COMPENDIUM | a regional exhibition
juried by Lauren Szumita, Curator
Fitchburg Art Museum
On view October 1 - November 13, 2022
Reception October 1, 5-7pm
compendium (n): a brief summary of a larger work or field of knowledge; a collection of things, systematically gathered
Compendium presents a fresh survey of recent works from across New England. Artists were invited to submit up to three pieces made within the last two years, with no restrictions on media or theme. From a competitive pool of over 450 artworks, juror Lauren Szumita of the Fitchburg Art Museum selected seventy-five pieces by the seventy-three artists listed below. Selections were made blindly based on excellence of execution and originality of concept, encompassing a wide range of styles, subjects, and materials. Selected works include painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography, ceramics, encaustic, fiber, collage, and assemblage. Scroll down to view artwork images.
Jayne Adams
Lisa Alonzo
Lisa Barthelson
Craig Becker
Elsa Bickley
Robert Brodesky
Amy Brnger
Byron Carr
Cee and She Studio (Ashley O’Brion & Christina Wnek)
Laura Chasman
Larry Clifford
Jodi Colella
Merill Comeau
Charles Cramer
Carrie Crane
John Dardani
Alice Dillon
Sally Dion
Alicia Sampson Ethridge
Jessica Gasc
Patricia Gerkin
Cara Gonier
Toby Gordon
Donna Gordon
Christopher Grieco
Kate Hanlon
Sarah Haskell
Julee Holcombe
Craig Hood
Karen Jelenfy
Bruce Jones
Richard Keen III
Jim Kelly
Amanda Kidd-Kestler
Rebecca Klementovich
Kate Knox
Maya Kuvaja
Laura Harper Lake
Richard Yu-Tang Lee
Magi Leland
Joël LeVasseur
Devitt Liptak
Leslie Lyman
Eric MacDonald
Nancy S. McCormack
Dean McCrillis
Jennifer Lee Morrow
Winslow Myers
Karen Olson
Anna O’Sullivan
Phil Ouellette
J.E. Paterak
Robin Reynolds
David Robbins
Kathleen Robbins
Brendan Roddy
Maggie Sanftleben
Betsy Schulthess
Debbie Shirley
Leslie Sills
Britt Sondreal
Ron St. Jean
Douglas Taylor
Trevor Toney
Carol Van Loon
Amy Vander Els
Jeffrey Wagner
Sally Wagley
Peter Walls
Graham Walton
Barb Wauchope
Holden Willard
Mark Zieff
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“The artworks in Compendium reflect the creativity, innovation, and responsiveness of artists in our region. In these works, I see a time-honored commitment to forms and materials, but with the freedom to play and experiment. There are new perspectives on portraiture and the representation of the human figure. And in this age of technological acceleration, it was refreshing to see artists continue to take inspiration from the natural world with varying degrees of abstraction. In all, this exhibition presents a fresh look at ourselves and our world, with an interrogation of our histories, our environments, and our agency within.”
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In her role at the Fitchburg Art Museum, Lauren Szumita oversees a rotating exhibition schedule featuring contemporary artists from New England as well as the museum’s permanent collection. Previously, she was the Curatorial Assistant of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs at the Worcester Art Museum. She received her MA in the History of Art and Architecture from the University of Oregon and BA in Art History from Boston College.
Dean McCrillis// Doe in Raking Light, 2022, oil on paper, 29.5" x 23", $1,800
cee and shee studio (Ashley O'Brion and Christina Wnek), Dinner at the Summer Cabin, 2022, porcelain with textured glaze, 10", $485
Sarah Haskell// Avian Escape, 2022, handwoven linen and rayon, Indigo dyed warp with woven rayon pleats, embroidery, 31" x 25", $2,000
Jeff Wagner// Storm over Ogunquit, 2022, acrylic and graphite on panel, 8" x 8", $450
Charles A. Cramer// All Seven Deadly Sins, 2021, pastel on paper, 39" x 27", $890
Kate Knox// Waltz of the Quarrymen, 2022, block printed wallpaper, beeswax, woodcuts on panel, 24" x 24", $1,700
Jessica Gasc// Among the Invisible, 2022, etching, 8" x 12", $350
Craig Hood// Plein Air #48, 2021, oil on panel, 11" x 14", $1,000
Richard Yu-Tang Lee// A Crow Dives Back Into, Its Burning Garden, 2022, oil pastel and tape on paper, 126" x 84", $18,000
Patricia M. Gerkin // Rogue Wave, 2022, encaustic, oil stick, metal leaf, shark teeth, wire mesh, sea glass on paneled box , 16" x 20" x 4", $1,200
Leslie Lyman// Waiting for Work, 2022, limited edition archival inkjet print, 2 of 10, 24" x 36", $600
Maya Kuvaja// Baroque Lady, 2022, collage and acrylic on birch plywood, 12" x 12", $500
Julee Holcombe// The Passage, 2021, collage/ assemblage, 11" x 11", $300
Lisa Barthelson// aii form 2, art in isolation, family debris, 2021, monoprint on paper, thread, 23" x 25" x 18”, $800
Douglas Taylor// Beach Dreams, 2022, oil on linen, 30" x 40", $4,800
Chris Grieco// Pond in the Woods, 2021, acrylic, 12" x 16", $1,200
Merill Comeau// Archive of Specimens, 2022, painted cloth, paper, pencil, thread, dimensions variable, $1,600 or $75 each
J. E. Paterak// A Weed: Aesclepias tuberosa, 2021, gouache on paper, 22" x 30", $2,500
Debbie Shirley// I Get Back Up Again, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 24" x 18", $825
John Dardani// The Ridge, 2021, etching, 12" x 8", $350
Karen Jelenfy// Arctic 3, 2022 watercolor and pastel on paper, 54" x 42", $1,500
Barb Wauchope// Bucket List #5 - Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia, 2021, mixed media with photographs, travel documents, Bolivian salt crystals, and paint on panel, 24" x 36", $2,800
Donna Gordon // 4 Horses, Outside Laramie, Wyoming , 2021, lithograph, 20" x 41", $6,000
Jessica Gasc// Home Is, 2021, copper etching, mixed media, 10" x 21", $560
Robert Brodesky// Man Alive, 2022, oil and chalk, 30" x 40", $2,800
Phil Ouellette// Exclaim!, 2022, wood, metal, 9" x 7.25" x 35", $1,000
Lisa Alonzo// As*ange, 2021, acrylic and molding paste on panel, 24" x 24" x 3", $5,500
Amanda Kidd-Kestler// Bog Witch / Goddess, 2022, monotype with linocut collage and drawing additions, 30" x 24", $1,200
Cara Gonier // Certain Degree 3, 2021, acrylic on canvas , 12.5" x 12.5", $650
Alice Dillon// Can You Hear Me?, 2022, embroidery thread on canvas, 8" x 10", $350
Craig Becker// Lorica III, 2022, archival inkjet print, 17" x 17", $925
Nancy S. McCormack// Between the Idea and the Reality Falls the Shadow, 2022, gouache and acrylic on panel, 5.5" x 7", $500
Trevor Toney// Oak with Violet, 2022, oak veneer, plywood, acrylic paint, 21" x 10.25" x 2", $600
Graham Walton// The Pemaquid Balance, 2022, acrylic on cotton rag, 16.5" x 25.75", $2,100
Larry Clifford// Spinal Columns I, 2021, recycled books with acrylic and dye, 24" x 48", $3,200
Kathleen Robbins// Rowley MA Snow Melt, 2022, acrylic mixed media on panel, 20" x 20", $1,400
Jodi Colella// Leeward, 2022, ceramic, found fabric, wire, 17" x 14" x 13", $400
Bruce Jones// The Minstrel, 2021, acrylic on canvas, 30" x 24", $3,800
Ron St. Jean// Piano Point, 2022, polymer photogravure, 11" x 15", $225
Laura Chasman// Like a Black Mound of Earth, 2022, flashe on gessoed plywood, 11" x 11", $2,400
Winslow Myers// Rose, 2021, acrylic on cotton duck, 48" x 36", $3,000
Jennifer Lee Morrow// Loves Me, Loves Me Not, 2021, found and altered papers, old shoe, appropriated artwork, thread, buttons, beads, staples, wood, linen, basket, broken pottery, bulb, 24" x 32" x 4", $1,800
Magi Leland// We Shall Overcome 2021, oil on canvas, 40” x 30”, $3,850
Devitt Liptak// Summer Dock, 2021, oil on canvas, 24" x 12", $1,400
Holden Willard// Boat Boy, 2022, oil on canvas, 16" x 12", $800
Amy Vander Els// Repose I, 2022, encaustic and string on panel, 6" x 6" x 1.5", $180
Rebecca Klementovich// Throw the Sea to the Sky, 2021, acrylic on canvas, 36" x 48", $4,200
Maggie Sanftleben// Shoreline 2, 2022, mixed media encaustic, 14" x 14", $375
David Robbins// Moss Garden, 2022, oil on canvas, 12" x 12", $400
Jöel LeVasseur// Detritus, 2021, monotype on 1933 US Geological Survey Map, 20" x 16", $750
Alicia Sampson Ethridge// Doe-mestic and Wild, 2022, oil on canvas, 36" x 36", $1,800
Mark Zieff// Feeling Hung Out to Dry, 2022, colored pencil on paper, 24" x 18", $1,900
Carol Van Loon// At the End, 2022, archival pigment print, 20" x 20", $275
Jim Kelly// Quandary, 2022, mixed media, 26" x 20", $400
Toby Gordon// Rounding Up, 2021, watercolor and pen on paper, 8" x 8", $400
Kate Hanlon// Yet Another Day, 2022, woodcut on paper, 10" x 10", $850
Jayne Adams// Middle Distance, 2022, oil on cradled panel, 18" x 16", $1,600
Anna O'Sullivan// Kettle, 2022, reduction woodcut, 3.5" x 4.5", $100
Sally Dion // The Feminine Gaze , 2021, monotype on silk, resin objects, plexiglass, 24" x 24" x 3", $800
Leslie Sills// In the Studio, 2021, oil on panel, 36" x 48", $9,000
Carrie Crane// Platonic Solids Deconstructed: Octahedron I, 2022, graphite and acrylic on paper, 16" x 12", $625
Eric MacDonald// Rain in Market Square, 2022, oil on canvas, 18" x 24", $1,700
Robin Reynolds// Yellow Where is Spring, 2021, lace, ink, vintage gardening book transfers, linocut, acrylic paint, handmade paper, 30” x 30”, $2,900
Betsy Schulthess// Enough Already, 2022, oil with wax on paper, 28" x 20", $3,375
Richard Keen III// Form Singularity No. 246, 2021, oil on canvas, 20" x 16", $2,200
Brendan Roddy// Turning Pages #1, 2022, glazed white stoneware, underglaze, underglaze pencil, binder rings, 24" x 7" x 3", $265
Byron Carr// Pemmi at Dawn, 2021, oil on canvas, 24" x 30", $3,800
Peter Walls// Deer Isle Corvis (Shape of Land, Shape of Water), 2022, acrylic on shaped wood panel, 30" x 26", $1,900
Elsa Bickley// Ice and Grass #1, 2022, inkjet print on canvas, 17" X 30", $800
Amy Brnger// End of Day Water + Sky, 2022, oil on panel, 24" x 30", $3,200
Britt Sondreal// Already | Not Yet #35, 2022, archival inkjet print, 10" x 10", $300
Laura Harper Lake// Revel Rebel, 2022, acrylic, oil, spray paint, marker, pencil on panel, 12" x 12", $590
Karen Olson// Smitten, 2022, joomchi felted hanji paper, natural fibers, pigment print on kozo paper, 10" x 17", $300
Sally Wagley// Nocturne, 2022, acrylic and soft pastel, 36" x 48", $2,500