MARCH 11 – APRIL 24, 2026
Opening Reception & Awards Presentation | Thursday, March 19 from 6-8pm
Presented at the Kathryn Schultz Gallery & CAA @ University Place
Juried by Laisun Keane, Owner and Director of the LaiSun Keane Gallery
Submission Deadline | Friday, February 6 at 5pm EST
WHY BLUE?
For 25 years, the Cambridge Art Association has hosted a fall exhibit, open to artists +18 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 BLUE. With both positive (a blue bird sky) and negative (feeling blue), it is a color that evokes a range of emotions. BLUE is more than a color.
Past jurors for the RED & BLUE Biennials include: Joseph Ketner; Amy Sadao (Director, ICA Philadelphia); Howard Yezerski (Miller Yezerski Gallery); Carl Belz (Rose Art Museum); 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 Dina Deitsch (Tufts University Art Galleries).
Please note: that BLUE 2026 will be presented at two galleries Kathryn Schultz Gallery and CAA @ University Place. Artists cannot choose which location their piece will be exhibited. The entirety of the exhibit will be featured online for the duration of the exhibition timeline.
ABOUT THE JUROR
LaiSun Keane
LaiSun Keane (she/her) is the owner of an eponymous gallery in Boston’s SoWa Arts District, which specializes in contemporary works of art by American and International artists. LaiSun graduated with a Bachelor of Art Theory from University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia. After graduating, she was involved with the non-profit gallery, the National Art School Gallery, and a commercial art gallery, AAG, which specialized in Australian Aboriginal Art. She moved to Boston in 2013 and in her indefatigable fashion, dived straight into the local art scene volunteering with many film festivals and non-profit art establishments. It ultimately led to her involvement with a long established ceramic gallery in Concord for five years, of which the final two years she was a partner. In April 2020, LaiSun started her own gallery, and has since staged ten exhibitions focusing on emerging artists, women, minorities and the overlooked.
IMPORTANT DATES
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Submission Deadline | Friday, February 6 at 5pm EST
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Artist Notification | Wednesday, February 18 at 5pm – all accepted artists will be posted on this webpage.
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Opening Reception | Thursday, March 19 from 6 – 8pm
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Exhibit Dates | March 11 – April 24, 2026
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Artwork Drop-off | Tuesday, March 3 and Wednesday, March 4 from 12 – 4pm at the Kathryn Schultz Gallery & CAA @ University Place Gallery (Artwork cannot be shipped. Late deliveries will not be accepted.)
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Artwork Pick-up | Tuesday, April 28 and Wednesday, April 29 from 12 – 4pm at the Kathryn Schultz Gallery & CAA @ University Place Gallery (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.)
EXHIBITING ARTISTS- KATHRYN SCHULTZ GALLERY
| First Name | Last Name | Website | Title | Media | Dimension | Price | |
| Navid | Abedzadeh | @navid.abz | Blue tarp | Digital photograph, archival digital print | 18″ x 24″ | $800 | |
| Laurie | Alpert | lauriealpert.com | Treading Softly | Cyanotype | 44″ x 28″ | $1,200 | |
| Pesya | Altman | @pesyaaltman | pesyaaltmanart.com | Portrait of Irish Traveler | Oil on canvas | 10″ x 8″ | $1,000 |
| Paul | Arsenault | @paul.arsenault.art | paularsenault.com | The Stress of it All | Oil paint and pencil on panel | 18″ x 30″ | $1,600 |
| Andre Lee | Bassuet | andreleebassuet | andreleebassuet.com | Blue Longing | Artist book of cyanotype and embroidery | 8.5″ x 11″ | $2,000 |
| KoKKo | Bresilla | @colettebresilla | colettebresilla.com | The Diver | Mixed on wood | 6″ x 6″ | $500 |
| Yi Cynthia | Chen | @yicynthiachen | yicynthiachen.com | Blue Balls | Oil on canvas | 8″ x 10″ | $700 |
| Kevin | Dailor | @kevindailor | kevindailorart.com | Paint Cans | Oil on canvas | 24″ x 24″ | $2,300 |
| Erica | Driver | @ericadriverart | www.ericadriver.com | Bottling Line at Sakonnet Vineyard | Acrylic paint marker and ink wash on panel | 12″ x 12″ | $875 |
| Robert W. | Easton | rweaston.com | Blue #2 | Photography | 20″ x 16″ | $375 | |
| Kseniya | Galper | @kseniyagalper | The city and its uncertain walls | Oil on birch panel | 18″ x 24″ | $3,600 | |
| Kathryn | Geismar | @geismarart | kathryngeismar.com | Return to Route 67 | Acrylic on Linen | 36″ x 24″ | $3,000 |
| Katherine | Gosnell | @Katherine.gosnell.art | katherinegosnell.com | Basking in Blue | Acrylic and collage on panel | 10″ x 8″ | $180 |
| Kimberley A. | Harding | @kimberleyaharding | kimberleyharding.art | Pain Containment Pod No. 4: Depression/Anxiety | Fiber rush, prescription bottles, nylon cord, dye | 7”x 23”x 17″ | $1,000 |
| Danielle | Hardy | @dani.lanae | daniellehardy.com | Blue | Photography | 10″ x 14″ | $200 |
| Kay | Hartung | @kayhartung | Geocolor 24 | Encaustic on shaped MDFpanel | 20″ x 18″ | $3,000 | |
| Carol | Holtz | @holtzdesign | holtzpaintings.com | Verdelli | Oil | 12″ x 12″ | $750 |
| Sally | Jacobson | @7gardenangels | Violets Are | Cyanotype on vintage silk coaster, embroidery | 10″ x 10″ | $600 | |
| Mark | Jarzombek | @markjarzombek | markjarzombekportfolio.com | Shifting Signifier @3 | Wood | 28″ x 36″ x 12″ | $2,000 |
| Cynthia | Katz | @cynthiakatzstudio | cynthia-katz.com | Red, White and Very Blue #4 | Cyanotype and Thread on Paper | 17″ x 25″ | $2,000 |
| Eli | Kauffman | @eli_kauffman | elikauffman.net | Who is Calling? | Oil on canvas | 30.5″ x 40.5″ | $800 |
| Emily | Manning-Mingle | @manningmingle | manningmingle.weebly.com | Ocean Drawing I (Herring Cove) | Solar Fast, ink, and colored pencil on canvas | 20″ x 34″ | $1,800 |
| Amanda | Pickler | @pickler_art | amandapickler.com | Our Hands at Ginger’s | Oil on panel | 18″ x 14″ | $1,400 |
| Anagha | Prasan-Hanna | @anaghaprasan.studio | anaghaprasan.com | Contemplative | Acrylic on watercolor paper | 16″ x 20″ | $200 |
| Edwina | Rissland | rissarts.com | Blue Proportionate | Archival pigment print | 20″ x 16″ | $460 | |
| Ralph | Robinson | @ralphrobinsonimagery | ralphrobinsonimagery.com | Isla de Pasqua | Photogravure with inkjet chine collé | 9″ x 14″ | $600 |
| Carmen | Sanchez Gomez-Casuso | Representación (Cobalt) | Hand-built ceramic tile mosaic with underglaze and cobalt glaze, framed | 32″ x 46″ | $1,500 | ||
| Jan | Shapiro | @janshapirostudio | janshapiroartist.com | Being Blue With Daffodils | Oil | 20″ x 16″ | $1,450 |
| Kristen | Thiemann | @whoakrispo | whoakrispo.com | The Claw Machine | Acrylic on cotton canvas | 36″ x 40″ | $2,400 |
| Mara | Wagner | @aberdeentreehousestudio | marawagnerart.com | Emily’s Pears | Painted paper collage | 18″ x 24″ | $875 |
| Lucy | Walker | lucywalkerart.wordpress.com | Untitled Self Portrait | Water-soluble oil paint | 30″ x 24″ | $7,300 | |
| Vanessa | Wu | @casa__vanessa | casa-vanessa.com | I’m Not A Dress | Oil on Canvas | 36″ x 36″ | $1,296 |
| Wendy | Yunjia Zhang | @wendy._.z | wendyisyunjia.com | Foreign Land | Cyanotype on paper | 7″ x 5″ | $960 |
EXHIBITING ARTISTS – CAA @ UNIVERSITY PLACE GALLERY
| First Name | Last Name | Website | Title | Media | Dimension | Price | |
| Antonio | Bailey | @antonioxbailey | antoniobaiely.com | Desolate | Photography | 16″ x 20″ | $400 |
| Matt | Baynes | @mvbaynes | mvbaynes.com | Inbound to Bowdoin | Oil on canvas | 12″ x 16″ | $550 |
| Dina | Belyayeva | @dinabefineart | dinabe.wixsite.com/fineart | Madison’s Rock | Acrylic | 24″ x 20″ | $3,000 |
| Alex | Blaisdell | alexmblaisdell | alexmblaisdell.com | Man in Boat | Oil on canvas | 24″ x 30″ | $850 |
| SaraMarie | Bottaro | @saramarie_creates | saramariebottaro.com | Fire Into Water | Ink, acrylic, watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on archival translucent yupo | 41″ x 30.5″ | $1,950 |
| Laura Lee | Brady | @leerala.studio | lauraleebrady.com | be first | Oil on canvas | 24″ x 36″ | $1,500 |
| Susan | Carr | @susancarr88 | Self portrait with masks {After Ensor} | Oil on canvas | 16″ x 20″ | $1,000 | |
| Michael | Compton | michaelcomptonart.com | Summertime Blues | Oil on canvas | 21″ x 26″ | $2,800 | |
| Rux | Darie | @ruxdarie | ruxandra-darie.com | The Blue Within Us I | Acrylic on canvas | 36″ x 48″ | $4,200 |
| Stacy | DiMeglio | @colorsbydesign_ | colorsbydesignstudio.com | Reflections from Above | Oil on canvas | 12″ x 16″ | $770 |
| Lauren | Farrell | Love Language | Oil on panel | 10″ x 20″ | $1,500 | ||
| Abby | Fenn | @afenn_art | abbyfenn.com | Quilt Pattern: Blue to Green | Vinyl paint, eyeshadow, eyeliner, nail polish, and hole punched photos on paper mache clay, joint compound and wood. | 37″ x 25″ | $3,000 |
| Wendy | Fulenwider Liszt | @wendyfulenwiderliszt | wendyfulenwiderliszt.com | Amaretti Aflame and Out | Oil and acrylic paint on wooden panel | 16″ x 16″ | $1,500 |
| Karen | Futral | Barrier Beach Afloat | Photograph, archival print and mat, framed | 21″ x 27″ | $600 | ||
| Suzi | Grossman | @dr_suzz | SuziGrossman.com | ReUnfolding: Tunnel | Archival Inkjet Print | 16″ x 20″ | $400 |
| Catherine | Hauke-McCarthy | @chaukemccarthy | Blue Between | Flasche | 20″ x 20″ | $1,200 | |
| Angelo | Janey | @gallery.acj | Daily Essentials | Acrylic paint on stretched canvas | 24″ x 30″ | $450 | |
| Corey | Jonze | @coreyjonze | coreyjonze.com | The Light from the World Will Permeate Your Soul | Acrylic on canvas | 36″ x 36″ | $3,200 |
| Paul Silin | Levenson | @paul.silin.levenson.artist | paulsilinlevenson.com | James Hillman | Wood, acrylic paint | 21.5″ x 16.5″ | $500 |
| C. J. | Lori | @c.j.lori | cjlori.com | Rising | Oil on canvas | 30″ x 40″ | $5,500 |
| Jordan | McGirk | @jordanmcgirkart | jordanmcgirk.com | Fine Day for a Party/ Sound at the Edge of the Sky | Acrylic on canvas | 36″ x 30″ | $1,200 |
| Astrid | Reischwitz | @astridreischwitz | reischwitzphotography.com | Cured Pork Snout | Archival pigment print | 18″ x 24″ | $1,900 |
| Alexandra | Rozenman | @alexandra.rozenman | alexandrarozenman.com | Eric’s Blue World | Oil on canvas | 30″ x 30″ | $2,000 |
| Mike | Ryczek | @m_ryczek | mryczek.com | Hsinchu City, TW / 12.16.20 / 11:39AM | Oil on wood panel | 12″ x 12″ | $1,200 |
| Laurie | Simko | @lauriesimko | lauriesimko.com | Horizontal Flight | Oil | 24″ x 36″ | $3,000 |
| Roz | Sommer | @rozsommer | rozsommer.com | Alex | Gouache on Yupo | 14″ x 11″ | $600 |
| Irene | Stapleford | @irene.stapleford | irenestapleford.com | Trees Against the Firmament | Acrylic on cradled wood panel | 30″ x 22″ | $1,200 |
| Brenna | Vaughn | @brenvart | brenvaughnart.com | The Government is Collapsing, But You Still Have to Stay Late | Acrylic | 20″ x 16″ | $975 |
| Michael S. | Vieira | @_michaelsvieira | michaelsvieira.com | Sad Beaulieu, Visions of Gerard | Oil on linen | 10″ x 8″ | $1,800 |
| Martha | Wakefield | @mwakefield_photoarts | marthawakefield.com | The Sky is Falling | Archival pigment print of manipulated polaroid | 10″ x 10″ | $350 |
| Sandra Chen | Weinstein | @Sandra.Chen.Weinstein | SandraChenPhoto.com | Blue Light | Photography, Inkjet print | 24″ x 18″ | $1,800 |
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. Entries 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
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.
Header image courtesy of Antonio Bailey