Sincerely, [Your Name Here]

May 15 – August 2, 2025

Opening Reception + Awards Presentation | Wednesday, May 28 from 6-8pm

Presented at the Kathryn Schultz Gallery & CAA @ University Place

Award Presentation will take place at the Kathryn Schultz Gallery at 7pm 

Juror | Dell M. Hamilton, an interdisciplinary artist, writer and independent curator

About Sincerely [Your Name Here] | Sincerely, [Your Name Here] is an opportunity to share your perspective and personal experiences; whether you want to recount a joyful trip, reflect on a significant moment, express a dream, etc. Through painting, sculpture, photography, digital art, mixed media, or any other creative form, we invite you to share your story — honestly and openly — to us, from you.

For this call, the Cambridge Art Association invites artists 18 and older, and based in New England, to submit. All visual media will be considered (2D, 3D, video). Artwork will be installed at the CAA’s Kathryn Schultz Gallery (25 Lowell Street) and CAA @ University Place Gallery (124 Mount Auburn Street) in West Cambridge.

 

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ABOUT THE JUROR

Dell Marie Hamilton is an artist, writer and independent curator whose performances have been presented to audiences in New York at Five Myles Gallery and Panoply Performance Lab. She has extensively presented her work in the New England area including at the Museum of Fine Arts/Boston, Dartmouth College’s Hood Museum of Art, as well as at the Clark Art Institute, where she became the first visual artist -in the Clark’s 64-year-history – to present a performance artwork in their galleries.

Working across a variety of mediums including performance, video, painting and photography, she uses the body to investigate the social and geopolitical constructions of personal memory, gender, history and citizenship. With roots in Belize, Honduras and the Caribbean she frequently draws upon the colonial and folkloric traditions of the region.

Dell is a recipient of the ICA/Boston’s 2021 Foster Prize and her work will be discussed in a forthcoming article by scholar Iyko Day, in the anthology AntiBlackness (eds. Moon-Kie Jung and Joao H. Costa Vargas, Duke University Press). Her most recent curatorial project, “Nine Moments for Now” was presented at Harvard’s Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African and African American Art, and was ranked by Hyperallergic.com as one of 2018’s top 20 exhibitions in the U.S.

She was also named a grantee of the U.S. Latinx Art Forum’s 2021 inaugural cohort of the Charla Fund, a Ford Foundation-sponsored initiative that provides grants to Latinx artists. A frequent performer in the work of Afro-Cuban artist María Magdalena Campos-Pons, Dell appears in her collaborative video, “When We Gather” which includes choreography and poetry by Okwui Okpokwasili and LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs. She also works at Harvard’s Hutchins Center for African and African American Research where she has held a variety of roles organizing exhibitions, events, and conferences.

 

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JUROR STATEMENT

When approached with the opportunity to jury Sincerely, [Your Name Here] as an invitation for artists to tell their individual stories about places they visited, lived experience, or their feelings about the world – to some extent I took the title of the show literally. I saw it as a chance to discover artists who were earnest in their process. 

My methodology was painstaking and the list of artists expanded and contracted as the ideas that bubbled to the surface ebbed and flowed. In truth, I looked for the same things that I look for in my own practice as an artist and a curator. I searched for risk-taking, solemnity, and curiosity. 

I wanted to see art that made me wonder and question who the artist was. I wanted to know more about the circumstances that drove their decisions.  In paintings with human subjects, I was struck by how the use of color either drew me in or repelled me. On more than one occasion the figurative works with goofy facial expressions, awkward body language, and odd subject matter put a smile on my face. With sculpture and mixed-media I sought out invention in materiality and process. Abstract and photographic work had to provide strong formal compositions. There were also several conceptual works where social commentary and depth were at the forefront. Given the anti-democratic actions that are currently unfolding across our country, this is a potent time to make space for artists whose work was grounded not only in artistic rigor, but more importantly, honesty, and vulnerability.

 

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AWARDS

• Best in Show:  Sara Dilliplane, We The People
• First Prize: Liang Yuan, An Enmeshed Relationship
• Second Prize: Quincey Spagnoletti, A Girl’s Best Friend
• Juror’s Choice: 
  • Ingrid Scheibler, Pink Flap
  • Anya Shire-Plumb, Annunciation
  • Susan Siefer, Homage

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IMPORTANT DATES

• Submission deadline | Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at 5pm EST
• Exhibition dates | May 15 – August 2, 2025
• Opening reception | Wednesday, May 28 from 6-8pm
• Artist notification | All accepted artists will be posted on this webpage on Tuesday, April 15, 2025 by 5pm EST
• Drop-off* | Tuesday, April 29 & Wednesday, April 30 from 12-4pm at Kathryn Schultz Gallery and CAA @ University Place *Late drop-offs will not be accepted. 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.
• Pick-Up* | Tuesday, August 5 and Wednesday, August 6 from 12-4pm at Kathryn Schultz Gallery and CAA @ University Place. *Late picks-up will incur a $15 per-week fee. CAA does not have storage, and 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 Candice Driver, cdriver@cambridgeart.org

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KATHRYN SCHULTZ GALLERY EXHIBITING ARTISTS:

First Name	Last Name	City	State	Instagram	Website	Title	Medium	Dimensions	Price
Missy	Arellano	Belmont	MA	@miss_collage_mom	www.missyarellano.com	Sueños: Castle in the Sky	Analog collage on paper, photography on graph paper	12” x 12”	$3,600
Emily	Belz	Lincoln	MA	@emilybbelz	www.emilybelzphotography.com	The Nest	Handmade artist book of panoramic photo printed on kozo paper	5.5″ x 4.825″ (closed); 5.5″ x 33″ (opened)	$400
Krystle	Brown	Salem	MA	@krystlebrown_art	www.krystlebrownart.com	Pareidolia	Two channel video	4:21:00 Min	$1,000
Susan	Byrne	Keene	NH	@susan_a_byrne	www.susanabyrne.com	Connection Remains	Woodcut, collage, and written word	18″ x 16″	$550
Susan	Byrne	Keene	NH	@susan_a_byrne	www.susanabyrne.com	Yearning for a Place	Woodcut, collage, and written word	18″ x 16″	$550
Megan	Chiango – Department of Unqualified Observation	West Newbury	MA		https://www.departmentofunqualifiedobservation.com/	The Huddle	Discarded textiles and string	28″ x 38″	$700
Nancy	Crasco	Brighton	MA	@nancycrascoartist	http://nancycrasco.com	Eutrophication	Textile paint on organdy, quilting, embroidery, and linoleum printing	40″ x 43″	$4,000
Nancy	Crasco	Brighton	MA	@nancycrascoartist	http://nancycrasco.com	Marsh Waders	Pieced, appliqued and embroidered spoonflower yardage created from a linoleum print of kelp	28″ x 36″	$2,500
Margaret	Demille	Somerville	MA	@kinniska		True Places Unmapped	Coptic-bound book, handmade papers, matboard, linen thread, facsimile images of artifacts	7/8″ x 9 1/2′ x 6″	$250
Sara	Dilliplane	Newton	MA	@sara.dilliplane		We The People	Video	N/A	N/A
Rosie	Ding	New york	NY	@rosieding_	Www.rosieding.com	Uproar	Glazed ceramic	11″ x 19″ x 10″	$3,500
Marjorie	Forte	Cambridge	MA		marjorieforte.net	The Journey Home 4	Ambroidery floss	18″ x 18″	$650
Christopher	Gill	Somerville	MA	@chrisgillart	chrisgillartist.com	Allston Boneyard Blues	Gouache painting on paper	20″ x 20″	$1,000
Kimberley	Harding	Portland	ME	@kimberleyaharding	https://www.kimberleyharding.art/	Pain Containment Pod No. 2: Left Foot	Fiber splint, fiber rush, kinesiology tape, medical tape, hemp cord, artificial sinew, wire, fiber-reactive dye, acrylic paint, plastic arch support from orthotic, Icy Hot applicator, naproxen sodium, turmeric capsules, acetaminophen, acupuncture needles	11″ x 12″ x 15″	$1,300
T’Ajmal	Hogue	Boston	MA	@teeahjmallsart	https://teeahjmallsart.my.canva.site/	journey to self love	Photography	18″ x 24″	$175
Ryan	Horton	Boston	MA	@iconic.dsgns	https://hortoniconicdesigns.com	Hard Conversations at the Dinner Table	Installation	8’ x 8’x 4’	$32,000
Cindy	Kennelly	Sudbury	MA	@ck_felt_works	www.cindykennelly.com	Sincerely, Your Daughter, Cindy	Sheep wool, viscose, sequins, thread	68″ x 42″	$2,850
Joan C.	Lacey	Brookline	MA			Water Shadows I	Digital photograph	14″x18″	$450
Al	Levin	Lexington	MA			Playground (Drone Image)	Archival inkjet print	16″ x 20″	$175
Michele	O’Brien	Somerville	MA	Bluesky: @micheleobrienart.bsky.social	www.micheleobrienart.com	Sepia Memories	Collage	15″ x 12″	$300
Linda	Okun	Brookline	MA	@lindaokunart		Reykjavik, Iceland March 2011	Watercolor and ink	13.5″ x 16.5″	$300
Christine	Palamidessi	Cambridge	MA	@palamidessi.art	www.palamidessi.com	Couple Puppets Quadriptych	Painted paper & plaster puppets mounted on silkscreen print, woodcut, drawings	12″ x 11″(individual) 24″ x 26″(quadtriych arrangement)	$900
Dorothy Amore	Pilla	Duxbury	MA		dorothyamorepilla	VOW	Digital image printed on aluminum	16″ x 12″	$575
Carmen	Sanchez Gomez-Casuso	Boston	MA			Cycles of Sustenance	Film photography, digitally scanned and printed on fine art paper	30″ x 40″	$2,500
Susan	Siefer	Waltham	MA	@susansiefer_art	www.susanesiefer.com	Homage	Textiles, photography	12″ x 10″	$950
Cynthia	Smith	Cambridge	MA	CynthiaSmith123	n/a	LOST MEMORIES	Custom inkjet print on Hahnemuhle photo rag Baryta	11″ x 14″	$250
Brenda	Steinberg	Cambridge	MA			Adam I Don’t Think We are in Eden Anymore	Mixed media on cradled hardboard	14″ x 11″	$450
Tom	Stocker	Boston	MA	@stockertom	www.tomstockerartist.com	Bang Bang -Ode to Sonny and Cher 1967	Acrylic on canvas	31′ x 25″	$1,750
May	Sun	Cambridge	MA	@maysunartss	www.maysunarts.com	Molecular Memory: G-C Bonds	Acrylic, Chinese newspaper, charcoal, printed DNA code paper collage, and mixed media	30″ x 30″	$2,500
Francis	Tadley	Arlington	MA	@frankXT		Seeking peace	Digital tin type	9″ x 12″	$500
Fleur	Thesmar	Belmont	MA	@FleurTdeFrance	www.fleurthesmar.com	Self ID	Instant photography	9″ x 13″	$600
Liang	Yuan	Wellesley	MA		https://lyuanmdart.myportfolio.com	An Enmeshed Relationship	3D textile and acrylic on canvas	25″ x 16″	$1,500
Elizabeth A.	Zeldin	Watertown	MA	@elizabethzeldin	www.betsyzeldin.com	Into Focus	Watercolor on d’Arches	18 7/8″ x 39 1/8″	$1,750
Mark	Zieff	Sudbury	MA	@markzieffart	www.markzieff.com	Out of Time	Colored pencil on Canson paper	25″x 19″	$2,200

CAA @ UNIVERSITY PLACE EXHIBITING ARTISTS:

First Name	Last Name	City	State	Instagram	Website	Title	Medium	Dimensions	Price
Julie Fei-Fan	Balzer	Watertown	MA	@balzerdesigns	www.juliebalzer.com	Lessons in Ikebana	Acrylic, pencil, crayon, collage paper, watercolor	26″ x 22″	$1,150
Moira	Barrett	Cambridge	MA			I Am the Weather May 14, 2022	Archival pigment print	26″ x 20″	$950
Jemma Hye Jin	Byun	Boston	MA	@jemmabyun	https://www.jemmahyejinbyun.com	Nightmare	Oil on canvas with mixed media	42″ x 48″	$3,000
François-Xavier	De Costerd	Salem	MA	@fxdecosterd	www.francoisdecosterd.com	Great Blunders Are Often Made, Like Rope, Of A Multitude Of Fibers	Archival pigment print	11″ x 14″	$350
Steven	Edson	Arlington	MA	@edsonphotoart	www.stevenedson.net	Dad	Photograph, archival pigment print	17.5″ x 21″	$850
Laura Palmer	Edwards	Waltham	MA	@livingcolorart	www.Laurapalmeredwards.com	Black Boy Joy	Acrylic, gelli prints, gel pen, alcohol ink, yupo paper collage, photography, finished in resin	27″ x 34″	$1,900
Eddie	Hall	Berlin	CT	@eddiehallart	www.eddiehallart.com	Normal	Acrylic on recycled window	23″ x 32″	$950
Roberta Nigro	Hall	Waltham	MA	@robertanigrohall	robertanigrohall@gmail.com	RUINS IN BLOOM – 03	Black gesso, acrylic, paint pen on canvas	40″ x 30″	$1,800
Darci	Hanna	Somerville	MA	@darci_hanna	darcihanna.com	Twilight Sleep	Quilted and embroidered cotton, wood	67″ x 55″ x 5″	$5,000
Lisa	Jay	Boston	MA	@lisajayart	lisajayart.com	Gratitude	Acrylic, oil paint pens, collage	18″ x 24″	$400
Debra	Jayne	Hanover	NH	@debrakjayne	debrakjayne.com	Sales Force Park	Acrylic painting	50″ x 60″	$4,000
Youngsheen	Jhe	Lincoln	MA	@youngsheen_art	youngsheen.com	We All Love IV	Oil on wood	21″ x 20″	$2,400.00
Sand T	Kalloch	Malden	MA		www.sandtkalloch.com	Becoming #14: Defining Moments	Acrylic on canvas	64″ x 62″	$17,500
Marky	Kauffmann	Shirley Center	MA	@marky.ek	markykauffmannphotography.com	Pickpocket Dress	Archival pigment print from original chemigram	36″ x 24″	$1,000
C. J.	Lori	Brookline	MA	@c.j.lori	www.cjlori.com	Sailing By What’s Left	Oil on canvas	22″ x 28″	$3,500
Rebecca V.	Mann	Maynard	MA	@rebecca_v_mann	rebecca-v-mann.com	Wingless	Watercolor on paper	27″ x 18″	$1,200
Rebecca V.	Mann	Maynard	MA	@rebecca_v_mann	rebecca-v-mann.com	Nowhere to Crucify	Watercolor on paper	25″ x 17″	$1,200
Emily	Manning-Mingle	Brighton	MA	@manningmingle	manningmingle.weebly.com	Last Light	Acrylic, fabric dye, ink, marigold, and colored pencil on sewn canvas, silk, and repurposed clothing	46″ x 35″	$3,400
DaNice D	Marshall	Braintree	MA	@danice_d_marshall	www.danicedmarshall.com	Pink Rollers and Lottery Dreams	Mixed media, textured acrylic on stretched canvas	24″ x 20″	$7,500
Byron	Miller	Cambridge	MA		www.bymiller.com	Total Eclipse	Acrylic photographic print	20″ x 16″	$1,249
Shalea	Niles	Boston	Ma	@shaleaniles; @thaarthealer333	shaleaniles.com	Forged in Flame, Guided by Wisdom	Watercolor on paper	12″ x 20″	$666
Astrid	Reischwitz	Boston	MA	@astridreischwitz	www.reischwitzphotography.com	Egg Pancakes and Yarn	Archival pigment print (edition of 6)	18″ x 24″	$1,900
Frances	Rodriguez	Sharon	MA	@FrancesMakesArt	FrancesMakesArt.com	Eric, Buddha and the Lake	Oil on linen	40″ x 30″	$6,800
Ingrid	Scheibler	Newton Center	MA	@IngridScheibler	www.ingridscheibler.com	Pink Flap	Acrylic and mixed-media on birch panel	24″ x 24″	$1,650
Anya	Shire-Plumb	Brighton	MA	@anyasophia.art	www.anyashire-plumb.com	Annunciation	Oil on canvas	48″ x 60″	$1,300
Alan	Shulman	New London	NH	shulmandesign	wwwalanzolashulman.com	Emigres, You are all Welcome Here	Acrylic on canvas	31″ x 39″	$1,500
Siri	Smedvig	Concord	MA	@sirismedvig, @sirismedvigart, @alchemyenchantress	www.sirismedvig.com	Playing Peer Gynt	Acrylic on canvas	36″ x 36″	$1,900
Quincey	Spagnoletti	Boston	MA	@QuinceySpagsPhoto	www.QuinceySpagnoletti.com	A Girl’s Best Friend	Archival inkjet Print	32″ x 40″	$1,200
Quincey	Spagnoletti	Boston	MA	@QuinceySpagsPhoto	www.QuinceySpagnoletti.com	The Way I Saw It	Archival inkjet Print	32″ x 40″	$1,200
Karl	Stephan	Somerville	MA	@karlstephanstudio	www.karlstephanstudio.com	Cambridge Dance Party	Oil on canvas	66″ x 48″	$5,250
Joanne	Stowell	Ashburnham	MA	@joannestowellart	www.joannestowellart.com	The Brightside	Oil on wood	36″ x 48″	$8,000
Carole LoConte	Tedesco	Charlestown	MA	@caroletedescocollage		Single on the Strip	Mixed media	29″ x 21″	$950
Bekka	Teerlink	Somerville	MA	@bekkateerlink	https://bekkateerlink.com	Planetarium	Acrylic on canvas	40″ x 30″	$3,700
Barbara	Trachtenberg	Newton Highlands	MA	@barbara.trachtenberg	https://www.barbaratrachtenberg.com	Darkness and Light	Acrylic on canvas	17″ x 20″	$1,000
Jenn	Wood	Methun	MA	@jennwoodart	jennwoodstudio.com	Portals	Archival ink print on fine art paper	9″ x 21.5″	$975

 

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SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Sincerely, [Your Name Here] will be presented as two in-person exhibits in our Kathryn Schultz Gallery and at CAA @ 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.

• 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.

• 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.