The winners of the 2011 New England Art Awards–picked by 2,866 people plus 10 art writers–were announced tonight at the Art Awards Ball at the Burren in Somerville, Massachusetts. The New England Art Awards is an open-source, democratic, community contest organized by The New England Journal of Aesthetic Research to honor the best art made here, local writing about local art, and exhibits of New England art organized here in 2011. The full list of finalists and winners is below. [Pictured above: The Second Line Social Aid and Pleasure Society Brass Band plays at the finale.]
ARTISTS
Drawing, printmaking, collage
Sophia Ainslie “Inside Out” at Kingston Gallery
Pat Falco in Flourish: Works On Paper, MassArt’s Bakalar Gallery
Steve Mumford “Embedded” Center for Maine Contemporary Art
John O’Reilly “Two Kindred Spirits” Howard Yezerski
Gallery
Andrew Raftery, “Open House,” Fleming Museum at the University of Vermont
Jay Zehngebot “Our Sentry,” organized by R.K. Projects
People’s and critics’ choice: Steve Mumford “Embedded” Center for Maine Contemporary Art
Photography
Scott Alario “Our Fable” AS220
Kelly Burgess “Notes on Change” Splash, Boston
Heather Gray “Pin-Up” Falls Gallery, Winoosky, VT
Jon Levitt “GrassDoe” Gallery 37-A, Portland
Mark Marchesi “Slack Water: Photographs of the Portland Waterfront” Space
Laura McPhee “Something About Love” Carroll and Sons
Critics’s pick: Jon Levitt “GrassDoe” Gallery 37-A, Portland, and
Laura McPhee “Something About Love” Carroll and Sons
People’s choice: Scott Alario “Our Fable” AS220.
Sculpture
Antoniadis and Stone “Animal Mother” Sherman Gallery at Boston University
Alisa Dworsky, “Drawing Strength” Burlington City Arts Center in Vermont
Joshua Enck “The Gesture Contained” University of Maine Museum of Art
Carly Glovinski “Decoy” June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Maine
Randy Regier “Dime Star” SPACE, Maine
Cody Thompson “Witch Doctor” Craftland, Providence
People’s choice: Joshua Enck “The Gesture Contained” University of Maine Museum of Art
Critics’s pick: Randy Regier “Dime Star” SPACE, Maine and
Antoniadis and Stone “Animal Mother” Sherman Gallery at BU, Boston
Book
Jacob Berendes editor, “Mothers News.
David Degrand, Bob Flynn and Dan Moynihan “Heeby Jeeby Comix #3”
Derek Fenner and Ryan Gallagher editors “Young Angel Midnight,” Bootstrap Press
C.F. “Sediment”
Beth Krommes of NH, illustrator, “Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature,” published by Houghton Mifflin, 2011.
Riverbird Studios “Hellbound 2”
People’s choice: Derek Fenner and Ryan Gallagher editors “Young Angel Midnight,” Bootstrap Press, and
Jacob Berendes editor, “Mothers News.”
Critics’ pick: Jacob Berendes editor, “Mothers News.”
Performance or spectacle
Dirk Adams “Memends Event” MEME
Bread and Puppet Theater circus and pageant, Glover, Vermont.
Nell Breyer “A Dance Within Sol LeWitt’s Bars of Colors Within Squares (MIT)”
Jessica Gath “For You I Feel Lucky” Hallway, Boston
Jamie Horgan and Alexander DeMaria “Frequency Deconstruction” in “Middle Kingdom Presents…” Anthony Greaney
The Steel Yard’s annual Halloween Iron Pour featuring the Iron Guild, Providence
People’s and critics’ choice: Bread and Puppet Theater’s circus and pageant, Glover, Vermont.
New media
Karen Aqua (1954-2011) “A Tribute to Boston Animator Karen Aqua” at Boston ICA, Sept. 25
Sid Ceaser “Muppet Wedding & Honeymoon”
Louisa Conrad in “Shifting Terrain: Landscape Video” Currier Museum.
Georgie Friedman “Above the Clouds,” Carroll and Sons and Anthony Greaney, Boston
Andrew Neumann “I’ve No Use for Flowers” MEME
Otto Piene “Lichtballett” MIT
Critics’s pick: Otto Piene “Lichtballett” MIT
People’s choice: Andrew Neumann “I’ve No Use for Flowers” MEME
Installation
Elizabeth Alexander “Keeping Up Appearances: The Mean Reds” in “Home Sweet Home,” Montserrat
College of Art
Mark Cooper “More is More” Samson
Dan Dowd “Anna Hepler’s Head” Coleman Burke, Brunswick, Maine
Lauren Fensterstock at Ogunquit Museum and Aucocisco Galleries, Maine
Soo Sunny Park and Spencer Topel “Capturing Resonance” DeCordova Sculpture Park + Museum
Willa Van Nosstrand and Shawn Gilheeny at Dirt Palace, Providence
People’s choice: Dan Dowd “Anna Hepler’s Head” Coleman Burke, Brunswick, Maine
Critics’ pick: Mark Cooper “More is More” Samson
Public exposure (public performance, sculpture, street art, scandalous arrest, etc.)
Banditos Misteriosos “Choose Your Own Time-venture” Boston
Damian Cote “Mass Militia Banners” hung from regional highway overpasses
Craigslist ad: Will trade missing LePage sign for labor mural
Tim Devin “Broadsides” posted around Boston
Neil Horsky and Urbano “The Freedom Trail on Trial” Urbano
Occupy Boston, Occupy Providence, Occupy Maine etc.
Arley-Rose Torsone “R.I. Blows,” “We hate gay people”
People’s choice: Occupy Boston, Occupy Providence, Occupy Maine etc.
Critics’s pick: Craigslist ad: Will trade missing LePage sign for labor mural
Painting
Brian Chippendale in “In Habitat” Buonaccorsi + Agniel, Providence
Tim Clorius in “Conversation Piece”, Aucocisco Galleries, Portland
Sam Duket “Among the Breakage” Brown
Jungil Hong in “In Habitat” at Buonaccorsi + Agniel
Scott Lenhardt “Good House” Burlington City Arts Center in Vermont
Ross Normandin in “Real Spider, Real Web,” Bromfield Gallery, Boston.
Arley-Rose Torsone “Mixed Messages” Craftland, Providence.
People’s choice and the critics’ pick: Tim Clorius in “Conversation Piece”, Aucocisco Galleries, Portland
Career survey
“Will Barnet at 100” Portland Museum of Art
Paul Caponigro “The Hidden Presence of Places” Farnsworth Art Museum
“Edward Koren: The Capricious Line” Fleming Museum, University of Vermont
Annette Lemieux “The Strange Life of Objects” Worcester Art Museum
“Madeleine de Sinéty: Photographs” Portland Museum of Art
Rachel Perry Welty “24/7” DeCordova Sculpture Park + Museum
People’s choice: Rachel Perry Welty “24/7″ DeCordova
Critics’ pick: Annette Lemieux “The Strange Life of Objects” Worcester Art Museum
Promising new talent
Buck Hastings in “We’re Going to Make Some Big Decisions…” Providence
Ethan Hayes-Chute “Stopgap and Steadfast” at Center for Maine Contemporary Art
Rachel Herrick “Museum for Obeast Conservation Studies” ICA at Maine College of Art
Jae Rhim Lee in “Artistic Research” MIT
Laura Swanson, “Homemade Bull” 2011 RISD Graduate Thesis Exhibition
Jay Zehngebot “Our Sentry,” organized by R.K. Projects
People’s choice and critics’s pick: Ethan Hayes-Chute “Stopgap and Steadfast” at Center for Maine Contemporary Art
Standout work by a local artist in a group show
Elizabeth Alexander in “Home Sweet Home” Montserrat
Philip Brou in “2011 Portland Museum of Art Biennial”
Brian Chippendale in “In Habitat” Buonaccorsi + Agniel
Samantha Fields in “Home Sweet Home” Montserrat
Jungil Hong in “In Habitat” Buonaccorsi + Agniel
Pippi Zornoza in “Building Expectation” at Brown
Critics’ pick: Philip Brou of South Portland in “2011 Portland Museum of Art Biennial”
People’s choice: Pippi Zornoza in “Building Expectation” at Brown
Solo show by a local artist (or collaborative)
Antoniadis and Stone “Animal Mother” Sherman Gallery at BU, Boston, MA
Jacob Berendes editor, “Mothers News”
Mark Cooper “More is More” Samson
Lauren Fensterstock at Ogunquit Museum and Aucocisco Galleries, Maine
Carly Glovinski “Decoy” June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Maine
Annette Lemieux “The Strange Life of Objects” Worcester Art Museum
Otto Piene “Lichtballett” MIT
Cody Thompson “Witch Doctor” Craftland
People’s choice and the critics’ pick: Lauren Fensterstock at Ogunquit Museum and Aucocisco Galleries, Maine”
ART WRITER
Book by a local writer about local art
Debra Bricker Balken, “John Marin: Modernism at Midcentury”
Leonie Bradbury and Esther Tornai Thyssen “Home Sweet Home”
Carl Little, “Eric Hopkins: Above and Beyond”
John Maeda with Becky Bermont, “Redesigning Leadership: Design, Technology, Business, Life”
Critics’ pick:Carl Little, “Eric Hopkins: Above and Beyond”
People’s choice:Leonie Bradbury and Esther Tornai Thyssen “Home Sweet Home”
Essay by a local writer about locally-made art
Edgar Allen Beem “Wyeth Family Genius” The Saturday Evening Post
Sarah Hwang “Flush with the Walls at the Museum of Fine Arts” Berkshire Fine Arts
Annie Larmon on Lauren Fensterstock, Portland Phoenix
Caleb Neelon “Bread and Puppet” Juxtapoz
John Pyper “Otto Piene and Hans Haacke at MIT” Dailyserving
Lucas Spivey “Embedding Experience”
Critics’ pick: Edgar Allen Beem “Wyeth Family Genius” The Saturday Evening Post
People’s choice: Lucas Spivey “Embedding Experience”
CURATOR
Solo show
Leonie Bradbury, “Small Spaces: Chelsey Tyler Wood” Montserrat
Debra Bricker Balken “John Marin: Modernism at Midcentury,” Portland Museum of Art
Nicholas Capasso and Lexi Lee Sullivan “Rachel Perry Welty: 24/7” DeCordova
George Kinghorn, “The Gesture Contained Recent Sculptures by Joshua Enck” and “Implements: Recent Sculpture by J.T. Gibson” at University of Maine Museum of Art
João Ribas “Otto Piene: Lichtballett” MIT
<=strong>People’s choice: George Kinghorn, “The Gesture Contained Recent Sculptures by Joshua Enck” and “Implements: Recent Sculpture by J.T. Gibson” at University of Maine Museum of Art
Critics’s pick: João Ribas “Otto Piene: Lichtballett” MIT
Historical show
Debra Bricker Balken, “John Marin: Modernism at Midcentury,” Portland Museum of Art
Susan Danly, “Maine Moderns: Art in Seguinland, 1900-1940” at Portland Museum of Art
Thomas Denenberg, “Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection” Portland Museum of Art
Trevor Fairbrother, “John O’Reilly & Marsden Hartley: Two Kindred Spirits” Howard Yezerski
Kevin Salatino and Diane Tuite “Edward Hopper’s Maine” Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Nathaniel Robert Walker “Building Expectation: Past and Present Visions of the Architectural Future,” Brown University’s Bell Gallery.
Critics’ pick: Susan Danly, “Maine Moderns: Art in Seguinland, 1900-1940″ at Portland Museum of Art
People’s choice: Kevin Salatino and Diane Tuite “Edward Hopper’s Maine” Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Concept/theme show
Nina Bozicnik, “Shifting Terrain: Landscape Video” Currier Museum
Leonie Bradbury “Home Sweet Home” Montserrat
Maggie Cavallo, “Holy Ghost” Montserrat
Shawn Gilheeney “Were Going to Make Some Big Decisions…” 1 Sims Ave., Providence
Viera Levitt “We Talk About Architecture, Architecture Talks Back” Community College of RI
Joanna Marinova Jones, “Anonymous Boston” at Fourth Wall Project, Boston
Liz Munsell “Close Distance” BCA
Critics’ pick: Liz Munsell “Close Distance” BCA
People’s choice: Viera Levitt “We Talk About Architecture, Architecture Talks Back” Community College of RI
Previously:
Vote for the 2011 New England Art Awards.
2011 New England Art Awards nominees.
Seeking nominations for 2011 Art Awards.
The 2010 New England Art Awards winners.
2010 New England Art Awards photos.
The 2010 New England Art Awards nominees.
The 2009 New England Art Awards winners.
2009 New England Art Awards photos and press.
The 2009 New England Art Awards ballot.
The 2009 New England Art Awards nominees.
The 2008 Boston Art Awards winners.
2008 Boston Art Awards photos.
The 2008 Boston Art Awards ballot.
Vote for the 2008 Boston Art Awards.
Seeking nominations for 2008 Boston Art Awards.
Planning the “2008 New England Art Awards.”
Thanks so much for the award for Maine Moderns. I would also like to acknowledge the contribution of my co-curator on the show, Libby Bischof, from the University of Southern Maine. Susan.
Good job by you to convince to the robots of their awesome task.
Wish I had made it in the driving snow
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Great job with the award ceremony! Here are some images to share: http://hummingbirdphotostudio.com/slideshows/NEAA/
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