July 1 – 29, 2021
Click here to see the exhibition online
Presented at the Kathryn Schultz Gallery & Online
Juried by Erika b Hess, painter and creator of I Like Your Work Podcast
Reception | Click here to watch the recording, including talks from Erika b Hess; and the 2021 Emerging Artists Awards winners.
Award Winners:
- Amanda Millis, Past-Present
- Naomi Nevo Ben Ari, Essential Mail Woman with Yard Signs
- Eleanor Quist Costello Olsen, Self Portrait Masquerading as a Dutch Still Life
- Elizabeth Rennie, Could We Ever
About the juror | Erika b Hess is a painter recognized for her use and interest in color. Hess’s work has been exhibited nationally including Prince Street Gallery, NYC, Last Projects, Los Angles, CA, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA, and The Yard, Brooklyn. Her work has been featured in various publications including, Poets and Artists, The Charles River Journal, Fresh Paint and Post Industrial Complex, a book released by the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. Her work was selected by John Seed to be featured as one of his Fifty Memorable Artists of 2015. She has served on panels such as Cleveland Institute of Art’s, “Feminism Now: Exposing the Truth”, Boston University, “Building Collaborative Art Spaces”, and frequently is an artist lecturer such as Wellesley University, Wellesley, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Missouri State University, Eastern Michigan University, as well as other schools. In addition to her artwork, Hess is an active juror and curator for various publications and institutions such as the Friend of the Artist publication, Boston University, the Dayton Visual Art Center-OH, Riffe Gallery-OH, among others. Hess was a co-founder of Musa Collective, an artist collective in Boston and is the creator of I Like Your Work podcast, a podcast dedicated to interviewing artists, curators, and collectors and currently writes an art column for Art SHE Makes Magazine. In 2021 she curated a major exhibition, Build It, at Riffe Gallery, Ohio Council for the Arts and will have a solo show of her work at Marietta College, OH in 2022. Hess received her MFA from Boston University and is represented by Contemporary Art Matters in Columbus, OH.
Juror’s Statement | It was a privilege to review work for the Cambridge Art Association’s 2021 Emerging Artists Exhibition. To emerge is to become apparent or prominent, and in order to emerge as an artist, you must put your work out into the world. I want to thank all the artists who applied and took the time and effort to allow their work to surface.
During the past year, work was not viewable in the way it has been in the past. The pandemic kept us from galleries, museums, and studio visits. Artists continued to create in their space and there was a pause where the work could sit and develop. As the first emerging artist show at CAA after the pandemic, this show is special in that the idea of emerging takes on new meaning. It is both a term for artists and an action that we are collectively involved in. While there were many excellent artworks to choose from, the artists selected stood out in the work they are creating through concept and understanding of the medium of their choice. From large paintings to intimate sculpture, I wanted to include a range of making that speaks to the span of art being created in closed studios that is ready to come out into the world to be viewed.
AWARDS
4 Juror’s Choice award winners will be chosen by our juror. Each winner will receive a $100 cash prize and a free CAA membership for 1-year.
EXHIBITING ARTISTS
| First Name | Last Name | City, State | Membership | Title | Media | Dimensions | Price | |
| Taylor | Apostol | Massachusetts | On the Border | Marble, ink and wax | 8 x 18 x 11 inches | $4,000 | ||
| Dianora | Bennett | Massachusetts | Detached | Acrylic on canvas | 42.5 x 33.5 inches | $450 | ||
| Mallory | Breiner | Vermont | Touch | Oil on canvas | 16 x 20 inches | $2,500 | ||
| Online-only | Steven J | Cabral | Massachusetts | Ineffable Patterns #5 | Acrylic, color pencils, crayon and fabric | 48 x 48 inches | NFS | |
| Martha | Chason-Sokol | Massachusetts | CAA Artist Member | Why Not | Transistor Radio, cd rack, ventilation materials, humidifier, spice racks, assorted electrical chords and plugs, gift bag, clothing covered in paint, shopping bags, mochi container, household debris, duct tape, electrical tape, packing tape, glass and metal end table | 71 x 46 x 30 inches | $4,800 | |
| Diana | Cheren Nygren | Massachusetts | CAA Associate Artist Member | Bottled Water | Archival pigment print | 19.75 x 19.75 inches | $1,000 | |
| Alexandra | Chiou | Massachusetts | CAA Associate Artist Member | The Secrets They Keep | Acrylic, ink, and cut paper | 22 x 22 inches | $1,600 | |
| Susan Elizabeth | Clark | Massachusetts | Movement No. 2 | Acrylic, mixed media, pastel on Coventry rag paper | 28 x 22 inches | $500 | ||
| J | Dwyer | Massachusetts | Marbles and Lace | Oil on paper with pen | 8 x 9 inches | $350 | ||
| Shelby | Feltoon | Massachusetts | home grown | Oil, graphite, pastel, colored pencil, photo transfer, thread on rice paper | 40 x 34 inches | $2,000 | ||
| Kimberley | Harding | Massachusetts | CAA Associate Artist Member | Sanctuary | Mixed media | 34 x 32 x 24 inches | $950 | |
| Amanda | Hawkins | Massachusetts | Disturbance No. 3 | Acrylic on canvas | 36 x 48 x 2 inhces | $3,300 | ||
| Tracy | Hayes | New Hampshire | CAA Artist Member | undergirded by accepted values | Acrylic and oil on strathmore paper | 22 x 30 inches | $900 | |
| Abbi | Kenny | Rhode Island | Barbie Drives a Hyundai | Acrylic, spray paint, and flashe on canvas | 48 x 48 inches | $2,500 | ||
| Juyon | Lee | Massachusetts | Photographs of a bottle with a light bulb making ellipses around and occasionally colliding with a metronome on a fan (3) | Pigment ink on archival paper, wood | Dimensions variable; 15 in (h) | $700 | ||
| Claire Millett | Lima | Massachusetts | Under The Overpass | Founds Objects, foraged natural materials, wool | 42 x 34 x 8 inches | $900 | ||
| Michelle | Maroon | Rhode Island | tears are a fortunate friend for those who are lost | PETG hand-drawn by the artist with a 3D printing pen over a base that was sculpted in an open-source 3D program using a stylus on a computer screen and then 3D printed | 6 x 7 x 6 inhces | $3,000 | ||
| Online-only | Amanda | Millis | Massachusetts | Past-Present | Oil on linen | 59.5 x 47.25 inhces | $5,000 | |
| Naomi | Nevo Ben Ari | Connecticut | Essential Mail Woman with Yard Signs | Oil on canvas | 50 x 50 inhces | $4,000 | ||
| Eleanor Quist Costello | Olson | Rhode Island | Self Portrait Masquerading as a Dutch Still Life | Oil on masonite | 60 x 42 x 1.5 inches | $2,000 | ||
| Magdalena | Pawlowski | Connecticut | Bird Song | Egg tempera on panel | 8 x 10 inches | $350 | ||
| Elizabeth | Rennie | Massachusetts | CAA Artist Member | Could We Ever | Acrylic, enamel, pencil, digital imaging, paper, spray paint, oil pastel, wire, cardboard, fabric, canvas, screws on board and wood | 41 x 46 inches | $1,875 | |
| Carmen | Ribaudo | Rhode Island | No Sleep | Ink on bristol paper | 19 x 24 inches | $650 | ||
| Leslie | Scott-Lysan | Massachusetts | CAA Associate Artist Member | Drooping Sunflowers | Acrylic on cradled panel | 14 x 14 inches | $350 | |
| Christopher | Soko | Massachusetts | Crane Beach November | Oil on plywood | 9 x 12 x 1.5 inches | $225 | ||
| Online-only | Evelyn Grace | Viveiros | Rhode Island | Wallpaper 1 | Soft and oil pastel on linen | 36 x 48 inches | NFS | |
| Luke | Whittaker | Providence | Shipwreck | Acrylic, oil, charcoal and collage on stitched canvas | 54 x 42 inches | $7,500 | ||
| Margaret | Wiss | Massachusetts | Day 32, 4/21/2020 | Archival pigment print on rice paper | 10 x 14 inches | $400 |
DATES & DEADLINES
Submission Begins | March 15
Submission Deadline | May 16, 2021 at 11:59pm EST
Artist Notification | All accepted artists will be posted on this webpage Monday, June 7, after 5pm. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE
Drop-Off | June 26 & 27
*Early and late drop-offs will not be accepted.
Pick-Up | July 30 & 31
*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.
Please note: Exhibiting artists will be send a separate email with more information
Have questions? Please email Director, 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.