Reception and Awards Ceremony: September 13, 2023,7-8:30pm

Welcome to the First Exhibition of the NAA 2023-2024 year! The NAA 2024 ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP SHOW at the Newton Free Library. We welcome all members to apply. This is a non-juried show limited only by capacity. So sign up early!

IMPORTANT DATES

• Call for art: July 17  – August 7
• Exhibit dates: September 1 – September 29
• Drop-off of art:  Friday, September 1
• Pick-up of art:  Friday, September 29
• Reception:  Wednesday, September 13, 7:00-8:30 pm

ELIGIBILITY

• Open to Newton Art Association members with all dues paid for the 2023-2024 season.
• This is not a juried show. All entries will be accepted unless otherwise notified.

AWARDS

• Gene Faucher Award: $100
• Dr. and Mrs. Leslie Russell Award: $100
• Molly L. and Henry Schoenberg Award: $100
• NAA First Place Award: $300
• NAA Second Place Award: $200
• NAA Third Place Award: $100
• Four Honorable Mentions

ABOUT THE JUROR
Chenoa Baker (she/her) is a curator, wordsmith, and descendant of self-emancipators. Art spaces as incubators for intergroup dialogue and imaginative portals were her foray into curatorial work. In addition to leading the exhibition program as the Associate Curator at Beacon Gallery, she worked on: Gio Swaby: Fresh Up at the Peabody Essex Museum; Simone Leigh at ICA/Boston; Simone Leigh: Sovereignty at the 59th La Biennale di Venezia; and Touching Roots: Black Ancestral Legacies in the Americas at MFA/Boston. Her autobiographical-style art criticism appears in Public Parking, Material Intelligence, Studio Potter, Boston Art Review, Sixty Inches From Center, Burnaway, and a monograph contribution for Helena Metaferia: Generations, Art For This Moment.