John Tetz' work, STRING, soars in Atrium Gallery stairwell
As of January 2008, at the request of the County Administrator’s Office and the Board of Chosen Freeholders, the Arts Council assumed oversight for planning exhibitions at the Atrium Art Gallery, housed in the Morris County Administration & Records Building on Court Street in Morristown. Located on Floors 2-5 of the County’s Administration and Records Building, the Atrium Gallery offers 4-5 exhibits per year which showcase works in varied media by a wide variety of artists including African-American artists, high school students throughout the county (in a professionally juried show), emerging and established individual artists, artists with disabilities, Latin American artists, and member artists of various art associations within the county. The Gallery also includes a unique, multi-story open Atrium stairwell area which has allowed the inclusion of unusual art installations such as large mobiles, banners, quilts, and the like.
Most of the artwork is available for sale. Free catalogues, in both standard and LARGE PRINT versions (with information on the artists and the works on display) are available to the public in the elevator lobby of each floor and on tables in the seating area on the fifth floor.The Atrium Gallery is located in the Morris County Administration and Records Building on 12 Court Street, Morristown. The exhibit is free and open to the public during business hours, Mondays-Fridays from 8am-5pm. For more information, contact Dr. Lynn L. Siebert at Lsiebert@morrisarts.org or by phone at (973) 285-5115, ext. 10.
You Are Invited
to the free Opening Reception on February 2, 2012
for the
Winter 2012 Exhibit at the Atrium Gallery
On Thursday, February 2, 2012, from 6-8:30pm, the Arts Council of the Morris Area invites the public to attend the Opening Reception for the Winter 2012 Exhibit at the Atrium Gallery, located on Floors 2-5 of the Morris County Administration and Records Building, 10 Court Street in Morristown. During the opening, free parking is available in the garage below the building, accessible via Schuyler Place.
To see the catalogue of this exhibit, click Winter 2012 Exhibit final catalogue.
L-R: Raymond Sicignano’s oil, Ideal Hosiery (featured above); Adel Gorgy’s photograph, A Hundred Veils Fall, after Matisse; Sandra P. Smith’s multimedia work, Inner City.
Embracing a very wide variety of subject matter and media, the artworks highlight the creative energies of 8 artists whose 181 works are displayed on the four floors of the Gallery. On the fifth floor, Raymond Sicignano’sUrban Expressions features bold, colorful renderings of cityscapes which capture the singularity and distinctiveness of neighborhoods all too often replaced by sterile franchises, malls and corporate logos. On the fourth floor, Adel Gorgy’s recent body of work, Seeing Art Anew, is a collection of photographs whose subject is art itself, honing in on visual phrases from great paintings as the basis for new compositions or exploring the world or realism and abstraction. On the third floor, Michael Paxton’s photographs capture the serenity of monastic life in Laos and Myanmar (Burma) while Sandra P. Smith’s multimedia abstracts capture deep emotions and Karen Lundquist’s Post Impressionist oils burst forth in a riot of color and energy. In the atrium stairwell area between the second and third floors, you can view some of artist John Tetz’s fascinating mobiles, Feather Pieces. Finally, on the second floor, experience the unique “naïve” style of Romanian artist, Alex Chereches and the intriguing, contemporary canvasses of Jennifer Levine.
L-R: Karen Lundquist’s oil, Deep Ravine, November; Jennifer Levine’s oil, Strolling on a Cloud; Alex Chereches’s oil, Country Singing Group.
The Arts Council of the Morris Area manages the Atrium Art Gallery, selecting artists and scheduling exhibits on behalf of the Morris County Board of Chosen Freeholders. The Atrium Gallery is free and open to the public during business hours, from 8am – 5pm on Mondays-Fridays. The exhibit will run from January 20 through March 13, 2012. For additional information about the show, contact Dr. Lynn L. Siebert, Gallery Director, and Director of Arts Participation & Communication for the Arts Council of the Morris Area, (973) 285-5115, ext. 10 or Lsiebert@morrisarts.org