The reception for “ViewPoints,” SMI’s 14th annual juried exhibition, took place June 9 at aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art. Exhibit Chair Phoebe Pollinger and Juror Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, as well as many artists, SMI members, and guests were there.

Congratulations to the award winners: Best in Show, Michel Modell; Second Place, JC Lenochan;
Third Place, Daniel Petraitis; and Honorable Mentions, Kurt Dyrhaug, Edward Fausty, Linda Brooks Hirschman, and So Yoon Lym.

Thank you to the award sponsors: CoCo, an experience, FastFrame, Gretchen Prater, Karen Kadus, MTS Frames, Oneida Mendez-Laws of Coldwell Banker, Montclair Art Museum, Ruby Reichardt, and Sonyia Woloshyn.

On June 11, Studio Montclair held a “Conversation with the Juror” at aljira with juror Rocío Aranda-Alvarado and participating artists JC Lenochan, Maria Lupo, and David Mazure.