JOIN US FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2019 | 6:00 – 9:00PM
The night includes a preview of our 2019 National Prize Show, curated by Camilo Alvarez and Steve Locke, live music from DVinci Soul (Debra Vinci, Eddie Scheer, Jeff Garmel, Bob Cooper and Mark Poniatowski), fueled by delicious bites by Jules Catering, and an open beer and wine bar.
The CAA’s annual Spring Party brings together our vibrant community of artists and art lovers for an evening reception at CAA’s home at 25 Lowell Street. We will feature 3 distinct event areas – an elegantly tented seating area in Lowell School Park will allow you to spend time in our beautiful, spring garden; in our gallery, you will find artwork by emerging and mid-career artists from all over the United States in our high-profile National Prize Show; and in the concert room, you will be treated to live music, a silent auction, and original artwork by members of the Cambridge Art Association community.
We hope you will join us as we launch a scholarship campaign to raise funds for our growing workshop series – allowing all artists to gain important professional skills
Honoring 2019 Cambridge Art Champion Nick Capasso, Director of the Fitchburg Art Museum.
Nick Capasso, Ph.D. is Director of the Fitchburg Art Museum, a community-oriented museum in Fitchburg, Massachusetts with art historical collections, changing exhibitions of regional contemporary art, and educational and community and economic development programs.
Prior to his appointment at Fitchburg, Capasso was Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, a museum of contemporary art in Lincoln, Massachusetts. During his 22 years in the deCordova Curatorial Department, he organized or co-organized over 75 exhibitions, and played a central role in the expansion of the deCordova Sculpture Park. In 2011, he attended the Getty Foundation’s Museum Leadership Institute.
Capasso has also worked extensively with contemporary public art as an art historian, guest curator, critic, lecturer, private consultant, and design selection panelist. He was Board Chair of Boston’s UrbanArts Institute from 2000 – 2010, and was Chair of the Public Art Curatorial Committee at the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy from 2008 – 2017.
Thank you to our sponsors:
Margaret & John Sheldon
Diane M Austin
James Varnum
Warren Croce & Jackie Brown
Deborah & Ron Peeples
Astrid Reischwitz & Heinrich Schlieker
Tom Stocker & Jim Alexander
Ted Ollier & Bettina Lengsfeld
Thank you to our in-kind event sponsors Samuel Adams , Ben Franklin Print Co., and the Fenway Group!
Thank you to our program booklet advertisers:
Agassiz Baldwin Community
Author Bytes
Chase Art Studio
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
Gin Stone, Artist
Irving House & Harding House
Jeannie Motherwell, Artist
Lesley Art + Design’s Low Residency MFA Program
Madeleine Lord
New England Watercolor Society
Patricia Mahon
Reflex Letterpress
Stephanie Todhunter, Artist
Steve Bennett Photography
Ted Ollier, Artist
Timothy Wilson, Artist
Auction Items Donated by:
Ben Franklin Print Co.
Boston Red Sox
CAA’s Board of Directors
Cambridge Center for Adult Education
Cambridge Common
Christopher’s Restaurant & Bar
City Wine Tours
Colette
Commodore’s Inn + Harrison’s Restaurant (Stowe, Vermont)
Coolidge Corner Theater
Curio Spice
Custom House Portrait by JoAnne Chittick
Flour Bakery
Grafton Group
Handel & Haydn Society
Harvest Restaurant
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
J.P. Licks
JJ Suspenders
Joie de Vivre
Juliet
Lyon’s Group
Maud Morgan Arts
Paper Source
Bob Hesse
Radius Ensemble
SpeakEasy Stage Company
Swan Boats of Boston
The Brattle Film Foundation
University Wine
Ward Maps
XV Beacon Hotel, Boston