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Exhibitions

Regional Juried Spring Open 2025

March 31 – April 26, 2025
Entry Deadline: February 17 · Entry Information
Davenport Gallery, Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Gallery, Radnor Township Lobby Gallery

Reception & Awards Ceremony, April 13   3-5pm

Wayne Art Center is proud to present the 2025 Regional Juried Spring Open, a biennial exhibition featuring works in painting, drawing, printmaking, works on paper, photography, mixed media, ceramics, sculpture, glass, jewelry, metals, fiber and 3D printing technology. Artists from the mid- Atlantic region (PA, NJ, NY, DE, MD, VA and Washington, DC) are eligible to submit up to TWO entries for consideration by juror, Christine Lafuente. Prizes in the amount of $3000 will be awarded.  The exhibition will be on display from March 31 through April 26, 2025 in the Davenport, Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith and Lobby Galleries at Wayne Art Center.

Regional Juried Spring Open Juror:  Christine Lafuente

Christine Lafuente is an artist, curator, educator and writer. She studied at Bryn Mawr College, the Barnes Foundation and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts before receiving her MFA from Brooklyn College.  Her work has received international recognition and she has earned numerous grants and awards, including a Juror’s Award for Excellence from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; the Sketch Club Medal for Achievement in Visual Arts from the Philadelphia Sketch Club; and a Howard A. and Gail F. Schaevitz Foundation Grant.

Lafuente has taught and lectured at many colleges and art centers, including Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, PA; Arts Council of Princeton, NJ; Winslow Arts Center in Bainbridge Island, WA; ArtsWaves in Bar Harbor, ME and Wayne Art Center. Her work can be found in several public collections including Princeton University, College of William and Mary, ARCO Chemical Company, Philadelphia, and Cigna Insurance Company in Philadelphia.

Her writings have appeared in many publications, including Fine Art Connoisseur, American Art Collector and International Artist. Her paintings are recognized by their masterful depiction of light, her use of color and for their rich brushwork. 

Lafuente shares, “I have discovered the act of seeing to be itself an aesthetic or poetic act.”  The artist lives and works in Brooklyn and spends her summers painting in Maine.

Exhibition Calendar

  • March 31- April 26, 2025  Regional Juried Spring Open Exhibition
  • February 17 Call for Entries closes at Midnight
  • March 1 Notifications to Artists
  • March 20 and 21 Artwork Delivery 10am-5pm
  • April 13 Exhibition Reception and Awards Ceremony
  • April 26 Exhibition closes at 4pm
  • April 26 4-5pm and April 28 10am-5pm Artwork Pick-Up

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