Upcoming projects

  • Academic Artists Association, 74th Annual Exhibition of Traditional Realism
    Michael was invited to serve as awards judge for this upcoming exhibition, which will take place at the Arts Center East in Vernon, CT. Details on this call for entry, which has a May 4 deadline, can be found on the Association’s website by clicking here.

Curation

Michael has helped to shape and install numerous exhibitions in a variety of gallery environments. He also is pleased to be developing his own series of virtual exhibitions, which are hosted on his website and social media. This series will make curated exhibition opportunities available to a broader array of artists. To inquire with Michael about curatorial projects or collaborations, please feel free to email him.

Past Independent Virtual Exhibitions:

Jurying and Judging

Michael has served as both exhibition juror and awards judge for numerous distinguished organizations and looks forward to continuing to take part in shaping exhibitions in this capacity. To invite Michael to jury or judge for your organization, please feel free to email him.

Michael has been honored to participate
in the following past exhibitions

Exhibition Curator or Juror

  • Providence Art Club, Celebrated: Selections from the Boston Printmakers’ North American Print Biennial 2023, April 2024

  • Providence Art Club, Third Annual Community Invitational Exhibition, February 2024

  • Providence Art Club, Rhode Island Community Invitational Exhibition, August, 2022

  • Providence Art Club, Print Highlights from the Permanent Collection, June 20 - July 18, 2021

  • Providence Art Club, Rhode Island Community Invitational Exhibition, April - May, 2021

  • Blithewold Mansion Gallery, Providence Art Club Printmakers, September 6 - October 14, 2019

Exhibition Juror & Awards Judge

  • Providence Art Club, Third Biennial College Exhibition, February 2024

  • DeBlois Gallery, First-Ever Juried All Media Exhibition, September 2023

  • Best of Mystic: Juried Highlights from Members of the Mystic Museum of Art at Providence Art Club, August 2023

  • Portsmouth Arts Guild, Imagine Spaces Show, March - April 2023

  • Artists’ Cooperative Gallery of Westerly, Regional Exhibition 2022, May 2022

  • Pawtucket Arts Collaborative, 14th Annual Pawtucket Foundation Prize Exhibition, March - May, 2022

  • Providence Art Club, College Scholarship Exhibition, February 2022

  • Warwick Center for the Arts, 34th Annual Rhode Island Open, October 2020

  • Lyme Art Association, Points of View Elected Artist Exhibition, August 2020

  • Wickford Art Association, Anything Goes Juried Exhibition, January 2020

  • Providence Art Club, College Scholarship Exhibition, October 2019

  • ·Bristol Art Museum, The Joy of Art Members’ Exhibition, August 2018

  • St. Botolph Club Members’ Exhibition at Providence Art Club, August 2018

Awards Judge

  • Dedham Art Association, Spring Members’ Exhibition, April - May 2024

  • Rhode Island Watercolor Society, 126th Annual Members Exhibition, March, 2022

  • South County Art Association, 94th Members Annual Exhibition, July - August, 2021

  • Spring Bull Gallery Newport, 30th Annual Fakes and Forgeries Exhibition, January 2021

  • South Coast Artists, 17th Annual Open Studio Tour Contest, April 2020

  • Spring Bull Gallery Newport, 29th Annual Fakes and Forgeries Exhibition, January 2020

  • East Greenwich Art Club, Members’ Exhibition, March 2015

Competition Juror

  • Boston Accent Lit, 10 Emerging Artists to Watch, February 2018

Member of a Jury Panel

  • Scholastic Art Awards Massachusetts, American Vision Award Panelist, February 2024

  • Scholastic Art Awards Massachusetts, Drawing, Printmaking, and Photography Panel, February 2024

  • Small Stones Art Festival, Painting Jury, Fall 2023

  • WaterFire Providence Accelerate Program Jury Panelist, Summer 2023

  • Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, General Operating Support for Artists Grant Review Panel, 2022 (This was the inaugural year of this grant.)

  • Workshop13 Northeast Fine Art Exhibition, 4th Annual Juried Exhibition of Traditional Realism, September 2022

  • WaterFire Providence Accelerate Program Jury Panelist, Summer 2022

  • Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, 111th Annual Exhibition, July - August, 2022

  • Art League of Rhode Island, Synergy II Exhibition, June - July, 2022

  • Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, High School and Career Technical Credential Panel, 2021

  • Dartmouth Cultural Center, Off The Wall Art Auction, August 2020

  • Plymouth Center for The Arts, Members’ Show, September 2019

  • Scholastic Art Awards Rhode Island, Ceramics Panel, January 2019

  • Duxbury Art Association, Winter Exhibition at the Art Complex Museum, January 2019

  • Providence Rotary Club, Street Painting Festival, October 2015

Portfolio Reviewer/Critic

  • University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, Visiting Critic for Senior Visual Art Majors, April 2024

  • Newport Photo Guild, Member Critique, January 2024

  • University of Rhode Island Senior Exhibition, Moving On / Moving Out, Hera Gallery, 2023

  • Newport Photo Guild, Member Critique, January 2023

  • Newport Photo Guild, Virtual Member Critique via Zoom, January 2022

  • Rhode Island School of Design, Printmaking MFA Student External Thesis Examiner, 2021

  • Rhode Island School of Design, Portfolio Day Reviewer, 2021

  • Rhode Island School of Design, Portfolio Day Reviewer, 2015