26th Annual Dunfey Exhibition - Group Exhibition

The New Hampshire Art Association presents the 26th Annual Joan L. Dunfey Open Juried Exhibition at the Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery in Portsmouth. Sponsored by the Joan L. Dunfey Fund for the Arts through the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, this year’s show features 72 works selected from 398 submissions, showcasing a wide range of mediums and styles. Juried by Iris Williamson, Director of Exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art & Design, the exhibition celebrates the creativity, skill, and diversity of regional artists.


Solo & Group Exhibitions

Visual Diaries - Group Photography Exhibition 

Visual Diaries is an exhibition by the NHAA Photography Group featuring 17 member artists who explore the book as a vessel for memory, thought, and creative life. Inspired by John Milton’s reflection that “books are not absolutely dead things,” the exhibition showcases handmade artist books that merge photography, materiality, and personal vision. Using processes ranging from digital printing to cyanotype and mixed media, the artists transform personal memory into enduring form, inviting viewers to experience photography as a living dialogue between artist, viewer, and time.

Returning to a Place by Karen Fazekas - Oil Paintings 
Returning to a Place is a solo exhibition by Portsmouth painter Karen Fazekas. Known for her expressive plein air oil paintings, Fazekas captures the shifting light and atmosphere of New England’s coastal towns through a balance of realism and abstraction. Working with a limited palette of just three pigments, she embraces a painterly, intuitive approach that celebrates color, movement, and discovery. Her work invites viewers to rediscover the familiar beauty of the Seacoast and the harmony between built and natural environments.

House of Pizza by Emily Cady - Printmaking and Clay Sculpture 
House of Pizza is an exhibition by artist Emily Cady that transforms New England’s beloved pizzerias into symbols of local identity, endurance, and connection. Through prints, risographs, ceramics, and a zine, Cady captures the spirit of these family-run establishments—community landmarks that nourish both body and belonging. Drawing on interviews with shop owners and her own background as a baker, Cady’s work blends humor, nostalgia, and social reflection, celebrating how something as simple as a pizza shop can embody care, resilience, and hometown pride.

All exhibitions will be on view at Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, 136 State St., Portsmouth, NH 03801, from Nov. 5 to 30, with an opening reception on Nov. 7, 5-8 p.m. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.