For the 2024 season, the AAM invites members to get creative, imaginative, and experimental around a Small Originals theme in any medium. This opportunity will kick off the holiday season, when family visits and holiday cheer are at their peak.
The Academy Art Museum is pleased to welcome Robyn Asleson, Curator of Prints and Drawings at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, as this year’s judge. Her exhibition projects at the Portrait Gallery include “Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris, 1900–1939” (2024), the team-curated “Kinship” (2022), and “Portraits of the World” (2016-20), a series of spotlight exhibitions featuring individual portraits on loan from international museums, placed in conversation with works from the Portrait Gallery collection. She was also venue curator for the exhibition “John Singer Sargent: Portraits in Charcoal” (2020).
To provide a premium viewing experience and an extended showcase, the Museum will be hosting the exhibition in the Waterfowl Building. This year’s exhibition will open on November 22 and run through December 29, 2024. Hours for the exhibition are Tuesday & Wednesday, 10 am – 4 pm, Thursdays (December 12 & 19) 10 am – 7 pm, Friday, 10 am – 4 pm, Saturday and Sunday, 12 – 4 pm. Closed Mondays, and December 24-26.
AWARD WINNERS:
• Best in Show, in honor of Lee Lawrie: Ann Sharp, Eunice, 2021, oil on canvas
• Arielle Marks for Best Print: Judy Wolgast, Snowscape, 2024, aquatint
• Best Eastern Shore Scene (sponsored by the Working Artist Forum): Stephen Walker, Smoke Break, 2024, oil on canvas
• Best in Fiber: Susan Fay Schauer, Ajidamoonh, 2024, fiber
• Best Landscape: James Sharf, Normandy Coast Gale, 2024, oil on canvas
• Best in Mixed Media: Bridget Sullivan, Ancestral, 2024, mixed media
• Best in Ceramics: Karen Bailor, Worldview, 2024, ceramic
• Excellence in Photography: George Sass, Rolling Tide, 2024, photography
• Jane Shananhan Hill Offutt Memorial for Best Painting: James Plumb, Three Garlics and Water, 2023, oil on canvas
• M. Susan Stewart for Best in Wood: Terance John, Memories #19, 2024, wood
• Nancy South Reybold for Contemporary Art: Susan Thomas, Serengeti, 2024, collage/acrylic
• Samuel Sands for Sporting Art: Liam Swadler, Dock Dog, 2024, digital photography
• Trippe Gallery for Best Work on Paper: Barrie Barnett, Sheep in Winter, 2024, pastel on paper
Timeline and Critera
To ensure all members who are interested in participating can enter, submissions will be limited to maximum dimensions of 13 x 13 inches for 2D artwork and 15 x 15 x 15 inches for 3D artwork. A maximum 2-inch frame may be used for 2D artwork.
Participation in the Member’s Exhibition is not juried. Anyone with a current membership, valid through the end of the year, may enter one artwork. Accordingly, all entries are eligible for awards. This year brings new awards in Fiber and Sporting Art, along with our traditional roster of awards for painting, prints, ceramics, and wood pieces. Artists must register for the exhibition using the online form on the exhibition’s webpage between September 16 and October 15, 2023. Members may choose to offer their artworks for sale during the exhibition.
Art drop-off will take place November 12 and 13 from noon to 4 PM and on November 14 from 4 to 7 PM at the Waterfowl Building.
Register: through October 21, 2024
Art Drop Off: November 12 & 13, noon – 4 pm, November 14, 4 – 7 pm
Reception: Friday, November 22, 5 – 7 pm
Exhibition closes: Sunday, December 29, 2024
Pickup: Friday, January 3, 2025 at the Museum
*Please note: All works must picked up in person. A late fee will be charged for late pick-ups.