CALL FOR ENTRIES
Menino Arts Center, 26 Central Ave, Hyde Park, MA, 02136
Deadline for Entries: Wed, April 23, 11:59pm
Exhibit Title: Recycled : Trash and Treasure : Rediscovered, a juried exhibition, 2025
Exhibit Theme: reimagining refuse and reinventing purpose to discarded stuff.
Exhibit Dates: Wed, May 28 - Fri, July 25
Artist reception: Saturday, June 7, 4-6pm
Works will be curated and displayed at the Menino Arts Center Galleries and also in a virtual 3D Online Gallery that you can enter, stroll, and view at your own pace.
Hanging Fee: HPAA Members: $25.00, Non Members: $35.00
Juried by:
Suzanne Moseley, www.suzannemoseleyart.com
Adrienne Shishko, www.adrienneart.net
Mosh Studio is a collaboration between artists and long-time friends, Suzanne Moseley and Adrienne Shishko. Inspired by their shared process-driven approach and their orientation towards vibrant, energetic work, they began creating work together in 2021. Using repurposed mixed media, fiber, and found objects, they explore humanity’s “throwaway” culture and impulsive consumerism and its direct impact on the environment.
Suzanne Moseley
I strive to capture the layers of the human spirit and how our relationships are reflected in treasured objects, daily rituals and patinated surfaces. I seek to channel the energetic grace of nature, honoring how it moves us forward with its intricate patterns and plans. I work intuitively starting with the lens of my camera. Textures, patterns, and forms that excite me find their way into woodblock printmaking, screen printing and cyanotype solar printing. I play and experiment, often combining mediums, building layers that push order to the very edge of chaos. I work and rework, holding onto what thrills and finding new possibilities for what doesn’t, an analogy to how I live life. There is a resilient energy in my work, both pictorial and process driven, that reflects my eternal optimism.
Her art education includes the MFA Museum School, Boston, MA and the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI and several residencies: Farm Projects gallery Wellfleet, MA; Massachusetts Audubon's Magazine Beach, Cambridge MA; Chateau Orquevaux, Orquevaux, France
Art exhibitions include: Protest and Flax, Collaborations with Liz Shepherd, Arlington, MA; An Objects Promise, Mosh Studios; Materiality by Mosh Studios; There is No Away, Boston City Hall
Adrienne Shishko
Adrienne Shishko is a process-driven, mixed media artist based in Boston, MA. She is known for her innovative ways of engaging communities in art beyond traditional gallery spaces through pop-ups, digital murals, and building wraps. In 2017, she was commissioned by JBG Smith to enliven a business district in Crystal City, MD, which helped encourage new development in the area. Inspired by her background as a buyer at Saks Fifth Avenue and as general counsel at an environmentally responsible investing firm, her recent work has centered on using reclaimed materials to explore the environmental impact of fast fashion and issues of over-consumption. Since 2009, her work has been exhibited throughout New England at venues including Beacon Gallery, The Quin House, The Providence Art Club, Mosesian Center for the Arts, Cambridge Art Association, among others, and is included in numerous private and corporate collections around the country.
Curator: Sasja Lucas www.sasjalucas.com
The Menino Arts Center is run by the Hyde Park Art Association, a 501c3 nonprofit organization. The MAC serves the neighborhood of Hyde Park, Greater Boston and its suburban counterparts. With over 4000 square feet of space, the MAC is home to a large teaching classroom, seven affordable artist studios, three galleries, an auditorium and the organization’s offices. The mission of the HPAA is to support local artists, make cultural opportunities accessible to families, students, and seniors who may not otherwise have the means to participate; enrich community life, serve as a unifying force in the neighborhood; and help create a more vibrant commercial district.
Eligibility: This call is open to all artists.
If you are applying as an HPAA member your HPAA membership must be up-to-date. For info on HPAA membership please visit http://www.hpaa-mac.org/hpaa-membership
Entries exhibited at the MAC and/or HPAA in the last two years are not eligible.
All Mediums, 2D, 3D Relief and Sculpture
Acceptance Notification to website and email: Sat, April 26, 5pm
Press / poster release: Wed, May 14
Drop-off and Pick-up: All artwork may be hand delivered and picked up at the Menino Arts Center, 26 Central Ave, Hyde Park.
Drop off Dates at Mac:
Tuesday, May 20, 7pm - 9pm
Wednesday, May 21, 8am - 10am
Mailed In Work: to arrive before Monday, May 12
Send shipped work to Sasja Lucas, Curator, 46 Norway Park, Hyde Park, MA, 02136, to arrive before Monday, May 12
Please label all artwork with your name, title of the piece, and contact information. You must include a pre-paid return label from USPS, UPS or FEDEX with your shipment.
Pick up Dates at MAC:
Mon, July 28, 7pm - 9pm (2 hrs)
Tues, July 29, 8am-10am (2 hrs)
Return of Mailed in Work:
Artwork not claimed will be considered a donation to the MAC and will be sold.
Framing and Installation Requirements:
Walls at the MAC require the work be framed, wired or hangable without frame, EXACTLY as indicated.
- Work will be inspected at drop-off and you will need to correct the hanging to meet specifications. The curator reserves the right to refuse installation of incorrect framing.
- The screw eyes (fasteners) should be placed as close to the top of the frame or piece as possible without exposing the wire and the 1.5" hanging hook above the top of the piece when hung. This is at least in the top ¼ section, (NOT 1/3) from the top of the art or frame. Make wire taut by taking excess slack out of wire if needed.
- No sawtooth hangers.
- Frames, mats must be clean, sturdy and in good hanging condition.
- Museum-wrapped canvas with no side staples do not require a frame.
Size Requirements:
2D work (or work that can hang on a wall) cannot exceed 72" H x 72" W
3D work cannot exceed H 72” x W 30” . Artists must provide their own pedestal and materials to secure work to the base.
Label Requirements:
Front Label/notecard with name and title must be taped, removeable to the front.
Back Label/notecard with name, email and phone number must be securely fixed to the back of the artwork.
Sales: Artwork may be for sale. The HPAA retains 30% of the sale price. Please price work accordingly.
Image Upload Guidelines:
1. Save entries as a jpeg at 1500 pixels on the longest side.
2. Name your jpeg entries: First Name Last Name_ Title.jpg
Example: John Brown_The Green Stripe.jpg
3. The jpeg Title MUST match the Title of Entry #1, #2 etc. on the Jotform
Example: The Green Stripe
4. Please use upper and lower cases.
5. Retitle your jpgs prior to entering the Jotform.
Liabilities and Responsibilities: The Menino Arts Center will not be responsible for loss or damage of any artwork, no matter what the cause. By submitting artwork to this exhibition, each artist agrees to this statement. Artwork is not insured by HPAA-MAC during the exhibition. Adequate insurance is the sole responsibility of the artist.
No artwork may be removed before the close of the exhibition.
Publicity: By entering this exhibition, the artist gives consent that the submitted images can be used by the Menino Arts Center for reproduction in print and on social media, for publicity and educational purposes, with artist credit given.
Hanging Fee: HPAA Members: $25.00, Non Members: $35.00
To renew or become a member, Go to: http://www.hpaa-mac.org/hpaa-membership/
Questions: hpaamacsubmissions@gmail.com