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A painting by HM (Heather) Craig has been juried into the Northeast Prize Show by the Cambridge Art Association.

Exhibit dates May 14 - June 23, 2010

Reception: Thursday, May 20, 6-8 pm, awards at University Place at 7 pm

Kathryn Schultz Gallery and offices: 25 Lowell Street, Cambridge MA 02138
Tuesday-Saturday 11am-5pm
University Place Gallery: 124 Mt Auburn Street, Cambridge MA 02138
Monday-Friday 9am-6pm, Saturday 9am-1pm

The 66-year-old Cambridge Art Association (CAA) is honored to present it's 12th annual
Northeast Prize Show, juried by Cheryl Brutvan. Cheryl is currently the Curator of
Contemporary Art at the Norton Museum of Art in Palm Beach, FL and in the past has
also been Curator of Contemporary Art at the Albright Knox Art Museum in Buffalo, NY
and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

A full list of artists and the gallery locations of their work is available on the CAA website.

Cambridge Art Association 617-876-0246 • info@cambridgeart.org •www.cambridgeart.org

Artwork by HM Craig "Clementines and Blue"

SAA Members among winners at annual Greater Lynn Arts and Crafts Society Show

Ron Harrison won the President's Award for a watercolor titled "Fallen Warrior: A Small Town Buries one of of Its Own" and an Honorable Mention for "Clash of Generations".  D.L. Kaulbach won the Mayor of Revere Award and 1st and 2nd place ribbons for oils.  Peggy Farrell won 1st place in photographs for "Looking Across The Harbor".

Artwork: "Clash of Generations" by Ron Harrison

Artists' Row Retail Gallery Take-in

Consign your artwork to the gallery.  Review the Call for Art. 

Take-in Sunday, May 23 12-3 pm and Monday, May 24 6-7 pm.

Fresh & Fruity first exhibition of the Artists' Row season

Anticipating the return of summer and Salem's Farmers' Market

Check out the Call for Art.

Take-in Sunday, May 23 12-3 pm and Monday, May 24 6-7 pm.

THE ARTS WALK

We are putting together the map, booklets, etc. for the Salem Arts Festival: ARTS WALK sponsored by the Salem Arts Association.

If you have been in touch with Jeff Bowie, Wendy Snow-Lang, or Ellen Hardy saying that you or your business want to participate, can you please send: a 150 word bio, the best contact information for folks to use and the street address of where you are located ASAP.

We will match up businesses and artists later this month for those involved in the business location sharing.

There needs to be a least one SAA member at each site to be featured.

Map locations will show studios, businesses and en plein air painting throughout town.

The Festival Program will also include proposals that were made directly to Main Streets.

There is still time to participate! Contact us at <EGH.ARTS@gmail.com>.

Meet the Artists—in studios and businesses on June 5th, 10 am - 5 pm.

Meet the artists—en plein air—around town on June 6th, Noon to 5 pm.

New Works by Adriana "Gigi" Mederos to be exhibited at the Marblehead Arts Association 

June 5th- 27th in the Hendrick Gallery at the King Hooper Mansion

8 Hooper Street, Marblehead, MA 01945

Reception on Sunday June 6th 2-4 pm

Open Tuesday-Wednesday 12- 5 pm, Thursday - Saturday 10- 5 pm, Sunday 12 - 5 pm

For more information, please contact Adriana Mederos:  gigi@adrianamederos.com

The work of Venezuelan-born artist, Adriana Mederos, is a fusion of experience, memory, and a deep interest and love for line and color.

Mederos' severe myopia forces her to paint in close proximity to the canvas or paper; as a result, her pieces, even when small works, are intensely rooted in the dichotomy of micro and macro.

Her Latino heritage is present throughout in the colors and textures she uses. Her memories and experiences - whether from viewing the earth's canvas from 30,000 feet or from the time spent by her father's side as a girl, looking through his microscope at the world - find new life in the physicality of her paintings and their syntax.

This new collection demonstrates the mixed media approach which Mederos uses to incorporate nontraditional printmaking techniques into her paintings, infusing the work with new vitality and vigor.

www.adrianamederos.com

Isa Leshko Photography is in the press, a museum, and a catalog

Isa's work was featured on NPR's Picture Show blog

Pulitzer Prize winning art critic Mark Feeney reviewed her photography in The Boston Globe. The printed version of the piece ran with two of her images, which you can see here. The online link to the article is here.

About Leshko's work, Feeney states:  "The results are very striking: sinister and funny and disorienting all at once. Leshko usually shoots the rides with empty sky in the background, so nothing frames them but infinity and exultation (or is it fear?). A particularly choice example is "Dangling Legs." Depending on how you look at it, the ride has swallowed the other parts of the riders' bodies -- or this could be a still from a production number Fritz Lang had Busby Berkeley stage for Metropolis."

Feeney also wrote about Leshko's work for the Movie Nation blog on Boston.com. 

Isa's solo exhibition of "Thrills & Chills" opened at the Griffin Museum of Photography and will be on display through May 9th. She gave an Artist Talk before the show's opening reception on Thursday, April 15th and was so happy to see so many SAA members that evening. For additional details on the show, go here.

Isa has produced a catalog to accompany her exhibit at the Griffin Museum. Copies of the catalog are available for sale through the Griffin Museum Gift Shop. But, beginning on Monday, May 3rd, you will be able to purchase them directly from Isa's web site.

The catalog was designed by fellow SAA Member James Goncalves. Isa says it was a lot of fun working with James, and she's proud of what they produced.

Dick Paik's painting, "Industry," wins prize

"Industry" received 3rd prize in the annual Pastel Society of New Hampshire members' exhibition.

Juror Cindy House cited "the challenging and complicated theme of this piece.  The strong composition pulls you into the picture. It is very well drawn and it works well."

Congratulations, Dick!

Space still available for artists to participate in Arts Fest Beverly

Saturday, June 19 from 10-4 with a (free) artists' cocktail party at Endicott College's Art Center the night before

This is the 9th year of Arts Fest Beverly, an outdoor juried arts festival in downtown Beverly. Many of the 100 artists are repeat participants. Arts Fest Beverly draws about 2000 people.  In addition to the fine artists and handcrafters, the festival offers great entertainment, a kids’ activities section and terrific food options. It’s a fun event where most artists do very well.

Find the exhibitor application here: Arts Fest Beverly 2010 Artist Application~1[1].pdf. 

For more information contact Beverly Main Streets, 248 Cabot Street  (note new address!), Beverly, MA  01915

office: 978.922.8558

www.beverlymainstreets.org

Chaya (Cynthia O'Grady) is exhibiting several pieces of Mixed Media

See her work in the Artists Loft at the Seagull, 146 Washington Street and in the Marblehead Art Association's Gift Shop at the Hooper Mansion in Marblehead .