Exhibit Dates: March 3 – April 29, 2026
Awards Reception and Program: Monday, March 16, 6:30 – 7:30pm
Submission Deadline: Friday, February 20, 2026
Art Drop-off: Monday, March 2, 11:00am – 12:00pm
Art Pick-up: Thursday, April 30, 11:00am – 12:00pm
Location: Morse Institute Library, 14 E Central Street, Natick, MA
Our Spring Members Judged Exhibit will take place at the Morse Institute Library in Natick. Current members are invited to submit one piece of art which will be exhibited on the library’s main floor and on the Needham Art Association’s website (needhamartassociation.org). For all members, please be advised that all appropriate entries to the show will be accepted, entered, and displayed. Judging is strictly related to the awards distribution.
Register Now for Spring Exhibit
Note: You will need to supply a password (given to all current NAA members) to access the registration form. The password can be found in the newsletter. If you are not a member, you can join now and then register for the exhibit.
Please contact Exhibit Chair Nelson Hammer (nh@artforthebirds.com) with any questions.
NAA Spring Judged Exhibit Rules
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- No triptychs nor diptychs.
- All paintings must be properly wired for hanging, and must meet NAA’s exhibit rules and hanging requirements.
- Work may be for sale or listed as not for sale (NFS). A 10% commission fee will be taken on art sales, payable to the NAA. The library does not charge a commission fee.
- Exhibited work will be displayed on the NAA website, on a large screen TV on the Main Floor of the Morse Institute Library, and may also be featured on NAA’s Instagram and Facebook posts.
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About the Judges
Christine O’Donnell is the founder and Executive Director of ShowUp, a nonprofit contemporary art space in Boston. With a career spanning the commercial and nonprofit sectors, including her tenure as founder of Beacon Gallery, O’Donnell brings a global perspective shaped by twelve years living in France, Hong Kong, and Singapore. An experienced curator and juror, she has curated exhibitions at Spring/Break New York, Aqua Art Miami, Scope Miami, the Piano Craft Gallery, Hopkinton Center for the Arts, and the Attleboro Art Museum, amongst others. She has also been a curator in residence at the Boston Center for the Arts (BCA), and a juror for prizes and exhibitions including Tufts University’s New Ventures Creative Arts Entrepreneurship prize. Her academic background includes an M.A. in Art History from the Open University and an M.A. in Teaching from Tufts. Recently, she studied at Harvard Business School’s Social Enterprise Initiative, focusing on social impact leadership. O’Donnell also serves on the Advisory Council for the ICA Boston and on the board of Boston Art Review, a publication and art organization supporting discourse about contemporary art and culture.
Sherwin Long is an illustrator and freelance artist from Boston, Massachusetts. He graduated with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Illustration from Massachusetts College of Art. He has produced a wide variety of work and a technique that is extremely versatile, with media ranging from acrylic and watercolor to charcoal and pastel drawings. The sizes of his work are just as diverse, from small pieces painted on wood surfaces to larger pieces painted on canvas. His art is heavily influenced by the graffiti and murals in his community, with a splash of fine art, making his work unique; inspired by music, poetry, spiritually, mythology, and architecture. Sherwin has displayed his work at the State House, City Hall, Museum of Fine arts, a plethora of Boston galleries, and local businesses and libraries. Art has always been his passion and a crucial part of his life since an early age so he enjoys the chance to expand the imagination of young minds.