Currently, we participate in three main annual events:
• Art Exhibit at City Hall Plaza, Mayor’s Gallery
• Hyde Park Open Studios
• Artscene summer festival

The Hyde Park Open Studios is held each year. This event features artists that live and/or work in the Hyde Park area and showcases the diverse artistic talent of these artists. For more information on the Hyde Park Open Studios, click here to get more information.

The Artscene summer festival takes place in Cleary Square on Fairmount Ave. The festival, which attracted 700 neighborhood residences in July, offers one-day vendor licenses to artists, and also showcases musical and dance performances. For photos of past Artscenes, click here for 2008, 2007.

Our third annual event is our exhibit at City Hall Plaza in Scollay Square. This is a juried exhibit and runs the month of April. You can view photos from this event for 2008.

2011 22nd Annual HPAA Art Exhibit at City Hall Plaza

This is the 22nd Annual HPAA art Exhibit at City Hall Plaza. The artist’s reception was April 21st at 5:30 pm. The exhibit runs through May, 2011. Awards were given out during the artist’s reception. The winners are listed below.

Best in Show “Japanese Cherry Birch” by Erik Gehring

Painting
First Place “Moosehead Lake” by Rose Marie Clinton
Second Place “Spring Slope” by Sasja Lucas
Third Place “San Antonio Sunset” by Robert Smith

Photography
First Place “Students Laos” by Susan Palumbo
Second Place “Gotcha” by Gert Condon
Third Place “Sunflower” by Scott Johnson

Other Media
First Place “World’s End” by Maureen Spinale
Second Place “Can’t See the Forest for the Trees” by Cheryl Murphy
Third Place “Beauty Emerging” by David McDonnell

2010 21st Annual HPAA Art Exhibit at City Hall Plaza

This is the 21st Annual HPAA art Exhibit at City Hall Plaza. The artist’s reception was 5:30 pm. The exhibit ran through May, 2010. Awards were given out during the artist’s reception. The winners are listed below.

Best in Show: Maureen Spinale “Passage 1”

Painting
First Place: Tsun Ming Chimielinski for “Bamboo”
Second Place: Giuseppe Di Fiandra for “Fruit in Front of the Window”
Third Place: Lisa Goren for “Whalebone”
Honorable Mention: Francisco Garcia for “Untitled”

Photography
First Place: Susie Robson for “School in Ghana”
Second Place: Erik Gehring for “Marker”
Third Place: Gert Condon for “March of the Mannequins”
Honorable Mention: Scott Johnson for “Bell Air Dashboard”

Other Media
First Place: Robert Smith for “Nunsuch”
Second Place: Sasja Lucas for “Ancient Ruins”
Third Place: Rosemarie Michmerhuizen for “Harvest”

2009 20th Annual HPAA Art Exhibit at City Hall Plaza

This is the 20th Annual HPAA art Exhibit at City Hall Plaza. The artist’s reception was April 16th at 5:30 pm. The exhibit runs through May, 2009. Awards were given out during the artist’s reception. The winners are listed below.

Category 1 – Best In Show:
Adele Rothman for “Untitled” — collage

Category 2 – Painting
First Place: Yvette Stenzel for “Winter Country”
Second Place: Madeline LaFarge for “Mountain Spring”
Third Place: Richard Salvucci for “Commercial Street, Provincetown”
Honorable Mention: Jorge Guzman for “Three Muses”

Category 3 – Photography
First Place: David McDonnell for “Patriot’s Day”
Second Place: Gert Condon for “And If”
Third Place: Susie Robson for “Gnarly”
Honorable Mention: Erik Gehring for “Pine Grove in Snow”

Category 4 – Other Media
First Place: Tsun Ming Chmielinski for “Plate of Plums” (Pastel)
Second Place: Sasja Lucas for “Twilight Saraband” (Silkscreen)
Third Place: Richard Salvucci for “Rockhopper Penquins” (Pencil Drawing)
Honorable Mention: Robert Johnson, Jr. for “The Annuals Portfolio “1932” #10” (Mixed Media Collage)

2008 19th Annual HPAA Art Exhibit at City Hall Plaza

This is the 19th Annual HPAA art Exhibit at City Hall Plaza. The artist’s reception was April 10th at 5:00 pm. The exhibit runs through May, 2008. Awards were given out during the artist’s reception. The winners are listed below.

Category 1 – Best In Show:
Maureen D. Spinale for “Autumn Light”

Category 2 – Watercolor/Acrylic/Pastel
First Place: Hector Perlera Guillen for “La Iglesia ”
Second Place: Lisa Goren for “Red Kelp ”
Third Place: Francisco Garcia for “Abstract II ”
Honorable Mention: Clara Diaz for “Step By Step ”

Category 3 – Oil
First Place: J. Marshall Dyke for “Starring Hue
Second Place: J.R. Ringdahl for “Flowing Light”
Third Place: Alan DeMola for “Lady in Lisbon”
Honorable Mention: Yvette Stenzel for “Main Street”

Category 4 – Photography
First Place: Mike Ritter for “Water Fountain Detail”
Second Place: Judith Oullette for “Joan Crawford
Third Place: Gloria Carrigg for “Fall Colors”
Honorable Mention: David McDonnell for “Feeding the Ducks”

Category 5 – Other media
First Place: Rebecca Holland for “Chickadee – getting ready for winter”
Second Place: Adele Rothman for “Untitled box”
Third Place: Sharon Armour for “Ari”

2007 18th Annual HPAA Art Exhibit at City Hall Plaza, Mayor’s Gallery

This is the 18th Annual HPAA art Exhibit at City Hall Plaza. The artist’s reception was April 12th at 5:00 pm. The exhibit runs through April, 2007. Awards were given out during the artist’s reception. The winners are listed below.

Category 1 – Best In Show:
Dave McDonnell for “Jamaica Plain Festival”

Category2 – Oil and Acrylic
First Place: Mauricio Puente for “Downtown Crossing”
Second Place: Yvette Stenzel for “Back Bay Winter”
Third Place: J. Marshall Dyke for “Spring Hue”
Honorable Mention: Fransisco Garcia for “U.S.S. Constitution”
Honorable Mention: Jorge Guzman for “Violence”

Category 3 – Photography/Photogravure/C-Print
First Place: Erik Gehring for “Dawn Redwood”
Second Place: Valentino Alba for “Mime”
Third Place: Mike Ritter for “Girl in Truck”
Honorable Mention: Antoinette Harrell for “Icy Hand”
Honorable Mention: Tommy for “Untitled

Category 4 – Watercolor
First Place: Rosemarie Clinton for “Boston Rose Garden”
Second Place: Mary Bellew for “Serenading”
Third Place: J. Marshall Dyke for “Escape Hue”

Category 4 – OTHER (Mixed Media/Sculpture/Quilt)
First Place: Rebecca Holland for “Armand’s World”
Second Place: Paul Walski for “Liberty Tree”
Third Place: Michael Onischewski for “Out to Lunch”

Judges from the Mayor’s Office of Arts, Tourism & Special Events were:
Sarah Hutt, Director of Visual Arts Programming
Kristen Wawruck, Program Manager, Planning & Developement
John Crowley, Exhibitions Coordinator

Hyde Park Open Studios

Be sure to visit the Open Studios website, www.hydeparkopenstudios.org for information, maps and directions. The Hyde Park Open Studios is organized by a dedicated group of volunteers, and underwritten through the generosity of First Highland Management, with additional support from the Hyde Park Arts Initiative and the Hyde Park Art Association.