IMPORTANT DATES
Exhibition Dates: August 12, 2024 - October 11, 2024
Opening Reception (** rescheduled time): September 14, 2024 2-4pm (including artist discussion and awards)
Exhibiting Artists
Alexzandria
Ramón Bonilla
Will Brady
Tamhja Coe
Jankaleishka Burgos Cruz
Julie Francois
James Gaffney
JuMo
LESN101
Billie Mae
MuvaMya
Irene Pham
Gleidymar Rivera
Jonathan E Ryan
Amy Senninger
Brian Shaw
Ashley RK Smith
Amy Valliante
Janet Warner
Afton Williams-Jacobs
Quentin Heath Willis
Alexzandria Ramón Bonilla Will Brady Tamhja Coe Jankaleishka Burgos Cruz Julie Francois James Gaffney JuMo LESN101 Billie Mae MuvaMya Irene Pham Gleidymar Rivera Jonathan E Ryan Amy Senninger Brian Shaw Ashley RK Smith Amy Valliante Janet Warner Afton Williams-Jacobs Quentin Heath Willis
Video Message from Juror Francis Estrada
VIRTUAL GALLERY
Coastal Transition
Ashley RK Smith
Island Universe
Amy Valiente
Blinded by Stars
JuMo
Pitter Patter
Quentin Heath Willis
Mandala Series: No. II
Afton Williams-Jacobs
You’re So Boring
Billie Mae
From Grandfather to Mother
Irene Pham
Las Casita Del Viejo San Juan
Gleidymar Rivera
It Doesn’t Go Back in the Tube
Jonathan E Ryan
What you need isn’t there
Janet Warner
Cosmic
James Gaffney
Love U More
MuvaMya
“Epic”, The Elephant
Brian Shaw
SAM 03
Julie Francois
Terminal
Ramon Bonilla
Economic Treason
Will Brady
The Phoenix Tree
Jankaleishka Burgos Cruz
Winter is Watching
Amy Senninger
Dark Fantasy
Michael E McCarter
AROUNDTHEWAY
Alexzandria
Crash Landing (of Msafiri)
Alexzandria
Modern Mary
Tamhja Coe
Pieces to Peace 3 (Butcher Series)
LESN101
One of the primary means emerging artists have to build their exhibition resume and gain the attention of curators is to participate in juried art shows. Not only is substantial time and effort involved in the process of creating art and applying for juried shows, but most require a fee for application.
For many artists with extraordinary work, their opportunity for significant exposure is limited by their financial ability to apply for more publicized shows involving known jurors. An application fee can be a significant amount to artists with lower incomes and often many cannot take the chance that a juror may not even select their work for display.
Most juried shows charge these entry fees to support the organizations they are part of and those fees are often integral to their budgets and operations; however these fees often exclude a subset of the artist population. With generous support from the Connecticut Office of the Arts, Art Access: New Britain is a juried art show focusing on artists with household incomes that do not commonly allow for the payment of juried fees. This juried show will collect no fee for application or commission for sales, involves a well established juror connected to a prominent museum, offers assistance to those who cannot afford to transport their artwork to the show, and involves juried prize awards.
THE GALLERY
Gallery 66 New Britain
66 W. Main Street
New Britain, CT 06051
A vibrant gallery located in the Downtown District of New Britain, Connecticut. This gallery is operated as part of the New Britain Visitors Center and offers regular group and solo art exhibitions, as well as monthly artist discussions and open mic events.
THE JUROR
Francis Estrada
Senior Manager for Community Engagement and Family Programs
New Britain Museum of American Art
Mr. Estrada has a fine arts degree in painting and drawing from San Jose State University in California, and has taught in a variety of museum, studio, and classroom settings to diverse audiences including programs for adults with disabilities, cultural institutions, and school programs. In the last 20 years, he has held leadership positions in New York City, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Museum for African Art, and the Children’s Aid Society. He has been involved in multiple arts projects throughout the City for many years and has given extensive presentations and workshops nationally and internationally in cultural and educational institutions such as the Newark Museum, the Neuberger Museum, the Children’s Museum of Manhattan, Biblioteca Museo Víctor Balaguer, Pintô Art Museum, Queens Public Library, Princeton University, Weill Cornell University, and the University of Michigan. Francis has over twenty publications and reviews as well as five artist residencies and awards.