Header image courtesy of Adriana Prat
January 25 – February 21, 2023
at the Cambridge College’s Town Common Gallery
500 Rutherford Avenue, Charlestown, MA
Juried by Caron Tabb
Artist Talk: Thursday, February 9, 7:00-8:00pm on ZOOM Click here to register
About | Talking Points: Space for conversation and debate is presented in partnership with Cambridge College, taking inspiration from the theme for their 2022-2023 Academic Year: Common Ground.
Open-mindedness is a necessary precondition to finding common ground. When we examine our own biases and are willing to engage with diverse others and novel ideas, we can find common points of agreement and ways to be in relationship with one another. What does it look like to genuinely achieve common ground? How can we celebrate the ways that disparate people have located common ground, sharing their humanity with one another in a variety of ways that made the connection possible? Throughout the academic year 2022-2023, we will examine these questions and look at common ground beyond the theoretical, thinking about public and private spaces where we can find and grow our common ground.
In this call, we invite artists to consider the ways in which the visual medium can make space for open dialogue around pressing issues, whether local or global.
Talking Points is open to all current Cambridge Art Association (CAA) members – Artist, Associate Artist, Student, and Lifetime Members. This exhibit will be juried online.
Talking Points will be presented at Cambridge College’s Town Common Gallery, 500 Rutherford Avenue, Charlestown, MA. The entirety of the exhibit will be featured online for the duration of the exhibition timeline.
About | Caron Tabb
Caron Tabb was born in apartheid South Africa, raised on a farm in Israel from the age of eight and, has lived in the US for the last twenty years. After years working in the nonprofit world, Tabb turned her focus to art. These key biographical elements and her passion for social justice issues deeply impact her artistic practice. In addition to traditional painting and photography, Tabb incorporates many found objects and unconventional materials into her work. Her conceptual mixed-media and installation pieces address issues of social inequality, racial justice and feminism as seen through the lens of her deep Jewish identity. When Tabb questions her role as a Jewish, white woman, and a human being today, she knows that in part it is to raise the level of discourse, increase empathy and engage people in difficult conversations about a just and equal society. She feels a burning passion to use her privilege and address what it means to be an American in this day and age. Tabb’s art serves as her voice and vehicle for these conversations which she hopes to inspire in the viewer.
About | Cambridge College
For more than 45 years Cambridge College has been a leader and pioneer in adult learning. With a main campus in Boston, Massachusetts, and four regional locations nationwide, we provide academically excellent, time-efficient, and affordable higher education to a diverse population of adult learners. A private, nonprofit institution, Cambridge College is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE, formerly known as NEASC); our various degree and certificate programs enable students to earn the credentials they need to advance in their careers.
Our more than 30,000 alumni are the best evidence of the quality and value of a Cambridge College education. Each day, all around the world, they are changing the schools in which they teach and lead, the healthcare and social service agencies in which they work, and the communities in which they live and serve. The impact they have on the world begins with the open doors and accessible opportunities at Cambridge College.
Exhibiting Artists:
| First Name | Last Name | Pronouns | City | State | Website | Title | Media | Dimensions | Price |
| Susan | Alport | she/her | Brookline | MA | Photo Booth | Original, digital & archival photo installation with clip & nail | 11.5″ x 6″ x 5″ | $1,200.00 | |
| June | August | she/her | North Hampton | NH | facebook.com/june.august.artist/ | Ukraines Guernica | unique silkscreen | 31.5″ x 47.5″ x 0.1″ | $1,695.00 |
| Chelsea | Bradway | she/her | Southborough | MA | Our Bodies | Black and White Photograph on fine art paper | 30X24 | $575 | |
| Patrick | Brennan | he/him | Cambridge | MA | fineartsculptor.com | Hypothetical Deity IV | Oil on Canvas | 24×36 | $2,500 |
| Heidi | Caswell Zander | she/her | Rockport | MA | TidalEdgeGallery.com. ( under reconstruction) | A More Perfect Union | Oil, cold wax, resin on stretched canvas | 30x24x1 | $2,600.00 |
| Martha | Chason-Sokol | she/her | Everett | MA | mchasonsokol.com | Human | Pigmented beeswax on cradled panel | 12 x 12 x 1.5 inches | $450 |
| Nancy | Crasco | she/her | Brighton | MA | nancycrasco.com | Parched Fields | Fiber | 23″ x 23″ x.5″ | $900.00 |
| Kimberley | Harding | she/her | Portland | ME | kimberleyharding.org | Pussyhat Basket | Watercolor paper, acrylic paint, silk fabric, ribbon | 9″ h x 10″ w x 12″ d | $1,350 |
| Martha | Heller | she/her | Newton | MA | marthahellertextileartist.com | Flood&Fire #1 “What Have We Left Our Children?” | textile–thread, vintage napkin and child’s cotton gown dyed with indigo, coreopsis, goldenrod and wood ash | 24 x 13 x 4″ | $1,200 |
| Wiley | Holton | she/her | Medford | MA | wileyholton.com | Not In My Body | Acrylic and Graphite on Wood | 48 x 48 x 3 inches | $8,000 |
| Nicolas | Hyacinthe | he/him | Randolph | MA | nicolashyacinthe.com | Release | Mixed Media | 30x25x1.5 | $1,100 |
| Melissa | London | she/her | Somerville | MA | Better Believe It | Digital Photograph | 12×18 | $500 | |
| Amy | McGregor-Radin | she/her | Jaffrey | NH | amymcgregorradin.com | Indebted | Mixed media with linocut | 15″ x 11″ x 2″ | $350 |
| jackie | melissas | she/her | Cranston | RI | jacquelinemelissas.com | ukraine | ceramic, found objects, assemblage | 8″ h x 12″ x 12″ | $450 |
| Felice | Mendell | she/her | Westport | MA | Supply and Demand | Steel wire, acrylic and graphite on board. | 26” x 34” x 3” | $2,000 | |
| Karen | Molloy | she/her | Somerville | MA | Masks-2 | charcoal on paper | 24″x32″ | $500 | |
| Nilou | Moochhala | she/her | Arlington | MA | niloumakes.com | Looking for Most Ordinary Memories | Assemblage with photos, letters, string, glue, netting, found objects | 14″ x 20″ x 4″ | $500 |
| Logan | Morosini | she/they | Boston | MA | Oh Yes! | Oil and embroidery on canvas | 24″ x 30″ | $700 | |
| Valerie | Richkin | she/Her | Lexington | MA | vrichkinart.com | Beginnings 2 | Hand-printed and painted papers, acrylic, ink, printed text, machine stitching. | 12 x 12 x .875 | $350 |
| Ingrid | Scheibler | she/her | Newton Centre | MA | IngridScheibler.com | Around the Campfire | Acrylic/Mixed Media | 48″ x 48″ | $4,000 |
| Alan | Shulman | Mr. | New London | NH | alanzolashulman.com | “My Great Grandfather’s Woods: Holocaust By Bullets; Zinkov, Ukraine | acrylic/canvas | 25 x 25 x 2 | $1,400 |
| Robert | Siegelman | he/him | Boston | MA | robert.siegelman.com | Honey Jack and Pup Pluto | Photography | 16×20 | $1,500 |
| Barbara | Trachtenberg | she/her | Newton Highlands | MA | www.barbaratrachtenberg.com | A Woman Speaks | acrylic on canvas | 20 x 24 x 1 | $1,500 |
| Sharon | Whitham | she/her/hers | Framingham | MA | www.sharon-whitham.com | Think Again #1 | Monotype, Oil on Paper | 17.5″x14.5″x1″ | $550 |
Important Dates:
- Artwork Drop-Off | Thursday, January 19 and Friday, January 20 (Noon-4pm) at Kathryn Schultz Gallery *Late drop-offs will not be accepted, no exceptions.
- Artwork Pick-Up | Friday, February 24 (Noon-4pm) & Saturday, February 25, (10:00am-2:00pm) at Kathryn Schultz Gallery *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.
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