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.

Preview the Exhibition
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Cummings, "Family"
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Graupe-Pillard, "James Oliver Jones Jr."
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Fenelon, "Tempest Tost"
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ALLEN, "Heritage"

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? 

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 and the Judith Targan Fund for Museum Publications.  

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, The Vance Wall Foundation, and Museum members.