2026
April 19 – May 31, 2026
Opening reception: Sunday, April 19, 2026, 2-4 PM
This exhibit is open to all artists residing in CT, New York and New England.
Juror: Jeffrey Richmond-Moll, The George Putnam Curator of American Art at Peabody Essex Museum
March 6 — March 29, 2026
Opening reception: Friday, March 6th, 2026, 6–8 PM
Annual juried exhibition celebrating the season of renewal, rebirth, and creative awakening, open to members.
As the world thaws and color returns, artists are encouraged to interpret the spirit of spring in their own way — through light, growth, transformation, or simply the joy of new beginnings. This theme is intentionally open to all forms of artistic expression, welcoming both literal and abstract interpretations.
Juror: Ted Efremoff, Professor of Photo, Video and New Media Central Connecticut State University
First Prize
Stanley A. Klaneski
Standing Room Only
2025
January 12 – April 27, 2026
Opening reception: Friday, February 27⋅5:30 – 7:00pm
This is our annual themed exhibit where artists interpretations are on display. Stop in and see how they interpreted the theme. Is it what you envisioned?
2025
May 31 – June 29, 2025
First Prize: Stanley A. Klaneski “Hill-Stead Haystacks” (2024)
Juror: Michèle Wije, Curatorial Project Manager, Yale University Art Gallery
The phrase “air castle” appears just once in Theodate Pope’s diaries, as she emerges from adolescence and is on the brink of womanhood, while still living in Cleveland, Ohio and before she enrolled in Miss Porter’s School in Farmington in the fall of1886. It was a defining period of her life that would eventually bring her family to this central Connecticut village. The diary passage foretells what her life would become. Theodate’s girlhood daydream of living on a farm in the east became a reality with her design of Hill-Stead for her parents in 1901. Once a 250-acre estate rooted in the principles of the Progressive Era, the concept of “gentleman farmer” and experimental agriculture became a model dairy farm, and later, under her “gentlewoman farmer” guidance, continued to thrive. As Theodate matured her long-ago idea to bring poor children to live with her evolved into her becoming guardian to three orphaned boys who she raised has her sons. Theodate’s philanthropy toward her adopted state and hometown, in part, grew as well from her teenaged musing. “Air castles” is the theme of this year’s exhibition. What is your dream, musing, fantasy brought to life in your artmaking?
First Prize
Stanley A. Klaneski
Hill-Stead Haystacks
2024
2024
Sep 13, 2024 – Oct 6, 2024
Friday, September 13, 2024⋅6:00 – 8:00pm
Juror: Francis Estrada
March 15 — April 13,2024
Opening reception: Saturday, March 16, 2024⋅6:00 – 8:00pm
2023
September 21, 2023 — October 08, 2023
Opening reception: Saturday, September 23, 2023⋅12:00 – 1:30pm
Juror: Fritz Horstman, Education Director at the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation.
This is the NBMAA’s opportunity to showcase contemporary visual arts from the region. This prominent show highlights the exceptional work of emerging artists in all media.
Stanley A. Klaneski, Sun Fish Jam
2022
January 26 — February 26, 2022
Hour-long virtual discussions with artists