Image in header courtesy of RED 2020 exhibitor Nicolas Hyacinthe
December 1, 2022 – February 4, 2023
Presented in two parts at the Kathryn Schultz Gallery
25 Lowell Street, Cambridge MA
- Show 1: December 1, 2022 – January 6, 2023
- Show 2: January 12 – February 4, 2023
Juried by Dina Deitsch, Director and Chief Curator, Tufts University Art Galleries
Show 2 Reception: Thursday, January 12, 6:00-7:30pm
Artist Talk – Collage: Tuesday, January 17, 7:00-8:00pm on ZOOM Click here to register
Artist Talk – Photo Portraits: Wednesday, January 25, 7:00-8:00pm on ZOOM Click here to register
Why RED? For over 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. Increasingly, it has come to represent the socio-policitical divide in the United States. RED is more than a color.
Past jurors for the RED & BLUE Biennials include: the late Joseph Ketner; Amy Sadao (Director, ICA Philadelphia); Howard Yezerski (Miller Yezerski Gallery); the late Carl Belz (Rose Art Museum); the late 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 Jessica May (The Trustees/deCordova Sculpture Park & Museum).
Juror: Dina Deitsch (she/her/hers)
As Director and Chief Curator of the Tufts University Art Galleries, Dina oversees the temporary exhibitions and public programs at the Aidekman Arts Center on the Medford campus and at the SMFA at Tufts Boston campus in addition to the university’s Permanent Art Collection. She also organizes contemporary art exhibitions and chairs the university’s Gifts of Art and Public Art Committees.
Dina Deitsch’s Juror’s Statement: The CAA’s annual fall exhibition is a rite of passage – welcoming in artists from across the area into one of the region’s oldest artist associations.
I am honored to juror this year’s RED show. Perhaps one of the more symbolic colors out of the crayon box, red in Cambridge reads to me as fall – with the trees in full glory and this city showing off its smartest time of year. By December, red shows up in early sunsets and the twinkling of holiday lights.
The 60 artworks selected over the two exhibitions address all the grand associations of the color—from lust to glory to the spiritual—but at the same time they bring us back to the quiet, everyday moments—the minutia of our lived lives that we’ve learned we can no longer take for granted. A patch of carpet, snapshots of strangers, a bright abstract mark against a sea of beige, a pile of buttons and, of course, flowers and mouths, displaying nature in all its garish beauty and gore. This capacity to toggle between outsized metaphors and small, overlooked moments in a single work, a single image, is a great reminder of what art can do unlike anything else. It allows us to connect the broad themes of humanity—life, death, suffering, joy—with the simple, everyday moments.
Seeing this magic trick through the eyes of 60 artists—each displaying a different vision, techniques, understanding of material and perspective—will, I hope, offer just a fraction of what can be possible.
PRIZE WINNERS
- Best in Show ($1,000 award) – Barbara Owen, I was never there
- Juror’s Choice ($250 award) – Sarah Cassani, Carpet Remnant No. 2 – Grand Bouquet
- Juror’s Choice ($250 award) – Jasmine Chen, April is the Cruelest Month
- Juror’s Choice ($250 award) – Susan Emmerson, Subsidence
- Emerging Artist ($250 award) – Fallon Lavertue, Piles of Pins
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
SHOW 1
| First Name | Last Name | Pronouns | City | State | Website | Title | Media | Dimensions | Price |
| Liz | Albert | she, her | Belmont | www.lizalbert.com | Other People Don’t Worry About What You Worry About Half As Much | Archival Pigment Print | 12″ x 9″ x. 5″ | $450 | |
| Alena | Aniskovich | she/her | Waltham | MA | https://chaosandcontrol.bigcartel.com/ | Fall(ing) | Acrylic on stretched canvas | 16’X20’X0.5′(~18’x20’x1.75′ framed) | $500 |
| Jeannette | Atkinson | she/her | Cambridge, Massachusetts | Reds versus Blues | oil | 16″x20″ | NFS | ||
| June | August | she | North Hampton, NH | www.facebook.com/june.august.artist/ | Motion Pictures at the MFA Red | unique silkscreen | 31.5″ x 47.5″ | $1,695.00 | |
| alina | balseiro | they/them | Somerville, Massachusetts | MA | alina.photo | Bloody Nose By Nose Piercing | Inkjet print | 24in x 24in | $800 |
| Becky | Behar | she/her/hers | Newton, MA | www.beckybehar.com | Ascent | Archival Pigment Print | 23″ x 18″ x 1″ | $950 | |
| Dina V | Belyayeva | She | Glastonbury | CT | I am from Here | Acrylic | 20x16x1.5 | $600 | |
| Nathan | Bolton | He/They, Him/Theirs | Boston | MA | bolton.media | Travis, Blaine & Kyle, Ottawa 2022 | Archival Inkjet Print | 13×19 | $300 |
| Sally | Bousquet | she/her | Hingham, Massachusetts | www.sallybousquet.com | Memory and Thorn | Archival Pigment Print | 20 x 26 x 1 | $500 | |
| Nancy Hall | Brooks | she/her | Somerville, MA | nancyhallbrooks.com | Terra Firma: Shushanik der Marderosian and her son, Arshile Gorky | Oil on canvas panel | 18″ x 14″ | $395 | |
| Laura White | Carpenter | she her hers | Providence | RI | http://www.theartistinresidence.com | Tragic Venom | Porcelain | 18″x13″x13″ | $695 |
| Sarah | Cassani | she, her, hers | Eliot | Maine | https://sarahcassani.com/ | Carpet Remnant No. 2 – Grand Bouquet | Oil on canvas | 20.5 x 16.5 x 1.5 inches | $1,040 |
| Kate | Castelli | she/her | Somerville | MA | www.katecastelli.com | Offering | Monoprint and collage on paper | 4.375 x 5.875 in | $500 |
| Kate | Castelli | she/her | Somerville | MA | www.katecastelli.com | Sunday | Monoprint and collage on paper | 4 x 5.5 in | $500 |
| Jasmine J | Chen | She/her/her | Newton | Massachusetts | jasminechenstudio.com | April Is the Cruelest Month | Oil, acrylic, and tin foil on canvas | 48″ x 48″ | $8,000 |
| Michael | Compton | he him | Cambridge, Massachusetts | michaelcomptonfineart.com | Storefronts | oil on canvas | 29 x 31 x 3 | $4,200 | |
| Nancy | Crasco | she/her | Brighton, Massachusetts | www.nancycrasco.com | Primarily Red | Fiber | 26″ x 23″ x .5″ | $750 | |
| Susan G | Emmerson | she/her | Dorchester | susanemmerson.com | Subsidence | ink and gouache on paper | 40 x 32 “ | $2,400 | |
| Kathryn | Geismar | She/her/hers | Somerville, MA | www.kathryngeismar.com | solo_solo | acrylic on linen | 60x30x7/8 | $4,000.00 | |
| Darci | Hanna | she/her | Somerville, MA | Blaze | Acrylic on paper | 14″ x 11″ x 1″ | $750 | ||
| Ryan | Horton | he/him/his | Boston | MA | https://hortoniconicdesigns.com | The Fate of Agony | Digital Media | 20 x 16 x 1.25 | $1,625.00 |
| Tracy | Hayes | she/her | Morrisville | VT | https://www.tracyhayesart.com | opposing forces of known and lush tactility VI | Charcoal, acrylic and oil on Strathmore paper | 30″x22″ | $1,200 |
| Fallon | Lavertue | She/Her | Boston | MA | Piles of Pins | Oil on Canvas | 12″X12″X3″ | $180 | |
| Elizabeth Clark | Libert | She/her | Cambridge, Massachusetts | elizabethclarklibert.com | Self by the Bougainvillea | Archival Pigment Print | 20x16x1″ | $750 | |
| Lilac | Madar | She/Her | West Roxbury, Massachusetts | https://www.lilac-madar.com/ | An Eye for an Eye (The Stamp Series) | Assemblage on Stamp, Magnifying Glass | 4.2X4.2X3 | $2100 ($700 each) | |
| charles | marburg | he | Hadlyme, CT | charlesmarburg.com | untitled | oil on cradled panel | 20x16x.75 inches | $1,500 | |
| Steve | Novick | He/him | Somerville | MA | stevenovick.com | Valise, Water, and Jewel | Found plastic objects and found painted-wood object | 3.5 x 26 x 10.5 inches | $1,000 |
| Barbara | Owen | She/Her/Hers | Wakefield | RI | www.barbaraowen.net | “I was never there”, 2020 | found photographs, paint, birch plywood | 28h x 34w x 3d inches | $3,000.00 |
| Catherine | Owens | she/her | Somerville | MA | www.chalkandink.com | Preacher | Natural pigment watercolor paints | 26″ x 15″ x 2″ | $1,500 |
| Sophie | Pearson | she/they | Cambridge | MA | https://www.sophiepearsonartist.com/ | Dressing | oil on wood | 24x30x1.5 | $780 |
| Suzanne | Stumpf | she/hers | South Natick, MA | ceramicsathtebarn.com | Red Planet Panels | porcelain paperclay with wood mount | 18″h x 18″w x 3.5″ d (including wood mounting) | $1,500 | |
| Lorraine | Sullivan | she, her | Arlington | lorrainesullivan.com | Body Count | vintage wool &coat hanger, embroidery thread | 59″x17″ | $1,500.00 | |
| Stephanie | Todhunter | she/her | Medford | www.stephanietodhunter.com | Hold that pose | serigraph print on sewing pattern and collage on cradled pine board | 16x12x1.5 | $450 | |
| Amy | Waltch | She/her | Truro, Massachusetts | Finding Strength | Woodcut | 20″ x 23.5″ | $600 | ||
| Mark | Zieff | He/Him/His | Sudbury, Massachusetts | www.markzieff.com | Down But Far From Out | Colored pencil on Canson paper | 24 x 18 x 1 | $1,700 |
SHOW 2
| First Name | Last Name | Pronouns | City | State | Website | Title | Media | Dimensions | Price |
| Madison | Albanese | She/Her | Brighton/Boston | Massachusetts | www.madisonalbanese.com | Hydrangea Tumbleweed | Video projection, graphite, paper, PowerShot A250 | 42 inches X 56 inches X 0 inches | $1,000 |
| Linda | Cordner | she/her | Lincoln | www.lindacordner.com | Rhubarb Season | Acrylic on board | 16 x 16 x 1 | $700 | |
| Julia | Cseko | She Hers They | SOMERVILLE | MA | www.juliacseko.com | Armor Dress | Plush, velvet and vinyl hearts, batting, sewing | 48x24x24″ | $6,000 |
| Jack | Energy | He/His/Him | Boston, MA | jackenergy.com | Valentine Truck | acrylic paint, oil paint, flashe, spray paint, leather paint, paint marker, metal on canvas | 30″ x 40″ x 7/8″ | $3,500.00 | |
| Diane T. | Francis | she, her, hers | Tewksbury, Massachusetts | dianetfrancis.com | Steps to Beer | Monotype | 12″ x 8″ x 1.5 | $550.00 | |
| Sandy | Gregg | she/her | Cambridge | sandygregg.com | Red Flag Warning | fiber | 69 h x 63 w x .25 | $2,000 | |
| Yildiz | Grodowski | Ms. | Somerville, Massachusetts | www.yildizgrodowski.com | Yearning To Reunite | Acrylic/Mixed Media/Collage on Canvas | 30”x30”x1.5” | $2,500 | |
| Diana | Grygo | she/ hers | Brighton, MA | https://thelonebeader.com/ | Red Square | Handsewn beadwork, acrylics | 30 x 40 x 2 | $14,950.00 | |
| Martha | Heller | she/her | Newton, Massachusetts | marthahellertextileartist.com | Gloves Galore! | textile | 33 x 33 x 1 | $900 | |
| steve | imrich | he/him | Cambridge, Massachusetts | www.steveimrich.com | CROSSWALK II | oil on linen | 36″ x 60″ x 1.25″ | $7,900 | |
| Corey | Jonze | He/Him | Brighton | Massachusetts | coreyjonze.com | The Remnants of the Collision Course | Acrylic on Paper | 12″ x 16″ (Unframed) | $600.00 |
| Denise | Konicek | She, her | Winchester, MA | www.denisekonicekart.com | Distant Horizon | Art quilt | 47 X 47 inches, approx 1/4 inch thickness | $2,000 | |
| Louise | Laplante | she/her | Easthampton | Massachusetts | www.LouiseLaplanteart.com | Architectural Drawing Mouse | pastel on collaged vintage architectural image book pages | 36.5 x 42 inches | $3,600 |
| Jila | Mannani | She/Her | Boston | MA | https://linktr.ee/jilamannani | love,women | Collage | 18*24 | $1,200 |
| Ted | Ollier | he/him | Medford, MA | www.mindhuestudio.com | James Webb | letterpress relief | 16x12x1 | $450 | |
| Joan | Savoy | she/her | Townsend | MA | joansavoy.com | Red Rover | Casein, acrylic, pigment, charcoal, graphite on linen | 40″ x 36″ x 1.75″ | $2,600.00 |
| Jenny | Schneider | she, her | Wellesley, Massachusetts | www.jenny-schneider.com | Let’s talk | Watercolor and Collage | 24 X 18 on watercolor 300g/m paper | $475 | |
| Melissa | Shaak | She/her/hers | Somerville | MA | www.melissashaak.net | Out of This, That | Acrylic on paper, mounted on cradled board | 30 x 22 x 2 inches | $700 |
| Neetu | Singhal | She | Cambridge | www.neetusinghal.com | Wisdom Wave | Mixed Media on stretched Canvas | 36” X 48” X 1.5” | $14,250 | |
| Siri | Smedvig | She/her/hers | Concord, Massachusetts | www.sirismedvig.com | Faith In Miracles | Mixed Media | 7″ x 5″ unframed, 10″ x 8″ framed | $600.00 | |
| Tyler | Sorgman | He/Him | Watertown, MA | tylersorgmanart.com | Fortress | Acrylic on Canvas | 2’x3′ | $2,200 | |
| Anne | Thiam | she hers | andover | ma | annethiam.com | Teranga Embrace | porcelain, hand built, fired to cone 5, rubbed with oxides and underglazed | 12×9.5×4 inches | $800 |
| James C | Varnum | he/him | Newton, MA | jcvarnumart.com | Blaze | Watercolor and inks | 16 x 23 x 1 | $550 | |
| Tracy | Vartenigian Burhans | she/her | Winchester | peartreestudio.org | Behold | Oil on Canvas | 30 X 40 | $1,500.00 | |
| Liz | Wilkinson | She/her | Lincoln | MA | Burst | Acrylic on birch panel | 12 x 12 x .75 | $350 | |
| Heidi Caswell | Zander | Her | Rockport | MA | TidalEdgeGallery.com. (Presently under reconstruction) | In Their Own Words: Mrylie, Maya and Josephine | Print Making Paper ( RIves BFK) Oil Paint, Resin, Prismacolor Pencils, Gesso | 22×30 Framed: 27.5x30x1 inches | $3,000.00 |
IMPORTANT DATES
*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.
RED 2022 will be presented as two (2) in-person exhibits in our Kathryn Schultz Gallery. The entirety of the exhibit will be featured online for the duration of the exhibition timeline.
Have questions? Please email Associate Director Candice Driver at cdriver@cambridgeart.org, or call us at 617.876.0246
Cambridge Art Association does not issue refunds, or allow for substitutions.
All decisions/selections are made by the juror. All decisions are final.
