2024 New Jersey Arts Annual: Exploring our Connections

2024 New Jersey Arts Annual: Exploring our Connections

September 28, 2024-January 5, 2025

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Presented By New Jersey State Council of the Arts

Sponsored by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, this unique juried exhibition brings together the innovative work of 61 artists and is part of a series highlighting visual artists across the state.

For this richly varied exhibition, the jury reviewed more than 1000 submissions and selected 63 recent works created since 2022, that explore past and present themes of family, community, and belonging, in relation to identity, diversity and inclusion. Conceptually and stylistically diverse, these works in multiple mediums embody exceptional craftsmanship, inspire creativity, and entice the viewer to take a closer look.

The Works on display prompt a variety of questions, including perhaps the most important one of all: How do we understand different ways of experiencing the world around us in order to foster communities and form a more just and equitable society?



Hear from a selection of exhibiting artists as they discuss their works on All Of It with Alison Stewart.



Selected Press

Hyperallergic: The Intimate Vignettes of the New Jersey Arts Annual

Discover Jersey Arts: 2024 New Jersey Arts Annual Explores Family, Community Belonging



Artists represented in 2024 New Jersey Arts Annual: Exploring Our Connections:

 

Amber Koko Allen
Christine Back
Donna Bassin
Janice Belove
Mesma Belsaré
Bette Blank
Virginia Schaffer Block
Janet Boltax
Brandon Bravo
Beth Burstein
Jennifer Cabral
José Camacho
Emily Carrasco Perez
Lawrence Ciarallo
Daniel Cosentino
John Craig
Terrance Cummings

Karen Cunningham
Patricia Dahlman
Kirstin Demer
Kate Dodd
Nicholas D’Ornellas
Eugenio Espinosa
Dan Fenelon
Johanna Foster
Linda Friedman
   Schmidt
Ben Goldman
Grace Graupe-
   Pillard
Cheryl Gross
Qingling Guo
Ellen Hanauer
Marion Held

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Frank Ippolito
Troy Jones
Rachel Kanter
Ian King
Megan Klim
Parvathi Kumar
Kristin Künc
Steven Kushner
Kwesi Kwarteng
Kenneth MacBain
Joanna Madloch
Kirk Maynard
Winifred McNeill
Marge Miccio
Maria Mijares
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Meira Pomerantz
Copie Rodriguez
Joseph Gerard
   Sabatino
Gary Saretzky
Danielle Scott
Jay Seldin
Susan Sinek
Judi Tavill
JP Terlizzi
Renelle White
   Buffalo
Ann Winston
   Brown
Jonathan Yubi
   Gomez

This show is juried by Philemona Williamson, Kimberly Callas, and Todd Caissie.  Coordinated by Chief Curator Gail Stavitsky.

The New Jersey Arts Annual takes place each year at major New Jersey museums and galleries. These exhibitions are open to any artist currently living or working in the Garden State.



2024 New Jersey Arts Annual: Exploring Our Connections is a project of the Montclair Art Museum and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.  

Generous support provided by the Lyn and Glenn Reiter Endowed Special Exhibition Fund, Judith Targan Fund for Museum Publications, Christine James and Nick De Toustain, and Margo and Frank Walter.

All MAM programs are made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, and Museum members.