NH Art Association November Exhibitions -- opening reception Nov. 1

All exhibitions will be showcased at the New Hampshire Art Association from Nov. 1 to Dec. 1. Please join us for the opening reception on Friday, Nov. 1, from 5-8 p.m. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Thursday from 11 am to 5 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.
 
 
25th Annual Dunfey Exhibition, Resilience 
 
The New Hampshire Art Association will open the much-anticipated 24th Annual Joan L. Dunfey Open Juried Exhibition, titled "Resilience," at the Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery this November. This exhibition, sponsored by the Joan L. Dunfey Fund for the Arts through the New Hampshire Charitable Fund, explores the multifaceted nature of resilience through art. Each piece showcased looks into personal adversity, social and political turmoil, environmental crises, cultural transformation, and many more topics to visualize inner strength. This show was juried by Devon Zimmermann, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art.
 
RECONfigured by Maria Oakley
 
Step into the world of Maria Oakley, where the boundaries between life’s most tender moments and its harshest realities blur into vivid, hyper-sentimental surrealism. In her upcoming exhibition RECONfigured, Oakley invites you to traverse the spaces between love and loss, domesticity and duty, and culture and self-discovery. With every piece, she shares not just the story of a woman, mother, immigrant, and U.S. Marine, but of a soul continually reshaped by the forces of the ever-present struggle for identity. Oakley tells her story through painting and sculpture to fully realize her vision in multiple forms. This is not simply art—it’s a visceral journey through the unseen layers of experience that shape us all. 
 
iConic: Box to Culture by Bob Thoresen
 
iConic: From Box to Culture calls attention to how the very devices that were designed to streamline our lives have contributed to a digital landscape marked by information overload, addiction to constant connectivity, and the isolating phenomenon of "doom-scrolling." Through repurposed Apple packaging—sleek, tactile, and elegantly designed—the exhibition examines how these highly curated objects have played a role in creating a society increasingly boxed into virtual spaces. Thoresen utilizes Apple product packaging to construct sculptural works that convey this message.
 
Show, Don't Tell by Cassie Doyon
 
Show, Don’t Tell is a powerful collection of abstract sculptures that dives into the personal and collective psychological pain experienced in recent years. This body of work is a poignant reflection of global issues like the pandemic, environmental crises, and political manipulation, which have deeply impacted relationships and communities worldwide. Using glass, ceramic, and stone artist Cassie Doyon creates mosaics to express feelings that can't be said with words. 


Artwork: Street Procession, Adamawa State, Nigeria, 2023, photography, by Stephan Rashe

NH Art Association November Exhibitions -- opening reception Nov. 1