UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
In Celebration of the 10th Anniversary of
The New England Mosaic Society
All members are invited to participate in a
CALL FOR ART
2025 All Member Non-Juried Exhibition
Where: Becket Arts Center, 7 Brooker Hill Road, Becket, Massachusetts
When: Friday, May 2nd through Sunday, May 25th, 2025
Reception: Friday, May 2nd, 2025, 5:00pm-7:00pm
Applications accepted from Wednesday, February 12, 2025 – Friday, March 28th, 2025 until 6:00pm
Notice of acceptance will be emailed to you by Sunday, April 6th, 2025
This is a non-juried show open to all NEMS members
whose 2025 membership dues have been paid.
To renew your NEMS Membership for 2025, or to join, visit us here
To submit your work for this exhibition, please go to our ArtCall.org website: https://thenewenglandmosaicsociety2025allmemberexhibtion.artcall.org/
Submission Requirements
• Application Fee: $20 for the first submission, $10 for the 2nd submission
• Up to 2 works can be submitted, and you are guaranteed to have at least one work in the show
• 2-D, 3-D and hanging work can be submitted for this exhibition
• In recognition of our 10th anniversary, members can submit any mosaic that you have completed in the last 10 years,
including works that have been shown in past NEMS exhibitions, (show us your best work)!
• Size restrictions: The elevator door opening is 56″ high 32″ wide, so your work should be able to fit through this space.
• Weight Restrictions: The hanging system cannot support anything heavier than 100lbs
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Sale Of Art
• The Becket Arts Center asks that all artwork be for sale. The gallery will be taking a 25% commission.
• Artists will receive 75% of the sale, which will be paid monthly according to the sale date.
• If you do not want to sell your work the gallery is asking each artist to pay a hanging fee of $25.00 per entry.
So, if you do not want to sell and you are shipping the work please include a check for $25.
If you are dropping off, please hand it to a staff member when delivering your piece.
Checks for the gallery fee should be made out to The Becket Arts Center.
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Delivery Of Art
Your work can either be dropped off or mailed. If mailing, please use USPS.
Drop off dates for art are Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025 – Tuesday, April 29th, 2025 from 12:00pm – 4:00pm.
If you are mailing, please make sure your package will arrive between Wednesday April 23rd, 2025 – Tuesday, April 29th, 2025.
If you have problems with the delivery dates, please email Sean McCusker at exhibits@becketartscenter.org
To submit your work for this exhibition, please go to our ArtCall.org website: https://thenewenglandmosaicsociety2025allmemberexhibtion.artcall.org/
2025 Collaborative All-Member Exhibition
Where: Becket Arts Center, 7 Brooker Hill Road, Becket, Massachusetts
When: May 16th through June 8th, 2025
Gallery Hours: Wednesdays – Sundays 12:00pm – 4:00pm
What is the Collaborative Project?
You will work with another mosaic artist of your choosing to create two original mosaics. Each artist starts a piece and completes one half of a mosaic. Then you send your half-finished mosaic to your partner who will finish the mosaic you started. So each artist has the experience of starting a mosaic and finishing a mosaic started by a partner. The challenge for the second artist is to decide whether to compliment or contrast the style of the first mosaicist. This is an interesting way to work as it disrupts your usual flow.
The 2 finished mosaics will be hung next to each other in the exhibition along with a printed image of the half finished mosiac hanging beside each piece.
CALL TO ART SUBMISSION DEADLINE WAS JANUARY 7th, 2025
In Celebration of the 10th Anniversary of
The New England Mosaic Society
All members are invited to participate in a
CALL FOR ART
Ten Years on the Cutting Edge
2025 All Member Juried Exhibition
Juried by the museum’s Contemporary Curator, Craig Bloodgood
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Where: The Art Complex Museum, 189 Alden Street, Duxbury, Massachusetts
When: Sunday, August 17th through Sunday, November 2nd, 2025
Reception: Sunday, September 21, 2025, 1:00pm-4:00pm
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Applications accepted from Wednesday, February 7, 2025 – Sunday, June 29th, 2025 until 6:00pm
Notice of acceptance will be emailed to you by Sunday, July 20th, 2025
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This is a juried show open to all NEMS members whose 2025 membership dues have been paid.
To renew your NEMS Membership for 2025, or to join, visit us here
To submit your work for this exhibition, please go to our ArtCall.or website:
https://thenewenglandmosaicsociety2025juriedexhibtion.artcall.org/
In celebration of our 10th Anniversary, the New England Mosaic Society is delighted to present “Ten Years On The Cutting Edge”, a juried exhibition featuring the work of our members.
Since 2015, the New England Mosaic Society has been promoting mosaics as a fine art, through exhibitions, quality educational programming, and the chance to share techniques and experiences within an encouraging and supportive group. Whether a professional artist or a novice, all people who share our passion about this medium are welcome to join, and we now have over 140 members throughout New England.
Over our ten years together, we’ve been heartened by the wonderful responses we have received from viewers whose past experiences of mosaics may have been limited to examples from ancient history. But, as many have discovered, mosaics as an art form is constantly stretching and expanding to be used in endlessly different ways. This exhibition features work made from multitudes of materials, used in unexpected and compelling ways, which completely relate to our current world and circumstances.
We are thrilled to be presenting our members’ latest creations in this beautiful space at The Art Complex Museum.
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Submission Requirements
• Up to 3 works can be submitted
• Application Fee: $25 for the 1st submission, $15 for the 2nd and $10 for the 3rd
• 2-D, 3-D and 3-D hanging work can be submitted for this exhibition
• All art work needs to have been completed in 2024 or 2025
• Mosaics that have been shown in previous NEMS exhibitions will not be accepted
• Size restrictions: 2-D art must be under 50 lbs, no size restrictions
• Size restrictions: 3-D free-standing art must be under 100 lbs, no size restrictions
• Size restrictions: 3-D hanging art must be under 25 lbs, no size restrictions
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Sale Of Art
• The Art Complex Museum will be taking a 25% commission for all art that is for sale.
• Artists will receive 75% of the sale, which will be paid monthly according to the sale date.
• If you do not want to sell your work please indicate this on your application by entering $0 in the price.
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Delivery Of Art
Your work can either be dropped off or mailed. If mailing, please use only FedEx and UPS.
Drop off dates for art are Sunday, August 10, 2025 or Monday, August 11, 2025 from 1:00pm – 4:00pm.
If you are shipping, please make sure your package will arrive by Wednesday August 6, 2025
If you have problems with the delivery dates, please email the curator, Craig Bloodgood at craig@artcomplex.org
To submit your work for this exhibition, please go to our ArtCall.or website:
https://thenewenglandmosaicsociety2025juriedexhibtion.artcall.org/
PAST EXHIBITIONS
New Voices in American Mosaics,
The New England Mosaic Society 2024 All Member Exhibition
The Narrows Center for the Arts Gallery
16 Anawan Street
Fall River, MA 02721 USA
Exhibition Dates: October 19th – December 14th, 2024
Regular Visiting Hours: Thursday-Saturday 12:00pm-5:00pm
For more information and the online gallery please click here
From the Roman mosaic interiors of Pompeii, to the gold flecked ceilings of Byzantine churches in Ravenna, Italy, to the exquisitely preserved tile floors of Zeugma, Turkey, mosaics have been important clues to our understanding of ancient cultures. The enduring quality of these amazing works of mosaic art have allowed us to see how these ancient civilizations lived, loved, warred and died.
For over ten years, the New England Mosaic Society has brought together mosaic artists who are using this medium to express modern life; creating work as technically masterful, creatively constructed, and relevant as anything being done elsewhere in the world.
Please join us for an exhibition of work by our talented members, a group of American mosaic artists pushing the boundaries of this amazing medium, continually exploring how an ancient art form can be imbued with contemporary spirit.
The New England Mosaic Society
2024 All Member Juried Exhibition
Inspired By The Ages
at The Attleboro Arts Museum
Location: 86 Park St. Attleboro, MA 02703
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10:00am-5:00pm
Exhibition Dates: April 10th – May 4th, 2024
Opening Reception: April 13th – 2:00-4:00pm
The New England Mosaic Society
2023 All Member Exhibition
“That Time Of The Year”
The Wedeman Gallery at the Yamawaki Art and Cultural Center, Lasell University
Location: 47 Myrtle Ave, Auburndale, MA 02466
Exhibition Dates: October 4th – 28th
Reception: Saturday, October 28th, 2023 – 12:00pm-1:30pm (before the NEMS Annual Meeting)
This will be an all member non-juried exhibition.
All members who submit work will have a minimum of one piece included in the exhibition.
Both 2-D and 3-D work can be submitted, and size limitations will soon be announced.
The Call To Art will be open in June, and be an on-line process.
Entry fees will be decided soon and be announced.
Work must have been completed within the last year and comply with the theme, “That Time of the Year”.
A prompt for the theme could be; “When Autumn leaves seem to burst into flaming color, or the first snowflakes fall, or an important anniversary looms into view, we often think to ourselves, ‘It’s that time of year again’. We invite our members to approach this from any angle that may inspire them, from abstract work which conjures a sense of season, to imagery that one may associate with a specific time or event in their lives, (holiday, birthday, etc.).
Collaborative Projects of 2020 and 2023 Exhibition
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The Mosaics of Karen Edlund & Richard Youngstrom
The Scandinavian Cultural Center
Location: 206 Waltham St., Newton, Massachussetts, 02465
Exhibition Dates: Sunday August 13th – Saturday, September 29th, 2023
Reception: Sunday, August 13th, 2023 – 4:00pm-6:00 pm
The New England Mosaic Society will be presenting the projects that were collaborations between two or more artists that participated in either our 2020 or 2023 programs. Showing both the final works as well as images of the works in progress, you will be able to see the fascinating results when artists work together to create a unique work of art.
The exhibit will also include mosaics by Richard Youngstrom and Karen Edlund. This commemorative exhibit recognizes the major contributions these deceased artists made to NEMS and the larger mosaic community.
Webinar: View the 2023 Collaborative Project Mosaics
Webinar Date: September 19, 2023 | Time: 7:30 – 8:30 pm eastern time
Location: Online Via Zoom
Register at: https://www.signupgenius.com/
Join us to view the mosaics created for the 2023 Collaborative Project. If you weren’t able to view the exhibit at the Scandinavian Living Center (exhibit open till September 29, 2023), this is your opportunity to see the mosaics.
This interactive webinar features all the images including half images created by one artist and then images of the finished mosaic created by the other artist on the team.
When your image comes up in the presentation, we will ask you and your partner to unmute yourselves to discuss the process you used to determine your design and materials. You can talk about how you overcame the challenges you faced and comment about the experience.
Mosaics below by Cathleen Newsham and Carrie Fradkin
The New England Mosaic Society
NEMS All Member Exhibition
with “Members’ Choice” Awards
Centennial Gallery, Peabody, Massachusetts
Location: Centennial Gallery at the Musculoskeletal Center, 4 Centennial Drive, Peabody, MA, 01960
Exhibition Dates: August 8 to September 17, 2022
Reception: Sunday, August 14, 2022 – 3:00pm-6:00pm
1st Place: Shawn Newton
Maaa!?!?
2nd Place: Laurie Frazer
Trapped Below Tide
3rd Place: Jess Regelson
U.S.A. Map
4th Place: Beth Klinger
Circuits
5th Place: Cynthia Stanton
Grade School
“Mosaics Today: Ancient Art Through a Contemporary Lens”
Juried Exhibition
July 2 to Dec 4, 2022
Location: Fuller Craft Museum, 455 Oak St, Brockton, MA 02301
Reception: Saturday August 27th, 2022, 3:00pm – 5:30pm
All friends and family are invited!
Best in Show: Kimberly MacDonald,
Prior Authorization Denial
Technical Distinction: Anabella Wewer
MMXX
Artistic Distinction: Pamela Stratton
Ravenna Dreams
Juror’s Choice: Sandra Basile
Portrait (a copy)
Juror’s Choice: Kimberly MacDonald
Pillow with Sleep Data 2019-08-09 22228-0813
New England Mosaic Society
“Little Gems 2022”
All Member Exhibition
Cape Cod Cultural Center, 307 Old Main St, South Yarmouth, MA 02664
Exhibition Dates: April 26th to May 21st
Reception Date: April 29th
The New England Mosaic Society is returning to the Cultural Center of Cape Cod for an exhibition of small works. This is an All Member Exhibition and will highlight the diverse creative talents and styles of all of our members.
“Take Me Away!”
A NEMS juried, virtual exhibition!
The Virtual Reception took place on June 3rd, 2021
The New England Mosaic Society is excited to introduce our first ever themed exhibition! The theme of this exhibit, “Take Me Away!”, comes from our current feelings of isolation and the need to travel. The travel restrictions of COVID have us reminiscing of where we have been, and dreaming of the next place we want to explore. “Take Me Away!” must incorporate the theme and be inspired by images you have taken on vacation or places you look forward to going when COVID is behind us. For some, the place you choose as your subject matter could be across the globe, and for others it could be down the street. For some it could be a landscape, for others it could be a portrait, or any interpretation of where you would love to be. It could be realistic or abstract. The theme is open to your interpretation. When completed, this exhibition will be a collection of memories, inspirations or future visions. This exhibition is a juried exhibition.
Timeline:
February 26, 2021 – Call for Art Published
March 18, 2021 – 8:00 Call for Art Q&A, Application & Image Requirements Review
May 1, 2021 – Application Deadline
May 15, 2021 – Notification of Accepted Work/Awards
June 3rd, 2021 – “Live” Date and Virtual Reception 7:00
Jurors:
We are so excited to have mosaic artists Yulia Hanansen, Karen Kettering Dimit and Cherie Bosela joining us as the jurors for this exhibition! Read their bios in the Call for Art. They will also be showing us some of their most recent work at the Virtual Reception.
View Mosaics from the Collaborative Project
Members’ Online Exhibit Spring 2020
Guided Virtual exhibition now available to view! Click here for YouTube link
Click here to Explore Exhibition Further on your own
Guided Virtual exhibition now available to view! Click here for YouTube link
Or explore more on your own at our Virtual Gallery – https://www.artsteps.com/view/5e7e2a69f74412182c7d23cf
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE EXHIBITION CATALOG
The New England Mosaic Society would like to announce our Members’ Online Exhibit Spring 2020, a virtual art show to present and share our mosaic art. During this tough time while COVID19 spreads throughout the country, we’d like to find a way to connect, support each other, and come together as a community. While this is a challenging time for many, we hope that this also an opportunity to use your artwork as a comforting and creative outlet.
We realize that the online viewing experience cannot replace a physical art show. However, since the exhibit will be online, it also gives us the opportunity to have higher exposure than our usual exhibitions. We are depending upon members to help spread the word about the show to a wider community through everyone’s social media platforms.
With your application, each member can submit up to three recent original works. Please do not include submissions previously exhibited in a NEMS show. From your submission, the jury will select one to two pieces for the show. Artwork will be judged on technique, composition, design, and use of materials.
We will carry on the tradition of recognizing excellence in mosaics by offering awards. The awards will be chosen by the judges, except for the People’s Choice award which will be selected by the visitors to the exhibition.
