Forthcoming Projects
Michael will be the Awards Judge for the 35th Annual Fakes and Forgeries Exhibition at Spring Bull Gallery. Entries are due January 7.
Curatorial Projects
An inventive curator, Michael has organized exhibitions in a variety of gallery environments. These projects have included the following iniatives:
Exhibition Curator
Dryden Gallery, Now and Next, Emerging Artists in New England, September 13 - November 7, 2025
Providence Art Club, Faculty Invitational Exhibition, August 10 - 21, 2025
Providence Art Club, Fourth Annual Community Invitational Exhibition, May 2025
Womxn Project, Advocacy is Love, co-curator, March 2025
Warwick Center for the Arts, New Voices: The Next Generation of Rhode Island Artists, January - February 2025
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
Past Independent Virtual Exhibitions
Urban Life: Cities in Art, Summer - Fall 2022
Form and Shape: The Figure in Contemporary Art, Fall 2021 - Spring 2022
Artists to Follow in 2021 International Virtual Exhibition, May - August, 2021
31 Under 30: Emerging Artists in The United States Virtual Exhibition, August - September 2020
Social Distancing Virtual Exhibition, May - June 2020
Jurying and Judging
Respected in the field, Michael is a sought after juror and awards judge. He has been invited to share exhibitions for numerous distinguished organizations, including the following:
Exhibition Juror & Awards Judge
Rhode Island Watercolor Society, Monochromatic, October 2025
University of Rhode Island, Annual Juried Student Exhibition, April 2025
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
Jamestown Arts Center, Annual Members Exhibition, November 2025
South Coast Artists, Spring Members’ Invitational Exhibition, May 2025
Academic Artists Association, 74th Annual Exhibition of Traditional Realism, June 2024
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
Art Newport Art Fair, Spring 2026
Gallery 263, Three Person Exhibition Review Panel, Fall 2025
Art League Rhode Island, Elected Artist Member Jury Panel, May 2025
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, Department of Labor and Training Artwork Purchase Panel, May 2025
Art League Rhode Island, Elected Artist Member Jury Panel, May 2024
Scholastic Art Awards Massachusetts, American Vision Award Panel, 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 Panel, 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 Panel, 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 Reviews and Critiques
Frequently invited to review work of students and established artists, Michael has served as a reviewer and critic around the region. This has included the following projects:
Rhode Island School of Design, TLAD Master’s Student External Thesis Reader, 2025
The Steel Yard, Visiting Critic for Grit and Polish Winter Residents Exhibition, January 2025
Newport Photo Guild, Visiting Critic for Annual Member Critique, January 2025
Hera Gallery, Visiting Critic for Monthly Crit Night, December 2024
The Steel Yard, Visiting Critic for YardWorks Staff Exhibition, October 2024
Roger Williams University, Visiting Critic for Intaglio Printmaking Courses, May 2024
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, Visiting Critic for Senior Visual Art Majors, April 2024
Newport Photo Guild, Visiting Critic for Annual Member Critique, January 2024
University of Rhode Island Senior Exhibition, Outside Critic for Moving On / Moving Out, 2023
Newport Photo Guild, Visiting Critic for Annual Member Critique, January 2023
Newport Photo Guild, Visiting Critic for 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