Image in header courtesy of 2022 National Prize Show exhibiting artist Connie Brown
May 31 – July 30, 2022
Presented in two parts at the Kathryn Schultz Gallery
25 Lowell Street, Cambridge MA
- Show 1: May 31 – June 25, 2022
- Show 2: July 5 – 30, 2022
Juried by Barbara O’Brien, Independent Curator, Critic, and Consultant; former Director of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
In-person Reception: Wednesday, July 13, 6:30-8:30pm, at the Kathryn Schultz Gallery Click here to RSVP
Recorded events:
- Opening Reception + Gallery Tour: Friday, June 3, 6:30-8:00pm Watch the recording
- Online Artist Talk – Personal Narrative: Tuesday, June 21, 7:00-8:00pm on ZOOM Watch the recording
- Online Artist Talk – Repurposed/Reimagined: Thursday, July 7, 7:00-8:00pm on ZOOM Watch the recording
Award Winners
- Best In Show ($1,000): Ricky Vasan (Boston, MA) Two Aliens Share a Beer
- First Prize ($750): Daphne Minkoff (Seattle, WA) Await #1 and Dreams are More Powerful Than Thoughts #1
- Second Prize ($500): Susan Clinard (New Haven, CT) The Waiting Room #2
- Juror’s Choice Award ($100): Connie Brown (New Canaan, CT) Whirlybird and Flight
- Juror’s Choice Award ($100): Denise Oehl (Hudson, NY) Around and Snow Puddles
- Juror’s Choice Award ($100): Zoe Perry-Wood (Lexington, MA) Bedtime Rituals at the WoodBox
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About the Juror | Barbara O’Brien, an independent curator and critic, based in Milwaukee, is the former Executive Director of Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art.
Her twenty years in Boston included positions as editor in chief of Art New England Magazine, Director of the Trustman Art Gallery at Simmons University, and Director of the Gallery and Visiting Artist Program at Montserrat College of Art.
Purchase the 2022 National Prize Show catalog:
Click here to view the online gallery
Accepted Artists: Exhibit 1
Archer | Kathleen Gerdon | Artist Member | Beverly | MA | His Dogs Changed into Moss | Photography | 18 x 24 in | $450 |
Arruda | Amanda | Fall River | MA | The Fading Dawn | Oil on canvas | 40 x 30 in | $1,300 | |
Bousquet | Sally | Artist Member | Hingham | MA | Tulip Season | Archival Pigment Print | 18 x 24 in | $500 |
Brown | Connie | New Canaan | CT | Flight | acrylic on panel | 36 x 36 in | $3,500 | |
Brown | Connie | New Canaan | CT | Whirlybird | acrylic on panel | 36 x 36 in | $3,500 | |
Bussell | Joe | Kansas City | KS | Frag #79 | found plastic objects, blue and yellow cotton string, green polyester rope and plastic glue | 13 x8 x 8 in | $500 | |
Bussell | Joe | Kansas City | KS | Frag #81 | cast acrylic paint, sliver aluminum paint, red oxide, cardboard, cotton string, map pins, acrylic paint, red plastic tooth picks and plastic glue | 13 x 13 x 13 in | $500 | |
Chason-Sokol | Martha | Artist Member | Everett | MA | Target | Prescription pill bottles, vitamin bottles, small piece of pvc pipe, empty packing tape rolls, blue plastic wrappers, water bottles, glass vase, end table of glass and metal, electrical tape, masking tape, packing tape | 67 x 37 x 25 in | $3,800 |
Chen | Jasmine | Newton | MA | Song Bird and Soul Eyes | Oil and acrylic on canvas | 60 x 40 in | $8,000 | |
Cramer | Virginia | Artist Member | Chelmsford | MA | Dialog | Mixed Media | 36 x 24 in | $900 |
Crasco | Nancy | Artist Member | Brighton | MA | Indigo Bath of Fresh Leaves | Fiber | 34 x 27 in | $950 |
Edstrom | Daniela | Allenstown | NH | The Revisitation of Flora | Photo Construct, archival pigment print | 14 x 11 in | $600 | |
Edstrom | Daniela | Allenstown | NH | Becoming | Photo Construct, archival pigment print | 14 x 11 in | $425 | |
Geismar | Kathryn | Artist Member | Somerville | MA | DJ | acrylic, graphite, and tape on duralar and Tyvek | 70 x 36 in | $2,500 |
Goldsmith | Monica | Carbondale | CO | Via Marina | acrylic and collage on panel | 16 x 20 in | $4,000 | |
Gonzalez | Raul Rene | San Antonio | TX | Studio Visit With My Gallerist Jill (Moment Captured by June) | acrylic on canvas | 24 x 36 in | $6,500 | |
Hubbard | Stephanie | Associate Artist Member | Boston | MA | Polarities vi | mixed media on cradled wood panel | 24 x 24 in | $1,200 |
Hubbard | Stephanie | Associate Artist Member | Boston | MA | Polarities viii | mixed media on cradled wood panel | 24 x 24 in | $1,200 |
Hutter | Richard | Seattle | WA | Bokblomma Nr. 12 | Acrylic, charcoal & found-paper collage on wood panel | 10 x 22 in | $950 | |
Hutter | Richard | Seattle | WA | Bokblomma Nr. 10 | Acrylic, charcoal & found-paper collage on wood panel | 16 x 12 in | $850 | |
Kyle | Christine | Artist Member | Cambridge | MA | Getting There | ceramic, beeswax, damar resin, graphite, pigment | 27 x 8.5 x 5 in | $1,750 |
Levine | Terri | Cambridge | MA | Eleven | Oil on linen | 18 x 24 in | $1,300 | |
Levine | Terri | Associate Artist Member | Cambridge | MA | Propagation | Oil on cradled board | 10 x 10 in | $300 |
Minkoff | Daphne | Seattle | WA | Dream House #1 | Collage, oil on wood panel | 7 x 10 in | $795 | |
Minkoff | Daphne | Seattle | WA | Dreams Are More Powerful Than Thoughts #1 | Collage, oil on wood panel | 7 x 10 in | $795 | |
Minkoff | Daphne | Seattle | WA | Await #1 | Collage, oil on wood panel | 7 x 10 in | $795 | |
Mugar | Martin | Durham | NH | #98 | oil and wax on canvas and board | 42 x36 x3 in | $3,600 | |
Murie | Susan | Artist Member | Arlington | MA | Mystic | Cyanotype on paper with watercolor | 45 x 24 in | $3,200 |
Nazari | Zahra | New York | NY | Deconstructed Cities #1 – #4 | Acrylic on mylar | 18×12 inches each (without the frame) | $6,000 | |
Perry-Wood | Zoe | Artist Member | Lexington | MA | Bedtime Rituals at the WoodBox | Archival Pigment Print | 17 x 24 x 2 | $1,250 |
Porter | Bill | Littleton | MA | Branching Out | Acrylic house paint and book pages on wood | 24 x 36 in | $3,600 | |
Proski | Stephen | Boston | MA | Gothic Cathedral | Oil and acrylic on collaged canvas | 60 x 40 in | $2,500 | |
Scheibler | Ingrid | Artist Member | Newton | MA | The River-Merchant’s Wife | Acrylic/Mixed Media | 48 x 48 in | $4,000 |
Shu | Jocelyn | Associate Artist Member | Cambridge | MA | Chapter 15 | Wire, cut text, and glue | 32 x 14 x 10 in | $2,500 |
Simcoe | Barbara | Omaha | NE | Catching the Darkness | Digital photograph | 28x 23 in framed | $500 | |
Teerlink Wright | Bekka | Associate Artist Member | Medford, MA | MA | Hybrid | Acrylic on Canvas | 30 x 24 in | $1,125 |
Viscardi | Lydia | Newtown | CT | Travel Agency | oil and mixed media on canvas (including collage, metallic paper, photos and found hand-crafted textiles) | 66 x 32 in | $5,000 |
Accepted Artists: Exhibit 2
Alport | Susan | Artist Member | Brookline | MA | House at Chatham Circle | digital photograph | 9 x 10 in | $425 |
Alport | Susan | Artist Member | Brookline | MA | Front Porch | digital photograph | 8 x 10 in | $425 |
Brooks | Nancy | Artist Member | Somerville | MA | Blue Journey | Oil on canvas | 32 x 26 in | $1,750 |
Brown | Lizi | Associate Artist Member | Jamaica Plain | MA | Blue Gabe | oil on paper | 24 x 18 in | $3,000 |
Caddigan | Catherine | Artist Member | Randolph | MA | I Should Not Look | Digital Capture | 20 x 17 in | $400 |
Caddigan | Catherine | Artist Member | Randolph | MA | Don’t Take Sides | Digital Capture | 21.5 x 17.5 in | $500 |
Heinnickel | Aimee | Brighton | MA | Rosebush | Oil on panel | 24 x 24 in | $1875 | |
Heinnickel | Aimee | Brighton | MA | Multifaceted | Charcoal and oil on panel | 24 x 24 in | $1550 | |
Irene | Nicole | Associate Artist Member | Stockbridge | MA | Emotional Shortcomings and Unbridled Curiosity of a Millennial Luminary | Mixed media on canvas | 12 x 12 in | $250 |
Irene | Nicole | Associate Artist Member | Stockbridge | MA | Life Is the Acquisition of Memories She Traffics in These Bittersweet Delusions | Mixed media on canvas | 12 x 12 in | $250 |
Irene | Nicole | Associate Artist Member | Stockbridge | MA | Unearthly Elf Light That Could Make Even Garbage Look Magical | Mixed media on canvas | 12 x 12 in | $250 |
Clinard | Susan | New Haven | CT | The Waiting Room #2 | wood, ceramic, acrylic | 58 x 69 x 32 in | $18,000 | |
Dion | Vincent | Newtown | CT | Position # 2 | acrylic, watercolor, and gouache on paper | 33 x 24 in | $3,500 | |
Follin | Heide | Norwalk | CT | Formal Delicacy | Acrylic and acrylic mediums on cradled birch panel | 24 x 18 in | $1,500 | |
Galper | Kseniya | Artist Member | Boston | MA | About time | oil on wood | 18 x 24 in | $3,600 |
Gibbs | Shawna | Plainfield | NH | Honor System, No. 1 | Triptych. Mail art, mixed media: color xerox print, ink, postage stamps. | 14×36 in | $1,200 | |
Gordon | Donna | Artist Member | Cambridge | MA | Self-Portrait After Leonardo’s Ginevra Di Benci | Acryla Gouache on archival paper | 30 x 40 in | $3,000 |
Haggard | Lynette | Framingham | MA | Tipping Point | acrylic on canvas | 30 x 24 in | $2,250 | |
Imrich | Steve | Associate Artist Member | Cambridge | MA | HAZY 24 PYM | oil on linen | 36 x 30 in | $4,500 |
Jones | Lindsey | Brooklyn | NY | Veselka in the Rain | Acrylic, Watercolor, Oil Pastel, Ink, Charcoal | 11.7 x 16.5 in | $600 | |
Jones | Lindsey | Brooklyn | NY | Chrysler Building in Soho | Watercolor, Gouache, Ink, Oil Pastel, | 9 x 12 in | $400 | |
Lamothe | Yvonne | Associate Artist Member | Quincy | MA | Entangled | oil on panel | 25 x 19 in | $800 |
Lim | Lewanda | Gahanna | OH | Meeting of Minds | Fiber and fabric | 23 x 26 in | $1,600 | |
Lori | C. J. | Artist Member | Brookline | MA | Spring is in the Air | oil on canvas | 24 x 30 in | $3,500 |
Marshall | DaNice D | Braintree | MA | Her First Achievements | acrylic on canvas | 24 x 20 in | $6,500 | |
Miller | Ann | Associate Artist Member | Carlisle | MA | Bride & Groom | Oil on Board | 32 x 26 in | $1,400 |
Oehl | Denise M | Hudson | NY | Snow Puddles | Hand Coated Palladium Photograph | 11.5 x 11 x 1 (Framed) Image size 5 x 7 in | $950 | |
Oehl | Denise M | Hudson | NY | Around | Hand Coated Palladium Photograph | 11 x 11.5 x 1 (Framed) Image size 5 x 7 in | $950 | |
Rivers | Jeff | Columbia | SC | Inner Struggle_2022 | Acrylic, oil stick, fabric on paper | 47 x 67 in | $900 | |
Roth | Cora | Los Angeles | CA | Beloved Ghosts | Oil, acrylic on burlap | 32 x 30 x2 in | $1,200 | |
Schieffelin | Nancy | Associate Artist Member | Belmont | MA | Abandoned #2 | inkjet print photograph | 18 x 24 in | $190 |
Schieffelin | Nancy | Belmont | MA | Abandoned #3 | inkjet print photograph | 18 x24 in | $190 | |
Seltzer | Rochelle | Associate Artist Member | Brookline | MA | Intrusion | acrylic on panel | 12 x 12 in | $700 |
Song | Emily | Associate Artist Member | Winthrop | MA | Haymarket – Items for Still Life – Purchased Nov 20, 2022 – $8 – Shopper E. L. Song | Watercolor | 24 in x 18 in x 1.5 in | $1,300 |
Tuck | Rebecca McGee | Associate Artist Member | Natick | MA | Fugue | found and collected textiles and photos, thread, paint on canvas | 24 x26 x2 in | $800 |
Vasan | Ricky | Boston | MA | Two Aliens Share a Beer | Oil on Canvas | 48 x 36 in | $800 | |
Wilkins | Neil | Clinton | MA | laminae/transience:42 | encaustic mixed media | 14 x 14 x 1.5 in | $700 | |
Wilkins | Neil | Clinton | MA | laminae/transience:43 | encaustic mixed media | 14 x 14 x 1.5 in | $700 | |
Williams | Sandrea | Milton | MA | African American Gothic | Acrylic on mounted panel | 42 x 60 in | $15,000 | |
Ypres | Anahid | Associate Artist Member | North Smithfield | RI | Cherries in a Bouquet of Flowers | Acrylic on canvas | 40 x 52 in | $800 |
DATES & DEADLINES FOR ARTISTS
Drop-Off (both shows): Saturday, May 21, 10am-4pm & Tuesday, May 24, 10am-5pm
* If your work is accepted into Show 2, we can accommodate a later drop-off date; please contact Erin Becker at ebecker@cambridgeart.org with delivery-relate questions.
Shipping deadlines: Tuesday, May 24 at 5pm for Show 1; Friday, June 24 at 5pm for Show 2
Pick-up, Show 1: Thursday, June 30 & Friday, July 1, 12-5pm each day | Show 2: Friday, August 5, 12-5pm; Saturday, August 6, 10am-2pm.
Pick-up & Drop-off appointments are required. A sign-up link will be sent to artists via email.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTSThe 2022 National Prize Show will be presented as two (2) in-person exhibits in our Kathryn Schultz Gallery. The entirety of the exhibit will be featured online – and for sale- on CAA’s website for the duration of the exhibition timeline. Artists cannot choose which show they would like to be considered for.
- All mediums accepted: 2D, 3D and video work
- All artwork must be listed as for sale.
- Artwork must have been created within the past five (5) years.
- Work must be original, no reproductions.
- All work submitted must be available for the exhibition dates.
- Artwork that has been accepted into a CAA show within the past two (2) years will not be considered.
- All wall-mounted work must be wired or have D-rings for hanging (or note method of presentation upon entry). We do not accept sawtooth hangers.
- Diptychs/triptychs are considered as a single work and must be entered as a single JPEG.
- Artwork must not exceed 72 inches on the longest side.
- Total weight of wall-mounted work must not exceed 50lbs.
- Artwork must be gallery ready. Read all of our Art Entry Information.
3D WORK REQUIREMENTS
- Total weight of 3D work must not exceed 100lbs.
- CAA does not accept any ceiling-hanging artworks, due to structural concerns of the space
- Wall-mounted 3D work should be wired for hanging, artists must supply appropriate installation materials.
- The CAA has a limited number of pedestals. Pedestals can be reserved with CAA Staff upon acceptance. If artwork requires a pedestal of a specific size, the pedestal must be provided by the artist.
VIDEO REQUIREMENTS
- For accepted video work, the artist is responsible for providing all necessary display and viewing equipment, including, but not limited to: display monitor, DVD player, USB drive, mounting hardware, remote controls, batteries.
Have questions? Please email Erin Becker at ebecker@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.