Annual Continuing Education Exhibition
June 19–July 2, 2008 
Grossman Gallery

This juried exhibition featured 65 works by students enrolled in SMFA's Fall 2007 and Spring 2008 Continuing Education courses and workshops.

Exhibiting Artists:

James Arzente, Moriah Askenaizer, Jessie Chase, Miae Cho, Nira Chorev, Rebecca Comella, Julia Cornell, Susan Denniston, Joanne Desmond, Laura Fischman, Esther Brun Folts, Cathy Garnett, Giorgie L. Giorgio, Crisostomo Gouveia, Jodie Hale, Carol Hall, John Hilliard, Shavez Imam, Shiri Koniak Itzhakov, Mary Judge, Hiroko Lee, Martin A. Levin, Susan M. Lewinnek, Carl Licence, Qiong Luo, Monique Luijben, Siobhan McAuley, Chuck McNally, Maria Morabito, Steven Muller, David Murray, Nancy Nichols, Steven Noneman, Diane Norris, Elizabeth Petillo, Deborah Poodry, Sarah M. Quilter, Lauren Runnion-Bareford, William Sawyer, Marc N. Schepens, Kimberly Simonsen, Katherine P. Sloss, Gerald Smith, Lorne Smith, Gregory St. Peter, Lisa Stone, Ernst Ter Haar, Catharyn Tivy, and Claire Wyzenbeek.

Jurors:

Abigail Ross Goodman is the o wner and executive director of the Judi Rotenberg Gallery in Boston. After graduating from Brown University in 1998, she worked at Saatchi and Saatchi and iVillage.com before returning to the art world in January of 2001. Abigail has held extensive internships at the Addison Gallery of American Art in Andover with Jock Reynolds and at Barry Friedman Ltd., in NYC. Abigail currently serves on the board of the Boston Cyberarts Festival, the board of overseers at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston and the Danforth Museum.

Kristen Dodge is director of the Judi Rotenberg gallery and has been developing an ambitious program and national exposure with Executive Director Abigail Ross. She graduated from Brown University in 2000 and became the office manager at Cabinet Magazine, an art and culture publication based in Brooklyn. She has taught art at the Boston Renaissance Charter School, and received a Studio Art Diploma from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in 2004. Dodge has served as a juror and guest speaker at institutions throughout New England, including the Attleboro Museum, SMFA, and Montserrat College of Art. She is on the board of advisors at Artist for Humanity, and the planning committee for ARTcetera.

Jed Speare is an artist and arts manager working in a variety of media and settings. He graduated with an MFA from Museum School/Tufts University in 2005 and has been director of Studio Soto, a space for ideas, since 2006. Initially trained in music composition, Jed has presented sound, performance, video, installation, conceptual, and community-based works locally, nationally, and internationally. In Boston, Jed has been known primarily as a member of the Mobius Artists Group since 1995 and as the co-director and director of Mobius from 1996 through 2004.
    
For information on other past juried exhibitions, click here.

Exhibition Opportunities at SMFA

Dana Pond Competition in Painting
Submission guideline: Up to three pieces of work.
Drop-off of juried work: Monday, January 26, 10 am–5 pm in Anderson Auditorium
Pick-up: Wednesday, January 28, 10 am–5 pm in Anderson Auditorium

Three Dana Pond Awards are given, and recipients are automatically included in the "Student Annual Exhibition." Students who enter the Dana Pond Competition but do not receive an award may submit the same work for the "Student Annual Exhibition" jury.

Student Annual Exhibition
Submission guidelines: Up to three pieces of work, only two pieces in the same medium
Drop off: Thursday, January 29, 10 am–5 pm in Anderson Auditorium
Pick up: Monday,  February 2, 10 am–5 pm in Anderson Auditorium

All entries are considered for the Will and Elena Barnet Award (for formal elements of painting, composition, and the principles of structural design) and the Stella and Sumner Cooper Award (for work in metal, glass, and/or ceramics).

If you have any questions, please contact Exhibitions and Public Programs by phone at 617-369-3656.