Prizes

First Place Prize: “A Garden Between Worlds” – Vanessa De Zorzi

Second Place Prize: “Who Smokes Anymore?” – Sara Holbrook

Third Place Prize: “Half a Person and Listen – A Diptych” – Lior Neiger

Honorable Mentions

“Shake It Off” – Peggy Roth Major

“Kingsly Parc Summer” – Fleur Thesmar

“Gallaxy” – Joyce Hempstead

“Toll Road” – Brenda M. White Henriquez

Thank you to Andrew Fish for selecting the following submissions to our Fall national juried exhibit: Full Circle

Juror: Andrew Fish

Andrew Fish is a painter and printmaker who studied at School of Visual Arts in NYC and has attended multiple artist residencies, received a Mass Cultural Council Finalist award in Painting, a Somerville Arts Council grant, a NY Studio School Award, a St. Botolph Club Fellowship, and has had his work exhibited in solo and group shows nationally and internationally including The Painting Center, NYC, Childs Gallery, Boston, MA, Artzu Gallery in Manchester, UK, and Addison Ripley Fine Art in Washington, DC. Fish currently teaches at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston and Lesley Art + Design in Cambridge, MA.

FULL CIRCLE

Exhibition Dates: November 12 – December 19, 2026

Opening Reception: Thursday, November 12th, 6:00 – 8:00 pm

PRIZES
First Prize, $350
Second Prize, $250
Third Prize, $100
Awards of Merit (4)

What comes around, goes around. What begins, may transform, change or remain the same.

Full Circle invites artists to explore the idea of cycles, return, and transformation. A circle has no beginning or end. Full Circle suggests continuity, connection, repetition, and the possibility of coming home to something familiar with a new perspective.

We invite artists to consider what “full circle” means to them. It may be a personal journey, a return to one’s roots, the cycles of nature, the passage of time, relationships, memory, loss and renewal, or the evolution of an idea. It can represent closure or the realization that every ending creates the possibility of a new beginning.

We welcome work that explores themes such as:

• Beginnings, endings & new beginnings
• Cycles of nature, life & time
• Return, homecoming & belonging
• Growth, transformation & reinvention
• Memory, nostalgia & reflection
• Patterns, repetition & rhythm
• Connection, relationships & interconnectedness
• Personal or collective journeys
• Healing and resilience
• The circular, cyclical, or infinite

Artists are encouraged to interpret the theme broadly and personally. Literal or abstract interpretations are equally welcome. We are interested in work that asks questions, reveals connections, challenges assumptions, or invites viewers to reflect on their own circles. We invite artists to think about where they have been, where they are now, and where they may be headed.

All mediums and approaches are welcome. Painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, ceramics, mixed media, fiber, printmaking, and digital work.

Sometimes the path forward brings us back to where we started, only to show us that we are no longer the same.

We invite you to complete the circle.

DELIVERY OF ACCEPTED ARTWORK 
Shipping, return shipping and a $25 handling fee for shipped work are the responsibility of the artist. No Sunday Deliveries. Shipped Delivery by Wednesday, November 4th, 4pm. Hand delivered work drop off: Thursday, November 5th – Saturday November 7th, 10:00am–4:00pm. We are closed Sunday, November 8th.

PICK-UP/RETURN DELIVERY OF ARTWORK
Hand delivered works may be picked up Monday, December 21st; January 4th – January 6th, 2027, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. SSAC will return shipped work by January 30th, 2027. A handling fee of $25 is required for shipped artwork. SSAC will be closed December 22 – January 3rd.

LIABILITY
I understand that South Shore Art Center will ensure work accepted to the extent of 60% of the artist’s stated value while the work is in the Art Center’s custody and control.

AGREEMENT
Submission to Full Circle constitutes an agreement with all conditions of this show. South Shore Art Center reserves the right to photograph or use a submitted image for an accepted work for publicity purposes. South Shore Art Center reserves the right to reject any work not resembling the submitted entry or work that is not ready to be shown according to the aforementioned specifications.