Nearly 200 enthusiastic people attended the March 15th opening reception for the Gallery at 14 Maple’s nineteenth exhibit, entitled approaching VIBRANCY. For this occasion, the Exhibition Committee of Morris Arts and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, with guest co-curators, Mary Birmingham and Sarah Walko (both from the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey), selected works by 39 outstanding New Jersey women artists (culled from over 1,000 submissions!).
Click HERE to see the exhibit catalogue.
Focused on presenting the diversity of women artists working in this region, the exhibit will include art by Olga Alexander (Glen Ridge); Caren King Choi (Secaucus); Andrea Brooke D’alessandro (Toms River); Kate Dodd (East Orange); Shari Epstein (Long Branch); Lisa Ficarelli-Halpern (Shrewsbury); Asha Ganpat (Montclair); Suzan Globus (Fair Haven); Marsha Goldberg (Highland Park); Ellen Hanauer (Livingston): Susan Hockaday (Hopewell); Suzan Laura Kammin (Newark); Jill Kerwick (Fair Haven); Donna Conklin King (Roseland); Michelle Knox (Keansburg); Parvathi Kumar (Bridgewater); Pat Lay (Jersey City); Jean LeBlanc (Newton); Wendy Letven (Clifton); Sue Ellen Leys (Maplewood); Betty McGeehan (New Providence); Anne Q. McKeown (Secaucus); Deborah Guzmán Meyer (Montclair); Perri Neri (Highland Park); Katie Niewodowski (Jersey City); Carol Nussbaum (Short Hills); Erin O’Brien-Kenna (Bloomfield); Laurie Riccadonna (Jersey City); Sherry Beth Sacks; Lisa Sanders (Newark); Theda Sandiford (Union City); Fran Shalom; Jessica Skultety (Phillipsburg); Amanda Thackray (Newark); Marianne Trent (Bedminster); Claudia Waters (Montclair); Lisa Westheimer (West Orange); Gail Winbury (Westfield) and Barbara Wisoff (Summit).
Clockwise from top left: Parvathi Kumar’s Barcelona Shoe Shop; Carol Nussbaum’s Art Basel Toy Sculpture; Susan Hockaday’s Digital C Print, Garden; Perri Neri’s The Ecstasy of St. Teresa; Pat Lay’s scroll, CDS111164020; and Theda Sandiford’s Blind Faith;
As the co-curators explain: “In curating this show, we looked for art that conveyed the idea of vibrancy—a state of being that is filled with energy and life unhindered by internal or external barriers. We were rewarded with works by a diverse group of women artists from across the state that pulsates with dynamic energy. The show includes vivid portraits of women and girls, work exploring the beauty and vulnerability of nature and more. The exhibition shows the diverse ways women artists are working now, from textile and fiber to painting, collage, photography, and various forms of sculpture. approaching VIBRANCY is an aspiration toward dynamism, action, passion, energy, ebullience, and vitality.”
2018 Coladarci Arts Scholarship winner, actress Nicole Giordano
2018 Ehlers Arts Scholarship winner, pianist John Duc-Tuan Nguyen
Visual artist Coral Coad won Honorable Mention
Additionally, at the opening reception, the winners of the Ehlers and Coladarci Arts Scholarships (pianist John Duc-Tuan Nguyen and actress Nicole Giordano, respectively) along with visual artist Coral Coad, who won Honorable Mention, were introduced and recognized for their achievements.
PHOTOS from the opening reception:
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- Artist Lisa Ficarelli-Halpern with her work
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- Artist Kate Dodd with her work
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- Artist Gail Winbury with her work
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- Artist Marsha Goldberg with her work
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- Artists Susan Hockaday and Jill Kerwick in front of their works
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- Artist Ellen Hanauer with her work
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- Artist Lisa Sanders with one of her sculptures
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- Artist Carol Nussbaum with her work
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- Artist Suzan Globus with her works
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- Artist Caren King Choi with her work
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- Artist Anne Q. McKeown with her work
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- Artist Sue Ellen Leys with her encaustic art
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- Artist Deborah Guzman Meyer with her work
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- Artist Asha Ganpat with her work
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- Artist Parvathi Kumar with her photograph
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- Artist Claudia Waters with her work
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- Co-Curators Mary Birmingham and Sarah Walko
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- Ehlers Arts Scholarship winner, pianist John D. Nguyen with Tom Werder, Morris Arts’ Executive Director
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- Coladarci Arts Scholarship Winner, actress Nicole Giordano
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- Morris Arts Scholarship and Honorable Mention winners with Tom Werder
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- Scholarship Winners John Nguyen, and Nicole Giordano with Honorable Mention winner Coral Coad
The exhibit runs through August 24, 2018. The distinctive space of the Gallery at 14 Maple, is located on the 3rd floor of the LEED certified “green” building at 14 Maple Avenue in Morristown, NJ. Morris Arts gratefully acknowledges sponsorship for this exhibit by
