The 2024 Danforth Annual Juried Exhibition
On view June 22–September 22, 2024
About the Exhibition
It is summertime in New England, and that means we are welcoming the Juried Exhibition back to the galleries. As we reflect on the exhibitions from the past year, we are reminded how exciting it is to show work by artists practicing throughout the region. The Juried Exhibition magnifies that offering by bringing you many artists at once and giving you the opportunity to discover what is new right now.
The Danforth Annual Juried Exhibition aligns with our mission by presenting a novel 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 Marie Craig, Co-Founder of Fountain Street Art Gallery in Boston, Keri Straka, Professor of Art at FSU, and Noelle Fournier, Director of the Danforth Art School. The works in this exhibition represent a wide range of media and processes. There is something to inspire everyone.
The Juried Exhibition is a snapshot of the work being produced in New England, and the Danforth is privileged to host it. We are grateful to all the artists who submitted to the exhibition and contribute to the region’s rich cultural landscape.
This exhibition is generously sponsored by Middlesex Savings Bank.
Juror’s statements
“As a juror for the Danforth Annual Juried Exhibition 2024, I was faced with the delightful yet challenging task of selecting from an abundance of strong submissions. The resulting exhibition, with its diverse array of media spanning from painting to sculpture, photography to mixed media, installation to abstract and representational works, showcases the remarkable talent of our regional artists. Excellence is the common theme here, as each artwork invites viewers to delve into its meaning and form a personal connection. It was clear that each artist had poured their heart and soul into their work, offering us a profound gift of expression and insight. Together with my colleagues Noelle Fournier and Keri Straka, I believe we have curated a collection that beautifully represents the vibrant creativity of our community.”
Marie Craig - Cofounder of Fountain Street Art Gallery
“As a staff member here, I have enjoyed the Danforth Annual Juried Exhibition for years, both in our former home downtown and again, here at the Jonathan Maynard Building. I have always been impressed with the breadth of truly impressive work featured in our
exhibitions and this year is no exception. I was honored to serve as a juror this year, reviewing a staggering number of submissions in a wide variety of media. I spent a great deal of time going back and forth over the entire group of works, looking for pieces that had a strong, confident point of view or made me curious to know more about the artist or work. My perspective is perhaps unique in that I work in and around the exhibit each year, so I am keenly aware of how our teachers and students interact with the art. Individually and as a composite, I am confident the works selected will provide a deeply meaningful experience for patrons as well as those attending programs at the art school.”
Noelle Fournier - Director, Danforth Art School
“I was deeply impressed by the quality of the artwork that was submitted from artists of all stages from emerging to well-established. Our region is richly layered with creativity and the submissions to the exhibition reflect the breadth, width, and depth of an infinite variety. The work of jurying the exhibition was extremely difficult and required many sessions to carefully look and absorb the artwork to find resonance between different pieces. It was an honor to serve in this capacity and I am excited to see the work in the museum.”
Keri Straka - Professor of Art. Framingham State University
Artists Featured in the Danforth Annual Juried
Lisa Barthelson
Eugenie Lewalski Berg
William Betcher
J. Felice Boucher
Robert Caras
Kim Carlino
Nancy White Cassidy
jason cheeseman-meyer
Nira Chorev
Brenda Cirioni
Elizabeth Cohen
Jodi Colella
Virginia Cramer
Sonja Czekalski
Aimee Dalrymple
Molly Dee
Monica DeSalvo
Paula DeSimone
Cassie Doyon
Rob Dunlavey
Victoria Elbroch
Madge Evers
Fran Forman
Deborah Friedman
Kathryn Geismar
Liliana Glenn
Lynda Goldberg
R.J. Grady
Michael Guertin
Jackie Heitchue
Judith Jaffe
Kaffee Kang
Marky Kauffmann
Sung Ji Lee
Erica Licea-Kane
Madeleine Lord
Virginia Mahoney
Robert Maloney
Caitlyn Marsh
Coco McCabe
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Juried Exhibition
Lori Mehta
Shelby Meyerhoff
Mary Morazzi Henderson
C E Morse
Joel Moskowitz
Joan Mullen
Iris Osterman
Jane Henry Parsons
Jane Petschek
Linda H. Post
Jill Pottle
Andrea Pritchard
Carole Rabe
Danielle Ray
Astrid Reischwitz
Karin Rosenthal
Gordon Saperia
Patricia Schappler
Glen Scheffer
Ruth Scotch
Tamar Segev
Marilyn Sherman
Leslie Sills
Rebecca Skinner
Shannon Slattery
Tracy Spadafora
Suzanne Stumpf
Lisa Tang Liu
Bekka Teerlink
Denise Theodores
Sylvia Vander Sluis
Andrea Wald
Bruce Hugh Wilson
Marcia Wood Mertinooke
Leslie Zelamsky
Cynthia Zeman
Mark Zieff
Lisa Barthelson
find keep make, family debris, 2024
Found object assemblage
Eugenie Lewalski Berg
Four and a Half, 2024
Concrete, Mokuhanga prints, graphite, hardware
William Betcher Dear Sister Eliza, 1860/2024 Inkjet print
J. Felice Boucher In Bloom, 2024
Photograph
Robert Caras
Lifespring, 2022
Glass, brass
Kim Carlino
Interwoven Timescales, 2023
Acrylic, gouache on paper
Nancy White Cassidy Balancing Act,
Honorable Mention
Nira Chorev Drift, 2019
Mixed media on paper
Brenda Cirioni Continuum 5, 2024
Acrylic, paint skins, chunks of dried paint, flora, paint sticks, resin
Third Place
Elizabeth Cohen
Fertility Wall Necklace, 2023
Porcelain, silkworm cocoons
Jodi Colella We Tell Ourselves Nice Little Stories and Tell Ourselves They Are True, 2023
Stoneware, underglaze, autobiographical fibers
Virginia Cramer Dialog, 2021
Mixed media on canvas
First Place
Sonja Czekalski Beldam Cloak, 2021
My grandmothers fabrics, my old bed sheets, yarn, handmade paper
Emerging Artist Award
Aimee Dalrymple
Unraveled Angel, 2023
Mixed media collage
Molly Dee
Claudia(n), 2023
Foam, industrial felt, wool
Monica DeSalvo
A Bus Tour in the Woods – Stage 6, 2023
Mixed media collage on archival foamcore
Paula DeSimone
Interplay, 2024 Monotype with Collage
Honorable Mention
Cassie Doyon Boundaries, 2023
Mixed media diptych sculpture
Rob Dunlavey 10-13-23-Swans 01, 2023
Pastel, ink on paper
Second Place
Victoria Elbroch Mycorrhizae I, 2024
Ink + hand cut paper
Madge Evers
Equinox, Oak Spring i, 2024
Cyanotype, ink, acrylic on Arches Aquarelle paper
Fran Forman
Yellow Curtain, 2023
Archival pigment print
Honorable Mention
Deborah Friedman
Pantomime, 2023
Colored pencil on paper
Kathryn Geismar
I am Coming Back
4 U, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
Liliana Glenn
Crow Totems, 2023
Flameworked glass
Lynda Goldberg Serenity, 2021
Monoprint, Chine Colle on paper
R.J. Grady
African Mask and Pia Juhl Tiles, 2024 Oil on linen
Curiosity Cabinet, 2024
Wood, acrylic paint, glass, archival pigment print
Mini sculptural cabinet
Michael Guertin
Dawn Sailors, 2024 Video
Jackie Heitchue
Judith Jaffe
Stones and Flowers, 2023
Mixed media
Made in China, 2023
Oil on canvas
Kaffee Kang
Marky Kauffmann
Dior Dress, 2023
Pigment print from scanned chemigram
Sung Ji Lee
Melting Memories, 2021
Thread, ceramic, glue sticks, slip castings
Erica Licea-Kane
Lamina, 2023-24
Acrylic, natural wood
Madeleine Lord And the Oscar Goes to…, 2021
Welded stainless steel
Virginia Mahoney I/You Am/Are You/Me/Us, 2022
Reclaimed food net, fabric, thread, steel, reclaimed/reformed old work, words
Robert Maloney Building Complex Gold, 2024
Woodblock print, metallic ink on paper
Caitlyn Marsh
Salient Spiral, 2023
Stoneware, oxidation fired cone six, glaze resist, mason stain
Coco McCabe Dog House, 2024
Pinhole photograph
Lori Mehta
Nestled, 2023
Oil on cradled board
Marcia Wood Mertinooke
Does the Universe Meet
Us in That Way, 2024
Oil on canvas
Shelby Meyerhoff
Zoomorphic #42 (Cherry Blossoms), 2023
Photograph, archival pigment print
Mary Morazzi Henderson
Different Days, 2024 Stoneware clay
CE Morse
Pit 79, 2022
Archival pigment print on paper
Joel Moskowitz
Mended Heart, 2024
Highbush blueberry branches
Mixed media
Joan Mullen Voice, 2023
Iris Osterman
Ocean Ledge, 2024
Oil on canvas
Jane Henry Parsons
Side by Side, 2023
Oil and cold wax on linen
Jane Petschek
Passing Storm, Cape Porpoise e.v. 1/10, 2022
Aquatint and line etching, printed with Prussion blue/ black ink on Arches Cover White printmaking paper
Linda H. Post Soliloquy, 2022
Oil on panel
Pottle Tree Tops, Monhegan Island, 2023
Oil on panel
Jill
Andrea Pritchard
Encouraging or Avoiding Blocks, 2023
Handsewn cloth collage tapestry
Carole Rabe
Two Lilac Pillows, 2022 Oil on canvas
Danielle Ray
Inevitable, 2022
Found metal, Queen
Anne’s Lace, lichen
Astrid Reischwitz
Egg Pancakes with Yarn, 2024
Archival pigment print
Courtesy of Gallery Kayafas
Karin Rosenthal Markings, 2023
Archival pigment print
Gordon Saperia Across the Great Divide, 2023
Archival Inkjet Print
Patricia Schappler
Star of the Sea, 2022
Oil on cradled board
Glen Scheffer
Fort Lauderdale, n.d.
Gelatin Silver Print
Ruth Scotch Unspoken Bond, 2024 Oil on canvas
Tamar Segev
1.77 mi, 38 m 4 s, Stadtberzirk Bonn, Germany August 15, 2023, #1, 2024
Oil pastel, wax pastel, watercolor, thread on paper
Marilyn Sherman
Plantation 3, 2024
Monoprint (photopolymer plates)
Leslie Sills
The Interview, 2023
Oil on panel
Interior III, 2023
Photograph on aluminum
Rebecca Skinner
Shannon Slattery Long Way Home, 2023
Acrylic on Birch Panel
Tracey Spadafora Green Dumpster Landscape, 2024
Oil, encaustic on braced wood panel
Suzanne Stumpf
Resting Place, 2023
Porcelain
Lisa Tang Liu
“Me” in Red White and Blue, 2023
Paper collage: cyanotype, ink on paper
Bekka Teerlink
Meanwhile, Galaxies
Collide, 2024
Acrylic on canvas
Denise Theodores
Ligh Drift, 2024
Oil on canvas
Sylvia Vander Sluis Passage V, 2023
Wire, vines, reed, linen, acrylic, plaster
Aqua oils on canvas
Bruce Hugh Wilson
My Spaces, 2024
Archival Pigment print
Andrea Wald
Four Cows, 2023
Leslie Zelamsky
Convergence 2, 2023
Wood, paint, charcoal, nails, glue
Cynthia Zeman
Twin Goats, 2023
Oil, gold leaf
Mark Zieff On the Hook Again, 2023 Colored pencil on Canson paper
This exhibition was generously sponsored by our friends at Middlesex Savings Bank.
About the Danforth
The Danforth Art 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. The Danforth Art Museum and School at Framingham State University is an innovative cultural resource serving the region by enriching our community with opportunities for transformational artistic experiences. We exhibit, collect, and teach through dynamic and responsive programming. With a welcoming environment in our galleries and studios, the Danforth inspires and engages through art.
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 Marketing Communications & Design Manager
cover image credit
Deborah Friedman , Pantomime, 2023 (2024 Winner, Honorable Mention)
This exhibition would not have been possible without the tireless work and dedication of the Danforth staff, including Rachel Passannante, who flawlessly handled all of the logistics of the exhibition from start to finish, and made it look easy. Thanks to Laura Gayton, who created all the exhibition graphics and marketing material, including this catalog; and to Katherine Tako-Girard, who coordinated with the artists to give us a summer’s worth of programming. Thanks to Tim Johnson and Frank Graham for expert installation, and Mary Erickson, Barry Burlingham, Noelle Fournier, and Chandra Taylor, whose contributions to our team make the Danforth the regional gem we all love to be a part of.
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Jessica Roscio, Director and Curator, Danforth Art Museum