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, October 2022, May 2023
Demonstrator for Newton Watercolor Society, March 2021
Juror/Awards Judge for Newton Watercolor Society’s Abstract and Experimental Painting Show, June 2021
Award Judge for Needham Art Association's Fall Member Show, November 2021 
Memberships
Cambridge Art Association
Cape Cod Art Association, Juried Member
Concord Art Association
Connecticut Academy of Art
Copley Society of Art
Fort Point Arts Community
Galatea Fine Art, Board Member
Needham Art Association
Newton Art Association
New England Watercolor Society, Signature Member

 
Exhibits
Copley Society, New Member Show, Winter Members Show, Summer Members Show, Fall Members Show
Galatea Fine Art, Member Show 2019, 2020, 2021; Solo Show December 2020, March 2022; Curatorial Platform July 2022; Member Show, January 2023
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
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts 111th Annual Exhibition 2022
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, 2018, 2021, 2024
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. 2018, 2022, 2024; New England Regional Show, 2017, 2nd Prize; Member’s Show 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024; Signature Members Show 2023
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, 2022; ‘Scapes, 2018; Members Award Show 2020; RED 2023; Mary Schein Salon, 2023
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, ‘20, '21, '22 and '24; First Prize-2015, Second Prize-2016
Newton Art Association’s James King Bonnar Show: 2014, ’15, ’16, ’17, ’18, ’19, ‘20, 22' and '23; 2016, 2023 Honorable Mention
Newton Art Association’s Juried Member Show: 2019 at Mother Brook Center for the Arts; 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 at Piano Craft Gallery
Newton Open Studios Fence Art Project Participant, 2018 and 2020
 Shared Habitat Earth (SHE) Artists Group Series of Exhibits in 2022-23