Studio Montclair (SMI) is honored to present “Strength and Resilience,” an exhibit celebrating Black History Month and Women’s History Month.
The show will run from January 31 through February 28 at SMI’s Leach Gallery, 641 Bloomfield Ave., Montclair, NJ. An opening reception will be held on Friday, January 31 from 6:00-8:00pm.
Strength and resilience are powerful concepts that are similar but not the same. Strength signifies endurance and toughness, the ability to resist force, while resilience embodies adaptability and flexibility, the ability to recover and move forward in the face of adversity. These qualities can distinguish both the character of individuals and groups and physical materials. The curator of “Strength and Resilience” challenged artists to create artworks that reflect either or both essential themes in terms of the conceptual thinking behind the work and/or use of art mediums/materials. The resulting pieces in the exhibition—innovative, thought-provoking, and masterful—convey, through varied subjects and mediums, the spirit and power of resilience and strength.
Participating Artists:
Fermionne A, Judyann Affronti, Kate Albright, Scott Altmann, Sandra Anton, Charlene Avery, Subhra Bhattacharya, Nancy Blankenhorn, Wendy Born, Nova Bronstein, Kern Bruce, Amanda Burns-Elhassouni, Judith Carlin, Cal Carter, Joan Carter, George Chin, Dennis Connors, Antoinette Ellis-Williams, Dan Epstein, Carlos Escalera, Maria Estrela, Andrea Fortunoff, Werner Foster, Joan Gantz, Karen Goldberg, Bart Gorin, Curtis Grayson, Mark Harris, Samar Hussaini, Veda Kagabo, Martine Kasmin, Steven Kushner, Oliver Lake, Yvette Lucas, Joanna Madloch, John Masi, Chuck Miley, Pamela Moore, Taeesha Muhammad, Mansa Mussa, Shane Neil, Denis Orloff, Maria Ortiz-Haynes, Sylvia Padilla, Katharine Philip, John Piccoli, Alex Polner, Joseph Putrino, Sonia Rapaport, Tony Rio, Cassie Rodrigues, Hiran Sarkar, Lianne Schoenwiesner, Miriam Seiden, Fausto Sevila, Mala Shah, Margo Stahl, Nette Thomas, Cynthia Vaughn, Ann Vollum, Barbara Wallace, Amy Wax, Malik Whitaker, Tina Ybarra
About the Curator:
Onnie Strother is a visual artist, lecturer, and curator, born and raised in Newark NJ. He is a former art and art history teacher with degrees in fine arts, art education and administration and supervision. He works in a variety of mediums with subjects derived from the media, popular music, political and social issues. He has received grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation. His artwork can be seen in public and private collections and online.
This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, administered by the Essex County Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs and in part with support of the New Jersey Arts and Culture Renewal Fund at the Princeton Community Foundation.
