JAMES C VARNUM
 
 
San Francisco Art Institute, BFA in Drawing and Painting                                                  1974        
University of New Hampshire, MEd                                                                                      1976                          
Emerson College, MS in Communication Disorders                                                                  1988                                                                                                                                     
Related Artistic Experiences
Demonstrator for Newton Art Association, December 2020
Demonstrator for Newton Watercolor Society, March 2021
Juror/Awards Judge for Newton Watercolor Society’s Abstract and Experimental Painting Show, June 2021
 
Memberships
Newton Art Association, Co-President, Board Member and Exhibits Chair
Cambridge Art Association
Cape Cod Art Association, Juried Member
Concord Art Association
Copley Society of Art
Galatea Fine Art
New England Watercolor Society
South Shore Art Association
 
Exhibits
Copley Society, New Member Show, Winter Members Show, Summer Members Show, Fall Members Show
Galatea Fine Art, Member Show 2019, 2020; Solo Show December 2020
New TV, Solo Show: Terrain, 2018
Beacon Gallery, Synaesthesia: Abstract Art and Creative Writing, 2018; Nature & Vitality, 2018
Newton Free Library, Solo Show: Dichotomy and Dialog, 2017
Concord Art Association’s Members Juried 1, 2017, 2018, Juror’s Prize, 2019, 2020 and 2021; Members Juried 2, 2020, and 2021
Concord Art Association’s Roddy Show, 2016, and 2018
South Shore Art Association’s “Out of Order”, Juried National Exhibit, 2016; Blue Ribbon Member Show, 2017, 2nd Prize; Blue Ribbon Member Show, 2018; Juried Show, Tipping Point, 2020; Juried Show, Pivot, 2021
New England Watercolor Society’s North American Open, 2016; New England Regional Show, 2017, 2nd Prize; North American Open, 2018, Member’s Show 2021
Cape Cod Art Association’s Easel Art online exhibit, Spring and Summer 2016; National Show Summer 2016; National Show, 2017; A Touch of Color Exhibit, 2017; Tell A Story, 2018, FIRSTS at Cape Cod Museum of Art, 2021
Cambridge Art Association, “Paint”, New Member Show; Flora and Fauna; and Schein Salon 2015, 2016, 2017; ‘Scapes, 2018; Members Award Show 2020
Newton Art Association’s New Member Show at Avery Crossings, October/November 2014, First Prize
Newton Art Association's Annual Awards Show at Newton Free Library:
September 2013, ’14, ’15, ’16, ’17, ’18, ’19, and ‘20; First Prize-2015, Second Prize-2016
Newton Art Association’s James King Bonnar Show: 2014, ’15, ’16, ’17, ’18, ’19, and ‘20; 2016 Honorable Mention
Newton Art Association’s Juried Member Show: 2019 at Mother Brook Center for the Arts; 2019, 2020, and 2021 at Piano Craft Gallery
Newton Open Studios Fence Art Project Participant, 2018 and 2020