SMI @ Academy Square Gallery
33 Plymouth Street (1st & 2nd Floors)
Montclair, NJ 07042
HOURS: Monday-Friday 7am-7pm
Studio Montclair (SMI) announces “State of the Art 2018,” an exhibit on view from February 2 to April 27, 2018, featuring the work of its artist members. The exhibit will take place at SMI @ Academy Square Gallery, an alternative space, located on the first and second floors of Academy Square, 33 Plymouth Street in Montclair. All are invited to the opening reception on Friday, February 2, from 7 to 9pm. The galleries are open to the public 7am to 7pm Monday through Friday.
“State of the Art 2018” includes over 100 pieces of art from Studio Montclair artist members in a broad range of visual media, including painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, and mixed media.
The jurors for the show are Virginia S. Block and April Tracey.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Bithika Adhikary, Stephen Adubato, Natalia Bessonova, Mariette Boerstoel, Irene Brandle, Judith Brice, Ron Brown, Robyn Burns, Judith Carlin, Patricia Catanzaro, Pauline Chernichaw, RitaMarie Cimini, Robin Clark, Dorothy Cochran, Carol Cohn, Anita Dellal, Elizabeth DeMarco, Theresa DeSalvio, Paul Di Zefalo, Dan Epstein, Andrea Epstein, Ekaterina Ermilkina, Diane Fergurson, Fred R. Fertik, June Fisher-Markowitz, Maria Fontanez, Yolanda Fundora, Joan Gantz, Meeta Garg, Aubrie Emmons George, Elizabeth Ginsberg, Madeline Giotta, Anita Gladstone, Leslie Goldman, Richard Goncalves, Judy Gould, Sheila Grabarsky, Donna Grande, Dante Guariglia, Eve Han, Victoria Hanks, Marsha Heller, Peter Heller, Brenda Hendrickson, Susan Holford, Ronnie Horn, Mary Howe, Tsai Hung, Karene Infranco, Monica Janes, Martha Kerr, Catherine Kinkade, Kathleen Kirchner, Deborah Kozak, Ann Kraus, Michelle Kurlan, Joe LaMattina, Carole Lane, Rachel Laufer, Joan Lesikin, Eric Levin, Joanna Madloch, Kevin Majewski, Pam Malone, Valerie Mankoff, Natalya Tali Margolin, Fernando Mariscal, Janet Markman, Evan Stuart Marshall, Angel Martinez, Susan Marx, John Masi, Philip McCormick, Marcia Miele Branca, Dennis Murray, Walter Oliver, Denis Orloff, Anna Orlova, Ted Papoulas, Chris Pelletiere, Marcia Pelletiere, Marisa Picardo, John Piccoli, Sophia Pierre, Jim Price, Lisa Quinn, Jack Quinn, Natasha Rabin, Bonita Reed, Bob Ricciotti, Markus Riebe, TJ Ro, Will Rockwell, Rebecca Lea Rosenheck, Lisette Rotman, Robert Ryder, Hal Sadler, Theda Sandiford, Kim Schmitt Thomas , Suzannah Schreckhise, Lucille Scurti, Michael Sherman, Joan Speare, Stephen Sprung, Isaac Stackell, Linda Steinhardt Majzner, Miriam Stern, Lisa Stoeffel, Onnie Strother, Brian Stymest, Amy Thompson-Hill, Richard Toglia, Laurie Waite-Fellner, Eric Williams, Maya Wilson, Sandra Wolf, Audrey Yankielun, Barry Yarkon, Tony Zaza.
JURORS
Virginia S. Block is one of the five original co-founders of SMI and founding president from 1997-2003. She has a long and varied art career working as an art teacher, a package and logo designer, and director of incentive marketing at an advertising and marketing firm. Ms. Block has been represented by galleries in Washington DC, FL, PA, OH, NJ, and NY since 1980 and is currently represented by a gallery in Seattle. Her work is included in numerous private and corporate collections throughout the U.S.
April Tracey BFA has curated hundreds of fine art exhibitions and has served on several panels judging entries for photo competitions. From 1988 – 1994 she owned and operated Art Noise, a contemporary art gallery that was located in Kingston, Ontario. A serial entrepreneur, she has created arts related businesses in education, manufacturing, wholesale, retail, import, and export industries. Her art can be found in public and private collections in Canada, the US and in Europe. She currently resides and produces her art in the Valley Arts District of Orange NJ.
Reception: Friday, February 2, 2018
Photos: Kate Albright Photo
