May 16 – August 1, 2024
Opening Reception + Awards Presentation | May 22, 2024 from 6-8pm
Presented at the Kathryn Schultz Gallery & CAA @ University Place
Juried by Ben Sloat, Director of the MFA in Visual Arts program at Clark University
About Ben Sloat | Born and raised in New York City, Ben Sloat earned degrees from UC Berkeley and SMFA/Tufts. His work has been shown in venues such as the Havana Biennial (Matanzas), Radium Art Center (Busan), Kunsthal Charlottenborg (Copenhagen), Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), Dublin City Gallery/The Hugh Lane (Dublin), Peabody Essex Museum (Salem), Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (Richmond), and the Queens Museum. Solo exhibitions include those at Das Klohauschen (Munich), Steven Zevitas Gallery (Boston); Coop Gallery (Nashville), Galerie Laroche/Joncas (Montreal), Gallery 126 (Galway), Front Gallery (Oakland), and the American Cultural Center (Taipei). He is the Director of the MFA in Visual Arts program at Clark University in Worcester.
Juror’s Statement
Big thanks to Erin Becker, Candice Driver, and the Cambridge Art Association team for organizing this exhibition call, and for all the artists who took the time to share their works. I’m grateful for the Cambridge Art Association for the wonderful community they have built, both in-person and online, which serves to connect artists locally, regionally, and nationally.
In a time of cultural acceleration, techno-alienation, and the barrage of over-information which confronts us daily, having an inclusive space of belonging in shared artistic interest and rigorous discourse feels more crucial than ever.
The works selected for this exhibition represent an idiosyncratic curation of sorts – something about them rang familiar given this particular moment, and allowed a type of unfolding conversation between various artists and art mediums to emerge.
I saw artists confronting forms of confusion and contradictions present in our lived experiences, but also quiet moments of wonder, and energetic bursts of exuberance. I saw artists processing their emotional lives, refining their techniques, experimenting with the unknown, shouting to the stars, and courageously revealing their vulnerabilities. I saw artists sharing themselves.
Art, in a sense, is a type of cultural filter, one which allows the viewer to experience the many visual and psychological layers present in certain eras. An exhibition like this one is of particular value because artists serve the dual role as creator and association member, maker and viewer – they get to see how differently their work communicates in relationship with peer artworks in real time, and perhaps learn something new from their creation, seeing their own work with fresh eyes.
They get to see who they are, not just as an artist in a studio, but as an artist in a community.
GENERAL INFORMATION
The 2024 National Prize Show is open to all artists 18 and older living and working in the United States. Please note that the National Prize Show 2024 will be presented at two galleries: Kathryn Schultz Gallery and CAA @ University Place. Artists cannot choose which location their piece will be exhibited.
KATHRYN SCHULTZ GALLERY EXHIBITORS
| First Name | Last Name | City | State | Website | Title | Media | Dimensions | Price | Gallery | |
| Leah | Abrahams | Chestnut Hill | MA | @leahabrahamsphotography | www.LeahAbrahamsPhotography | “Who Shall Live and Who Shall Die,” Latvia 1930 | Photography diptych | 12″ x 18.5″ | $450 | KS |
| Karen | Adrienne | Gardiner | ME | karenadrienne.com | From the Surf #2 | Serigraph | 6″ x 9″ | $700 | KS | |
| Susan | Alport | Brookline | MA | Dark/Light | Silver gelatin print from hand-made negative of photocopied newspaper image | 8″ x 10″ | $450 | KS | ||
| Clare | Asch | Marlborough | MA | @aschclare | www.clareaschstudio.com | A Garden in Orbit #4 | Acylic on canvas over shaped panel | 45″ x 49″ | $4,000 | KS |
| Dina | Belyayeva | Glastonbury | CT | https://www.instagram.com/dinabefineart/ | https://dinabe.wixsite.com/fineart | Screen Time | Acrylic on stretched canvas | 14″ x 14″ | $1,500 | KS |
| Tara | Bilotta | Holliston | MA | @tarabpaints | tarabilotta.com | New Skin | Oil on stretch canvas | 63″ x 48″ | $2,900 | KS |
| Alex | Blaisdell | Brookline | MA | alexmblaisdell | alexmblaisdell.com | Cast of Twelfth Night | Oil on canvas | 16″ x 20″ | $450 | KS |
| Sally | Chapman | Lowell | MA | @sallychapmannow | www.sallychapmanphoto.com | Magnolia Sampler | Cyanotype | 4″ x 4″ x 3″ (closed); 12″ x 12″ x 6″ (open) | $700 | KS |
| Juan | Correa | Iowa City | IA | jcorr_94 | www.juanscorrea.com | Los Cariñositos | Lithograph | 22″ x 16″ | $2,000 | KS |
| Virginia | Cramer | Chelmsford | MA | virginiacramerart123 | virginiacramer.com | Pomegranate XIV | Mixed media | 24″ x 24″ | $1,000 | KS |
| Amy | Dyer | Somerville | MA | @amymadeart | amydyer.art | We went for a dip in the pond | Oil and oil pastel on canvas | 28″ x 18″ | $500 | KS |
| Shelby | Feltoon | Newton | MA | @shelfel16 | snapshot of paradise | Collage, oil paint, thread on paper | 30″ x 22″ | $3,500 | KS | |
| Abby | Fenn | Allston | MA | afenn_art | Quilt Square 4 | Vinyl paint, nail polish, colored pencil and crayon on stained wood | 18″ x 24″ | $1,200 | KS | |
| Diane | Francis | Tewksbury | MA | dianetf | dianetfrancis.com | Opera House | Woodblock print | 10″ x 8″ | $500 | KS |
| Molly | German | Allston | MA | @mollygermanart | https://mollygermanart.wixsite.com/studio | Tickets Up Close | Oil on canvas | 40″ x 32″ | $1,900 | KS |
| Donna S. | Gordon | Cambridge | MA | donnagordon8994 | https://donnasgordon.com/visual-art | Self-Portrait with Muses | Alternative process transfer image with solarplate etching. Printed on kitakata. 2024 | 13″ x 19″ | $1,500 | KS |
| Mark | Heffley | Concord | NH | https://www.instagram.com/secondascentdesigns/ | https://www.secondascentdesign.com/ | Wabi Sabi | Rock climbing rope | 32″ x 27″ x 33″ | $45,500 | KS |
| Lifu | Hu | Jersey City | NJ | https://www.instagram.com/lifu_hu_vivian/ | https://www.lifuhuphoto.com/ | Grandma | Archival pigment print | 8″ x 11.5″ | $500 | KS |
| Yaming | Jiang | Boston | MA | sbjk_sbjk | yamingjiang.com | A Yard of Queen Anne’s Lace | Gouache, acrylic gouache, watercolor and absorbent ground on panel | 14″ x 11″ | $800 | KS |
| Yaming | Jiang | Boston | MA | sbjk_sbjk | yamingjiang.com | This is Alice to Control: I am Not Going Anywhere | Watercolor, gouache, acrylic gouache on paper | 18″ x 24″ | $1,500 | KS |
| Yaming | Jiang | Boston | MA | sbjk_sbjk | yamingjiang.com | Let’s Pretend I’ll Return Next Spring | Watercolor and gouache on paper mounted on panel | 12″ x 16″ | $1,000 | KS |
| Kate | Korra | Fall River | MA | kate_korra | This Is Red One | Embroidery thread on cloth napkin with hoop | 19″ x 18″ | $5,000 | KS | |
| Jenn | Levatino | Cambridge | MA | jennylynnlev | jennlevatino.com | Il Vaso | Human and synthetic hair, Red Deer horn, wire, oil paint | 8″ x 16″ x 8″ | $2,200 | KS |
| Emily | Manning-Mingle | Brighton | MA | @manningmingle | manningmingle@gmail.com | in every breath there’s life | Fabric dye, and ink on cotton and organza | 62″ x 38″ | $2,400 | KS |
| Campbell | McLean | Brighton | MA | @art_by_campbell | 50/50 | Oil on Canvas | 38″ x 30″ | $1,800 | KS | |
| Jackie | Melissas | Cranston | RI | jackiemelissas.com | from the ashes | Raku fired vessel | 11″ x 10″ x 4″ | $600 | KS | |
| Yana | Nosenko | Boston | MA | https://www.instagram.com/yana_olen/ | https://yananosenko.com/ | Untitled.1989 | Archival pigment print | 14″ x 9.5″ | $400 | KS |
| Amanda | Pickler | Jamaica Plain | MA | @pickler_art | amandapickler.com | Inner Thigh Kisses | Oil on gessoboard | 12″ x 16″ | $800 | KS |
| Astrid | Reischwitz | Bedford | MA | @astridreischwitz | www.reischwitzphotography.com | Window | Archival pigment print with hand-sewn embroidery | 21″ x 26″ | $2,540 | KS |
| Carolyn | Sirois | Gloucester | MA | caro_siro@instagram | carolynsirois.com | enter – (re) construct series | Acrylic, graphite, anchor cement on wood panel | 12″ x 8″ | $650 | KS |
| Namrata | Siviya | Bedford | MA | @namrata_s_art | Becoming | Pen and markers on paper | 15.5″ x 12.5″ | $380 | KS | |
| Michelle | Stevens | Westborough | MA | michellestevensart | www.michellestevensart.com | Faceoff | Ink print of woodblock carving | 36″ x 36″ | $1,600 | KS |
| Lorraine | Sullivan | Arlington | MA | lorrainemsullivan.com | Are We There Yet? | Found objects | 21″ x 17″ x 12″ | $3,000 | KS | |
| Stephanie | Todhunter | Medford | MA | @stephanietodhunterart | https://www.stephanietodhunter.com/ | The stress of her regard | Mixed media, toner transfer, collage, metal foil, phosphorescent pigment and spraypaint on stretched canvas (unframed) | 30″ x 40″ | $1,800 | KS |
| Rebecca | Tuck | Natick | MA | @rebeccabombshellart | rebeccamcgeetuck.com | The Day After | Collected sea debris | 42″ x 26″ x 4″ | $1,500 | KS |
| Beatriz | Whitehill | Jamaica Plain | MA | @beatrizzzamelia | www.beatrizameliawhitehill.com | If these shadows could speak to us | Oil on canvas | 30″ x 40″ | $3,000 | KS |
| Grace (Gray) | Winburne | Boston | MA | @_grayse_ | https://grayw.notion.site | honor, ritual, reason | Oil on canvas, yarn, cord, and beads. | 68″ x 16″ | KS |
CAA @ UNIVERSITY PLACE GALLERY EXHIBITORS
| First Name | Last Name | City | State | Website | Title | Media | Dimensions | Price | |
| Caroline | Anderson | Warwick | RI | @carolineinwarwick | carolineandersonart.com | Perilous Journey VI | Acrylic, modeling paste, and pumice on canvas | 36″ x 24″ | $1,200 |
| Sammia | Atoui | Swampscott | MA | @scatoui | https://www.scaarstudios.com/sammia-atoui | Singing Beach | Monotype | 28″ x 36″ | $2,200 |
| Jim | Batchelor | Brookline | MA | jpbatch-art.com | Ridge Fire | Wood and aluminum panel, transferred photos, acrylics | 18″ x 24″ | $1,250 | |
| TJ | Bergeron | Boston | MA | t.j._bergeronart | https://tjbergeronartist.wixsite.com/artist | How Small We Are | Acrylic and ink on panel | 24″ x 30″ | $2,000 |
| Katharine | Boden | Brookline | MA | katharineboden.com | Untitled | Archival inkjet print | 17 x 21″ | $700 | |
| Paula | Borsetti | Beverly | MA | https://www.instagram.com/locuststreetstudios | https://www.paulaborsetti.com/ | There is a Crack In The Infrastructure Where The Light Gets In | Acrylic on panel | 24″ x 36″ | $3,000 |
| Blake | Brasher | Lowell | MA | https://www.instagram.com/electroblake/ | https://www.blakebrasher.org | I Squeezed Some Lemons | Acrylic and collage on wood panel | 40″ x 30″ | $3,290 |
| Aaron | Brodeur | Middleboro | MA | aaron.brodeur_studio | aaronbrodeurart.com | To Be in Clover | Wood, plaster, matte medium, paint | 33″ x 34″ x 12″ | $800 |
| Krystle | Brown | Salem | MA | @krystlebrown_art | www.krystlebrownart.com | Would You Be My Neighbor? | Lenticular print and fake grass | 34″ x 24″ (with grass 60″ x 84″) | $1,000 |
| Christina | Chang | Medford | MA | christinachang_art | christinachangart.com | Bel Paesaggio | Oil on canvas | 24″ x 30″ | $2,000 |
| Chuck | Davis | Rogers | AR | https://www.instagram.com/arkansasmomentos/ | www.ArkansasMomentos.com | Hilderbrand Mill – Location of Polly Beck Shooting – February 27th, 1872 | Archival Print | 20″ x 24″ | $800 |
| Department of Unqualified Observation | West Newbury | MA | @meganchiango | departmentofunqualifiedobservation.com | Playing Cards | Discarded domestic textiles including worn shirts, old bras, retired placemats, and miscellaneous fabrics foraged from closets, string foraged from second hand stores | 40″ x 28″ x 2″ | $750 | |
| Corey | Dziadzio | Somerville | MA | @c11_visual_arts | https://www.c11visualarts.com/ | Sheer | Giclee print | 16″ x 20″ | $150 |
| Erin McGee | Ferrell | Falmouth | ME | @ArtistAMERICAN | https://www.artistamerican.com/ | 315 | Oil on canvas | 72″ x 72″ | $17,500 |
| Porter | Gifford | Cambridge | MA | @porgif | www.portergifford.com | Etymology | Archival pigment print | 20″ x 30″ | $1,250 |
| Carolyn | Guerin | Lake View | NY | carolynmguerinart | https://carolynguerin.com/ | Lunch Time | Oil painting on canvas | 36″ x 36″ | $2,692 |
| Kathy | Jenkins | Cambridge | MA | Enmeshed | Monotype | 20″ x 16″ | $500 | ||
| Dee | Kricker | Waltham | MA | Rock and Roll | Acrylic on canvas | 24 “x 30” | $2,400 | ||
| Linda | Lancz | Framingham | MA | lindalancz.com | Conundrum | Monotype with collage | 24″ x 28″ | $1,250 | |
| Jon | Laustsen | Providence | RI | @jonlaustsen | jonlaustsen.com | Broken (This Is Not Meant To Last) | Plaster, acrylic paint, pigment, fiberglass, and wood | 68.5″ x 45″ x 41″ | $2,700 |
| Madeleine | Lord | Dudley | MA | madeleinelordmadimetal | madeleinelord.com | Detainee | Welded steel scrap | 40″ x 26″ x 10″ | $2,400 |
| Robin | MacDonald-Foley | Stoughton | MA | @stoneskystudio | https://robinjmf.com/ | Gathering | Photography | 20″ x 30″ | $650 |
| Meg | McLean | Lyme | NH | @megmclean7 | www.megmclean.com | Sabbaday Falls | oil on canvas | 30″ x 30″ | $3,200 |
| Paul M. | Murray | Jamestown | RI | https://www.facebook.com/pmmurray/ | La Historia Me Absolverá | Color photographic print on archival paper | 29.5″ x 22.5″ | $995 | |
| Charles | Norris | Cambridge MA | MA | www.norrisnorris.com | Ebb Knob | Woodblock print | 24″ x 24″ | $1,500 | |
| Maggie | Riendeau | Boston | MA | Magdalena.riendeau | Orphan | Acrylic on canvas | 48″ x 36″ | $3,500 | |
| Andrea | Saltzman | Cambridge | MA | andreasaltzman | andreasaltzman.com | Vigil: Mass General Hospital, March 17, 2022 | Oil on canvas | 40″ x 30″ | $4,000 |
| Mac | Sloan Anderson | Petersham | MA | macsloanandersonart | Construction (With Waning Crescent) | Oil, wax, and sand on canvas | 52″ x 70″ | $2,800 | |
| Eileen | Taylor | Brighton | MA | eileentaylor58 | eileenftaylorart.com | Do you want to live here | Photo transfer on painted paper, pencil, wax, mounted on wood | 14″ x 11″ | $500 |
| Jenn | Wood | Methuen | MA | https://www.instagram.com/jennwoodart/ | www.jennwoodstudio.com | Droplet | Acrylic paint skins/painted handmade papers including cyanotype/on translucent yupo | 18″ x 12″ | $1,750 |
| Elizabeth | Zeldin | Watertown | MA | @SilverGlassArtGallery @ElizabethZeldin | www.betsyzeldin.com | Late March, Early Morning, Tenth Floor, Chelsea | Watercolor on D’Arches | 36″ x 28″ | $1,750 |
| Abby | Zonies | Cambridge | MA | www.abbyzonies.com | The Shape of Things | Gouache and mixed media on paper | 47″ x 32″ | $4,000 |
DATES & DEADLINES FOR ARTISTS
- Submission deadline: March 27, 2024 at 5pm EST
- Exhibition dates: May 16 – August 1, 2024
- Opening reception: May 22, 2024 from 6-8pm
- Artist notification: All accepted artists will be posted on this webpage on April 16 by 5pm EST
- Drop-off*: Friday, May 3 from 12-4pm and Saturday, May 4 from 10am-1pm at Kathryn Schultz Gallery and CAA @ University Place. *Late drop-offs will not be accepted.
- Shipping deadline*: May 1, 2024 at 4pm EST – Please make sure to schedule delivery with Candice Driver cdriver@cambridgeart.org that all shipments are made to 25R Lowell St., Cambridge, MA 02138 during regular gallery hours. *Late deliveries will not be accepted.
- Pick-Up*: Friday, August 2 from 12-4pm and Saturday, August 3 from 10am-1pm at Kathryn Schultz Gallery and CAA @ University Place. *Late picks-up will incur a $15 per-week fee. CAA does not have storage, and artworks that need to be transported from CAA @ University Place will incur an additional $15 transport fee. All fees must be paid before or at pick-up.
For any questions or concerns regarding artwork drop-off or pick-up, please contact Candice Driver, cdriver@cambridgeart.org
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
The 2024 National Prize Show will be presented as two in-person exhibits in our Kathryn Schultz Gallery and at University Place Gallery. Artists cannot choose which show they would like to be considered for.
- All mediums accepted: 2D, 3D, video/digital/multimedia work, installations
- All artwork must be available for sale.
- Artwork must not exceed 72 inches on the longest side.
- Artwork must have been created within the past five (5) years.
- Work must be original, no reproductions.
- All work submitted must be available for the exhibition dates.
- Artwork that has been previously accepted into a CAA show will not be considered.
- Artwork must be gallery ready. Read our Art Entry Information page for more details.
- All wall-mounted work must be wired or have D-rings for hanging (or should note method of presentation on the entry form). We do not accept sawtooth hangers. Please note: artworks displayed at CAA @ University Place must be installed using a cable hanging system, meaning work must those artworks must be wired or have D-rings.
- Diptychs/triptychs are considered as a single work and must be entered as a single JPEG, and must meet the size requirements of a single artwork.
- Total weight of wall-mounted work must not exceed 25 lbs.
- We cannot accommodate works that hang from the ceiling for this exhibit.
- All artwork images should be a maximum file size of 5MB.
- On the submission form we have provided a Frame/Presentation image field. This image is not required. In this field an artist can upload an image of their artwork in the frame, or a second, detail image. It will be added to the online portion of the exhibition to give viewers and potential buyers an idea of what the work looks like in person and installed.
3D WORK REQUIREMENTS
- Total weight of 3D work must not exceed 50 lbs.
- Wall-mounted 3D work should meet all 2D requirements listed above.
- Artists must supply appropriate installation materials and directions.
- The CAA has a limited number of pedestals. Pedestals can be reserved with CAA Staff upon acceptance. If artwork requires a pedestal of a specific size, the pedestal must be provided by the artist.
VIDEO REQUIREMENTS
- For accepted video work, the artist is responsible for providing all necessary display and viewing equipment, including, but not limited to: display monitor, DVD player, USB drive, mounting hardware, remote controls, batteries. The CAA has two, 32-inch flat screen monitors available for use, on request.
Please review our in-person and online exhibitor guidelines
AWARDS
- Best in Show ($1,000)
- First Prize ($750)
- Second Prize ($500)
- 5 Juror’s Choice Awards ($100 each)
APPLICATION FEES:
Fees are for up to 3 works per artist. Entires are limited to one (1) submission per applicant or collaboration.
- General Submission: $45
- CAA Artist + Associate Artist + Lifetime Members: $35
- Student Members + Fee Waivers: Free
Image in header courtesy of 2024 National Prize Show award winner Louise Arnold, Woodshed II
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.