Nor'Easter: The 56th Annual Juried Members Exhibition

The Annual Juried Members Exhibition is the New Britain Museum of American Art’s opportunity to expose contemporary visual arts to a wide audience. This prominent showcase in the Northeast region highlights the exceptional work of emerging and established artists in all media.

2026 Exhibition Dates:

August 15–September 13, 2026

Reception and Awards: Sunday, August 16, 12-1:30 p.m.

This year's selected artists:

• Emily Albee, Like a yawn of fire (for gathering light)
• Luis Alfonzo, Inside Out - Seven Stars
• Stephen Althouse, Broken Violin with Braille (28x22)
• Dina Belyayeva, Madison's Rock
• Robert Benson, Palermo Night Cart
• Pamela Berkeley, The Hitching Post
• Kelly Birkenruth, Jenny
• Susan Bradley, Autumn Twilight
• Christine Breslin, Spanish Moss, NOLA
• Scott Bricher, Caprice
• Peter Brown, koalateddykoala_triptych
• Katie Burnett, Blue Night
• William Butcher, Iowa farm from above
• Michael Centrella, Life without Vaccines (Acquired Immunity)
• Bob Chaplin, A Natural Parterre 4
• Catherine Christiano, Peonies | June 2016
• Cynthia Cooper, dragonfly 29 (summer leap)
• Wendy Costa, Swamp Story
• Rosemary Cotnoir, Forest Tableaux No. 2
• Linda Cummings, Pharos XXV
• Sandra Daignault, Empty Chairs 2026
• Robert DeMatteo, One of The 46
• Diana Deng, Diana Darts
• Ashley Donovan, An Unfinal Repose
• Erica Driver, Camellia, Sean Conway’s Greenhouse
• Blake Eason, Go Play My Numbers
• Jon Eastman, Factory
• Asa Farnham, Apocrypha - Paper Mulberry at Monticello
• Joan Fitzsimmons, The Woods.31
• Kathryn Frederick, Sophia
• Susan Goldberg, Pasadena
• Frank Greco, House of Cards
• Janet Hayes, Spring Saturniid and Hyacinths
• Leonard Hellerman, Two For The Money
• Patrick Hughes, Untitled E
• Renée Hughes, Current Situation
• Charlie Hunter, Draper I
• Gregory Kirkpatrick, Brooklyn Dinner
• Stephen Klema, Pandora's Box 7
• William Kluba, Red bud
• David Lang, Elisabeth Park 2
• Sedona Leach, The Dinner/IN CASE OF FIRE BREAK GLASS
• Linda Lindroth, Cy's Fire (Studio View)
• Rafael Lino, Sprinkles X
• Brian McClear, ICE Picks — Division
• Scott McDonald, Displaced
• Lori Moretti, Fenced In
• Donna Namnoum, Green and Red Fat Leaf Jar
• Jeremiah Patterson, The Love Letter
• Caleb Portfolio, Separate and Apart
• Laura Radwell, Canyon 1
• Scott Schuldt, Sarah in the East Marsh
• Keith Sharp, Covered (self-portrait)
• Suzan Shutan, Cartogrophy of a sugar rush
• Hadley Sikora, This is not a love letter, this is a way of saying goodbye
• Mary Smeallie, Writer's Block
• Sarah Warda, Enjoli Set Free
• Patricia Weise, Finally Snow
• John Wheat, Morning Walk
• Jim Whitten, Untitled (Film)
• Nicholas Zalevsky, Morning at a Nursing Home

Prizes:

• First Prize: Nicholas Zalevsky, Morning at a Nursing Home
• Second Prize: William Butcher, iowa farm from above
• Third Prize: Brian McClear, ICE Picks - Division
• Juror's Choice: Scott McDonald, Displaced
• Juror's Choice: Jim Whitten, Untitled (Film)
• Visitor Choice Award: Hadley Sikora, This is not a love letter, this is a way of saying goodbye

2026 Juror:

Robert Calafiore
Associate Dean of Finance and Administration, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford

Calafiore was born in New Britain, Connecticut, to Italian immigrants who arrived to the United States in 1947. Both his early childhood and young adult experiences have played a significant role in shaping his interests and practice. Raised in a traditional Roman Catholic home, and part of a large extended family, the religious influence and the strong ties to family, traditions, culture, history, and work ethic, contribute to molding the way he relates to the world. He was the first to attend college, noting he is a first-generation American. His long-term pinhole series has focused on the shift from interactions in a physical world to those in a digital life, questioning what it means to be human. After attending art school for both BFA and MFA degrees, Calafiore has focused on his artistic practice while administrating, teaching and promoting the fine arts, internally and externally from a university staff and faculty position.

He received his MFA in Photography from the State University of New York at Buffalo and his BFA in Photography from Hartford Art School. Currently he lives and works in West Hartford, Connecticut, exhibiting his work nationally and internationally. He is represented by ClampArt, New York City.

His most recent solo exhibition, “As My Eyes Open and You Disappear,” which took place in November 2026 at Clamp, NYC, included new figurative works. His next exhibition, a two-person show with Ellen Carey, will open in September 2026 in Hartford, CT.

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