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NEWBURYPORT ART ASSOCIATION
We invite you to join our vibrant community of artists and art lovers. We host exhibitions, classes, workshops, and special events throughout the year. Members and Non-Members welcome.
2012 Membership Drive is underway!
Read about our NEW Membership Level, Artist Select and other NEW benefits for 2012
on the Membership page. To Join Us, click here
NEW! Education Offerings and Artist Collaborative Opportunities
Be sure to check out the new Education Offerings and our NEW Interest Group.. Sketchbook Club. Details at the bottom of the page
Thank you for joining us at the
2012 ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
for more details visit the Special Events page
THE NAA THANKS
The Winter Members Juried Exhibition Series Sponsor
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"Escape," oil, by Cheryl Dyment "Ice Breaker!" photograph, by Peter Zoltai
Winter Members Juried Show , Part I Winter Members Juried Show, Part II
January 6-28 February 3-25
Call for Entry
Winter Members Juried Show, Part 1
Accepted Works List
Jurors' Statement
We are truly honored to be part of the Winter Members Juried Show. We were delighted by the wonderful body of outstanding works and were truly impressed by the level of artistry and skill. It was not an easy task to refine the selected pieces for the show. Even harder, was having to limit the honorable mentions to so few when so many were deserving. The body of works were marvelously diverse, engaging and thought provoking. We thoroughly enjoyed the process of working with the diligent and highly organized staff and volunteers. They made our visit and our job of jurying this show a pleasure. We look forward to the second phase of the second show with eager anticipation. To those whose work was not included, we encourage you to continue in your artistic endeavors, to find your individual artistic style, and would like to reiterate that this was not an easy task of elimination. Thank you again for including us. We’ve had a blast.
Christopha Fitzmaurice, Co-Owner, Chameleon Gallery, Newburyport, Ma
Kari Bernard, Owner and Gallery Director, The Walsingham Gallery, Newuburyport, Ma
Congratulations to the Award Winners
Sam Sargent Award for Best of Show
for work in Sculpture
Holly Crocker Garcia
Iris Courtesan
We were truly captivated by this piece and it’s elegance and balance. It exemplifies a level of artistry and aesthetic sensibilities that merits the title “Best in show”. A museum worthy sculpture.
Mary Alice Arakelian Memorial Award
for work in Oil
Robin Thornhill
Stage Harbor Lighthouse
An exquisitely lit piece with a powerful sky illuminating an architectural edifice that despite its diminutive size, captures and holds the viewer’s attention. One immediately wants to follow the path in the foreground to the lighthouse on the horizon. Excellent composition.
H. Patterson Hale, Jr. Charitable Foundation Award
for work in Watercolor
Jane Russell
Transformation
Masterful use of abstract shapes and negative space creates a fantastic composition, wonderful striking palette of grays and blacks with just the right amount of primary color.
Stem Chemicals, Inc. Award
for work in Sculpture
Holly Crocker Garcia
Iris Courtesan
The elegant fluidity and sophisticated sense of balance imbue this museum worthy sculpture. This mesmerizing piece is sultry and supple finished with an exquisite patina. A remarkable understanding of the medium, noted by the soft drapery of the courtesan’s robe.
Newburyport Development Award
for work in Digital Art
Suzanne Papin
In Solid State
A wonderful combination of intricately detailed organic ice pillars pull you through to a soft whispery setting. Excellent use of positive and negative space.
Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank Award
for work in Printmaking
Mary Arthur Pollak
Higher Places
Harmonious and peaceful, an extremely meditative and soothing piece. The sensual palette of soft greens and iron blues, with beautiful appropriation of delicate pops of orange, bring us to a higher place.
Institution for Savings Award
for work in Drawing
Karen Jones
Off the Beaten Path
Drawn to the strong linear juxtaposition of the building and the soft windswept grasses enhanced by marvelous shadows and use of negative space.
Newburyport Art Association
Honorable Mention Award
for work in Oil
Robin Thornhill
Sunrise - Maine Coast
This piece epitomizes the energy and power when ocean and rocks collide. Robin’s remarkable rendering of the delicacy of the spray in contrast of what we know to be the fury of the ocean as depicted, being simultaneously alluring and forbidding.
Newburyport Art Association
Honorable Mention Award
for work in Oil
Don Reed
Seven Thirty on Elm
Wonderfully lit, moody urban landscape with fantastic texture/ brush work, wonderfully rendered.
Newburyport Art Association
Honorable Mention Award
for work in Watercolor
Caroline West
New Creation
Marvelous collision of geometric shapes and Klimt-like jewel tones with a magical night sky.
Newburyport Art Association
Honorable Mention Award
for work in Sculpture
Warren P. Moskowitz
Reclining Nude
Captures the grace and beauty of a female form at rest. Elegant, refined and subtle.
To View the 2012 Exhibition Schedule, Click Here
15th Annual Regional Juried Show
Visit the Exhibition Page for CFE details and Entry Form
Please note date for online entry to be announced shortly.
NAA Education Series
Open Registration
Jan 9 - Jan 31, 2012
To View Education Offerings and Class Details, click here
To Register Online for Winter Classes, click here
Artist Collaboration Opportunities
Join your fellow Sculptors for 6 weeks
Sculptors will share the process of sculpting with other sculptors. The workshop is open to all levels. This is a great way to share the cost of a long pose figure model ($50 per night) to complete a finished sculpture. You may bring your own clay and armatures, or buy water based clay from the Coordinator ($13. per 25 lb. bag). Participants may work on reliefs, portraits, or full figure.
Total cost for 6 weeks, $75 for NAA members, $100 for non-members. Thursdays, 7-9pm, beginning Feb 9. Coordinator, Marilyn Coon. For more details, click here. Space is limited to ten sculptors. Registration opens Jan 9, 2012.
Sketchbook Club
Create more by joining the Sketchbook Club this year! We will meet once a month to discuss, create, collaborate and share ideas using sketchbooks. Each month will feature a new challenge whether it be a theme or a new medium to try out. Just like a reading group, members will decide the direction and focus of each month's challenge. It's an opportunity to share and learn with others. Let's exercise our creativity together!
Our first organizational meeting will be Jan. 22 at 1:30pm at the Newburyport Art Association. Please email any questions or suggestions to Chris Robinson
In the News
Sam Sargent's legacy continues...
Warren Sargent, 93, son of Sam Sargent, shares the power of his stunning watercolors in a recent solo exhibition!
Click here to read the article
