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2023 Arts In Bloom

The Arts in Bloom exhibit is always a hightlight of the HCA's year! This year is no exception. Over 80 artists submitted artwork for consideration from 35 towns and 5 states. We received a wonderful variety of works from Experimental to Classical Realism and everything in between.

Out of 200 pieces, Juror Kaveh Mojtabai selected 44 for display in this year's exhibition. Six pieces were identified for an award and will be honored with fresh flower arrangements designed the Hopkinton Garden Club members that will be on display May 12th - May 15th.

The HCA Art In Bloom 2023 Exhibition will be available for viewing at the HCA's Lotvin Family gallery April 24 - June 2, 2023 as well as online here.
Opening Reception: May 12 at the Hopkinton Center for the Arts from 6 to 7:00pm.

The HCA gallery hours for public viewing: Monday - Fridays 9 am - 7 pm and Saturdays 9 am - 2 pm. Guests must observe safety protocols when visiting the gallery, masks are recommended but not required. Considering purchasing an artwork? Please call Operations Director Sandee Buckley at 508.435.9222 or via email: sandee@hopartscenter.org.

About the Juror KAVEH MOJTABAI:
Kaveh is the founder and publisher of Artscope Magazine, a multi-platform media company dedicated to reviewing art exhibits and artist profiles; covering cultural events; connecting artists with their audience; and creating access to the arts. Previously, he worked at a global consulting firm

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Flowers in the window

Flowers in the window

Rita Aris

$3,500.00

Dimensions: 19 x 23 x 2
Medium: Ceramic tiles attached to the wooden board and framed
Year created: 2023
What inspired you to make this work?: The blooms in the window caught my eye, Their beauty begged to be immortalized. With magical clay, I crafted a dream, "Flowers in the Window" - a thriving scene.

Gone Pedaling

Lisa Bailey

$2,000.00

Dimensions: 22.75 x 29.5
Medium: watercolor
Year created: 2019
What inspired you to make this work?: These antique children's pedal cars I first saw in a Michigan museum and wanted to use them to create an abstract landscape.

Pedaling Memories

Pedaling Memories

Lisa Bailey

$3,000.00

Dimensions: 27.75 x 29.25 x 1.5
Medium: watercolor
Year created: 2017
What inspired you to make this work?: Memories of my bike ride down the mountain in Hawaii and wanted to create a landscape using all the bikes I have used in my lifetime.

Wicked Farm Tulips

Wicked Farm Tulips

Lissa Banks

$4,400.00

Dimensions: 30 x 40 x 1.5
Medium: acrylic
Year created: 2021
What inspired you to make this work?: A rather chaotic trip to the tulip farm ended in angry words, but at least this painting came out of the endeavor.

Talus, Resilient Ukranian Child of Peace

Talus, Resilient Ukranian Child of Peace

Yvonne Belcher

$850.00

Dimensions: 20 x 16 x 1.5
Medium: Acrylic
Year created: 2023
What inspired you to make this work?: Talus, is a young lady living in Kyiv, Ukraine. Her angelic face and delicate, fragile beauty contrasts with the horrors of war she witnesses each day. My hope is to convey the importance of how we can thrive, despite the worst of circumstances.

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Paul Bibbo

$150.00

Dimensions: 14 x 11
Medium: photography
Year created: 2023
What inspired you to make this work?: I have a keen interest in looking closely at things through a camera lens, and manipulating the resulting image to create something entirely new

Building a Future

Building a Future

Linda DeStefano Brown

$300.00

Dimensions: 19 x 14 x 1
Medium: Photography
Year created: 2023
What inspired you to make this work?: I am inspired by all of nature. This image shows two herons preparing their nest to bring new life into the world.

Art Mobile

Maura Conron

$350.00

Dimensions: 15 x 20 x 1
Medium: Archival Inkjet print, 1/6
Year created: 2021
What inspired you to make this work?: Local art festival and sense of renewal

Barton Redux

Maura Conron

$400.00

Dimensions: 22 x 16 x 1
Medium: Archival Inkjet print, 1/6
Year created: 2022
What inspired you to make this work?: The graphic juxaposition of nature and architecture

Rue Saint-Sulpice, Paris

Rue Saint-Sulpice, Paris

Jean Cummiskey

$1,875.00

Dimensions: 20 x 20 x 3
Medium: Mixed Media Mosaic
Year created: 2023
What inspired you to make this work?: My imagination and creativity always thrives when I travel. This certainly applied during my first visit to Paris, which I recently remembered while making this stained glass mosaic of the rooftop view I saw from my hotel window.

Flowers of Life

Flowers of Life

David Dauer

$600.00

Dimensions: 24 x 36 x 2
Medium: Acrylic
Year created: 2020
What inspired you to make this work?: In this piece I’ve taken a painting which I wasn’t happy with leaving the flowers in the top left and bottom right. I then began the process of filling in the rest while leaving some semblance of the prior painting and creating an abstract imagery with the use of yellows, thick impasto and linear lines. The flowers like humans create a passion through their interactions with each other.

Peaceful Poppies

Peaceful Poppies

Vanessa De Zorzi

$250.00

Dimensions: 23.5 x 29.5 x 1.5
Medium: Oil Painting
Year created: 2020
What inspired you to make this work?: Dutch still life.

Like Father, Like Son

Like Father, Like Son

Dayle Doherty

$165.00

Dimensions: 20 x 20 x 2
Medium: Digital
Year created: 2023
What inspired you to make this work?: I have always loves the geometric simplicity of mid-century modern artist Charley Harper and his highly stylized images of wildlife. I also adore cardinals — so I created "Like Father, Like Son" in a homage to both.

Miami Flowers

Steven Doherty

Dimensions: 36 x 25 x 2
Medium: Photography
Year created: 2023

Backwater Marsh, Plymouth Ma

Backwater Marsh, Plymouth Ma

Alison Estabrook

$3,800.00

Dimensions: 24 x 36 x 1.5
Medium: Acrylic
Year created: 2021
What inspired you to make this work?: I am inspired by the blessing of creation and paint places that touch my heart. I hope my work transports viewers to these places and touches them as well.

Portugal

Bonnie Frederico

Dimensions: 25 x 21 x 1.5
Medium: Watercolor/ink
Year created: 2019
What inspired you to make this work?: A visit to Portugal and the beautiful photograph

Tuscany, Italy

Bonnie Frederico

$750.00

Dimensions: 19 x 161.5 x 1.5
Medium: Watercolor/ink
Year created: 2020
What inspired you to make this work?: The beauty of the towns and buildings, keeps me wanting to return.

Midday Camo

Margarita Krylova

$1,000.00

Dimensions: 35 x 27
Medium: oil on canvas
Year created: 2021
What inspired you to make this work?: Shadows while changing after summer swimming with a friend.

Blue Dragons

Margarita Krylova

$1,300.00

Dimensions: 32 x 33.5
Medium: Collaboration with my dad, Viktor Krylov, who carved the wood gnome - watercolor, rice paper, encaustic, wood, mix
Year created: 2022
What inspired you to make this work?: Imagination and collaboration

Green garden

Linda Lancz

$950.00

Dimensions: 28 x 24 x 1
Medium: Monotype with Collage
Year created: 2022
What inspired you to make this work?: The beautiful textures one can create with the monotype printing process and the joy of nature.

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