November 7, 2023 – January 3, 2024
Presented at the Kathryn Schultz Gallery & CAA @ University Place
Opening Reception & Awards Presentation | November 9, 6-8pm
Abigail Ogilvy, Owner, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery (Boston + Los Angeles)
WHY BLUE? For 25 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 BLUE. With both positive (a blue bird sky) and negative (feeling blue), it is a color that evokes a range of emotions. BLUE 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); Layla Bermeo (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston); and Dina Deitsch (Tufts University Art Galleries).
Please note: that BLUE 2023 will be presented at two galleries Kathryn Schultz Gallery and CAA @ University Place. Artists cannot choose which location their piece will be exhibited. The entirety of the exhibit will be featured online for the duration of the exhibition timeline.
ABOUT THE JUROR
Abigail Ogilvy is a curator and gallerist who owns Abigail Ogilvy Gallery in Boston, MA. Since opening the gallery in 2015, she has been dedicated to her mission ofpresenting thought-provoking, engaging exhibitions that present ideas or topics that are not well-represented and encourage dialogue and engagement. Typical gallery programming has varied from emerging to established, while Ogilvy also collaborates with nonprofits and educational organizations on auctions, events, and exhibitions that aim to give back to the community. In 2019, the gallery introduced the Fresh Faces exhibition to its programming, a now annual show featuring New England-based student artists with the goal of garnering exposure for young artists. In 2023, the gallery program expanded to Los Angeles, CA where the program will provide a platform for new perspectives and education through independent curation and artist partnerships. The collaborative approach upends the traditional gallery model and aims to enhance the careers of artists, curators, collectors, and other art world professionals, both emerging and established. The gallery program primarily features guest curators in order to share diverse perspectives and voices with the Los Angeles area and the greater art market. A large part of Ogilvy’s mission is to build a more equitable world by creating unseen possibilities and making new connections for our artists. She is passionate about fostering positive gallery relationships and experiences for artists, collectors, and visitors. Abigail Ogilvy is the Global Chapter Chair of the Association of Women Art Dealers, a member of the Boston Art Dealers Association, and a member of ArtTable.
JUROR’S STATEMENT
It was such a joy and honor to jury the BLUE exhibition for Cambridge Art this year. I was profoundly moved by both the artworks submitted and the accompanying words that shared stories of personal discovery, growth, loss, and the journeys of each artist at the many different stages of one’s career.
In Boston, blue is such an important color being close to the water. I am an avid runner, so I have spent many crisp, early mornings running through the city. The bright blue sky over Boston’s many universities, institutions, hospitals, start-ups, and so on, always makes me feel rejuvenated and ready to start the day fresh with ideas. In a city that supports innovation, it came as no surprise that the artworks included in this show embrace forward movement. Blue in this exhibition has a spirit of strength and resilience – an abstract painting that represents much more than meets the eye, a figurative artwork that shows a quiet steadiness, flowers or sea reminding us to care for the things that surround us.
The artists on view express their visual language in a range of media, all coming together to form a show that allows the viewer to take in many new perspectives.
EXHIBIT PROGRAMS
Opening Reception | Thursday, November 9 from 6-8pm at the Kathryn Schultz Gallery and CAA @ University Place
BLUE Artist Talk: Forms of Portraiture | Tuesday, November 28 from 7-8pm via Zoom
with artists Hillary Babick, Bréa Corcoran, and Bekka Teerlink
AWARDS
- Best in Show Award – Helen Lozoraitis, Dumpster Planet
- First Prize Award – Nick Ward, Dandelions #3
- Second Prize Award – Kseniya Galper, Blue Kimono
- Juror’s Choice Awards – Nina Bellucci, Wanderer/Mother
- Juror’s Choice Awards – Stephanie Wenzel, Uni Bloom
- Juror’s Choice Awards – Fatov Gorlitski, Waking Up From A 2 Year Nap
- Emerging Artist Award – Abby Fenn, Quilt Pattern: White Dots
Kathryn Schultz Gallery
CAA @ University Place Gallery
Images courtesy of Will Howcroft
EXHIBITING ARTISTS AT KATHRYN SCHULTZ GALLERY
| Last Name | First Name | City | State | Website | Title | Media | Dimensions | Price | |
| Arnold | Gordon | Westborough | MA | Unresolved memories | Prussian blue ink on Bristol board | 16″ x 12″ | $199.00 | ||
| Arnold | Louise | Concord | MA | @louisearnoldart | louisearnoldart.com | Night Light | Oil on canvas | 24″ x 36″ | $2,200 |
| Babinov | Artem | Cambridge | MA | @faint.blue | dormibid.com | Little Death at Sunrise | Soft pastel on paper | 30″ x 22″ | $1,700 |
| Belyayeva | Dina | Glastonbury | CT | dinabefineart | dinabe.wixsite.com/fineart | The Night Ride | Acrylic | 30″ x 24″ | $900 |
| Bolton | Nathan | Somerville | MA | @nathanrbolton | bolton.media | Caroline in Her Childhood Room, Hurricane, WV – 2022 | Archival inkjet print | 19″ x 13″ | $400 |
| Brennan | Patrick | Cambridge | MA | @patrick.brennan.artist | fineartsculptor.com | Obstruction | Cast concrete gumballs, vending machine | 18″ x 7″ x 7″ | 1,000 |
| Brown | Krystle | Salem | MA | @Krystlebrown_art | krystlebrownart.com | Boardwalk | Archival pigment print on dibond | 20″ x 11″ | $450 |
| Busso | Patricia | Watertown | MA | @patriciaybusso | patriciabusso.com | Last Light | Oil and cold wax on wood | 8″ x 8″ | $495 |
| Carter | Michelle | Cambridge | MA | michellecarterpaints.com | Drop Under the Surface | Mixed media on panel (acrylic paint with photo transfer and painted paper) | 12″ x 16″ | $800 | |
| Corkin Rudolf | Janice | Concord | MA | janicecorkinrudolf.com | Lucia di Lammermoor | Bronze and tuille | 15″ x 12″ x 12″ | $25,000.00 | |
| Fenn | Abby | Boston | MA | @afenn_art | Quilt Pattern: White Dots | Flashe, oil pastel, colored pencil, graphite, and paper mache clay on wood | 20″ x 16″ | $800 | |
| Gabs | Juls | Cambridge | MA | @julsgabs | julsgabs.com | Bébetelo, corre! que se le van las vitaminas (Drink it, Quickly! or it will lose the vitamins) – Still Life #7 | Digital painting inkjet print on Hahnemühle German Etching mounted on wood frame | 8″ x 10″ | $750 |
| Galper | Kseniya | Boston | MA | @kseniyagalper | Blue Kimono | Oil on wooden board | 16″ x 16″ | $3,600 | |
| Grotrian | Carol Anne | Cambridge | MA | @carol_anne_grotrian | carolannegrotrian.com | There is Nothing You Can See That Is Not a Flower, There Is Nothing You Can Think That Is Not the Moon (Basho) | Fiber: raw edge applique & quilting by hand; shibori indigo, some over fiber reactive color | 28″ x 22″ | $1,500 |
| Haggard | Lynette | Framingham | MA | @lynette_haggard | lynettehaggard.com | Backstitch | Mixed: reclaimed quilts, fabric, paint, thread, foam and plywood | 23″ x 17″ | $3,000 |
| Hill | Lauren | North Hampton | NH | @laurenhill.art | laurenhill.art | Midnight Tide | Oil on panel | 48″ x 24″ | $900 |
| Li | Zhonghe (Elena) | Cambridge | MA | @hehe.li | wildcraneblog.wordpress.com | Blues that connect | Watercolor | 11″ x 15″ | $660 |
| Lozoraitis | Helen | Mattapoisett | MA | @kitchensyncstudio | kitchensyncstudio.com | Dumpster Planet | Mixed media | 27″ x 36″ | $800 |
| Manning-Mingle | Emily | Brighton | MA | @manningmingle | manningmingle.weebly.com | Fissure and Fade | Serigraph, monoprint, acrylic, crayon, fabric dye, bleach, thread, organza, and silk on sewn canvas, cotton, velvet, repurposed, clothing, used tarlatan, and found fabric | 34″ x 29″ | 1,800 |
| Mark | Tisha | Wakefield | MA | @TishaPaints | tishamark.com | To Breathe Again | Oil on canvas | 24″ x 18″ | $1,250 |
| McMordie, Heather & Landa, Edward | Heather | Providence | RI | @hlmcmo | heathermcmordie.com | Ditchin’ E | Cyanotype on fabric | 16″ x 20″ framed | $300 |
| Molloy | Karen | Somerville | MA | karenmolloy.com | Untitled 1-2023 | Cyanotype on paper | 12″ x 16″ framed | $500 | |
| Montminy | Judith | Duxbury | MA | @montminyjudith | judithmontminy.com | Displacement | Archival pigment ink | 16″ x 20″ | $450 |
| Murphy | Lisa | Boston | MA | @lisajayart | lisajayart.com | Forest Dream | Acrylic inks, tissue paper on canvas | 20″ x 20″ | $600 |
| Nosenko | Yana | Boston | MA | @yana_olen | yananosenko.com | 1989 (from I’m Glad You’ve Left) | Archival pigment print | 12″ x 18″ | $400.00 |
| Novick | Steve | Somerville | MA | @stevenovick_art | stevenovick.com | Drip | Found plastic object, acrylic paint on found wood object | 7″ x 6″ x 6″ | $1,000.00 |
| Nyberg | Kristen | Marblehead | MA | @kristen.nyberg | kristennyberg.com | Mapping Age: Self Portrait on my 58th Birthday | Oil on birch | 12″ x 9″ | 2,000 |
| Powell | Julia | Cambridge | MA | @juliaspowellart | juliaspowell.com | n/a | n/a | 40″ x 30″ | 15,000 |
| Scheibler | Ingrid | Newton Centre | MA | @IngridScheibler | IngridScheibler.com | Sails | Acrylic and mixed media | 24″ x 24″ | $1,950 |
| Shea | Sam | Brookline | MA | @samsheaart | The First Time | Oil on canvas | 36″ x 48″ | $2,000 | |
| Sierra | Anastasia | Cambridge | MA | @anastasiasierra | anastasiasierra.com | Distance | Archival inkjet print | 20″ x 16″ | $1,000 |
| Simmons | Lynn | Worcester | MA | @lynnsimmons.studio | lynnsimmons.com | One Thousand Words | Wood remnant, flat screen display, video of hand-built slides Video duration: 2 minutes 2 seconds looped, no audio | 18″ x 24″ x 4″ | $1,250 |
| Song | Danyang | Providence | RI | @danyang.art | dangyangart.com | A Drop of Positivity | Glazed stoneware, underglaze | 9.8″ x 5.9″ x 5.9″ | $1,000 |
| Teerlink | Bekka | Somerville | MA | @bekkateerlink | bekkateerlink.com | Get Me Away From Here | Acrylic on canvas | 20″ x 16″ | $725 |
| Valentine | Samantha | Cambridge | MA | @sammyjean_lavender | Amalfi | Canvas keys, acrylic, recycled paper, canvas | 14″ x 11″ | $500 | |
| van der Rijn | Winnie | Cambridge | MA | @winnievanderrijn | winnievanderrijn.com | Business Casual/uterine armor #4 | Repurposed menswear/leftover shirt meat patchworked and made into bloomers with hand stitched uterus | 21″ x 25″ | $1,500.00 |
| Wakefield | Martha | Belmont | MA | @mmwakefield | marthawakefield.com | Mirroring | Archival pigment print | 16″ x 16″ | $300 |
| Ward | Nick | Boston | MA | @nickwardwho | nickwardwho.com | Dandelions #3 | Oil on panel | 60″ x 12″ each panel | $4,500 |
| Wenzel | Stephanie | Shelburne | MA | @swiggstudio | swiggstudio.com | Uni Bloom | Wire mesh, wool, foam mat, spray foam, acrylic paint, pine lumber, resin, nylon rope, cardboard, cement, leather | 15″ x 37″ x 19″ | $1,250.00 |
| Zieff | Mark | Sudbury | MA | @markzieffart | markzieff.com | On the Hook | Colored pencil on Canson pencil | 24″ x 18″ | $1,800.00 |
EXHIBITING ARTISTS AT UNIVERSITY PLACE
| Last Name | First Name | City | State | Website | Title | Media | Dimensions | Price | |
| Alpert | Laurie | Brookline | MA | @lauriealpert | lauriealpert.com | Couplet | Polyester plate lithograph | 24″ x 20″ | $1,200 |
| Arruda | Amanda | Fall River | MA | @_mandaarruda | amandaarrudaart.com | Still I Pray to Things I Cannot See | Oil on canvas | 48” x 60” | $2,700 |
| Asch | Clare | Marlborough | MA | @aschclare | clareaschstudio.com | Convergence #38 | Watercolor on arches | 20″ x 20″ | $1,200 |
| Babick | Hillary | Boston | MA | @hillarybabick | hillarybabick.com | The Great Escape | Oil on linen | 24″ x 36″ | $5,000 |
| Bellotti | Damian | Taunton | MA | @damianbellotti | Interstellar | Oil on canvas | 48″ x 36″ | $6,000 | |
| Bellucci | Nina | Newton | MA | @nsbellucci | ninabelluccistudio.com | Wanderer/Mother | Acrylic on canvas | 42″ x 42″ | $2,600 |
| Bourque | Michael | Boston | MA | @michaelhbourque | studiobourque.com | Criss Cross in Blue | Acrylic on canvas | 20″ x 20″ | $300 |
| Bousquet | Sally | Hingham | MA | @srbousquet | sallybousquet.com | Apples and Pears | Archival pigment print | 20″ x 26″ | $600 |
| Broderick | Kelly | Scituate | MA | @kellybroderick_artanddesign | kellybroderickart.com | Midnight | Acrylic on canvas | 36″ x 36″ | $2,250 |
| Cipriano | Jaina | Bedford | MA | @jainastudio | jainaphoto.com | The Start of the End | Photograph | 24″ x 20″ | $900 |
| Corcoran | Bréa | Portland | ME | @artsnotcrafts | bcorcoran.art | No Answer | Oil on Canvas | 60″ x 48″ | $3,200 |
| Curley | Matt | Salem | MA | @curleymatt_ | mattcurley.net | 8:22 PM | Acrylic on canvas | 18″ x 18″ | $800.00 |
| Delaunay-Danizio | Anne-Marie | Waltham | MA | @ampmdd | anne-mariedelaunay-danizio.com | Indigo Flow 1 | Acrylic paint and silver ink gel on canvas | 50″ x 40″ | $4,200 |
| DeStefano | UP | Marstons Mills | MA | @frankyandj | frankyandj.com | Halocline | Acrylic on canvas | 30″ x 24″ | $925.00 |
| Elizabeth | Jocelyn | Peabody | MA | @jocelynelizabeth_studio | jocelynelizabeth.com | Not the Same | Acrylic | 36″ x 24″ | $1,350 |
| Gorlitski | Fatov | Boston | MA | @fatov_gorlitski | fatovgorlitski.com | Waking Up From A 2 Year Nap | Acrylic and ink on wood panel | 18″ x 24″ | $500 |
| Knezevic | Tijana | Brookline | MA | @tijanaknezevic_drawings | tijanaknezevic.com | a.b.o.d.e.8 | Acrylic, collage, letraset on canvas | 58″ x 51″ | $10,820 |
| Kostman | Mary | Lincoln | MA | @marykostmanart | marykostman.com | Who Sees? | Monotype with braille | 24″ x 18″ | $1,500 |
| Lohr | Joni | West Roxbury | MA | jonilohr.com | Blue Windows | Photograph | 24″ x 32″ | $600 | |
| Lori | C. J. | Brookline | MA | @c.j.lori | cjlori.com | A Clearing in the Woods | Oil on canvas | 20″ x 30″ | $3,500 |
| Mancusi | Sophia | Boston | MA | @sophiamancusi | sophiamancusi.com | Construction Zone | Oil and acrylic on canvas | 18″ x 24″ | $450 |
| McLean | Campbell | Brighton | MA | @art_by_campbell | Peanuts + Cracker-Jacks | Oil on canvas | 36″ x 24″ | $1,500 | |
| Moore | Kevin Bennett | Boston | MA | @_kevinbennett | kevinbennettmoore.com | No Bitter Fruit | Photography 2D, archival inkjet print | 32″ x 48″ | $3,500 |
| Murie | Susan | Boston | MA | @susanmurie | susanmurie.com | Mirror | Cyanotype on paper | 32″ x 22″ | $1,200.00 |
| Parsons | Jane Henry | Sudbury | MA | @janehenryparsonsoils | janehenryparsons.com | Bluebird | Oil and cold wax on linen | 36″ x 24″ | $3,100.00 |
| Peterson | Kathryn | Hartford | VT | @finchpeterson | flickr.com/photos/193755803@N07/ | Northern Lights | Watercolor and ink on paper | 30″ x 22″ | $700 |
| Schwartz | Sarah | Boston | MA | @_sarah_schwartz_ | sarahschwartz.art | Would We Meet in a Parallel Universe? | Methyl-cellulose paste, acrylic, mica, paper, resin, wood panel | 24″ x 24″ | $1,975.00 |
| Sisk | Emi | Mount Airy | NC | emi_sisk | emisisk.com | Veiled Vulnerability | Digital photography | 15″ x 12″ framed | $300 |
| Skibo | John | Medford | MA | @iloveskibo | iloveskibo.com | In Memory | Oil on canvas | 36″ x 48″ | $8,000 |
| Stocker | Thomas | Boston | MA | @stockertom | tomstockerartist.com | The Blue Boy’s Obsession | Acrylic and canvas | 36″ x 24″ | 3,600.00 |
| White | Pearl | Newton | MA | @pearlwhiteart | pearlwhiteart.com | Iceburrrg Meets Land | Oil on linen canvas | 30″ x 40″ | $3,835.00 |
Image in header courtesy of BLUE 2021, artist Giliane Bader
Have questions? If you have questions after reviewing the above information, please email Associate Director, Candice Driver at cdriver@cambridgeart.org, or call us at 617.876.0246
Cambridge Art Association does not issue refunds for exhibition applications. Once submitted, changes cannot be made to any application. All applications must be entered via Submittable.
All decisions/selections are made by the juror. All decisions are final.
