An enormous amount of work, time and money goes into producing this type of exhibit. SMI doesn’t actually make any money from this exhibit – the fees we charge cover rent, juror fee, reception. administration, publicity, catalog, graphics, installation, and deinstallation.

We are a non-profit artist member organization run mainly by volunteers. We are very proud of the ViewPoints annual exhibit – we work hard every year to find excellent jurors and produce a high quality exhibit of contemporary art. Although we could jury it online, we actually have our juror spend a day in the gallery space as they view and select the work – we feel that this way they really see the submitted work to its best advantage.  We have been partnering with Aljira for the last few years as our venue, it is a beautiful space in downtown Newark, a city with a lot of artistic energy.