The SMFA Art Sale has been the leading contemporary art sale in New England since its creation in 1978. Offering works across all mediums, the sale showcases a diverse selection of talented students, alumni, faculty, and friends of SMFA.
Each year, the SMFA Art Sale makes an impact beyond celebrating the creativity of our community; it also raises critical funds to support financial aid. Through the generous donations from artists, the revenue raised by the sale helps to ensure that creative voices from all lived experiences and backgrounds have access to SMFA at Tufts’ unique interdisciplinary educational program.
If you’ve never seen this art sale, you should. So much amazing art from established artists and folks just getting started.
Cristina has 3 artist’s books and 2 hand-stitched marbled artworks in this year’s art sale.
Not So Fast, #1/1, 2025
Layered Concertina bound into found metal & wood tool box drawer, Tiger Eye (aka Sunburst or Eyes of Ra) paper marbling on Masa paper, Hahnemuhle Bugra paper, linen thread
12.5″h x 6″w x 3″d – extends to 13″
Colophon: Tiger Eye paper marbling on Masa paper, text paper, laser printed, Trebuchet MS font
9″h x 3.5″w
Bee Sting, 2024
Acrylic paper marbling, linen thread
Paper marbling, beyond its book art and decorative art heritage, provides opportunities for conceptual art. The design is combined with the erratic black stitches to produce the biting, heated sensation of a bee sting.
Flora Forming 2 (America), 2024
Acrylic paper marbling, linen thread
Bloodgood, #1/1, 2025
2 signatures, long-stitched, softbound artist’s book, 18 pages printmaking with Japanese Maple leaves, paste papers, vellum, book cloth, linen thread, paper weaving, hand stitching in hinged box, recessed window on cover with leaf print, book cloth, paste paper, found black silk tie
Book: 9″h x 7.5″w x .75″d
Hinged Box: 10.25″h x 8.5″w x 1.5″d
Colophon: Inside back cover pocket, single signature, pamphlet stitched, 8 pages
Paste paper, paper, linen thread, laser-printed, Avenir font
4″h x 5.5″w x .25″d
Bumpy Road, #1/1, 2024
Accordion artist’s book, tri-fold wrap with stitching and braid, acrylic marbling on card stock and handmade paper, Tekton Pro font, linen thread, #1/1
6.75″h x 5″w x .5″d – closed
6.75″h x 19.75″l x .5″d – open
The marbled imagery allows the “narrative” to expand, asking the readers to travel their own road. The accordion book form adds to the visual movement, as well as the rough, hand stitches.
Public Sale Days
Friday, December 5, 10am to 8pm
Saturday, December 6, 10am to 5pm
Sunday, December 7, 10am to 5pm
Collector Preview Days:
Monday, November 24, Tuesday, November 25, Monday, December 1, and Tuesday, December 2
Alumni and Artists Preview Party: Thursday, December 4
School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
230 The Fenway, Boston