Studio Montclair is delighted to announce one of its largest and most distinguished exhibits: The 28th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, “Viewpoints 2025” on view from April 25 to June 6 at Studio Montclair’s Leach Gallery, 641 Bloomfield Avenue, Montclair, NJ.
Congratulations to our 2023 Award Winners!
Phoebe M. Pollinger Best in Show Award
Barbara Novak, “Shaman”
Second Place
Janet Boltax, “Madame Vivien V”
Third Place
Paulina Olivares, “The Woman with the Red Dress”
Honorable Mentions
Jean-Paul Picard, “Glass Block 12”
Alison Deas, “Roots?”
Francesca Azzara, “Finding the Time”
Leach Gallery
641 Bloomfield Ave.
Montclair, NJ
862-500-1447
Gallery Hours:
By Appointment only.
Opening Reception: Friday, April 25, 6:00 to 8:00pm
Studio Montclair is delighted to announce one of its most highly anticipated exhibits, the 28th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, “ViewPoints 2025.” This prestigious juried exhibition will run from April 25 to June 6 at Studio Montclair’s Leach Gallery, 641 Bloomfield Avenue, Montclair, NJ. The opening reception and announcement of cash awards will take place on Friday, April 25, from 6 to 8pm.
The exhibition—reflecting an expansive range of subjects, approaches, and mediums– provides a vibrant window into the breadth of talent within New Jersey and beyond. Themes of family and community resonate throughout with artists’ personal yet deeply relatable narratives along with a focus on the beauty often encapsulated in ordinary objects. Using such varied materials as paint, fabric, found objects, wood, collage, photographs, video—even human hair—artists use both traditional and contemporary forms of visual creativity to address themes of politics, sustainability, race, ethnicity, sexuality, memory, the passage of time, the human body, family relationships, and community.
Says Juror Kate Moger, “ViewPoints celebrates the capacity of art to capture, transform, and reimagine the world around us—one vision at a time. The exhibition is a testament to the richness of conversation among the works on view, where a single gesture, material, or image can spark deeper meaning. Whether rooted in memory, history, or observation, these artworks remind us that art is not only a reflection of the world but a way of reinterpreting it and ourselves.”
Participating Artists:
Susan Adler, Ann Antoshak, Meta Arnold, Carlos Arteaga, Michal Barkai, Janice Belove, Lindy Blanchard, Nova Bronstein, Heidi Brueckner, Cal Carter, Jo Ann Chaus, Donald Depuydt, Joan Diamond, circe dunnell, Karen Engelmeyer, Erica Engfer Pizza, Nadia Estela, Maureen Fisher, Michael Fleischhacker, Rick Freeman, Yolanda Fundora, Ruth Geneslaw, Stephen Geoffrey, John Gummere, Adam Gustavson, Alice Harrison, Beth Heit, Susan Hensel, Rhiannon Janeschild, Alex Katsenelinboigen, Merrie Koehlert, Oliver Lake, Judy Levy, Joseph Lozano, Joanna Madloch, Patricia Malarcher, Karen Martin, John Masi, Patrick McCoy, Chuck Miley, Soren Nellemann, Paulina Olivares, J Steven Patton, Andrea Placer, Stacey AS Pritchard, Ida Pruitt, Jack Quinn, Lucia Ravens, Jonathan Ricci, Eric Rhinehart, Irene Riegner, Tony Rio, Michelle Schneider, Mirjam Seeger, Mary Shadbolt, Neena Shah, Daniel Stern, Brian Tresca, Miriam Untoria, Maria Valdivia, Mila Vovk, Barbara Wallace, Odessa Whitlock
Juror: Kate Moger is a Brooklyn-based gallerist, curator, and artist. She currently serves as the Associate Director at albertz benda, a bi-coastal gallery with locations in both Los Angeles and New York. In 2021, she co-edited the catalog THIS IS AMERICA, published by Distanz Verlag, and her writings have appeared in notable publications such as Art in America. Kate has previously held positions at esteemed galleries and institutions including Eric Firestone Gallery, MoMA PS1, and the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston.
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.
