Amanda Baldi Art
Our Story
Founded by Amanda Baldi and Aine Hawthorne in 2024, A&A Curation is a freelance curatorial project which aims to work with a variety of local artists to promote community and local talent in different venues across New England.
Baldi and Hawthorne met in 2022 at Richmond International University in London, England where the two were studying to get their Masters of Arts in Art History and Visual Cultures. Both New England natives found themselves returning stateside after completing their degrees, and itching for the chance to work together and share their love for the arts.
At A&A Curation's exhibitions you can expect a mix of fine art and craft art in both 2D and 3D mediums, often found through open calls for art. A&A is constantly looking to expand their network of artists and venues. A&A seeks to organize both long term, and short term "pop-up" exhibitions to share art and connect individuals.
Contact us at aacuration@gmail.com
The Team
Founder & Curator
Amanda Baldi
Amanda received her B.F.A. in Studio Art and her B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and has since acquired her M.A. in Art History and Visual Culture from Richmond, The American International University in London.
Amanda specializes in craft and folk arts, and is exploring the world of interactive immersive arts and exhibitions. During her free time, Amanda is also an artist, primarily exploring the of ceramics and watercolor
Founder & Curator
Aine Hawthorne
Aine received her BA in Fashion History from Lasell University and has since acquired her M.A. in Art History and Visual Culture from Richmond, the American International University in London.
She specializes in eighteenth-century fashion, culture, and satire, and has curated exhibitions ranging from historical costume to contemporary art. During her free time, Aine enjoys reading and starting new crafting projects.
Exhibitions & Events
Past shows and where you can find us coming up!
FLUID: Revelry and Rebellion of Queer Joy
Creative Director: Amanda Baldi
Head Editor: Sophie Wickert
Fluid: Revelry and Rebellion of Queer Joy is a journal that explores the subversive and joyous nature of queer existence. This publication examines how a queer lens of identity, gender, sexuality, romance, and even daily interactions affect one’s relationships to society and culture, and relationships with others and oneself.
It ponders how queerness subverts norms, and the feelings that come from living wholeheartedly in a time that can so often feel heartless. This journal seeks to uplift by asking submitters to interact with the value of their own queerness—what does it mean to you? What has it brought you?
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Fluid’s call for work asks submitters to share and revel in the inherent joy and rebellion of queer identity.
This journal will be released during June – Gay Pride month in the United States.
Submissions to the journal can take the form of visual art, writing, poetry, short stories, essays, photography, paintings, music, interviews, sculpture, and more.
There will be a limited edition run of print editions, please email aacuration@gmail.com if you are interested in receiving one for a small cost (estimated $15 per copy max). We will be releasing a pre-order form in May.
HOMEGROWN : Reflections on Past Selves
Editor-in-chief : Aine Hawthorne
Creative Director: Amanda Baldi
Homegrown: Reflections on Past Selves is a journal that explores the ideas of nostalgia and the home. It catalogs and explores the growth, both internal and external, made surrounding the home.
In this journal we ask readers to ponder what home means to them, what it looks like, and how it has changed. It asks to explore memories and the feeling that that accompany them. Here we take a look at has shaped us, and what we carry with us moving forward.
Homegrown challenges readers to examine their roots, and share their story.
There will be a limited edition run of print editions, please email aacuration@gmail.com if you are interested in receiving one for a small cost.
Kiki/Bouba
Lead Curator : Amanda Baldi
Assistant Curator : Amanda Baldwin
Embrace your whimsical side as we explore the kiki/bouba effect!
The kiki/bouba effect, or the takete–maluma phenomenon, is a mental association between the words kiki and bouba and specific types of shapes. It is a form of sound/visual synesthesia experienced by people from varying cultures around the world. In this phenomena, the word kiki is often associated with spiked and pointed shapes whereas the nonsense word bouba is associated with rounded shapes.
Together, the artist & the public will explore, laugh, and embrace the synesthetic world of kiki/bouba through this exhibition!
Exhibition Dates: Friday, August 29, 2025 : 12-9 PM
Artists Reception: Friday, August 29, 2025 : 5-8 PM
Location: Sterling St. Brewery. 175 Sterling St, Clinton, MA 01510
Spaces for You & Me
Lead Curator : Amanda Baldi
Assistant Curator : Amanda Baldwin
Editor : Aine Hawthorne
Comfort and connection go hand in hand in creating spaces in which individuals feel welcomed. This exhibition asks us to take note of the spaces we feel most comfortable in. In turn, we explore with who and in which spaces we feel most able to explore interpersonal connections safely and securely. This exhibition seeks to discuss relationships and the elements which must collide to build bonds. What exactly builds an atmosphere of comfort? Where and with whom are we most comfortable? What spaces are designed for both you & I to simply connect with one another?
This exhibit asks you to consider who exemplifies comfort and connection, as well as the spaces for that - both home spaces, and third spaces. Sociologist, Ray Oldenburg, coined the term “third places” in his book The Great Good Place (1989). This term refers to the spaces outside of the home (first place) or work (second place) environments that help to strengthen our sense of community. Third places are locations to embrace the present, exchange ideas, share a laugh, and build relationships. These physical spaces promote social cohesion, comfort, and a sense of community where conversation and connection is the main activity. Coffee and tea houses, ale houses, biergartens, and other establishments of the sort are common third places throughout history and the world where people embrace one another and carve out space, time, and opportunity for human interaction.
Exhibition Dates : February 14 - 15, 2025
Artists Reception : February 15, 2025, 12:00PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Sterling St. Brewery. 175 Sterling St. Clinton, MA 01510
Modern Makers : Redefining High Art
Curators : Amanda Baldi & Aine Hawthorne
This exhibition highlights 11 local makers who work in craft arts and media in a non-gallery turned gallery space. Modern Makers questions what spaces and art forms are worthy of being in the limelight. Medias traditionally associated with functional uses, domestic settings, and the working class are often scoffed at and rejected from fine art institutions. Despite being ignored, it is these very mediums that build community and culture to bring people together. This show specifically highlights ceramics and textile artworks. Our collection of artists utilize these materials to show works used in domestic settings alongside pieces which deviate from the traditional utilitarian purpose of the media. This pop up show recognizes the value of craft and asks visitors to ponder how “fine” art in a modern society should be defined.
Exhibition Date: March 2, 2024, 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Location: Exhibit A Brewing Company, 81 Morton St., Framingham, MA 01702
A&A Curation
Artists, Art Enthusiasts, Curators, Collaborators and Organizers
A&A Curation is a freelance curatorial collective which creates pop-up and temporary exhibitions in New England.
