2025 Arts Connect Juried Members Exhibition
Dec 9, 2025 - Apr 5, 2026
This annual event celebrates the creativity of emerging and established artists from across the region, with selected works displayed in both the Fried Family Gallery and the Rankin Gallery.
Chosen by this year’s guest juror, Alexa René Rivera—Program Coordinator at Vermont Studio Center and founder of WOVN.COUNTRY—the exhibition highlights a diverse range of media and artistic perspectives.
Prize List
First Place
- Alta Turner, Trophies 1 + 2 Tapestry/linen with metallics and silks Two panels, each: 65" × 35" × 0.75" NFS
Second Place
- Anne Johnstone, Woman with a Bundle, Looking Over Her Shoulder Acrylics 20" × 16" × 1.5" $1,200
Third Place
- Caroline Coolidge, The Luddite’s Requiem Oil on canvas 10" × 8" $425
Honorable Mentions
- Rosalind Daniels, Let Justice Roll Down Like Waters and Righteousness Like a Mighty Stream Cotton fabrics, wool batting, beads 98" × 21" × 0.25" $3,000
- Julie Dunigan, Red Birds Collage — acrylic relief print and painting 36" × 36" × 2" NFS
- Adam Forguites, Tower Oil on wood 48" × 48" × 0.5" $600
- Andrea Poe, Isaac Oil on canvas 20" × 16" × 0.75" $850
- Daniel Goldstein, Connected Drypoint on Sintra and collograph 11" × 15" $450
- Sachiko Yoshida, Field Watercolor 11" × 16" $400
- Anni Lorenzini, Maiden’s Falls Acrylic on canvas 40" × 30" $3,900
- Steven Imrich, Sommerville 16 Oil on linen 42" × 36" × 1.25" $7,000
- Rebecca Jensen, Turn, Turn, Turn Ply-splitting with self-made 4-ply cords of perle cotton; 3D-printed gears and handle 14" × 11" × 4" NFS
- Cecelia Kane, The Chrysalis Removable baby-acrylic on velour with batting, tulle, satin, threads, and velcro backing 11" × 3.5" $300