Since 2004, the Ogunquit Arts Collaborative/Barn Gallery has invited local artists who are not members of the Ogunquit Art Association to submit work for Regional Artists: An Open, Juried Show.
For a small fee, any artist can enter paintings, graphics, sculpture or photographs for review by our current juror. Our jurors have been museum directors and curators, gallery owners, art critics and other distinguished citizens of the art world.
The jurors arrive at Barn Gallery after artwork by members and non-members of the Ogunquit Art Association has been received, registered and spread out on the floor of the Main Gallery for viewing. Suspense mounts as rejects are moved to a separate gallery for later review and the juror continues choosing work for the show.
In 2019, 82 artists entered 157 works of art. The juror selected 84 pieces — 32 works by 26 members of the Ogunquit Art Association and 52 works by 40 regional artists.
Collectors, visitors to Ogunquit, and art lovers of all stripes were invited to meet the artists at a Gala Reception and to visit the show during its month-long run.
In 2023, we are delighted to once again offer area artists this opportunity to exhibit in our juried show at the prestigious Barn Gallery.
Regional Artists: An Open, Juried Show – 2023 Juror: Kat Zagaria Buckley
Kat Zagaria Buckley is an interdisciplinary arts curator whose exhibitions reimagine the potentialities of art through collaborative junctures.
She holds a Master of Arts degree in Modern Art History, Theory, and Criticism from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago as well as a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art History with concentrations in Curatorial Studies and Book Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art. She has worked at a wide array of museums and rare book libraries such as the Walters Art Museum, the Barnes Foundation, the Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection, the Newberry Library, the Hans Ulrich Obrist Archive, and the Art Institute of Chicago. Most recently, she was the Curatorial Fellow at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center. She has presented her research on diverse topics such as street art, ruin photography, and postwar fiber art internationally and is a published scholar. Her curated exhibitions include Collections Highlights: Hmong Textiles at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Tête à Tête: Embodying Dialogues at the Zhou B Art Center, Fabric of the Universe at the Adler Planetarium, the and the 2017 Masters of Fine Arts Show at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, for which she was awarded a Graduate Curatorial Fellowship. Kat Zagaria Buckley currently works for the University of Southern Maine as the Director of Exhibitions and Outreach for the USM Art Galleries.
Photos of “Past Regional Artists: An Open, Juried Show” Exhibitions.
Learn more about the Barn Gallery 2023 Schedule: barngallery.org/2023-season
