The 2023 Danforth Annual Juried Exhibition

The

2023 Danforth Annual

Juried Exhibition

On view June 24–September 17, 2023

About the Exhibition

Back for a second year in the new Danforth galleries, we can officially say that the Juried Exhibition is once again an annual tradition. It is exciting to feel a continuity of programming after years of uncertainty. With each month, we are reemerging as the Danforth that our community remembers, crafting a unique contemporary identity and seeking to serve ever-widening audiences. The Juried Exhibition is one of the cornerstones of this community commitment.

The Danforth Annual Juried Exhibition presents a different curatorial perspective each year, showcasing innovative work, and introducing new artists. Once again, we had a panel of three jurors, representing the region, the University, and the Danforth. This year’s jurors are

Erin Becker, Executive Director of the Cambridge Art Association, Leslie Starobin, Professor of Art at FSU, and Rachel Passannante, Collections Curator at the Danforth. The 89 works in this exhibition represent a wide range of media and processes that both evoke and subvert tradition and, as a whole, are a feast for the senses.

The Juried Exhibition is a snapshot of the work being produced in New England right now, and the Danforth is privileged to host it. We are grateful to all of the artists who submitted to the exhibition and who contribute to the rich cultural landscape of this region. This exhibition is generously sponsored by Middlesex Savings Bank.

Juror’s statements

“It was a pleasure to review artworks by hundreds of New England-based artists, both new and familiar to me, as part of the Danforth Annual Juried Exhibition. What stuck with me after the review were the ways in which our collective experience of the pandemic seeped into the entries in subtle ways – a certain focus on domestic environments and objects, an abundance of familiar settings, and a desire for comfort for both artist and viewer. In some ways, I hope this is the positive lesson we can carry with us after three tumultuous years – a reminder of, and focus on, what is truly important in each of our lives.

Kudos to the artists – those who entered, and those selected by the panel. Your art enriches us all.”

Erin Becker Executive Director Cambridge Art Association

“ It is always an exciting time at the Danforth when the Juried Exhibition process begins. Having the opportunity to look through such amazing contemporary artworks really highlights the caliber of New England artists. The diversity of medias and themes that have been

selected for this year’s exhibition promises a wonderful and inspiring exhibition. With more artists and artworks than last year, it made it a hard yet rewarding process for the jurors. I want to thank all the artists who applied and congratulate the artists who were selected.”

Rachel Passannante Collections Curator

Danforth Art Museum

It was a great honor to serve as Framingham State University’s representative on the panel of jurors. I was delighted to have the opportunity to review an array of pieces by New England artists working in a wide variety of mediums, incorporating unusual materials, and employing traditional and experimental processes. In the exhibition, color, patterning, and abstraction reoccur throughout, balanced by works-on-paper rendered in rich tones of black and white. Sculptures molded in clay, carved in wood, cast in metal, and built from recycled objects address themes of human existence. My sincere compliments to the hundreds of artists who had the courage to submit their work; it made our job as jurors especially challenging. Congratulations to all the artists whose creativity will be on exhibition throughout the summer. ”

Leslie Starobin

Professor Emerita of Art Framingham State University

Artists Featured in the Danforth Annual Juried

Michael Alfano

Laurie Alpert

Meris Barreto

Lisa Barthelson

Deborah Baye

Becky Behar

Jenna Billian

Meg Birnbaum

Sally Brecher

Jackie Brown

Hilary Hanson Bruel

jason cheeseman-meyer

Rose Christian

Brenda Cirioni

Jodi Collela

Dee Cohen

Marc Cote

Lee Cott

Sonja Czekalski

Paula DeSimone

Vanessa De Zorzi

Mariah Doren & Johanna Paas

Deborah Drummond

Andrew Epstein

Madge Evers

Nan Hass Feldman

Carol Flax

Claudia Flynn

Suzanne Gainer

Stephen Gatter

Claire Gerard

R.J. Grady

Laura Gurton

Pamela Hart

Kay Hartung

Martha Heller

Mary Morazzi Henderson

Scarlett V. Hoey

Carol Holtz

Doug Johnson

Alison Judd

Matthew Kamholtz

Cynthia Katz

Patti Kelly

the 2023 Juried Exhibition

Bob Kephart

Joe Landry

Walter Landry

Kim Largey

Jaeok Lee

Penny Linn

Susan Lirakis

Mimi Macksoud

Alysia Macaulay

Sable Matula

Anne Diamond McNevin

Lori Mehta

Joel Moskowitz

Robin Okun

Ted Ollier

Jeanne Williamson Ostroff

Anne Piessens

Linda Post

Brett S. Poza

Steven Rae

Danielle Ray

Astrid Reischwitz

Amy Ropple

David Wells Roth

Judith Ellen Sanders

Patricia Schappler

Ingrid Scheibler

Ellen Schön

Ruth Scotch

Brittany Severance

Susan Siefer

Shannon Slattery

C.A. Stigliano

Alan Strassman

Suzanne Stumpf

Stephanie Todhunter

Rebecca Tuck

Mara Wagner

Paul Walcott

Karen Walter

Paul Weiner

Delanie Wise

Bridie Wolejko

Aluminum

Shaped polyester

plate lithograph, acrylic

Michael Alfano Windswept, 2023

Laurie Alpert Building Spaces II, 2023

Lisa Barthelson

aii wall forms 1, art in isolation, family debris, 2023

Paper, monoprints, thread

Meris Barreto

TWINs, 2019 Colorado Yule marble, bronze wire filaments

Honorable Mention

Becky Behar

Kitchen Shelf, 2019

Archival pigment print

Deborah Baye

Spirit Rising, 2022

Mixed media

Becky Behar

Tener un Bulto en el Corazon, 2022

Archival pigment print

Jenna Billian

Dirty Laundry, 2023

MDF, wood, enamel, plastic bags, collected items

If Only, 2021

Archival pigment print

Sally Brecher

This and That, 2022

Diptych Photograph

Meg Birnbaum

Jackie Brown

Aggregates, 2018-22

Ceramic

Hilary Hanson Bruel

Clark’s Island XI, 2022

Encaustic, thread on wood

jason cheeseman-meyer

Her Back to the Glare, 2022

Oil on linen

What grows above, what lies below, 2023

Etching on Rives BFK laid over geologic survey map

Rose Christian

Honorable Mention

Brenda Cirioni

Rejoice, 2022

Acrylic, mixed media

Dee Cohen

Mother Nature Protects All Thats Wild, 2023

Oil on canvas

Jodi Colella

Overture, 2022

Hi-fired clay, nylon fibers

Marc Cote

Ecotourists, 2022

Woodcut, monotype on paper

Lee Cott

Dining Shed, Oakland, 2023

Archival pigment print

Sonja Czekalski

Pick Your Poison, 2023

Fabric, handmade paper, fibers, found objects

Intimate Spaces Diptych, 2023

Monotype, graphite

Paula DeSimone

Vanessa De Zorzi

Infinity Lillies, 2021

Oil on canvas

MetroWest Artist Award

Honorable Mention

Mariah Doren & Johanna

Paas

Grafting: Prediction, 2022

Mixed media collage, silkscreen, inkjet

Deborah

Drummond

Idle Gossip, 2022

Acrylic on canvas

Andrew Epstein

Five Trunks, Monhegan Island, 2022

Archival pigment print

Madge Evers

Ghost Tree Moon: Meadow Rue/Thalictrum, 2021

Mushroom spores on paper

Nan Hass Feldman

The Boats Come to Yellow Sky, 2020

Oil on panel

Carol Flax

The Storm Has Passed ii, 2023

Cut reclaimed paper

Archival inkjet print

Claudia Flynn Mother Tongue, 2022 Bronze

Suzanne Gainer

Woman Who Once

Had Wings #2, 2023

Stephen Gatter

Still Life w Grapes, 2023

Paper pulp, paint

Claire Gerard Relief, 2023

Acrylic, spray paint, thread, paper, cloth, thumbtack on canvas

Laura Gurton

Unknown Species

no. 326, 2023

Oil on linen

R.J. Grady

Stitched Rhino with Taxidermied Birds, 2021

Oil on linen

Pamela Hart

Trellis, 2022

Oil on canvas

Kay Hartung

Geocolor 6, 2023

Encaustic on shaped wood panel

Martha Heller

Womens Work - - The Founders, 2023

Thread

Mary Morazzi Henderson

Somebody’s child, 2023

Hand built stoneware clay

Scarlett V. Hoey

Flora, Meeting House

Hill Cemetery, Princeton/

Enslaved by Governor

Moses Gill and Rebecca

Boylston Gill, 2022

Digital inkjet print on metal

Capannone blu e ulivi (Blue Shed and Olive Trees), 2022

Oil

Carol Holtz

Doug Johnson

Dawn, 2023

Platinum/Paladium (Ziatype) print

Third Place

Alison Judd

Yellow Chair/Favorite Chair, 2023

Oil on canvas

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA (#54), 2022

Digital photograph archival inkjet print

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA (#52), 2022

Digital photograph archival inkjet print

Matthew Kamholtz

Matthew Kamholtz

Second Place

Cynthia Katz

Lunar Eclipse with Sailor, 2023

Cyanotypes on paper

Patti Kelly

Pink Rain, 2023

Monotype

Bob Kephart

Future Fungus, 2022

Metal, wood

Terminal Warehouse, 2021

Mixed media

Joe Landry

Walter Landry

Campo del Ghetto, 2021

Black, grey and white pencil on grey panel

Kim Largey

I’m Talking To A Ghost, 2023

Acrylic on canvas

Penny Linn

Fall Impressionism, 2022

Photograph

Jaeok Lee

Thimble Woman, 2022

Clay, cotton threads, silk thimbles

Susan Lirakis

Jackman Pond, 2022

Archival pigment print

photograph

Mimi Macksoud

Conversation, 2023

Oil, cold wax on multimedia artboard

Alysia Macaulay

Double Sheath

Abstraction on Pale

Lilac, 2023

Mixed media on gesso board

Sable Matula

The Giddy and Kyna

Room, 2023

Yarn, paint, acrylic

rod, and fishing line

Anne Diamond

Photograph

Lori Mehta Nest, 2021 Oil on cradled board

Joel Moskowitz

Cistern, 2023

Ink, acrylic on paper

Robin Okun

Unpacking, 2022

Acrylic

Jeanne Williamson

Ostroff

Good Morning, 2022

Mixed media on fabric

Ted Ollier

Opportunity Traverse, Meridiani Planum, 2020

Relief print on paper

Birth,

Anne Piessens

Brett S. Poza

Caught Between, 2021

Burned drawing, aquarelles, ink on plywood

Steven Rae

Blue Box, 2022

Clay

Reseed II, 2022

Found metal, ceramic tile, catalpa seed pods

Astrid Reischwitz

Daughter of Thistles, 2020

Archival pigment print with hand-sewn embroidery

Courtesy of the Artist and Gallery Kayafas

Danielle Ray

David Wells Roth

Portrait of Adi, 2020

Oil on canvas

Amy Ropple

Chronic, 2023

Mixed media textile art

Patricia Schappler Of Dawn and Dusk, 2022

Oil on cradled board

Judith Ellen Sanders

Lighter Than Air, 2022

Acrylic paint on canvas

Ellen Schön

Honey, Just One More

Kiss, 2022

Stoneware

Ingrid Scheibler

Pour Soi, 2020

Acrylic, mixed media on canvas

Brittany Severance

Cascading Curtain, 2023

Archival inkjet print

Ruth Scotch Couple on Siesta Key, 2023 Oil on canvas

Shannon Slattery

Already Gone, 2022

Acrylic on reclaimed Masonite panel

Annie, Agnes, Artemisia, Rebekka (those that have gone before),

2022-23

Mixed media sculpture

Susan Siefer

Heavy Load, 2018 Photograph

First Place

C.A. Stigliano

Galatea, 2020

Poplar, hardware, acrylic

Alan Strassman

Suzanne Stumpf

Breast Project, 2018

Porcelain sculpture

Stephanie Todhunter

The Way of Sorrows (crankie), 2023

Found objects, canvas, 24k gold leaf, collage

Rebecca Tuck

Tethered Sympathy, 2022

Wire, collected plastic, rope, sea bricks

Mara Wagner

All About the Wallpaper, 2023 Acrylic-painted and found cut and torn paper, oil stick

Paul Walcott

Naked Truth, 2023 Mixed media on panel

Folded Drawing #1, 2023

Ink, colored pencil on Japanese paper

Karen Walter

Emerging Artist Award

Delanie Wise Hush, 2022 Clay

Paul Weiner Pauline’s World, 2019

Archival digital photographic print

Bridie Wolejko

The Landfill Goats, 2022

Mixed media, paper, acrylic, soft pastel

This exhibition was generously sponsored by our friends at Middlesex Savings Bank.

About the Danforth

The Danforth Museum was founded with the intent to connect with and represent our surrounding community, highlighting the art and artists of the Greater Boston area, and serving as an accessible space to engage with both historical and contemporary art. Our mission is to collect, document, preserve, display, and interpret original works of art and the resources in its care in order to uphold and advance the academic goals and core values of Framingham State University and to enrich the community at large.

About Danforth Membership

Members always receive free admission to the Museum, advance notice of exhibitions and events, members-only discounts on events and art school classes, and membership in various Art Museum Reciprocal Programs depending on the level of membership. For more information, visit our website by clicking here or email lgayton@framingham.edu.

exhibition catalog design

Laura Gayton, Danforth Art Museum

cover image credit

Paul Walcott, Naked Truth, 2023

This exhibition would not have been possible without the tireless work and dedication of Danforth Staff, including Rachel Passannante, who flawlessly managed all of the logistics of the exhibition, Laura Gayton, who created all of the exhibition’s graphics and marketing material, including this catalog, Tim Johnson and Frank Graham for expert installation, and Barry Burlingham, Mary Erickson, Noelle Fournier, Katherine TakoGirard, and Chandra Taylor whose contributions to our team make the Danforth the regional gem we all

- Jessica Roscio, Director and Curator, Danforth Art Museum