schnopp at rschnopp@cambridgeart.org, or call us at 617.876.0246

 

Cambridge Art Association does not issue refunds.
All decisions/selections are made by the juror. All decisions are final.