Studio Montclair announces our 19th Annual Open Juried Exhibition “ViewPoints 2016” at aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art in the heart of Newark, NJ’s arts district from June 2 to 30, 2016.
Congratulations to our 2016 Award Winners!
Phoebe M. Pollinger Best in Show Award sponsored by Investors Bank
Pam Cooper, “Stolen II”
Second Place sponsored by Viridian Environmental, Inc.
William Dean Reynolds, “Mysterious Italian with Matches”
Third Place
Lisa Redburn, “Swamp Tapestry Triptych”
Honorable Mentions
Aleksandra Bury, “Under Water Surface”
Galina Dargery, “The Gift”
Lisa G. Westheimer, “Echo Chamber”
Honorable Mention sponsored by Red Lion Framing
Barbara Brill, “Recess”
Honorable Mention sponsored by Red Lion Framing
Eric Levin, “Palm Beach, Florida”
Honorable Mention sponsored by Jerry’s Artist Outlet
Linda Brooks Hirschman, “Tree Skins: Chopped, Strangled, Burnt”
Honorable Mention sponsored by the Montclair Art Museum
Amy Tingle, “Day Dreaming: Innocence Splintered”
JUROR BIO
Mary Birmingham is Curator at the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, where she directs an ambitious program of contemporary art exhibitions. Since 2010 she has organized more than thirty-five group and solo exhibitions for the Art Center, which is the largest public institution in NJ devoted exclusively to contemporary art. She began her career at the Whitney Museum and worked at the Montclair Art Museum from 1994-2003; she was Director of Exhibitions at the Hunterdon Art Museum from 2007-2010. Birmingham has an MA in Art History from Hunter College, with a concentration in American Modernism. She is the author of Dynamic Impulse: The Drawings of Stuart Davis and co-author of Montclair Art Museum: Selected Works. She has organized numerous exhibitions, and has written and lectured on a variety of topics in American and contemporary art.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Cary Africk, Emily Allison, ShinYoung An, Peter Arakawa, A. Bascove, Constance Bassett, Donna Bassin, Amy Becker, William Beckett, David Bogus, Barbara Brill, Zel Brook, Aleksandra Bury, Sarah Bush, David Cann, Serban Chelariu, Pauline Chernichaw, Thea Clark, Dorothy Cochran, Sara Conklin, Pam Cooper, Marcie Cooperman, Galina Dargery, Dawn DiCicco, Kurt Dyrhaug, Carla Falb, Bin Feng, Jack Ferriday, Dana Flynt, Leslie Ford, Lynne Friedman, Bennett Gewirtz, Michael Giles, Jack Girard, Alison Golder, Allan Gorman, Inguna Gremzde, Kate Hamilton, Beth Heit, Charity Henderson, Tom Herbert, Linda Brooks Hirschman, Paul Hitchen, Linda Jacobs, Susan Jacobs, Paul Jervis, Anne Kerr, Martha Kerr, Ann Kim, Richard Koch, Sassoon Kosian, Scott Leahing, Dorine Lerner, Eric Levin, Colleen Lineberry, Yvette Lucas, Dave Magyar, Ellen Martin, David Mazure, Lucretia Mcguff-Silverman, Florence Moonan, Dennis Murray, Ray Ogar, Daniel Pailes-Friedman, Lisa Redburn, Stephanie Regen, Szilvia Revesz, William Dean Reynolds, Bob Ricciotti, Brooke Rogers, David Rogers, Kathleen Rogers, Lisa Sanders, Theda Sandiford, Toni-Lee Sangastiano, Michael Scherfen, Kate Shannon, Pamela Shipley, Elaine Shor, Barbara Simcoe, Jenny Singleton, Jane Soodalter, Lizzy Storm, Abie Sussman, Carol Tanenbaum, Nathan Taves, Nicholas Teetelli, Amy Tingle, Marianne Trent, Eric Valosin, Ira Wagner, Jenny Walker, Ginger Ware, Jennifer Weigel, Kenneth Weiner, Lisa G Westheimer, Sandra Wolf, Susan Yankoski
Sincere thanks to our award sponsors.
We especially thank Investors Bank for their generous donation as lead sponsor of this exhibition.
