In collaboration with the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the Arts Council of the Morris Area sponsors two juried art exhibits each year in this LEED-certified “green” space, located in the common areas on the 3rd floor of 14 Maple Ave., Morristown, NJ. The gallery is open to the public Mondays-Thursdays from 10am to 4pm and on Fridays from 10am to 1pm and by appointment, call (973) 285-5115 for additional information
March 27th- August 21, 2013
On March 27, 2013, 227 people attended the opening for the latest juried exhibition, Rites of Spring, honoring the 100th Anniversary of Igor Stravinsky’s influential ballet score and the controversial Armory show in NYC, touted as the first International Exhibition of Modern Art. The avant-garde nature of Stravinsky’s score introduced dramatically new approaches to tonality, meter and rhythm. In a narrative sense, Stravinsky’s work draws upon Russian pagan rites in honor of spring. Similarly, the Armory Show, which opened in March of that same year, reflected breaks with artistic traditions with the introduction of new visual languages such as Cubism, Fauvism and Futurism. In the spirit of that iconoclastic and innovative moment, this exhibit presents 37 artworks by 36 artists which challenge conventional approaches to media, push the limits of traditional uses and processes or address themes of transformation, ritual and rebirth to herald the coming of spring. The exhibit is guest curated by Jeanne Brasile, Curator of the Walsh Gallery at Seton Hall University.
Above: Sharon Reed’s Harebringers of Spring
Participating artists include: Barry Altman(East Windsor), David Axelrod (Chatham), Rob Barth (Lafayette), Richard Bedkowski (Morristown), Ron Brown (South Orange), Bernadette Calnon-Buote (Moorestown), Lisa Conrad (Newark), Lauren Curtis (Somerset), Dominique Duroseau (Irvington), Kate Eggleston (Hillsborough), Amy Evans (Califon), Sara Fattori (Morristown), Harriet Finck (East Orange), Andrea Geller (Paramus), Freya Gervasi (Denville), Eva Han, Alice Harrison (Morristown), Susanna Kopchains (Far Hills), Ahni Kruger (Pottersville), Jamie Levine (Short Hills), Beatrice M. Mady (Jersey City), Patricia Malarcher (Englewood), Kevin McCaffrey (Weehawken), Irmari Nacht (Englewood), Nancy Ori (Berkeley Heights), Arthur Paxton (Montclair), Kathy Rebek (Englewood), Sharon Reed (Westfield), David John Rush (Stanhope), Kenneth Schnall (Newark), Wes Sherman (Denville), Daniel Sroka (Morristown), Miriam Stern (Teaneck), Mary Ellen Timko, Eric Valosin (Warren), Anna Vranckx (Basking Ridge), and Dennis Joseph Yanoski (Morristown).
L-R:Lauren Curtis’ Brainflower; Alice Harrison’s aMUSEment; Anna Vranckx’s Fire Dance; Freya Gervasi’s Lily; Kathy Rebek’s Colors Gone Wild.
Click HERE to see the catalogue of the exhibit.
Hot off the press, some scenes from the opening reception:
L-R: Artist Irmari Nacht with her work Books 93Classic Botanica; Guest Curator Jeanne Brasile with Tom Werder, Executive Director of Morris Arts; Busy crowds enjoying the exhibit; Sculptor Jamie Levine with her work, Unknown Composer.
L-R: Freeholder Ann Grossi talks with Board member Dick Eger; artist Alice Harrison with her work aMUSEment; Sculptor Freya Gervasi with her work Lily; artist Wes Sherman with his work, National Park #3.
L-R: artist Barry Altman with his work, OZ Defunct; artist Eric Valosin with Meditation 1.1 (Thusness, Elseness, Omnipresent); artist Susanna Kopchains with her work, Fragmented, No. 1; artist Kevin McCaffrey with Gin Midnight.
L-R: Signing in; artists mingling with viewers; artist Rich Bedkowski with The Fish Always Gets Bigger.
The public is invited to view the exhibit at The Gallery at 14 Maple, a distinctive space located on the 3rd floor of the LEED certified “green” building at 14 Maple Avenue, Morristown, NJ. The exhibit is open to the public Mondays-Fridays from 10am to 4pm,and by appointment, and will remain on display until August 21, 2013. Visit www.morrisarts.org or call (973) 285-5115 for additional information.
Morris Arts gratefully acknowledges support from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.
The Gallery at 14 Maple is a barrier-free facility. Individuals needing special accommodation should contact Kadie Dempsey at (973) 285-5115, x17 or at kdempsey@morrisarts.org.
L-R: Signing in; artists mingling with viewers; artist Rich Bedkowski with The Fish Always Gets Bigger.
Morris Arts gratefully acknowledges support from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.
The exhibit located in the Gallery at 14 Maple, a distinctive space located on the 3rd floor of the LEED certified “green” building at 14 Maple Avenue, Morristown, NJ. It is open to the public Mondays-Fridays from 10am to 4pm, and by appointment, and will remain on display until August 21, 2013. Visit www.morrisarts.org or call (973) 285-5115 for additional information.
The Gallery at 14 Maple is a barrier-free facility. Individuals needing special accommodation should contact Kadie Dempsey at (973) 285-5115, x17 or at kdempsey@morrisarts.org.
GIVING VOICE Opened September 19, 2012
Over 160 people attended the Opening Reception for the Arts Council’s latest juried exhibition entitled Giving Voice, featuring 34 works by 25 artists who live or work in New Jersey. Curated by Margaret O’Reilly, Curator of Fine Art at the New Jersey State Museum, the exhibit showcases these artists’ unique and creative interpretations of the theme, Giving Voice. This exhibition celebrates and is in conjunction with the 14th biennial Dodge Poetry Festival, North America’s largest poetry event, which takes place on October 11-14, 2012.
An overarching theme of the Festival, the process of “giving voice” allows the individual to bring his or her individual experience (their “voice”) to the words of a poem. In keeping with that theme, artists were invited to submit a visual interpretation/response to this excerpt from the poem entitled “Time’s Passage” by Fernando Pessoa (which is also quoted on the 2012 Dodge Poetry Festival poster):
I was brought up by Imagination,
I always travelled by her hand,
And thus I always loved, hated, spoke, thought,
Having every day this window before me,
Every hour being mine in this way.
Artists featured in this exhibit include: Danielle Austen, Willie Baez, Kiyomi Baird, Serena Bocchino, Vincent Buchinsky, Fred Cole, Pasquale Cuppari, Liz Demaree, Buel Ecker, Dan Fenelon, Carlos Frias, Kathryn Keller, Jessica Lawrence, Allan Luisi, Karen Lundquist, Patricia Malarcher, Elaine Provost, Larry Ross, Wayne Charles Roth, Kiyoko Sakai, Fausto Sevila, Jen Soma, Sandra Styer, John Tetz and Linnea L. Tober.
L-R: Enjoying the Opening Reception: Sponsors Mr. & Mrs. Geoff Price; Photographer Danielle Austen in front of her work Daisy Dome; Artist Pasquale Cuppari with his work Fuori Dell’Ombra; Artist Elaine Provost with her work, Dark Passage; Exhibit Curator Margaret O’Reilly, Curator of Fine Arts, NJ State Museum;
The public is invited to view the exhibit at Gallery at 14 Maple, a distinctive space located on the 3rd floor of the LEED certified “green” building at 14 Maple Avenue in Morristown, NJ.
L-R: Carlos Frias’ Seeds; Karen Lundquist, My Pegasus; Larry Roth’s Silent Revelation; Dan Fenelon’s Super Dreams.
The Arts Council gratefully acknowledges sponsorship for this exhibit by The Morristown CraftMarket which takes place October 19-21, 2012 at the Morristown Armory, 430 Western Ave., Morristown, NJ. Show hours are Fri. 10/19 from 5pm-9pm; Sat., 10/20 from 10am-6pm; and Sun., 10/21 from 10am-5pm. Visit www.morristowncraftmarket.org for more details. The Arts Council gratefully acknowledges additional support from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation. Visit www.grdodge.org for more information on the Dodge Poetry Festival.
Click HERE to see the exhibition catalogue.
The exhibit is open to the public Mondays-Thursdays from 10am to 4pm, on Fridays from 10am to 1pm and by appointment, and will remain on display until March 1, 2013. Visit www.morrisarts.org or call (973) 285-5115 for additional information, including the exhibit catalogue which contains details and sale prices for all works.
Prior exhibit:
disconnected
Lisa Ficarelli-Halpern’s Noveau Richelieu and Lady with Bluetooth
Nearly 250 people attended the the May 2nd opening reception for the new juried exhibition entitled disconnected at the Gallery at 14 Maple. Featuring 48 works by 36 artists who live or work in New Jersey, the show is curated by Jonathan Greene and showcases these artists’ visual commentaries about how people, places and things can today be uniquely connected, disconnected or both at the same time. The works utilize a wide variety of media, including vinyl laminate, oil, acrylic, graphite, fabric collage, photo encaustic, pencil/wax crayon, ceramic raku, charcoal, wood, Scrabble tile mosaic, and more. “With humor, whimsy, and poignancy, these works inspire us to think about our contemporary world and the way we connect (or don’t) with others,” said Anne Aronovitch, Executive Director of the Arts Council.
Pictured above Lisa Ficarelli-Halpern’s Nouveau Richelieu and Lady With Bluetooth
Participating artists include Eva Albert (Somerset), Peter Aldrich (Boonton Township), Laurie Arends (Randolph), Francesca Azzara (Westfield), Kiyomi Baird (Far Hills), Rob Barth (Lafayette), Amy Becker (Madison), Richard Bedkowski (Morristown), Ron Brown (South Orange), Lisa Cerny (Morristown), Jill Cliffer Baratta (Tenafly), Joanne Connolly (South Orange), Lyman Dally (South Orange), EJ Davis (Chatham), Ellen Denuto (Denville), Lorraine DeProspo (Montclair), Alphonso Dunn (Hackensack), Fran Eber (Chatham), Michael S. Fenton (Morris Plains), Lisa Ficarelli–Halpern (Shrewsbury), Marla Fontanez (South Orange), Robert Gagauf (Montville), Colleen Gahrmann (Spotswood), George Garbeck (Township of Washington), Joseph Holtzman (Montville), Kathryn Keller (Springfield), Neal Korn (Union), Ted Largman (Morris Township), Susan Lisbin (Orange), Deborrah Markette (West Orange), Don Myles (Belvidere), Monique Sarfity (Jersey City), Miriam Stern (Teaneck), Shirley Supp (Great Meadows), Heidi Sussman (West Orange), Michael Wiley (Ewing).
The public is invited to see this thought-provoking exhibit at the Gallery at 14 Maple, a distinctive space located on the 3rd floor of the LEED certified “green” building at 14 Maple Avenue in Morristown, NJ.
L-R: Shirley Supp’s Love and Addiction; Don Myles’ The Bridge to Where?; Alphonso Dunn’s Stuff Mama Said; Deborrah Markette’s Flotsam; Ron Brown’s Man Holding Head.
L-R; TD Bank Vice President Martin Frey with Assistant Vice President Rick Sandillo and Curator Jonathan Greene;
Artist Robert Gagauf with his work, St. Bart’s Girl; Artist Lyman Dally with his works, Disparate Objects #1 and #2; Artist Eva Albert with her daughter.
To read the artists’ statements and see the works included in the exhibit, click on catalogue.
The Arts Council gratefully acknowledges sponsorship for this exhibit by
Additional support is also provided by the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.
The exhibit is open to the public Mondays-Thursdays from 10am to 4pm and on Fridays from 10am to 1pm and by appointment, and will remain on display until September 5, 2012. Visit www.morrisarts.org or call (973) 285-5115 for additional information.
