Juried CAA Student Member Exhibit
February 16 – March 14, 2024
Presented at the CAA @ Canal
Juried by Chenoa Baker, curator, wordsmith, and descendant of self-emancipators.
About Level Up | Level Up showcases the creativity and artistic talent of CAA’s Student Members. CAA’s Student Members are currently enrolled in undergrad and graduate programs, or are recent graduates, and work in a range of media. With this exhibit, CAA hopes to highlight and support the work of artists in our community at a transitional moment in their artistic careers.
This is exhibit is only open to current CAA Student Members, and all artwork will be featured in the CAA @ Canal Gallery.
About Chenoa Baker | Chenoa Baker (she/her) is a curator, wordsmith, and descendant of self-emancipators. In addition to leading the exhibition program at ShowUp (previously Beacon Gallery), she worked on: Gio Swaby: Fresh Up at the Peabody Essex Museum; Simone Leigh at ICA/Boston; Simone Leigh; and Touching Roots: Black Ancestral Legacies in the Americas at MFA/Boston. Her autobiographical-style art criticism appears in Hyperallergic, Public Parking, Material Intelligence, Studio Potter, Boston Art Review, and Sixty Inches From Center among others.
IMPORTANT DATES:
- Exhibit dates: February 16 – March 14, 2024
- Opening Reception: February 22, 2024 from 5-7pm
- Artwork Drop off: Tuesday, February 13 (12-5pm) and Wednesday, February 14 (12-5pm) at the CAA @ Canal Gallery
- Artwork Pick up: Friday, March 15 (12-5pm) and Saturday, March 16 (10am-2pm) at the CAA @ Canal Gallery
Please note that all works must be delivered to the CAA @ Canal Gallery (650 E Kendall St, Cambridge) on the schedule drop-off and pick-up dates. CAA cannot schedule alternative times. CAA cannot accept shipped artwork for this exhibit.
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. For any questions or concerns regarding artwork drop-off or pick-up, please contact Candice Driver, cdriver@cambridgeart.org
EXHIBITING ARTISTS
| Last Name | First Name | City | State | Website | Title | Media | Dimensions | Price | |
| Brennan | Patrick | Cambridge | MA | @patrick.brennan.artist | www.fineartsculptor.com | Value Per Statistical Life | Vending machine, lighting gels, monopoly money, counterfeit currency, smashed coins, chocolate coin wrappers, defaced bills, carnival tickets, receipts, gift cards, prop money | 25″ x 25″ x 10″ | $2,500 |
| Brennan | Patrick | Cambridge | MA | @patrick.brennan.artist | www.fineartsculptor.com | Comforter of the Afflicted | Plaster and chewed bubble gum | 27″ x 15″ x 17″ | $2,000 |
| Gleason | Emily | Boston | MA | @emilysouthpaw | www.emilysouthpaw.com | Tiger God | Ceramic | 8.5″ x 3.5″ x 10.5″ | $680 |
| Hanna | Darci | Somerville | MA | @darci_hanna | Brooding | Etching and chine collé | 17″ x 11″ | $300 | |
| Hanna | Darci | Somerville | MA | @darci_hanna | Mechanical Plant | Silkscreen | 15″ x 11″ | $275 | |
| Hanna | Darci | Somerville | MA | @darci_hanna | Animals I Ate (September – November 2023) | Silkscreen | triptych: 15″ x 11″, 15″ x 11″, 15″ x 11″ | $150 each | |
| Heilman | Logan | Jamaica Plain | MA | @logan.morosini.artwork | www.loganmorosiniheilman.wordpress.com | Bimbofication of the Self-Portrait | Oil and embroidery on canvas | 20″ x 20″ canvas, 20″ x 70″ including thread | $850 |
| Heilman | Logan | Jamaica Plain | MA | @logan.morosini.artwork | www.loganmorosiniheilman.wordpress.com/ | Eugene | Oil and embroidery on canvas | 24″ x 20″ | $975 |
| Heilman | Logan | Jamaica Plain | MA | @logan.morosini.artwork | www.loganmorosiniheilman.wordpress.com/ | Pomegranate P*ssy | Oil and embroidery on canvas | 20″ x 16″ | $750 |
| Hopkins | Elizabeth | Boston | MA | @eahopkinsphotography | www.eahopkinsphotography.com | The Last Visit | Archival inkjet print | 18″ x 25″ | $600 |
| Hopkins | Elizabeth | Boston | MA | @eahopkinsphotography | www.eahopkinsphotography.com | Catching Light | Archival inkjet print | 16″ x 24″ | $550 |
| Hopkins | Elizabeth | Boston | MA | @eahopkinsphotography | www.eahopkinsphotography.com | Untitled | Archival inkjet print | 16″ x 23″ | $550 |
| Howard | Brianna | Waltham | MA | @briannahowardstudio.com | www.briannahowardstudio.com | Sapid | Latex polymer and acrylic on panel | 10″ x 8″ x 2″ | $460 |
| Howard | Brianna | Waltham | MA | @briannahowardstudio.com | www.briannahowardstudio.com | Fusus | Latex polymer and acrylic on panel | 10″ x 8″ x 2″ | $460 |
| Howard | Brianna | Waltham | MA | @briannahowardstudio.com | www.briannahowardstudio.com | Echo | Latex polymer, insulation foam, and acrylic on panel | 14″ x 11″ x 3″ | $550 |
| McHaffie | Keara | Boston | MA | @kearas.art | www.kearamchaffie.com | Weaving Memories | Photo transfer on handwoven canvas | 8″ x 10″ | $150 |
| McHaffie | Keara | Boston | MA | @kearas.art | www.kearamchaffie.com | What Makes a Home? | 8″ x 10″ | $150 | |
| McHaffie | Keara | Boston | MA | @kearas.art | www.kearamchaffie.com | Pushing The Limits | Oil on Canvas | 16″ x 20″ | $250 |
| Murugesan | Harshini | Cambridge | MA | @harshinimurugesan.24 | Dancing Ripples | Alcohol inks on synthetic paper | 12″ x 12″ | $500 | |
| Murugesan | Harshini | Cambridge | MA | @harshinimurugesan.24 | SHADES OF LOVE | Watercolor on paper | 8.27″ x 11.69″ | NFS | |
| Stedfast | Charlotte | Boston | MA | @stedfaststudio | Light In The Living Room | Oil on wood panel | 20″ x 16″ | $780 | |
| Stedfast | Charlotte | Boston | MA | @stedfaststudio | Hillside Bedroom Reflections | Oil on canvas | 20″ x 16″ | $780 | |
| Stedfast | Charlotte | Boston | MA | @stedfaststudio | Forest Moss | Oil on canvas | 14″ x 11″ | $680 | |
| Todhunter | Felix | Medford | MA | @royalpen_ | Triptych (red) | Pen and ink on archival paper | 6″ x 14″ x 1.5″ | $250 | |
| Todhunter | Felix | Medford | MA | @royalpen_ | Diptych (yellow) | Pen and ink on archival paper | 6″ x 14″ x 1.5″ | $220 |
Image in header courtesy of CAA Student Member Danyang Song, Shadow Cave, from CAA’s 2023 Emerging Artists Exhibit