2025 Fine Art Photography Jurors

Frances Jakubek

Frances Jakubek is an image-maker, independent curator, and consultant for artists. She is the co-founder of A Yellow Rose Project, past Director of the Bruce Silverstein Gallery in New York City, and past Associate Curator of the Griffin Museum of Photography in Massachusetts.  Her recent curatorial appointments include Critical Mass, Potential Space: A Serious Look at Child’s Play featuring works by Nancy Richards Farese, Filter Photo, The Griffin Museum of Photography, British Journal of Photography, Les Rencontres d’Arles, Save Art Space, and Photo District News.   Jakubek has been a panelist for the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s Photography fellowships, speaker for SPE National and Colorado Photographic Arts Center, and lecturer for the School of Visual Arts, Boston University, University of New Mexico, and Washington and Lee University. She has taught workshops for The Southeast Center for Photography, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Maine Media, and the University of Iowa.  Jakubek’s photographs explore the boundaries of private and personal space and the emotions that bind them. Private Publicity looks at images paired with text that investigate the demanding language of our social outlets. The Sensual Subway embraces the New York City transit system and all it has to offer in its intimacy and delusion. Archive of the Ego is an ongoing series of self-portraits that have evolved and changed over the past 20 years.

https://www.francesjakubek.com

Olivia Stone

Olivia J. Stone joined the Worcester Art Museum as Curatorial Assistant in 2018, and became Assistant Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photography in 2023. She received her MA in the History of Art and Architecture from Boston University in 2015 and holds a BA in French and Studio Art from the University of Virginia. Her research interests center on the long nineteenth century in Europe but broaden to include print and photographic output across cultures. Currently, she is developing an exhibition on prints that engage with the weather and emergent field of meteorology during the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment. Formerly the Assistant Editor at Art New England magazine, Olivia’s writing on art has also appeared in Big, Red & Shiny, the Boston Art Review, The Rib, and other publications. She regularly contributes catalogue essays to the Art Center Gallery at Anna Maria College in Paxton, MA.  Photo credit:  Steve Briggs.

https://annamaria.edu/olivia-stone/

Steven Duede

With a work history in museums, non-profits, art organizations and academic settings Steven Duede carries his attachment to the creative process to all aspects of artist work. Currently he is a Board member of the Photographic Resource Center (PRC) in Boston, participating in programming and development. Steven has served on the board of directors at the Griffin Museum of Photography and the Cambridge Art Association. His work in Fine Art Photography has been recognized and supported as a fellowship finalist by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.  He founded and works as principal organizer of Aspect Initiative, an online gallery showcasing Fine Art Photography. Steven has been a reviewer in the New England Portfolio reviews sponsored by the Griffin Museum of Photography and the PRC. RISD portfolio reviews, United Photo Industries The FENCE. Palm Springs Portfolio reviews and Critical Mass with Photolucida. His work is exhibited regularly in the Boston area, New England, and across the nation. His works are in the holdings or on loan with the Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University, the deCordova Museum/Art Loan Program, Boston Properties and Harvard University.

https://www.stevenduede.com