“On Beauty”
Massoni Art
Sept. 14–Oct. 19, 2024
Saturday Open House — Sept. 14, 11–2 pm
October First Friday — Oct. 4, 5–7 pm
Cross Street and High Street Galleries (a short walk between the two locations):
—113 South Cross Street
—203 High Street
Chestertown, MD 21620
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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024
“DC Art Now! — 2025 DC Art Bank Program Finalist Exhibition” DC Commission for the Arts and Humanities, Washington, DC, September–December 2024, Curated by Michelle May-Curry
“Natural Blue” King Street Gallery, Montgomery College (Silver Spring/Takoma Park Campus), January–February 2024, curated by Michael A. Booker
2023
“Moving Beyond Beauty: Reverence and Reclamation” McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA, December 2023–February 2024, curated by Nancy Sausser
“DC Art Now! — 2024 DC Art Bank Program Finalist Exhibition” DC Commission for the Arts and Humanities, Washington, DC, September–December 2023, Curated by Michelle May-Curry
“Looking In, Looking Out” Solo show, Adah Rose Gallery, Kensington, MD, January–February 2023
“In and Between” Sculpture Invitational, Athenaeum Gallery, Alexandria, VA, January–February 2023, curated by Steve Wanna, produced by Veronica Szalus
2022
“Art Night 2022” Hickok Cole, Washington DC, October 2022, curated by Madeline Locke
“DC Art Now 2022” DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington DC, September–October 2022
“The Fragility of their Nature: Ocean, Sky, Land” Jacqui Crocetta, Marty Ittner, Rebecca Clark, Sondra N. Artkin, DC Arts Center, Washington, DC, July 2022
“Carte Blanche” Adah Rose Gallery, Kensington, MD, March–May 2022
2021
“2021 Arts in Foggy Bottom Outdoor Sculpture Biennial” Foggy Bottom, Washington DC, June–September 2021, curated by Kayleigh Bryant-Greenwell
“Artists of Arts in Foggy Bottom Outdoor Sculpture Biennial” Watergate Gallery, Washington DC, June–September 2021
“Agency” (in conjunction with BROTO: Art—Climate—Science “Hello Earthlings” Conference), curated by Margaret LeJeune, link to the online exhibition
“Contextural” (Jacqui Crocetta, Joan Belmar, Levi Robinson, Nicole Salimbene and Wayson Jones, online exhibition, April–May 2021, curated by Alexia and Rod von Lipsey
“INK IT: Contemporary Print Practices” BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD, February–April 2021, juror Susan J. Goldman
2020
“Sculpture NOW 2020” McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA, September–November 2020, curated by Nancy Sausser in conjunction with Washington Sculptors Group
“Carte Blanche” Adah Rose Gallery, Kensington, MD, Summer 2020
2019
“Board: out of our minds!” Athenaeum Gallery, Alexandria, VA, September–November 2019, curated by Twig Murray
“Women Who Work, Care and Create” Zenith Gallery/1111 Sculpture Space, Washington, DC, January–April 2019, curated by Margery Goldberg
“Wall” Otis Street Arts Project, Mount Rainier, MD, February–March 2019, curated by Molly Ruppert
“Regional Juried Exhibition” Hill Center Galleries, Washington, DC, January–February 2019, curated by Caitlin Berry
2018
“Tillage + Flow” Solo Show, Artists & Makers, Rockville, MD, October 2018
“Recollection” BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD, September–October 2018, curated by Anne Burton.
"Methodical" Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center, Hyattsville, MD, June 2018, juror: Kayleigh Bryant-Greenwell.
"Fluid Dynamics" Atrium Gallery at Takoma Park Community Center, Takoma Park, MD, May–June 2018, curated by Shanthi Chandrasekar.
2017
"Emulsion 2017" PEPCO Edison Place Gallery, Washington, DC, March 2017, juried by Deirdre Ehlen MacWilliams, curated by Dolly Vehlow.
"Interlude" Studio Gallery, Washington, DC, February 2017
2016
"DIALOGUE: A Visual Conversation" The Dennis and Phillip Ratner Museum, Bethesda, MD, November–December 2016
"LOVE" Studio Gallery, Washington, DC, December 2016, curated by Monica Perez Roulet and Elizabeth Casqueiro
"Landmarks" King Street Gallery, Montgomery College (Silver Spring/Takoma Park), October–November 2016, curated by Claudia Rousseau, Ph.D.
"The Critiqued" Otis Street Arts Project, Mount Rainier, MD, April 2016
"In Black and White" Ice House, Berkeley Springs, WV, January–February 2016, curated by Rebecca Grace Jones
2015
"Women Chefs: Artists in the Kitchen" Mansion at Strathmore, North Bethesda, MD, September–November 2015, curated by Harriet Lesser
"Fresh Outloud!" The Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center, Frederick, MD, April 2015
2013
“Mother Nurture: Jacqui Crocetta, Freya Grand and Ellen Sinel” BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD, October 2013, Jurors: Jack Rasmussen and Jodi Walsh
“Jacqui Crocetta and Janet Wheeler” Glenview Mansion, Rockville, MD, June 2013, curated by Julie Farrell
“Outloud: Abstract Painters” Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, MD, March–April 2013
2012
“Outloud: A Collective of Washington, DC based Abstract Artists” West Windsor Arts Center, West Windsor, NJ, October–November 2012
“Courage Unmasked,” American University Museum at Katzen Art Center, Washington, DC, September 2012 (fund-raiser for head and neck cancer patients)
“INFORM / RE-FORM,” Mansion at Strathmore, North Bethesda, MD, July–August 2012, curated by Harriet Lesser
Artomatic, Crystal City, VA, May–June 2012
“Living Gallery Artists,” Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Solomons, MD, March–April 2012
“Jacqui Crocetta,” Gallery 555 DC, Washington, DC, February 2012
2011
“Artists of the Grid,” Ice House, Berkeley Springs, WV, Summer 2011, curated by Rebecca Grace Jones
“UnSeen,” Studio Gallery, Washington, DC, July 2011
“Outloud Artists,” Glenview Mansion, Rockville, MD, July 2011
“Protect. Nurture. Release.” Solo Show, Studio Gallery, Washington, DC, May 2011
“Jacqui Crocetta, Rachel Rotenberg, & Sonya Lawyer,” BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD, January 2011, Jurors: F. Lennox Campello, Jodi Walsh and Elyse Harrison
2010
“Outloud Live,” exhibit with Outloud Artists, Arts Barn, Gaithersburg, MD, November 2010
“Extending Trust,” Duo Show, Studio Gallery, Washington, DC, May 2010
“Laurel Art Guild Open Juried Exhibition,” Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, MD, March 2010, Juror: Michael Janis
2009
“Area Artists,” Johns Hopkins University, Montgomery County Campus, Rockville, MD, September 2009 – December 2009, curated by Sherill Anne Gross
“Courage Unmasked,” American University Museum at Katzen Art Center, Washington, DC, September 2009 (fundraiser for head and neck cancer patients)
Solo Show, Washington Court Hotel, Washington, DC, July–September 2009
Artomatic, Washington, DC, May–July 2009
“Into the Light,” Duo Show, Studio Gallery, Washington, DC, April 2009
Group Show, Women’s National Democratic Club, Washington, DC, January–March 2009
2008
“Inspired by Weather,” Metropolitan Center for the Visual Arts, Rockville, Maryland, August 2008
“STIMULUS,” Studio Gallery, Washington, DC, July 2008
2006
“Tracing Influence,” Sculpture at Evergreen, Baltimore, Maryland, April–November 2006
(This site-specific installation was created in collaboration with Alison Crocetta. “Tracing Influence” was a 17′ x 40′ doily-like stencil comprised of 330 laser-cut pieces displayed on an exterior wall of the mansion’s carriage house.)
“The exhibit’s real gem can be found attached to the side of the Garrett family’s carriage house, just a few steps away from a series of fascinating gravestones honoring long-dead horses. ‘Tracing Influence’ is a massive stenciled image of a woman, some peacocks, and delicate floral patterns, laser-cut into white waterproof paper and plastered to the side of the building like a giant, elegant doily. Created by Alison Crocetta, the piece is based on designs drawn by Jacqui Crocetta Grothe in response to a design book found in Evergreen House’s library. This mural-like piece is every bit as elegant and mannered as the mansion itself.”
—J. Bowers, “Garden State: Taking in This Summer’s Crop of Outdoor Works Around Historic Homeland Estate,” Baltimore City Paper, July 5, 2006