Studio Montclair (SMI) announces “State of the Art 2017,” an exhibit on view from February 3 to April 14, 2017, featuring the most recent work of 80 SMI members. The exhibit takes place in Studio Montclair’s galleries at Academy Square, the SMI Gallery @ Academy Square and the SMI Virginia S. Block Gallery, 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 3, from 7 to 9 pm. The galleries are open to the public 7 am to 7 pm Monday through Friday.
SMI Galleries at Academy Square
33 Plymouth Street (1st & 2nd Floors)
Montclair, NJ 07042
HOURS: Monday-Friday 7am-7pm
“State of the Art 2017” includes the work in a variety of styles and media from 80 SMI members.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Cary Africk, Kate Albright, Catherine Meier Asher, Anna Berlin, Irene Costello Brandle, Ron Brown, Robyn Burns, Morgan Cameron, Amy Charmatz, Robert Conway, Marilyn Deitchman, Paul Di Zefalo, Dawn DiCicco, Shiree Farmer, Lydia Frank, Joan Gantz, Alexa Garbarino, Margaret Gardner, Stanley Gavidia, Aubrie Emmons George, Elizabeth Ginsberg, Madeline Giotta, Anita Gladstone, Joyce Goldman, Judy Gould, Dante Guariglia, Marsha Heller, Susan Holford, Ronnie Horn, Lorenzo Irico, Linda Jacobs, Monica Janes, Mildred Kaye, Shoshana Kertesz, Martha Kerr, Kathleen Kirchner, Joan Knauer, Ann Kraus, Joe LaMattina, Carole Lane, Rachel R Laufer, Linda Levitt, Colleen Lineberry, Edie Locke, Linda Steinhardt Majzner, Maya Malioutina, Natalya Tali Margolin, Evan Stuart Marshall, Susan Marx, Elinor Meeks, Betsy Meyer-Donadio, Gina Casolaro Murray, Carol Nussbaum, Walter S. Oliver, Nancy Ori, Ted Papoulas, Haeree Park, Arthur Paxton, Marisa Picardo, John Piccoli, Mary Jane Plofker, Jack Quinn, Sruti Raj, Roni Ramos, Bob Ricciotti, Rebecca Rosenheck, Michael Sherman, Judith Skillman, Stephen Sprung, Charlotte Stanske, Svetlana Stovboun, Kim Schmitt Thomas, Peter O. Tilgner, Linda Vonderschimdt-LaStella, Kenneth Weiner, Amy Whitman, Sandra Wolf, Barry Jay Yarkon, Kerry Youmans, 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.
Opening Reception.
Kate Albright Photo