Awards and Accepted Works

BEST IN SHOW:

Maren Brown, Travelogues: Black Mountain, 2024

SECOND PLACE:

Brenda M. White Henriquez, Back Roads, 2024 

THIRD PLACE:

Joanne Stowell, Home, 2024

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

1. Cole Chammas, Angel Fish, 2024

2. Susan Warren, Studio, 2025

3. Carlos Hurtado, Hummingbird, 2024

4. Kelly Russo, Traces, 2025

5. Gabrielle Loturco, Adored Glassware, 2023

6. Irena Roman, Queen, 2022

7. Scott Sewitch, Salt Pond Idyll, 2025

8. Kailey Coppens, Because I knew you were here, 2025

9. John Carrozza, Tidal Water Stones, 2023

10. Natalia Mirabito, Fleeting Marsh, 2025

ACCEPTED WORKS:

Morgan Bakaletz Hellbender
Patricia Bossange Public Garden in Mist
Maren Brown Travelogues: Black Mountain
Barbara Canney Consider the Moment
John Carrozza Tidal Water Stones
Cole Chammas Angel Fish
Melissa Clayton Still Life with Irisis, Peony, and Poppy
Kailey Coppens Because I knew you were here
Nancy Shaw Cramer SCRUNCH • 1
Robert Dewsnap The American Way
David Eby Harmony
Victoria Elbroch Subterranean Series V
Lisa Flynn Betsey
Alex Gerasev Wonder
Rebecca Gmucs Fall at First Encounter
Richard Greene Tucumcari, NM #2
Jared Hadfield Sail Away
Kate Hanlon Danger Zone
Brenda M White Henriquez Back Roads
Virginia Holloway Between the Lines
Carlos Hurtado Hummingbird
Margaret Koval Evening Walk
Gabrielle Loturco Adored Glassware
Karleen Loughran A delicate balance; Poinsettia
Rosemary Mamakos Stay true to yourself
John McGiff Persephone Rises!
Kayla McKenna They're the same but they're different
Barbara Meier Quiet After the Storm
Natalia Mirabito Fleeting Marsh
Judith Montminy Porto Portal
John Picard Endure
Claudia Ravaschiere Meditation on One Day Alone
Irena Roman Queen
Kelly Russo Traces
Scott Sewitch Salt Pond Idyll
Joanne Stowell Home
Karen Vradenburg Calliope
Susan Warren Studio
Lucy Yan Dreamer
Mark Zieff Out of Time

6th Annual Spring Juried Art Show

with Juror Allison Rudnick, Associate Curator of Drawings and Prints, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Exhibition dates

March 21, 2025-April 26, 2025

Opening Reception (Free and all are welcome)

Friday, March 21, 2025 from 6:00pm to 8:00 pm

Prospectus to come!

Generously sponsored by the Cordelia Family Foundation and the Frame Center of Hanover.

The James Library & Center for the Arts 6th Annual Spring Juried Show

Sponsored by the Frame Center, the Cordelia Family Foundation, and the Hanover, Hingham, and Marshfield Cultural Councils, local cultural councils that are supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

EXHIBITION PROSPECTUS

Exhibition Dates: March 21, 2025 to April 26, 2025

Opening Reception: March 21, 2025    6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

All eligible, accepted work will be available for viewing and purchase in person and on our online gallery at JamesLibrary.org

EXHIBITION THEME: Open—Non-specific

ELIGIBILITY

Open to all mediums. All painting and drawing, media, sculpture, graphics, photography, ceramic, textiles, wood or metal work, audio & video, and mixed media.

You must be age 18 or older to submit work.

No pieces may have been shown or displayed previously at The James Library & Center for the Arts.

All works must be original and created within the last three years.

All entries for this exhibit must be submitted online through CAFÉ:  www.CallForEntry.org

Works should not exceed 72 inches in any dimension (including diagonal) or weigh more than 75 pounds. Works must be framed or otherwise ready for hanging/installation. Pieces must be wired or hanger clips attached on each side of piece. No French Cleat style hangers are allowed. No clamped glass, cardboard, paste-on or saw tooth hangers allowed. Large 2D pieces normally framed in glass that exceed 48 inches in either direction must be framed using an acrylic glazing (such as Plexiglas) only. Any sculpture or 3D pieces that require a pedestal must be included in entry and available for use should the piece be accepted. *Sculpture entries cannot weigh over 200 lbs. Due to space constraints, all 2D pieces must not exceed 48 inches x 72 inches and 3D pieces must not exceed 36 inches x 60 inches. No pieces may be larger than 72 inches on the diagonal.

Due to safety concerns, any work found to not be suitably framed may be disqualified and rejected from the exhibit with no refund of entry fee(s).

Any work accepted for the exhibition that is not deemed representative of what was presented in the submission process is subject to rejection with no reimbursement of entry fee(s). This includes any changes or modifications to the work.

All pieces must be available for exhibit throughout the duration of the exhibition. All work must be available for sale. A 35% commission/donation to The James will be due within 14 days from close of the exhibit. Accepted works not made available for the full duration of the exhibit will be disqualified from the exhibit as well as from receiving any awards possibly won. No early pickups. No exceptions.

Artists, or an assigned representative, must submit accepted works in person. No exceptions. All pieces must be labeled on the back with artist name, title of work, and contact information on the standard form provided on the James Library & Center for the Arts’ website.  

REQUIRED ARTWORK DATA

Title

Medium

Surface

Creation Year

Size (Width x Height x Depth) in inches  (image size)

Price in USD

ORIGINALITY & RIGHTS

Artworks must be entirely the work of the entrant, executed without the supervision of an instructor.

Artists should have all the rights to present and publish their artworks.

Entries must not be copies or derivatives based in any way on other copyrighted or published paintings, photographs, or other artistic work. Any infraction of this rule will result in disqualification.

SUBMISSION FEES

$15 per entry

Limit 6 entries per artist

*All fees are non-refundable

JUROR

Allison Rudnick

Associate Curator, Department of Drawings and Prints

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Allison Rudnick is an associate curator in the department of Drawings and Prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Her recent exhibitions include The Art of the Literary Poster: Works from the Leonard A. Lauder Collection (2024) and Art for the Millions: American Culture and Politics in the 1930s (2023), each of which was accompanied by a catalogue. She has published and presented widely on modern and contemporary printmaking practices and visual culture with a focus on art of the United States.

AWARDS

$250.00 Best in Show

$125.00 Second Place

$75.00 Third place

*Four honorable mentions

IMPORTANT DATES:

January 31, 2025 through February 24,  2025 11:59 pm EST: Online entries accepted on CAFÉ:  www.CallForEntry.org

March 3, 2025: List of accepted works will be posted on The James Library & Center for the Arts website after 9:00 pm.

March 6, 7 & 8, 2025: Drop off of accepted works during business hours. See website for current hours of operation.

March 21, 2025: Opening Reception, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

April 26, 2025: End of exhibition

April 29, 30, May 1, 2025  1:00 pm to 5:00 pm: Pickup of unsold artwork.  

*Artists will be charged a $5.00 per day fee for any work not picked up by May 10, 2025

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

You must be age 18 or older to submit work.

No pieces may have been shown or displayed previously at The James Library & Center for the Arts.

All works must be original and created within the last three years.

All entries for this exhibit must be submitted online through CAFÉ:  www.CallForEntry.org

SUBMISSION FEES

$15 per entry

Limit 6 entries per artist

*All fees are non-refundable

You understand that The James Library & Center for the Arts requests a 35% donation/commission for any pieces sold during the run of the exhibit and a 10% donation/commission for any pieces that sell within 60 days after the close of the exhibit and are sold as a result of being included in this exhibition.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Open to all mediums. All painting and drawing, media, sculpture, graphics, photography, ceramic, textiles, wood or metal work, audio & video, and mixed media.

ABOUT THE JAMES LIBRARY & CENTER FOR THE ARTS

The James Library & Center for the Arts is a nonprofit organization offering programs in music, art, and literature. Housed in a landmark 1874 Victorian building in the heart of historic Norwell Center, in Norwell, Massachusetts. The James features a concert hall with a Steinway B grand piano, a free lending library, and an art gallery offering new exhibits each month.

The James is a vibrant place within the South Shore of Boston arts community offering high quality programming in music, literature, and visual Arts.

Color Noise by Artist Dina Brennan

Exhibition dateS

May 9, 2025 through June 14, 2025

Opening Reception (Free and all are welcome)

Friday, May 9, 2025, 6-8 pm

Color Noise—Artist Statement

My creativity was sparked by COVID, of all things, and what I coined my Quarantine Creative. I started taking out all of my art supplies and playing with watercolor landscapes which I called “colorscapes.”  The idea was letting the water move how it wanted against the page to create a loose and abstract visual of what I saw on my daily walks in the South Shore. I am endlessly inspired by the colors, sounds and movement in landscapes. My love of water and being near the ocean has a big influence in my color palette. Working abstractly is something that is new to me and I have had a lot of fun experimenting with new painting tools and different types of acrylic paints, mediums and soluble artists’ crayons. Formal qualities of abstract art are form, color, line, texture, pattern, composition and process. I like the challenge and freedom of creating abstract works

In this new body of work, each piece is focused on limiting my color scheme and pushing color relationships while maintaining a balance in tone and movement. With that movement, I really want to explore what sound looks like, particularly in nature. The use of horizon lines where the earth or ocean seem to meet the sky help to communicate depth and point of view. These lines guide the viewer’s eye and emphasize particular areas of the paintings. When you view these abstract paintings, I want you to imagine what lays beyond these horizons

My love of color motivates me most in creating my art.  Color is more than aesthetics. It is intrinsically linked to mood, emotion, physiology, wellbeing, creativity and/or productivity. Colors have meanings, influences, connotations and applications. Colors can evoke emotions, confusion, can connote energy and or intimacy and combinations of colors can be memorable and achieve a distinct impact on a viewer. Growing up and living in New England has been very influential because of the ever-changing seasons, the continuous moving landscape found along the coast and the way the light makes everything seem different from day to day. The naturally occurring color combinations found while spending time outdoors inspires me to try and create those connections while painting. I am working to see if I can visually depict sound within a landscape. Does sound have a color? Does color make a noise? The exact definition of noise depends on personal taste. “Noise” can be unwanted, loud or disruptive; however, being disruptive is not always a bad thing. Psychological noise can stem from personal attitudes, assumptions or biases that lead to misinterpretation or confusion. What do you imagine you hear? I want to connect with others through experimenting in different color combinations, influences found in nature, horizon lines and potentially what they hear. I enjoy experimenting and playing with color. Color is fundamental to how individuals experience the world around them. We all perceive/see color differently.

Color, line and texture can grab your immediate attention. They are meant to create harmony and balance. I want the viewer to have an experience viewing my artwork rather than to interpret each piece. What is the personal connection to the artwork look like or sound like to each viewer? Anyone can take what they see and interpret it however they like. I want everyone to view my work with an open mind and a wandering imagination.

Sculptor Jared Hadfield

Exhibition dates

June 20, 2025 through August 8, 2025

Opening Reception (Free and all are welcome)

Friday, June 20, 2025, 6-8 pm

About Jared Hadfield

I am a sculptor and craftsman based South of Boston in Marshfield, MA. In 2020, I built a 2,000-square-foot workshop on my property called Forest Street Studio to accommodate large-scale projects and the scope of my free-ranging imagination. My background is split between the fine art world and fabrication industry, allowing me to approach custom projects and distinctive sculptures with dual sensibilities in craft and design. My process usually begins with engineered wood, hefty structural beams I collect from the lumberyard then carve down, shape and refine. At times, found metal hardware will spark a vision and become the starting point for a new form. Inspiration from my nautical surroundings on the South Shore often makes its way into my work as well as the spontaneous creativity of my kids.