Beauty in the Everyday

The Westfield Art Association Presents : Beauty in the Everyday

A photography show featuring the work of Matt Allouf and Lenny McDonald

A group show featuring two of our WAA members. There is beauty everywhere if you are open to seeing it. Matt and Lenny’s Industrial landscapes, insects, and cityscapes complement each other work in composition and color. This inspirational collaboration invites you to see the beauty that is all around us.

Westfield Town Hall
Show Dates: October 25 – November 29
Public parking for the show will be street parking on East Broad Street.
Public will use front door.
Hours for the public view will be noon to 4:30

Call For Art: 2022 Online Scholarship Fundraiser

Dear members, 

Each year the WAA awards a scholarship to a High School Senior chosen by the WHS Art department. Create and donate a small, original artwork to be sold for the benefit of The Westfield Art Association’s, Westfield High School Scholarship Fund. 

This year the name of our scholarship art sale is Outside The Box. If you choose to participate, we ask that you create an original work of art – 2D, on an 8 by 8 surface area, to be made available to the public to purchase at a flat rate of $60.00.

The artist will not be responsible for the shipping cost. If your piece is sold, we will contact you and arrange for art transfer.

Any medium is acceptable, including photography. The subject matter is open; however, nudity is not permitted. All art will be sold unframed. Images will be displayed on westfieldartassociation.org, and our social media.

Submission Guidelines:

Email your image to: westfieldartassociation@gmail.com
Subject Line: Scholarship Fundraiser – Your Name

Be sure to include the following in the email:

  • Your Name
  • Phone number
  • Address
  • Title of art
  • Medium
  • Photo of your art: Please submit photo that best showcases your original art as that is the photo we have to use on our website for the sale. 
  • File type: .jpeg


There is no limit to how many pieces you can submit.

Submission is FREE for Westfield Art Association Members in good standing.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING WORK: November 11th, 2022

Art show will run November 18th to December 21st, 2022, 

Please contact us at westfieldartassociation@gmail.com with any questions.

Thank you,
WAA

Nature: Abstraction and Observation

Thank you to everyone that participated in our show over at the Environmental Education Center. Nature: Abstraction and Observation was a great success, with close to 50 artworks by a wide variety of artists!

Participating artists were:

Sung Gross

Helen Frees

Lenny McDonald

Joy Ann Lara

Paul Federico

Kay Bhasin

Danielle Corso

Clara Owens

Darrin Owens

Linnea Rhodes

Lauri Kanapsky

Barbara Uhr

Heda Matiejunas

Wendy Rosenberg

Dorothy Siclare

Mariya Kovalyov

Alicia Cotter

Nick Roden

Gail Driscoll

A special thank you to the volunteers that helped to put up the show and take it down: Paul Federico, Darrin Owens, Sharon Reed, Maxine King and Mariya Kovalyov.
We are always looking for volunteers, so come and join us!

2022 Scholarship Winner: Chloe Oliveira

Dear Members, the 2022 WAA Scholarship went to Chloe Oliveira. We are excited to be able to support such a talented young student. Thank you for your help and support in this!

Call for art for the next fundraiser is coming soon!

You can see more of Chloe’s art on her Instagram account: @chloeoliveira_art

We will Chloe success in her future art career!