March 30 – April 26, 2025
Davenport Gallery, Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Gallery, Radnor Township Lobby Gallery
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 30 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
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James B. Abbott, PA
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Carey Gates, NJ
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Cyn Mould, PA
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