FOCUS: Fish and Dish – A Fresh Take on Still Life
Main Gallery
March 7 – April 5, 2020
RECEPTION: Mar 14, 2020, 4-6 PM

JUROR: Jason Andrew, Independent scholar, curator & exhibition producer
SUBMIT ONLINE: Dec 27 – Jan 26
NOTIFICATION via email Feb 5
OPEN TO ARTISTS WITHIN 50 MILES OF WOODSTOCK
FEE: $35 Fee/Members Free

Fish and Dish: A Fresh Take on Still Life – Characterized by an interest in the insentient, the genre of still life has been a traditional theme in the history of art, popular across movements, cultures, and periods. In this show our juror selects one still life from the over 2000 objects in WAAM’s Permanent Collection to become the centerpiece of a conversation with contemporary regional artists working in every genre, offering us a fresh take on what makes a still life, a still life.

About the Juror – Jason Andrew is an independent scholar, curator, and producer based in Brooklyn. A prominent figure in the Bushwick art scene, Mr. Andrew is the co-founder and director of Norte Maar, a non-profit now celebrating its 10th anniversary encouraging, promoting, and presenting collaborative projects in the arts. Specializing in the field of Postwar American Art, Mr. Andrew is also a Founding Partner at Artist Estate Studio, LLC, an entity that advocates for the legacy of artists like Jack Tworkov and Elizabeth Murray. His recent regional survey of artists living and working in Southern Appalachia is on view at the Asheville Art Museum through February 3, 2020.

FOCUS: Fish and Dish – A Fresh Take on Still Life
Main Gallery
March 7 – April 5, 2020
RECEPTION: Mar 14, 2020, 4-6 PM

JUROR: Jason Andrew, Independent scholar, curator & exhibition producer
SUBMIT ONLINE: Dec 27 – Jan 26
NOTIFICATION via email Feb 5
OPEN TO ARTISTS WITHIN 50 MILES OF WOODSTOCK
FEE: $35 Fee/Members Free

Fish and Dish: A Fresh Take on Still Life – Characterized by an interest in the insentient, the genre of still life has been a traditional theme in the history of art, popular across movements, cultures, and periods. In this show our juror selects one still life from the over 2000 objects in WAAM’s Permanent Collection to become the centerpiece of a conversation with contemporary regional artists working in every genre, offering us a fresh take on what makes a still life, a still life.

About the Juror – Jason Andrew is an independent scholar, curator, and producer based in Brooklyn. A prominent figure in the Bushwick art scene, Mr. Andrew is the co-founder and director of Norte Maar, a non-profit now celebrating its 10th anniversary encouraging, promoting, and presenting collaborative projects in the arts. Specializing in the field of Postwar American Art, Mr. Andrew is also a Founding Partner at Artist Estate Studio, LLC, an entity that advocates for the legacy of artists like Jack Tworkov and Elizabeth Murray. His recent regional survey of artists living and working in Southern Appalachia is on view at the Asheville Art Museum through February 3, 2020.

Fresh Snow: Recent Work
Feb.1-March 1, 2020
Reception: Saturday, Feb. 8, 4 – 6 PM
MAIN GALLERY

JUROR: Soojin Buzelli, Creative Director, ISS Media (Illustration)
SUBMISSION FEE: Free for WAAM members, $35 for non-members. Open to artists within a 50 mile radius of Woodstock.
SUBMIT AT WAAM: January 27, 12 – 6 pm.
PICK UP: Monday, March 2, 2020
NOTIFICATION: via email, January 29, 2020

Fresh Snow: Recent Work – Regional artists emerge mid-winter from their studios to highlight work that revives the soul, like the softest blanket of snow. This show features  recently made work; abstract, landscape, and figurative.

About the Juror – A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, SooJin Buzelli has art directed and designed award-winning publications since 1996. She’s received recognition from many art and design organizations, including the Society of Illustrators, the Society of Publication Designs, the Art Directors Club of New York, Communication Arts, Print, 3×3, L.A. Society of Illustrators, American Illustration, Spectrum and AltPic.

FAR + WIDE National
Main Gallery
May 16 – Jun 14
Opening Reception: May 23, 2020

JURORS: Jackie Hoving and Andrew Prayzner, Co-directors, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, New York
SUBMIT ONLINE: Feb 13 – Mar 22
NOTIFICATION via email Apr 1
AWARDS: Arthur Harris Best in Show $500
OPEN TO ALL ARTISTS NATIONALLY
FEE: $35 Fee/$15 Members, Size Limit: 38 x 38” overall

Introduced in 2017, Far and Wide National is open for applications from artists living throughout the United States. Artists are invited to submit up to 5 works that are innovative in both form and content or that have been created within the boundaries of traditional genres but nevertheless break new ground. Submissions are made online only. Please read the online application for important details. This year’s jurors, Jackie Hoving and Andrew Prayzner, Co-directors of Tiger Strikes Asteroid, New York, bring a distinctive point of view to the selection of the artists whose work is on display. There are pieces that are innovative in both form and content and also works that have been created within the boundaries of traditional genres but nevertheless break new ground. Visitors to WAAM will experience a unique national survey of the art currently being created across our country.

About the Jurors – Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Jackie Hoving, Co-Director and Curator, Andrew Prayzner, Co-Director and Curator TSA in NYC. Tiger Strikes Asteroid is a network of artist-run spaces with locations in Philadelphia, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Each space is independently operated and focuses on presenting a varied program of emerging and mid-career artists. TSA’s exhibitions and projects have been featured in numerous print and online publications including The New York Times, The Chicago Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Hyperallergic, Art F City, The Huffington Post, L Magazine, Whitehot Magazine, Two Coats of Paint, Artinfo, Artnet News, Beautiful Decay, and the artblog.

FAR + WIDE National
Main Gallery
May 16 – Jun 14
Opening Reception: May 23, 2020

JURORS: Jackie Hoving and Andrew Prayzner, Co-directors, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, New York
SUBMIT ONLINE: Feb 13 – Mar 22
NOTIFICATION via email Apr 1
AWARDS: Arthur Harris Best in Show $500
OPEN TO ALL ARTISTS NATIONALLY
FEE: $35 Fee/$15 Members, Size Limit: 38 x 38” overall

Introduced in 2017, Far and Wide National is open for applications from artists living throughout the United States. Artists are invited to submit up to 5 works that are innovative in both form and content or that have been created within the boundaries of traditional genres but nevertheless break new ground. Submissions are made online only. Please read the online application for important details. This year’s jurors, Jackie Hoving and Andrew Prayzner, Co-directors of Tiger Strikes Asteroid, New York, bring a distinctive point of view to the selection of the artists whose work is on display. There are pieces that are innovative in both form and content and also works that have been created within the boundaries of traditional genres but nevertheless break new ground. Visitors to WAAM will experience a unique national survey of the art currently being created across our country.

About the Jurors – Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Jackie Hoving, Co-Director and Curator, Andrew Prayzner, Co-Director and Curator TSA in NYC. Tiger Strikes Asteroid is a network of artist-run spaces with locations in Philadelphia, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Each space is independently operated and focuses on presenting a varied program of emerging and mid-career artists. TSA’s exhibitions and projects have been featured in numerous print and online publications including The New York Times, The Chicago Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Hyperallergic, Art F City, The Huffington Post, L Magazine, Whitehot Magazine, Two Coats of Paint, Artinfo, Artnet News, Beautiful Decay, and the artblog.

Small Works
Founders Gallery
March 7 – April 5, 2020
RECEPTION: March 14, 2020, 4-6 PM

JUROR: Robert Tomlinson, Director Kaaterskill Gallery, Tannersville
SUBMIT AT WAAM: Monday, March 2, 12-6 PM
PICKUP: Monday April 6, 12-6 PM
NOTIFICATION via email March 4, 2020
AWARDS: Anne Helioff/Benjamin Hirschberg Award $100
OPEN TO ARTISTS WITHIN 50 MILES OF WOODSTOCK
FEE: $35 Fee/Members Free, Size Limit 15×15” overall, 24” for sculpture

About the Juror – Visual artist Robert Tomlinson is the director of the Catskill Mountain Foundation Gallery and Bookstore. Previously he served as Executive Director and Curator for The San Jose Institute for Contemporary Art, Gallery One Visual Arts Center and the Oregon Arts Alliance. Tomlinson has curated and installed more than 150 exhibitions. A working artist, Tomlinson’s work has been featured in 35 solo shows and more than 50 group exhibitions.

Take This Down: Works on Paper
April 11 – May 10, 2020
RECEPTION: April 18, 2020
MAIN GALLERY

JUROR: Joy Taylor, Painter, sculptor, and collage artist
SUBMIT AT WAAM: Apr 6, 12-6 PM
PICKUP: May 11, 12-6 PM
NOTIFICATION via email Apr 8
AWARDS: Beatrice and Sidney Laufman Award $100
OPEN TO ARTISTS WITHIN 50 MILES OF WOODSTOCK
FEE: $35 Fee/Members Free

Take This Down: Works on Paper– Making art is sometimes a simple act of notation. The artist records what she thinks is important for us to notice, remember, or explore: a color, a face, a thought. When the recording is done on paper its inherent fragility offers an especially fresh look at what the artist deems worthy of note. This show highlights drawings, prints and photos by Woodstock’s regional artists.

About the Juror – Joy Taylor is a painter, sculptor, and collage artist. She is represented by Craig Krull Gallery in Santa Monica and Galerie Gris in Hudson. Most recently she curated Ink. Re-Ink, which exhibited drawings and prints at Atwater Gallery in Kingston. She has created large scale public art projects in conjunction with MTA Arts for Transit on MetroNorth, and for the Albany International Airport. She is the recipient of a Pollock-Krasner grant, NYFA grant, and several residencies at Women’s Studio Workshop in Rosendale.

Small Works 
Founders Gallery
May 16 – Jun 14
RECEPTION: May 23, 2020

JUROR: Karen Quinn, Senior Historian/Curator, Art & Culture, New York State Museum
SUBMIT AT WAAM: May 11, 12-6 PM • PICKUP: Jun 15, 12-6 PM
NOTIFICATION via email May 13
AWARDS: Andrée Ruellan Award $100
OPEN TO ARTISTS WITHIN 50 MILES OF WOODSTOCK
FEE: $35 Fee/Members Free, Size Limit 15×15” overall, 24” for sculpture

About the Juror – Karen Quinn is Senior Historian/Curator, Art and Culture at New York State Museum. An art historian she is especially interested in painters’ working methods as well as the attraction of artists to specific places, including locations throughout New York. She is currently researching and building the museum’s collection of art, including decorative arts, paintings, works on paper, architecture, photography, popular culture, literature, and music related to New York State.

FOCUS: What Weird Weather
Main Gallery
Jul 25 – Aug 23
RECEPTION: Aug 1, 2020

JUROR: Douglas Culhane, Artist, Sculpture & Drawing Teacher, Amherst College
SUBMIT ONLINE MAY 20 – JUN 21, midnight
NOTIFICATION via email JuL 2
AWARDS: Social Commentary Award $100
OPEN TO ARTISTS WITHIN 50 MILES OF WOODSTOCK
FEE: $35 Fee/Members Free

What Weird Weather—Responding to natural phenomena of the most familiar kind, artists in this show answer the question–How has our constant anxiety about climate change altered our relationship to the formerly mundane subject of the weather? Not limited to work directly addressing global warming, featured artists show how current conditions outside, make their way inside, to the studio.

About the Juror – Douglas Culhane is a visual artist and writer who works in drawing, sculpture, poetry and hybrid forms. His work has appeared in the Colorado Review, Viz. Inter-Arts (UC Santa Cruz), Broadsided Press and in galleries and alternative spaces nationally. He recently exhibited his installation “Ghost House” at the Chesterwood Historic Trust in Stockbridge, MA. He is the recipient of awards from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. He holds a BA from Colgate University and an MA from the University of Iowa. He teaches drawing, image and text and sculpture at Amherst College.

FOCUS: What Weird Weather
Main Gallery
Jul 25 – Aug 23
RECEPTION: Aug 1, 2020

JUROR: Douglas Culhane, Artist, Sculpture & Drawing Teacher, Amherst College
SUBMIT ONLINE MAY 20 – JUN 21, midnight
NOTIFICATION via email JuL 2
AWARDS: Social Commentary Award $100
OPEN TO ARTISTS WITHIN 50 MILES OF WOODSTOCK
FEE: $35 Fee/Members Free

What Weird Weather—Responding to natural phenomena of the most familiar kind, artists in this show answer the question–How has our constant anxiety about climate change altered our relationship to the formerly mundane subject of the weather? Not limited to work directly addressing global warming, featured artists show how current conditions outside, make their way inside, to the studio.

About the Juror – Douglas Culhane is a visual artist and writer who works in drawing, sculpture, poetry and hybrid forms. His work has appeared in the Colorado Review, Viz. Inter-Arts (UC Santa Cruz), Broadsided Press and in galleries and alternative spaces nationally. He recently exhibited his installation “Ghost House” at the Chesterwood Historic Trust in Stockbridge, MA. He is the recipient of awards from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. He holds a BA from Colgate University and an MA from the University of Iowa. He teaches drawing, image and text and sculpture at Amherst College.

Radius 50
Main + Solo Galleries
Aug 29 – Sept. 27
RECEPTION: Sep 5, 2020

JURORS: Candice Maday, Director and Curator; Alyson Baker, Founder and Executive Director, River Valley Arts Collective
SUBMIT ONLINE: Jun 12 – Jul 19
NOTIFICATION via email Aug 5
AWARDS: Nicholas Buhalis Award for Artistic Excellence $500
OPEN TO ARTISTS WITHIN 50 MILES OF WOODSTOCK
FEE: $35 Fee/$15 Members

Radius 50 is a survey of some of the very best art currently being made in our Mid Hudson/ Catskills Region. Artists living within a 50-mile radius of Woodstock are eligible to submit 5 images for consideration online by jurors Candice Maday, Director and Curator and Alyson Baker, Founder and Executive Director of the River Valley Arts Collective. Work in all media will be considered.

About the Jurors

Alyson Baker is the former Executive Director of The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, serving for over eleven years as Executive Director of Socrates Sculpture Park East River, NYC. She also served as Director of Pat Hearn Gallery, Associate Director of Gagosian Gallery, and Curatorial Assistant in the Contemporary Art Department at the Carnegie Museum of Art. With over thirty years of experience in the arts, she has worked on more than 300 exhibitions with over 800 artists including both emerging artists and world-renowned figures such as Mark di Suvero, Kiki Smith, Chris Burden, Damien Hirst, Richard Serra and Wendell Castle.

Candice Madey founded the pioneering Lower East Side gallery On Stellar Rays in 2008. Prior to that Candice worked on projects with the Museum of Modern Art, New York; MOMA PS1, Queens; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; The Whitney Museum of Art, New York; Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York; The Art Institute of Chicago; The Rose Museum, Waltham, MA; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; The Pulitzer Foundation, St Louis; Ballroom Marfa; Contemporary Austin; Dallas Contemporary; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston; Whitechapel Gallery, London; Centre d’Art Contemporain, Zurich; Kunsthaus Baselland; Lenbachhaus, Munich; Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover; Fondazione Prada, Venice, among other institutions.

Radius 50
Main + Solo Galleries
Aug 29 – Sept. 27
RECEPTION: Sep 5, 2020

JURORS: Candice Maday, Director and Curator; Alyson Baker, Founder and Executive Director, River Valley Arts Collective
SUBMIT ONLINE: Jun 12 – Jul 19
NOTIFICATION via email Aug 5
AWARDS: Nicholas Buhalis Award for Artistic Excellence $500
OPEN TO ARTISTS WITHIN 50 MILES OF WOODSTOCK
FEE: $35 Fee/$15 Members

Radius 50 is a survey of some of the very best art currently being made in our Mid Hudson/ Catskills Region. Artists living within a 50-mile radius of Woodstock are eligible to submit 5 images for consideration online by jurors Candice Maday, Director and Curator and Alyson Baker, Founder and Executive Director of the River Valley Arts Collective. Work in all media will be considered.

About the Jurors

Alyson Baker is the former Executive Director of The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, serving for over eleven years as Executive Director of Socrates Sculpture Park East River, NYC. She also served as Director of Pat Hearn Gallery, Associate Director of Gagosian Gallery, and Curatorial Assistant in the Contemporary Art Department at the Carnegie Museum of Art. With over thirty years of experience in the arts, she has worked on more than 300 exhibitions with over 800 artists including both emerging artists and world-renowned figures such as Mark di Suvero, Kiki Smith, Chris Burden, Damien Hirst, Richard Serra and Wendell Castle.

Candice Madey founded the pioneering Lower East Side gallery On Stellar Rays in 2008. Prior to that Candice worked on projects with the Museum of Modern Art, New York; MOMA PS1, Queens; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; The Whitney Museum of Art, New York; Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York; The Art Institute of Chicago; The Rose Museum, Waltham, MA; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; The Pulitzer Foundation, St Louis; Ballroom Marfa; Contemporary Austin; Dallas Contemporary; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston; Whitechapel Gallery, London; Centre d’Art Contemporain, Zurich; Kunsthaus Baselland; Lenbachhaus, Munich; Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover; Fondazione Prada, Venice, among other institutions.

FOCUS: Magic from the Mundane
Main Gallery
Oct. 24 – Nov. 29
RECEPTION: Oct 24, 2020

JUROR: Mary-Kay Lombino, Fisher Curator and Assistant Director, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College
SUBMIT ONLINE: July 23 – Aug 23
NOTIFICATION via email Sep 2
AWARDS: Harriet Tannin Award $100
OPEN TO ARTISTS WITHIN 50 MILES OF WOODSTOCK
FEE: $35 Fee/Members Free

Magic in the Mundane-“What I’m doing is actually very close to our normal way of looking at and thinking about the world. We slowly build up a whole web of associations and meanings.”–Thomas Nozkowski. Any normal, everyday object can spark an artist. Found on a walk, in a secondhand store, or an abandoned garage, the mundane, in the right hands, can grow to beauty. Artists in this show, like Nozkowski, move through their work intuitively, building slowly, step by step, a world particular and personal.

About the Juror – Mary-Kay Lombino is The Emily Hargroves Fisher ’57 and Richard B. Fisher Curator and Assistant Director of Strategic Planning at The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College where she oversees the contemporary art and photography collections, exhibitions, and publications. Prior to joining the staff at Vassar she served as Curator of Exhibitions at the University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach for six years and Assistant Curator at UCLA Hammer Museum for five years. She has also organized solo shows for numerous artists including Marco Maggi, Eirik Johnson, Phil Collins, Ken Price, Euan Macdonald, Bob Knox, Alice Könitz, and Mungo Thomson.

FOCUS: Magic from the Mundane
Main Gallery
Oct. 24 – Nov. 29
RECEPTION: Oct 24, 2020

JUROR: Mary-Kay Lombino, Fisher Curator and Assistant Director, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College
SUBMIT ONLINE: July 23 – Aug 23
NOTIFICATION via email Sep 2
AWARDS: Harriet Tannin Award $100
OPEN TO ARTISTS WITHIN 50 MILES OF WOODSTOCK
FEE: $35 Fee/Members Free

Magic in the Mundane-“What I’m doing is actually very close to our normal way of looking at and thinking about the world. We slowly build up a whole web of associations and meanings.”–Thomas Nozkowski. Any normal, everyday object can spark an artist. Found on a walk, in a secondhand store, or an abandoned garage, the mundane, in the right hands, can grow to beauty. Artists in this show, like Nozkowski, move through their work intuitively, building slowly, step by step, a world particular and personal.

About the Juror – Mary-Kay Lombino is The Emily Hargroves Fisher ’57 and Richard B. Fisher Curator and Assistant Director of Strategic Planning at The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College where she oversees the contemporary art and photography collections, exhibitions, and publications. Prior to joining the staff at Vassar she served as Curator of Exhibitions at the University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach for six years and Assistant Curator at UCLA Hammer Museum for five years. She has also organized solo shows for numerous artists including Marco Maggi, Eirik Johnson, Phil Collins, Ken Price, Euan Macdonald, Bob Knox, Alice Könitz, and Mungo Thomson.

2021 Solo Show Application
OPEN FOR SUBMISSION: TBD

One of benefits of WAAM membership is the opportunity for a one-person exhibition in our solo gallery. Artists selected for Solo Shows have the opportunity to present a focused body of work making a significant statement of the issues and aesthetics that drive their practice. Submissions to Solo Shows take place each year in September for the following year’s schedule of exhibitions. 

Applications are open to all artists within a 50 mile radius of Woodstock. There is no fee for WAAM members. Non-members pay a $40 application fee. Artists selected for a solo show must have a paid-in-full WAAM membership within 30 days of notification of their acceptance. The $40 solo show application fee can applied toward the annual WAAM membership fee.

JUROR: Mara Held, Artist, President of the Al Held Foundation
SUBMISSION FEE: Free for WAAM members, $40 for non-members. Open to artists within a 50 mile radius of Woodstock.
SUBMIT ONLINE: TBA
NOTIFICATION: TBA

2021 Solo Show Application
OPEN FOR SUBMISSION: TBD

One of benefits of WAAM membership is the opportunity for a one-person exhibition in our solo gallery. Artists selected for Solo Shows have the opportunity to present a focused body of work making a significant statement of the issues and aesthetics that drive their practice. Submissions to Solo Shows take place each year in September for the following year’s schedule of exhibitions. 

Applications are open to all artists within a 50 mile radius of Woodstock. There is no fee for WAAM members. Non-members pay a $40 application fee. Artists selected for a solo show must have a paid-in-full WAAM membership within 30 days of notification of their acceptance. The $40 solo show application fee can applied toward the annual WAAM membership fee.

JUROR: Mara Held, Artist, President of the Al Held Foundation
SUBMISSION FEE: Free for WAAM members, $40 for non-members. Open to artists within a 50 mile radius of Woodstock.
SUBMIT ONLINE: TBA
NOTIFICATION: TBA

Warm Wishes: Annual Holiday Show
Main Gallery
Dec 4 – Dec 27
RECEPTION: Dec 5, 2020

SUBMIT AT WAAM Nov 30, 12-6 PM
PICKUP: Dec 28, 12-6 PM

AWARDS: Sally Jacobs/Phoebe Towbin Award $500
Yasuo Kuniyoshi Award $500
Leilani Claire Award for Outstanding Photograph of the Year $100
Mary Wilson Award for Outstanding Landscape or Still Life $100, Robert Angeloch Award for Excellence in Printmaking $100
New Member Award $100

OPEN TO CURRENT WAAM MEMBERS
FEE: $10 Hanging Fee, Size Limit 26 x 26” overall, $500 Price Limit

The season of giving provides moments to celebrate the gift of creativity. For WAAM’s 2020 Holiday Show (The Gift) WAAM member artists are asked to submit works of 26 inches or less (including frame), priced at $500 or less, framed, ready to hang, and perfect for Holiday gifting.