October 30 – December 13, 2025
EXTENDED SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Friday, October 3 at 11:59PM
Presented at the Kathryn Schultz Gallery & CAA @ University Place.
Opening Reception | Thursday, October 30 from 6-8pm. Kathryn Schultz Gallery & CAA @ University Place
Awards Presentation | 7pm at Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Juried by Sayantan Mukhopadhyay, PhD Associate Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art, Portland Museum of Art.
ABOUT THE 2025 National Prize Show
The 2025 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 2025 will be presented at two galleries: Kathryn Schultz Gallery and CAA @ University Place. Artists cannot choose which location their piece will be exhibited.
About the Juror
Sayantan Mukhopadhyay
Sayantan Mukhopadhyay is the Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Portland Museum of Art. Most recently, he curated As We Are (2024), an exhibition highlighting emerging artists with connections to Maine. He is currently working on a midcareer retrospective of Maine-based painter Sascha Braunig's work, opening in the fall of 2026. Sayantan has a diverse background in education, publishing, and the visual arts, having worked in New York, Los Angeles, Mumbai, Shanghai, and New Delhi. He holds a BA in art history and comparative literature from Williams College and an MA and PhD in art history from UCLA. His doctoral research focused on queer networks in contemporary art in India at the end of the twentieth century.
Juror’s Statement
It has been just over two years since I moved back to New England after life took me on multiple detours–to New York, India, China, the West Coast, and back. In that time, I have found myself tracing local cartographies of community and care among artists. In Maine, that history is particularly strong: artists share bountifully in each other’s studios and taking pride in the dialogic nature of their practices. It is as inspiring as it is humbling. I witness that here, too, in this incredible call from the CAA. I have had an opportunity to encounter some of the ways—both quiet and overt—that artists are sharing in knowledge, in frustration, in love, and in beauty. It has been a privilege to take a small peek into these intertwined worlds.
AWARD RECIPIENTS
First Prize: Emily Manning-Mingle
Second Prize: Anguo Ping
KATHRYN SCHULTZ GALLERY EXHIBITING ARTISTS:
| First Name | Last Name | City | State | Website | Title | Media | Dimensions | Price | |
| Bayda | Asbridge | Worcester | MA | @baydasart | baydasart.com | Scars | Mixed media: birch branches, slats, wood, paint, waxed linen thread. | 12″ x 18″ x 48″ | $4,500 |
| Katharine | Boden | Brookline | MA | @katharinebodenart | katharineboden.com | Waiting for Odysseus | Archival ink jet print 1/3 | 13.5″ x 10.5″ (unframed) | $850 |
| Michele | BonDurant | Oakwood | OH | @michele_bondurant_studio | michelebondurant.net | Old catalpa tree with fireflies | G.F. Smith papers | 8″ x 7.5″ | $450 |
| Mary Lynn | Burke | Lexington | MA | @mary.lynn.burke | marylynnburke.com | It’s Not A Trap | Cyanotype, acrylic, pastel and oil on raw canvas | 22″ x 26″ | $1,800 |
| Marcia | Ciro | Watertown | MA | @papertracestudio | papertracestudio.com | Atonement on the Rivers of Hades | Digital drawing on infrared photos | 70″ x 57″ | $5,000 |
| Chris | Diani | Pawtucket | RI | @chrisdiani | Gender Reveal | Aounted archival pigment print | 10″ x 8″ | $600 | |
| Barbara | Fletcher | Lowell | MA | @barbara_Fletcher_sculptor | barbara-fletcher.com | American Roulette | Mixed Media sculpture wall mounted | 27″ 25″ x 5″ | $1,000 |
| Marjorie | Forte | Cambridge | MA | marjorieforte.net | The Journey Home 1 | Embroidery Floss | 18″ x 18″ | $800 | |
| Diane | Francis | Tewksbury | MA | @dianetf | dianetfrancis.com | Contrast | Woodblock Print | 10″ x 8″ | $500 |
| Chen | Gao | Beachwood | OH | @chengaoart | chengao.me | membrane of green | Used dryer sheets, and threads | 23” x 17” | $900 |
| Helen | Hankin | Waltham | MA | @hankin5660 | Interlude | Mixed Media on Canvas | 12″ x 12″ | $400 | |
| Fay Lamson | Hannon | Cambridge | MA | In Class | Oil on canvas | 16″ x 16” | $600 | ||
| Kay | Hartung | Acton | MA | @kayhartung | Shifting Planes Triptych | Encaustic on cradled wood panel | 16″ x 52″ | $2,400 | |
| Sayako | Hiroi | Winthrop | MA | @sayakohiroi | sayakohiroi.com | Between you and I, there’s a new land. #1 | Acrylic on linen and wood panel | 15″ x 11″ | $1,200 |
| Robyn | Jucius | Trenton | ME | @robyn.cr.jucius.art | Lost in Thought | Mixed media: pastel & tempera on paper | 12″ x 9″ | $300 | |
| Lydia | Kinney | Greenfield | MA | @l.m.kinney | lydiamkinney.com | Ticker Tape | Acrylic on Canvas | 36″ x 48″ | $3,000 |
| Yining | Lee | Boston | MA | @leeyining_ | yininglee.com | Solace in Rain, Echoes in Smoke, Silent Drift | Acrylic on Linen | 11″ x 14″ | $1,800 |
| Emily | Manning-Mingle | Brighton | MA | @manningmingle | maningmingle.weebly.com | Afternoon Cascade | Fabric dye, Solar Fast, and embroidery thread on voile, cotton, canvas, repurposed clothing, and painting rag | 17.5″ x 17.5″ | $800 |
| Vicki | McKenna | Marlborough | MA | @riverwandering | mckennaimages.com | Floating Among the Clouds | platinum/palladium photographic print | 14″ x 16″ | $1,020 |
| Behnaz | Monzavi | Boston | MA | @behnaz.monzavi | behnazmonzavi.com | Abidar | Gouache, watercolor on Eastern paper adhered to a plaster body cast of the artist | 22.8″ x 22″ x 20.5″ | $5,000 |
| Megha | Nair | Boston | MA | @meghaxnair | meghanair.weebly.com | Something Vulgar | Acrylic, embroidery floss, beadwork | 20″ x 16″ | $5,000 |
| Carolyn | Newberger | Lenox | MA | carolynnewberger.com | Contagion | Mixed media and collage | 28″ x 38″ | $3,200 | |
| Mark | O’Grady | Lynn | MA | Prose Poem | Ink, Watercolor, on Rice Paper, Reconfigured and Collaged | 24″ x 24″ | $1,300 | ||
| Astrid | Reischwitz | Bedford | MA | @astridreischwitz | reischwitzphotography.com | Wax Beans with Eggs and Potatoes | Archival Pigment Print | 18″ x 24″ | $1,900 |
| Frances | Rodriguez | Sharon | MA | @FrancesMakesArt | FrancesMakesArt.com | Fat Tuesday on Chippewa Street | Oil on Linen | 40″ x 30″ | $6,400 |
| Richard | Rollins | Portland | OR | The White Book #4 | Acrylic on wood | 4″ x 10″ x 13″ | $800 | ||
| May | Sun | Boston | MA | maysunartss | maysunarts.com | Silent Visitation | Acrylic, inkjet transfer, graphite, collage on canvas | 24 x 36″ | $2,250 |
| Mara | Wagner | Cambridge | MA | @aberdeentreehousestudio | marawagnerart.com | A River Under the Arch | Painted papers collage | 18″ x 24″ | $875 |
| Paul | Weiner | Somerville | MA | Dreaming 2 | Archival photo digital print | 23″ x 18″ | $2,000 | ||
| Jenny | Wu | Hartford | CT | @jennythewu | jennywu.art | 2009 Seems Like It Was Only Five Years Ago | Latex paint and resin on wood panel | 36″ x 12″ | $2,000 |
| Clarissa | Yeap | New Bedford | MA | @clarissayart | Old Bones Flutter and Say … | Unfixed anthotype, ceramic, waxed thread, wood tray | 25″ x 19” | $1,000 | |
| Liang | Yuan | Wellesley | MA | lyuanmdart9189.myportfolio.com | Trauma | Crochet Textile Relief Sculpture | 20″ x 16″ | $1,000 | |
| Jennifer | Ziller | Cambridge | MA | zillerarts.my.canva.site | Mon petite Mal | Gelli print, ink, bronzed pearls | 12″ x 16″ | $750 | |
| Carleen | Zimbalatti | Montpelier | VT | carleenzimbalatti.com | Diamond | Mixed Media, Acrylic and Ink on Paper | 26″x 26″ | $2,500 |
CAA @ UNIVERSITY PLACE GALLERY EXHIBITING ARTISTS:
| First Name | Last Name | City | State | Website | Title | Media | Dimensions | Price | |
| Navid | Abedzadeh | Cambridge | MA | @navid.abz | Building 10 in b&w | Digital photograph, digital print | 24″ x 18″ | $500 | |
| Karen | Adrienne | Gardiner | ME | karenadrienne.com | Rock’in the Boat | Monotype on paper | 30″ x 22″ | $1,200 | |
| Janet | Atkinson | Wyckoff | NJ | @janet.atkinson.studio | janetatkinsonstudio.com | In My Time of Solitude | Oil on Canvas | 48″ x 30″ | $1,500 |
| TJ | Bergeron | Brighton | MA | @tjbergeronstudio | https://tjbergeronartist.wixsite.com/artist | The Bather | Acrylic, ink and graphite on panel | 48″ x 36″ | $3,500 |
| Sally | Bousquet | Hingham | MA | @srbousquet | sallybousquet.com | Twigs | Archival Photograph | 19″ x 25″ | $650 |
| Catherine | Caddigan | Randolph | MA | @catherinecaddigan | catherinecaddigan.com | Silver Linings | Archival Inkjet Print | 22″ x 22″ | $450 |
| Christina | Chang | Medford | MA | @christinachang_art | christinachangart.com | Open Passage | Oil | 24″ x 24″ | $2,500 |
| Martha | Chason-Sokol | Everett | MA | @chasonsokol | mchasonsokol.com | Butterfly | Pots and pans, prescription pill bottles, green plastic pitcher, melted green plastic bottle, melted plastic peanut jar, packing tape, colored yarns, colored embroidery floss, string | 48″ x 25″ | $2,160 |
| Laura | Chassaigne | Charlestown | MA | @laurachassart | laurachassaigne.com | Ripples Between | Acrylic on canvas | 24″ x 30 | $1,800 |
| Rux | Darie | Lincoln | MA | @ruxdarie | ruxandra-darie.com | On the Move I | Acrylic on canvas | 48″ x 60″ | $6,500 |
| Parrish | Dobson | Belmont | MA | @parrish_dobson | parrishdobson.com | Lungs of the Sea-01 | Archival Digital Print on Aquarelle paper | 36″ x 24″ | $950 |
| Kata | Hull | Manchester | MA | @Mamawizzy | katahull.com | Requiem for an Iceberg | Oil stick, acrylic, pencil, ink and wax on paper | 31.25″ x 22″ | $2,500 |
| Steve | Imrich | cambridge | MA | @steveimrich | steveimrich.com | BAY MODEL 5 | Oil on linen | 36″ x 30″ | $6,000 |
| Lindsey | Frances Jones | Jersey City | NJ | @lindsfrancesjones | lindseyfrancesjones.com | Generative Selfie 8/10 | Woodcut, Chine collé | 23.75″ x 18.75″ | $700 |
| Marky | Kauffmann | Shirley CTR | MA | @marky.ek | markykauffmannphotography.com | Fire Moon | Archival pigment print from original chemigram, made with gelatin silver paper, fixer, potassium ferricyanide and bleeding tissue paper | 36 ” x 24″ | $1,200 |
| Tijana | Knezevic | Brookline | MA | @tijanaknezevic_drawings | tijanaknezevic.com | a.b.o.d.e.17 | Acrylic, rice paper and letraset on canvas | 70″ x 60″ | $11,250 |
| Mary | Kostman | Lincoln | MA | @marykostmanart’ | marykostman.com | Resolution | Acrylic on canvas | 36″ x 36″ | $1,800 |
| Claire | Leurent | Brookline | MA | @Claireleu21 | Harvey Diamond, Jose and the woman in pink | Acrylic | 20″ x 24″ | $750 | |
| Robin | MacDonald-Foley | Stoughton | MA | @stoneskystudio | robinjmf.com | Tide at Twilight #2 | Archival digital print on metal | 16″ x 24″ | $450 |
| Charles | Marburg | Hadlyme | CT | @charlesm210 | charlesmarburg.com | In the Blink of an Eye | Oil on Canvas | 20″ x 24″ | $2,500 |
| Bridey | McGlynn | Boston | MA | @bmstudioarts | brideymcglynn.com | Two Figures | Oil, Acrylic, and Charcoal on Canvas | 40″ x 30″ | $2,450 |
| Anguo | Ping | Revere | MA | @annandannanp | 424 | Oil on Canvas | 36″ x 36″ | $3,000 | |
| Anagha | Prasan-Hanna | Waltham | MA | @anaghaprasan.studio | anaghaprasan.com | Encroaching | Mixed media on paper | 22″ x 18″ | $700 |
| Wen | Redmond | Strafford | NH | @wenredmond | wenredmond.com | Beyond the Abby Window | Digital Fiber | 32″ x 22″ | $1,795 |
| Kelly | Russo | Scituate | MA | @kelly_russo_art | kellyrussoart.com | Falling Water | Acrylic on Wood | 40″ x 30″ | $2,300 |
| Jane | Sherrill | Somerville | MA | @janesherrillart | janesherrill.com | Wait | Micron pen, pencil, erasers and torn paper towel collage | 12″ x 10″ | $925 |
| Anastasia | Sierra | Cambridge | MA | @anastasiasierra | anastasiasierra.com | Milk | Archival Inkjet Print | 24″ x 32″ | $1,500 |
| Bekka | Teerlink | Somerville | MA | @bekkateerlink | bekkateerlink.com | Nebulous | Acrylic on Canvas | 30″ x 24″ | $1,800 |
| James Stephen | Terrell | Washington | DC | @jtcolorofsound | education@terellartsdc.com | Square Biz | Paper, Fabric & Acrylic Paint | 54″ x 54″ | $14,000 |
| Stephanie | Todhunter | Medford | MA | @stephanietodhunterart | stephanietodhunter.com | Queen Beth SinEater1 | Collage, spraypaint and oil on paper | 30″ x 40″ | $1,800 |
| Amantha | Tsaros | Lexington | MA | @amanthatsarosart | amanthatsaros.com | Oracle | Acrylic on Canvas | 24″ x 18″ | $1,100 |
| Allen | Wang | Boston | MA | @artsyallen | wanggallery.com | The Water Takes | Charcoal on Paper | 50″ x 34″ | NFS |
| Gretchen | Warsen | Westford | MA | @toddyponddesigns | toddyponddesigns.squarespace.com | How Will You Arrange These New Things? | Acrylic on Canvas | 36″ x 30″ | $1,800 |
| MiJung | Yun | Brookline | MA | @mjy_mijungyun | mijungyun.com | Volcano No. 6 | Pen and Ink on paper | 47” x 41” | $15,000 |
Important Dates
- EXTENDED SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Friday, October 3 at 11:59PM
- Exhibition dates: October 30 – December 13, 2025
- Opening reception: Thursday, October 30, 2025 from 6-8pm
- Artist notification: All accepted artists will be posted on this webpage on October 10 by 5pm EST
- Drop-off*: Wednesday, October 22 and Thursday, October 23, from 12pm-4pm at Kathryn Schultz Gallery and CAA @ University Place. *Late drop-offs will not be accepted.
- Shipping Deadline: Wednesday, October 22, 2025. Please make sure to schedule delivery with Anna Fubini afubini@cambridgeart.org so that all shipments are made to 25R Lowell St., Cambridge, MA 02138, during regular gallery hours. All pre-paid shipping labels must be included for returns. *Late deliveries will not be accepted.
- Pick-Up*: Tuesday, December 16 and Wednesday, December 17, from 12-4pm at Kathryn Schultz Gallery and CAA @ University Place. *If you do not pick up work from a show on the scheduled date, you will be charged a $15 per week storage fee + a $15 transportation fee if your artwork is exhibited at our CAA @ University Place Gallery. If your artwork requires a truck rental, you must pay the rental fee as well. All fees must be paid before or at pick-up. For any questions or concerns regarding artwork drop-off or pick-up, please contact Anna Fubini, afubini@cambridgeart.org.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
The 2025 National Prize Show will be presented as two in-person exhibits in our Kathryn Schultz Gallery and at University Place Gallery. The entirety of the exhibit will be featured online – and for sale – on CAA’s website for the duration of the exhibition timeline. Artists cannot choose which show they would like to be considered for.
- All mediums accepted: 2D, 3D and video work
- All artwork must be listed as for sale.
- 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.
- All wall-mounted work must be wired or have D-rings for hanging (or note method of presentation upon entry). We do not accept sawtooth hangers.
- Diptychs/triptychs are considered as a single work and must be entered as a single JPEG.
- Artwork must not exceed 72 inches on the longest side.
- Total weight of wall-mounted work must not exceed 50lbs.
- Artwork must be gallery ready. Read all of our Art Entry Information.
- All artworks must be dropped off on the scheduled dates.
3D WORK REQUIREMENTS
- Total weight of 3D work must not exceed 100lbs.
- CAA does not accept any ceiling-hanging artworks, due to structural concerns of the space
- Wall-mounted 3D work should be wired for hanging, artists must supply appropriate installation materials.
- 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.
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
Have questions? If you have questions after reviewing the above information, please email Associate Director, Anna Fubini at afubini@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.
Image in header courtesy of Anastasia Sierra