2025 Arts In Bloom

The Arts in Bloom exhibit is always a hightlight of the HCA's year! This year is no exception. Over 70 artists submitted artwork for consideration from 32 towns and 3 states. We received a wonderful variety of work.

Out of 173 pieces, Juror Joseph Fontinha selected 35 for display in this year's exhibition. Six pieces were identified for awards that will be announced at our reception on Friday May 9th at 6PM. Hopkinton Garden Club members will choose 8 artworks to inspire a floral arrangement that will be on display May 9th - May 29th.

The HCA Art In Bloom 2025 Exhibition will be available for viewing at the HCA's Lotvin Family gallery April 29- May 29, 2025 as well as online here.
Opening Reception: Friday May 9th at the Hopkinton Center for the Arts from 6 to 7:00pm.

The HCA gallery hours for public viewing: Monday - Fridays 9 am - 7 pm and Saturdays 9 am - 2 pm. Considering purchasing an artwork? Please call Operations Director Sandee Buckley at 508.435.9222 or via email: sandee@hopartscenter.org.

About the Juror Joseph Fontinha:

HCA is excited to announce our twentieth annual Arts in Bloom exhibition, juried by Joseph Fontinha. Joseph Fontinha was trained and educated as an oil painter, but of late has been expanding what he does from oil painting to a combination of video, installation, animation and performance based work that is all residual of painting. Fontinha received his MFA in Visual Studies from Lesley University, a MA in Art Education from Boston University, and a BFA in Studio Art from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. His work has been exhibited at numerous galleries. An educator for 23 years, Joseph Fontinha now serves as the Director of Fine and Performing Arts K-12 for the Fall River Public Schools district.

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The Journey

Darryl Abbey

$400.00

Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 1
Medium: Watercolors
Year created: 2010What inspired you to make this work? This information will be on the gallery label.: A dear friend had just been diagnosed with brain cancer. Although he was surrounded by friends and family he told me he felt incredibly alone. I painted this for him as a reminder that, although he fear the u

The Angel's Gift

The Angel's Gift

Nancy Best

$100.00

Dimensions: 20 x 16
Medium: Photography
Year created: 2024What inspired you to make this work? This information will be on the gallery label.: I was invited into a private back yard filled with statues, plants and beauty and loved the drama of this statue with the beautiful red maple tree. It was as if the angel was expressing that she had been waiting for this tree to explode in all it's beauty!

Continuum 5

Brenda Cirioni

$1,800.00

Dimensions: 18 x 18 x 2.5
Medium: Mixed Media Resin on Panel
Year created: 2024What inspired you to make this work? This information will be on the gallery label.: Cast -off materials, dried flowers, and paint skins are brought together in a vibrant, celebratory composition expressing my love for life and nature. Through my art, I reimagine waste as a source of beauty and connection, inviting viewers to see the extraordinary in the fleeting and the overlooked.

Honk 2024 Brass Solidarity

Honk 2024 Brass Solidarity

Maura Conron

$500.00

Dimensions: 12 x 18 x 1.5
Medium: Photography
Year created: 2024What inspired you to make this work? This information will be on the gallery label.: HONK! is a festival of activist street bands and held every fall in Somerville, MA. Brass Solidarity is a convergence of musicians, activists, and community members using their sound as a voice for justice.

Lesbian Citrus

Emma Corcoran

$600.00

Dimensions: 15 x 19 x 1.5
Medium: Ink
Year created: 2025What inspired you to make this work? This information will be on the gallery label.: I took horizontal sections of different citrus fruits to create the stripes of the lesbian flag. I’ve featured the juicy flesh of grapefruits, Cara Cara oranges, Navel oranges, clementines, tangerines, mini pomelos, pink lemons, and blood oranges, which are all fruits I love to eat.

Besties

Jean Cummiskey

$175.00

Dimensions: 16 x 20 x 2
Medium: digital photography
Year created: 2023What inspired you to make this work? This information will be on the gallery label.: I was in Boston, photographing at Quincy Market, when this cast of characters appeared. When they noticed me with a camera, they did not hesitate to strike an endearing pose. It was a treat to capture them in that moment and a highlight of my afternoon.

Elderly Flower Child

Elderly Flower Child

Jean Cummiskey

$175.00

Dimensions: 16 x 20 x 2
Medium: digital photography
Year created: 2021What inspired you to make this work? This information will be on the gallery label.: While attending a local festival, I was struck by several older women shopping for jewelry at a booth that also featured tie-dye clothing. Based on their outfits, I imagined they might have been flower children from the seventies. I was fortunate to capture one of them admiring a particular shirt hung in the rafters of the tent.

Music of the Morning

Music of the Morning

Chris Devereux

$135.00

Dimensions: 14 x 11 x 1.5
Medium: Monotype
Year created: 2025What inspired you to make this work? This information will be on the gallery label.: This print inspired me as it represents peace. The peace and tranquillity of waking up in the morning and taking a walk through the forest with birds singing to me is such a beautiful way to start any day any time of the year.

Cotton Candy Sky

Cotton Candy Sky

Rachael Dubinsky

$300.00

Dimensions: 5 x 7 x 0.25
Medium: Watercolor
Year created: 2024What inspired you to make this work? This information will be on the gallery label.: We have been seeing some beautiful sunsets over the past few months and I wanted to capture my interpretation of those fleeting moments. Cotton Candy Sky is meant to be playful and remind us of that childlike wonder when we are a part of an unforgettable moment in time.

Unfold

Noelle Fiori Jackson

$200.00

Dimensions: 24 x 18 x 2
Medium: Mixed-Media Collage
Year created: 2024

Light it Up

Noelle Fiori Jackson

$150.00

Dimensions: 18 x 12 x 1
Medium: Mixed-Media Collage
Year created: 2024What inspired you to make this work? This information will be on the gallery label.: How does a woman develop her sense of subjectivity and identity? Fiori's work is a response to this question and investigates themes of beauty, sexuality, body image and anxiety. Crimson ribbons and staircase

After the Storm

After the Storm

Bonnie Frederico

Dimensions: 13 x 13
Medium: oil
Year created: 2024What inspired you to make this work? This information will be on the gallery label.: It seems that every year my daffodils bloom and then we have a snowstorm! Even though they are telling us Spring is here, Winter just won't let go. It's fun to try and capture their beauty even though their heads are bowed and pushing through the snow.

Trying to Understand

Trying to Understand

Catherine Gruetzke-Blais

$850.00

Dimensions: 40 x 30 x 1.5
Medium: mixed media: collage and acrylic paint on canvas
Year created: 2025What inspired you to make this work? This information will be on the gallery label.: This piece was created intuitively. I knew I wanted the still-life photograph and other pieces of paper to be incorporated into it, so I started from there. I am always thinking in color and texture, so I followed a process where I trusted my judgment of what to do next, even if it meant painting my hands and printing with them. The blue color hints at calm and peace; there is a large pink heart-type shape to the right which could represent love; but mostly, the piece is a bit chaotic as I try to understand the world we are living in. I am trying to be understanding, but there is a lot on my mind. Somehow, the process of creating this became emotional for me.

What a colorful world.

What a colorful world.

Darlene Hayes

Dimensions: 11 x 9 x 1
Medium: Framed Photograph
Year created: 2025What inspired you to make this work? This information will be on the gallery label.: I love color & how it makes up a tapestry of our lives. This reminded of the Louis Armstrong's song, "What a Wonderful World". - I see skies of blue, clouds of white..., The Colors of the rainbow.... & I think to myself what a wonderful world.

Stroll to the water's edge.

Stroll to the water's edge.

Darlene Hayes

$50.00

Dimensions: 14 x 11 x 1
Medium: Framed Photograph
Year created: 2025What inspired you to make this work? This information will be on the gallery label.: I kept my distance and quietly watched this very elderly couple make their way down to water's edge. I heard the husband, say "we can see the water from here & sit on a bench" & she responded, "I want go all the way to the shore, feel the waves." The husband patiently walked with his wife who was frail & using a walker to make her way down at her pace to where the tide was coming in on a very chilly & windy fall day. It exuberated love, determination and patience. I purposely didn't take a pic on their return walk though she looked exhausted she had a huge smile while her hair was whipping in the wind.

Floral 3- Coming out of the winter

Floral 3- Coming out of the winter

Christina Keating

$3,200.00

Dimensions: 40 x 30
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Year created: 2025What inspired you to make this work? This information will be on the gallery label.: This painting is an image of new flowers with a dark background. The darkness symbolizes the winter. The shorter days and cold weather leave me with emotional heaviness. Flowers burst with vibrant colors. Regardless of what is happening outside, around us, or even within... flowers bring joy, comfort and pleasure. Just the creation of such work brings an uplift to my spirit.

Night Fishing

Addison Kielpinski

$1,700.00

Dimensions: 30 x 30 x 0.875
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year created: 2023What inspired you to make this work? This information will be on the gallery label.: I was inspired by the hard work its takes to be a fisherman. In my own life I've worked many labor jobs finding fulfillment in them although they may seem difficult. I also spent some time working on a fishing boat in my youth with my father. I would get sea sick however if I stayed busy picking up lobster traps then the sickness would subside. Because of my experience on the fishing boat I had a better understanding of being a fisherman and what it takes.

Early Morning Majesty

Early Morning Majesty

John S. Kishibay

$795.00

Dimensions: 22 x 18.5 x 1.75
Medium: Photography
Year created: 2024What inspired you to make this work? This information will be on the gallery label.: It was the best day ever. "Early Morning Majesty" greeted me with perfect lighting. They stood as royal guards protecting the entrance to the garden. (Hancock Park, CA). (Archival photo prints can be ordered for those desiring a different size, price TBD)

Simple Committment

Simple Committment

John S. Kishibay

$745.00

Dimensions: 22 x 18 x 1.5
Medium: Photography
Year created: 2024What inspired you to make this work? This information will be on the gallery label.: The shadows on the water created an interlocking swan necklace that made me pause and in that stillness their 'Simple Commitment' reminded me of their infinite love. (Salisbury Pond, Worcester, MA). (Archival prints can be ordered for those desiring a different size, price TBD)

Willow's Peek

Kristine Laping

$2,000.00

Dimensions: 36 x 36 x 1.5
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year created: 2024What inspired you to make this work? This information will be on the gallery label.: Willow's Peek was inspired by a May 2023 visit to Paris and Giverny with my daughter. I took many, many photos of Monet's garden's and did a number of impressionistic landscapes and florals after this trip.

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