All current students at the University of Hartford are invited to submit up to two works of art to be considered for the annual Alexander A. Goldfarb Juried Student Exhibition, on view in Joseloff Gallery from Jan. 30–Feb. 22, 2025. Of the works chosen for the show, two undergraduate students will receive purchase prizes of $1,000 each. The winning students’ artwork will become a part of the Goldfarb Memorial Collection, owned by the Hartford Art School and proudly displayed throughout public spaces at the University. Part-time, post-baccalaureate, and graduate students may enter work for the exhibition, but only full-time, undergraduate students are eligible to win the two purchase prizes.
Submissions take place online via the exhibition’s ArtCall site. The deadline for submissions is Jan. 7, 2025. Accepted students will be notified Jan. 13.
This exhibition is a longstanding event at the university. In the late-1980’s, the Alexander A. Goldfarb Memorial Trust was created at the University of Hartford to honor the late Alexander Goldfarb and his dedication to the arts. This trust would fund the Juried Student Art Exhibition—as it was then called—to be held annually at the Joseloff Gallery.
This year's juror is Chenoa Baker, an independent curator, wordsmith, cultural strategist, and descendant of self-emancipators. She teaches a curatorial practice course at Massachusetts College of Art and Design and previously was the Associate Curator at ShowUp. In addition, Baker has consulted on several exhibitions, such as Gio Swaby: Fresh Up at the Peabody Essex Museum and Touching Roots: Black Ancestral Legacies in the Americas at MFA/Boston. Her editorial work has been awarded the Association Internationale des Critiques d’Art (AICA) Young Art Critics Prize in 2023. Baker is an editor at Sixty Inches From Center, and her writing appears in Hyperallergic, Public Parking, Material Intelligence, and Studio Potter.
This exhibition and associated events are made possible by the Alexander A. Goldfarb Endowment fund held by Hartford Art School Endowment, Inc.