The 2025 Danforth Annual Juried Exhibition
On view June 28–August 24, 2025
About the Exhibition
This year the Danforth Art Museum and School celebrates its 50th Anniversary. This means that for half a century the Museum has played a part in showcasing the work of visual artists working throughout New England. Contemporary art is always changing to reflect the current moment, whether it is 1975 or 2025, and the Juried Exhibition shines a light on just some of what is new right now.
The Danforth Annual Juried Exhibition aligns with our mission by presenting a novel perspective, 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
Lauren Szumita, Director of the Cantor Art Gallery at Holy Cross, Yumi ParkHuntington, Professor of Art History at FSU, and Jessica Roscio, Director and Curator of the Danforth Art Museum. With the largest number of submissions to date, the exhibition includes the work of ninety-eight artists across media that we welcome you to discover.
The Danforth is privileged to host the Juried Exhibition this summer. As always, 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
“It was an extraordinary experience to see artworks in various media that express layers of complexity and reflect a range of creative voices and dynamic conceptual approaches. I was overwhelmed by the incredible talents of our regional artists, who capture the hearts of viewers through the endless threads of stories they tell with unique visual expressions. I want to express my sincere admiration for all the participating artists, and I was honored to meet them through their artwork. It was genuinely challenging to select artworks for the show from hundreds of submissions. The contributions reflect not only individual talent but also the enduring power of art in our community.”
Yumi Park-Huntington - Professor of Art History, Framingham State University
“One of the most enjoyable and important aspects of my job is to see and learn about the art that is being created in the region, and the Juried Exhibition is a wonderful venue for that to occur. I was in awe of the creativity and talent in all of the submitted works, and it was extremely difficult to narrow choices to the pieces on view. That being said,
these are ninety-eight very diverse works of art, and I am excited for them to be seen together. As always, the art fills the space with new ideas, and I hope it sparks conversation and introspection. I am grateful to everyone who has made this exhibition happen.”
Jessica Roscio - Director & Curator, Danforth Art Museum
“The works chosen for the exhibition, while covering an impressive myriad of themes, media, and styles, demonstrate a shared inquisitiveness about the human experience. Some artists are slowing down to take notice of the world around us—whether that’s the natural world or the effects of human action—and sometimes urging us toward awareness and action. Others are turning within, thinking critically about the individual experience and the universality of one perspective. Many point out the joy that can be found in the everyday, by using found materials or depicting unassuming items that often escape notice. And yet others are imagining possibility, in worlds that vary from the highly conceptual to the feasible. Congratulations to all those selected for inclusion in the 2025 Danforth Juried Exhibition, and thank you to all that express creatively what we collectively feel and see.”
Lauren Szumita - Director, Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross
Artists featured in the 2025 Danforth Annual Juried Exhibition
Susan Alport
Stevie Leigh Andrascik
Anne Beinecke
Kevin Belanger
Julie Bernson
William Betcher
Clara Bohrer
Sally Chapman
Brad Chapman Bleau
jason cheeseman-meyer
Diana Cheren Nygren
Pamela Chiasson
Brenda Cirioni
Hannah Cole Dahar
Jodi Colella
Merill Comeau
Walter Crump
Steven Daiber
Raj Das
Sophia Day
Monica DeSalvo
Yorgos Efthymiadis
Lawrence Elbroch
Victoria Elbroch
Aaron Ellison & Eric Zeigler
Nan Hass Feldman
Orna Feldman
Gail Fischer
Ellen Fisher
Michael Frassinelli
Deborah Friedman
Suzanne Gainer
Victoria Gewirz
Patrick Goguen
Stephen Golding
Nicholas Goodhue
Donna Gordon
R.J. Grady
Andrae Green
Laura Gurton
Maia Shelby Hay
Martha Heller
Ryan Horton
Steve Imrich
Corey Jonze
Marcy Juran
Cynthia Katz
Elizabeth Killoran Bowles
Tijana Knezevic
Sasha Knittel
Exhibition
Mary Kocol
Jenn Levatino
Joseph Levendusky
Ashley MacLure
Virginia Mahoney
Katherine McGaughey
Anne Diamond McNevin
Nina Medard
Lori Mehta
Janet Montecalvo
Sally B. Moore
Laura Morrison
James Mullen
Lynn Nafey
Steve Novick
Bridget Parmenter
Alison M. Plump
Linda Post
Sheila Quinn
Beverly Nunes Ramsay
Gupi Ranganathan
Astrid Reischwitz
Robin Reynolds
David Ricci
Joan Ryan
Susan Ryder
Farzaneh Safarani
Gordon Saperia
Jamie Scherzer
Ruth Scotch
Emily Shedlock
Susan Siefer
Anastasia Sierra
Rebecca Skinner
Rhonda Smith
Lee Smith
Lesia Sochor
Tracy Spadafora
Suzanne Stumpf
Lisa Tang Liu & James
David Tabor
Ken Tighe
Stephanie Todhunter
Riley Vecchione
Francine Weiss
Jesse Weissman
Antoinette M Winters
Jenn Wood
Leslie Zelamsky
Susan Alport
BOSton, 2022
Digital Print
Watch Me While I Bloom, 2023
Upcycled denim scraps, metal zipper
Stevie Leigh Andrascik
Tuesday in December, 2024
Acrylic, pencil on paper
Kevin Belanger
YO YO, 2024
Photograph
Anne Beinecke
Julie Bernson Consumer Icon (Soconusco), 2024-25
Box tops on paper
William Betcher
Ghost Woman, 2025
Inkjet print from 1860s
Abrotype
Clara Bohrer
Adiantum I, 2024
Monoprint, photopolymer intaglio, on folded paper
Sally Chapman Fall-Leaves, 2024
Kozo paper with encaustic, mixed media
Brad Chapman Bleau
Big Mac, 2022
Acrylic and Junk on wood panel
jason cheesemanmeyer
There’s Way More Than Two Sides, 2024 Oil on canvas
Honorable Mention
Diana Cheren Nygren
Setting Sail, 2023
Dye Sublimated aluminum, acrylic print, wood frame
Pamela Chiasson
Three Sisters, 2024
Mixed media
Emerging Artist Award
Hannah Cole Dahar
The Nest Within 1, 2024
Oil on Ammonite in a cinnamon broom nest
Brenda Cirioni
Waiting for Sloane, 2024
Mixed media resin on panel
Jodi Colella Josephine, 2024
Stoneware, family
clothing, threads, nylon
Merill Comeau La Cadie Diaspora, 2025
Repurposed
Textiles, stencil, ink, thread
Walter Crump
Metropolis 3, 2024
Archival inkjet print
Steven Daiber
Patria O – uerte series: Footprints, 2024
Silkscreen on the 1979 Atlas de Cuba
Raj Das
Untitled 2 (Skyscraper and Moon), 2025
Photograph print on dye sub aluminum
Sophia Day
Hand Reliquary, 2025
Oil on canvas
Monica DeSalvo Up-Sun-Down, 2024
Collage on unique digital photo montage on Yupo paper on foam core
Mirsini A/Roses, 2024
Photograph
Yorgos Efthymiadis
Lawrence Elbroch
Finding the Way, 2022
Archival pigment print
Elbroch
An Uncertain Future, 2025
Ink on paper with collage and thread
Victoria
Aaron Ellison & Eric Zeigler
Multiple Breaks (Sorbus alnifolia), 2024
Archival print of original
digital aerochrome image
Nan Hass Feldman
The Town Among the Clouds, 2023
Oil on canvas
Orna Feldman
Jerusalem
Geography, 2022
Monotype on paper
Gail Fischer
Path to Art 1, 2023
Photography printed on handmade paper
Ellen Fisher Are These Tears, 2024
Photograph printed on rip-stop nylon
Michael Frassinelli
Pianista Cabinet of Wonders (Remps Replica), 2022
Acrylic on canvas
Deborah Friedman
Message in a Bottle, 2025
Colored pencil on paper
Victoria Gewirz
Minuteman, 2024
Piezography print (black and white film)
Patrick Goguen
Palm Lines, 2024
Hydrostone, metal coating, poly slip castings
Stephen Golding
Max and Sonia, 2025
Giclee Archival Print
A Bradford Way Procession, 2025
Acrylic on insulation foam board
Nicholas Goodhue
Donna Gordon Kendra, Near
Mt. Monadnock, Peterborough NH, 2024
Digital Archival print
R.J. Grady Carousel Horse with Acrobats, 2025 Oil on linen Courtesy of the Reily Mathers Collection
Second Place
Andrae Green
Can I, Will I, Should I –DIVERS XVI – Chasing
Paradise #2, 2022
Oil, acrylic, chalk on canvas
Laura Gurton
Unknown Species
no.344, 2024
Oil on canvas
Maia Shelby Hay
Synergy VIII, 2024
Onion Skin
Martha Heller
Youth and I Are
Housemates Still, 2021
Used house painter’s tarp, rust
Ryan Horton Act Like You Got Some Sense, 2024 Installation
CLOUD 28 IAH, 2024
Oil on linen
Steve Imrich
Corey Jonze Invincibility is a Meaningless Pursuit, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
Marcy Juran
Early Wonder Beets, 2022
Archival pigment print with hand coloring
Cynthia Katz
Searching for Home, 2024
Cyanotype on paper
Elizabeth Killoran Bowles
After the Wedding, 2024
Oil on linen panel
Tijana Knezevic a.b.o.d.e.11, 2023
Acrylic, Letraset, rice paper on canvas
Sasha Knittel Spot Pond, 2025
Photography Archival Print
Mary Kocol
Dawn Window Portal, Ireland, 2023
Archival inkjet print, Courtesy of Gallery NAGA
Jenn Levatino
Hirsute Queen Flaxen, 2022
Synthetic hair, Swaledale Sheep horn, cement plinth
Joseph Levendusky Canal Street, Providence, 2024
Archival inkjet print
Ashley MacLure Lynn, 2025
Ink, collage, acrylic, assemblage
Virginia Mahoney Am I There Yet?, 2024
Acrylic on paper (old paintings), words, reclaimed produce net
Katherine McGaughey
Jaguar Hunting Crocodile Effigy, 2025
Linoprint on paper
Hide and Seek, 2025
A Welcome Call, 2025
Acrylic on paper
Anne Diamond McNevin
Photomontage
Nina Medard
Janet Montecalvo
Daydream Believer, 2022
Oil on wood
Lori Mehta Contemplation, 2023 Oil on board
Sally B. Moore Off Course, 2023
Wire, fabric, screen, paper, clay
Laura Morrison Keeping It Together, 2021 Wool weavings
First Place
James Mullen
Back Cove, 2025
Oil on canvas
and Sour, 2023
Mixed media on dura-lar, plexiglass, aluminum composite
Lynn Nafey Sweet
Steve Novick
The Tongue, 2024
Found wood objects
Bridget Parmenter
Waiting, 2020
Photo composite including crayon and pencil
Alison M. Plump
The One That Got Away, 2024
Mixed media on sewn papers
Linda Post
The Future is Now, 2025
Oil on wood
Beverly Nunes
Ramsay
The Dancers, 2024
Hand Torn Paper
Sheila Quinn Little Chiquita Lolo, 2024
Acrylic
Gupi Ranganathan
Regeneration: Plane, Planarian, and Planet (04), 2025
Mixed media painting
Astrid Reischwitz
Soused Herring, 2024
Archival Pigment Print
Robin Reynolds Too Hot to Handle, 2025
Vintage fabric, antique lace, vintage cookbooks and childrens books
David Ricci
The Curated Woman, 2022
Archival pigment print
Joan Ryan Chicken Little the Sky is Falling, 2023 Oil
Ryder Covered Jar, 2024 Paper
Susan
Third Place
Untold Tale, 2024
Oil color on canvas and video projection
Gordon Saperia
Night Life, 2024
Digital archive print
Farzaneh Safarani
Jamie Scherzer
Care to share?, 2024
White Stoneware
Ruth Scotch
Eliza, 2024
Oil on canvas
Emily Shedlock
Perseverance (Carolyn), 2024
Acrylic on canvas
Susan Siefer
Prayer Shawl, 2025
Fiber
Anastasia Sierra
Distance, 2022
Archival inkjet print
Rebecca Skinner Interior II, 2023
Photograph on aluminum
Lee Smith
Uniform Closet (Immigration Hospital on Ellis Island), 2024
Archival Pigment photograph
Rhonda Smith
Trekking, 2020
Clay, cardboard, cork, netting, papier-mache
Lesia Sochor
Homeland, 2024
Acrylic on canvas
Mapping, 2025
Watercolor and colored pencil on paper
Tracy Spadafora
Suzanne Stumpf
Rock My Galaxy, 2022
Porcelain sculpture
Lisa Tang Liu & James David Tabor
Scorched Woods, 2024
Archival pigment print
Honorable Mention
Ken Tighe
The Sacred, The Profane, and Redemption at the Tango Palace, 2025
Oil and gold leaf on panel
Stephanie Todhunter
Over the River and Through the Woods, 2024
Mixed media on paper
Riley Vecchione
Jay (they/he), 2023
Digital photograph, color print
Francine Weiss
Moby Dick, 2024
Book, paint, wood, cardboard, thread
Jesse Weissman
Adobe: Earth & Sky, 2023
Archival inkjet print
Honorable Mention
Antoinette M Winters …and some people she never told, 2024
Acrylic wall paint, torn journal pages with acrylic paint, hand stenciled lettering
Jenn Wood Wave Sister, 2024
Inks, acrylic on etching rag paper
Leslie Zelamsky
Hineni, 20245
Wood, shakes, paint, nails
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 lsher@ framingham.edu.
exhibition catalog design
Laura Gayton, Danforth Marketing Communications & Design Manager
cover image credit Ellen Fisher, Are These Tears, 2024
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 Gregory for expert installation, and the rest of the Danforth team whose contributions make us the regional gem we all love to be a part of.
- Jessica Roscio, Director and Curator, Danforth Art Museum