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  • An optical illusion-esque painting with black and white zig-zagged, stripes in the background. On top of that, there is a translucent blue circle with squared letters that say "She knows other worlds."

Jeffrey Gibson: SHE KNOWS OTHER WORLDS

2024-02-28T16:16:02-05:00

EXHIBITIONS Jeffrey Gibson: SHE KNOWS OTHER WORLDS Main Lobby September 29, 2023–February 4, 2024 The Stair-gazing Gallery features artwork by Jeffrey Gibson on loan from the Forge Project, which oversees a collection of contemporary art with an emphasis on the work of

Jeffrey Gibson: SHE KNOWS OTHER WORLDS2024-02-28T16:16:02-05:00
  • Sandra Eula Lee The Walking Mountain (series), 2014-23, Mixed media on paper, 8.5 x 11 inches. In the middle there is a red circle with beige, web-like patterns. Behind it is graph paper with jagged purple and yellow lines and on the most outer part of the painting is a speckled background.

Sandra Eula Lee: The Walking Mountain

2024-02-28T16:19:06-05:00

EXHIBITIONS Sandra Eula Lee: The Walking Mountain Marité & Joe Robinson Strolling Gallery I September 29, 2023–February 4, 2024 Sandra Eula Lee is a multidisciplinary artist who transforms ordinary and found objects for the purpose of exploring notions of permanence. This exhibition

Sandra Eula Lee: The Walking Mountain2024-02-28T16:19:06-05:00
  • Samata Batra Mehta, Redux // Search for the Empyrean #1, 2021, Digital Ink on Archival Paper (ed. of 5), 22 x 30 inches. It has a golden moon with an eye on top above a dark, feather-like pattern, surrounded by things like a vintage astronomical diagram, a heart, and a bird.

Samanta Batra Mehta: Search for the Empyrean

2024-02-28T16:30:38-05:00

EXHIBITIONS Samanta Batra Mehta: Search for the Empyrean Mitzi and Warren Eisenberg Gallery September 29, 2023–February 4, 2024 Samanta Batra Mehta is a mixed-media artist who explores identity, memory, and the interconnection between human experience and the world we inhabit. She investigates

Samanta Batra Mehta: Search for the Empyrean2024-02-28T16:30:38-05:00
  • Elena Herzog, American Pastoral, 2021 Vintage chenille bedspread, mixed textiles, and thread 115 x 92 inches. It has wave-like patterns in pink, red, and brown tones. The pattern boarders the paper and makes semi-circles in the middle.

Elana Herzog: Ripped, Tangled, and Frayed

2024-02-28T16:18:22-05:00

EXHIBITIONS Elana Herzog: Ripped, Tangled, and Frayed Main Gallery September 29, 2023–February 4, 2024 Ripping, cutting, tangling, fraying, and stapling are among the many physical acts at the core of Elana Herzog’s artistic practice. For over three decades, she has dismantled

Elana Herzog: Ripped, Tangled, and Frayed2024-02-28T16:18:22-05:00

VACNJ Receives Grant from New Jersey State Council on the Arts

2023-09-26T19:30:36-04:00

Visual Arts Center of New Jersey Receives Grant from New Jersey State Council on the Arts Summit, NJ (September 26, 2023)—The Visual Arts Center of New Jersey (VACNJ) was recently awarded a grant by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts (NJSCA) as part

VACNJ Receives Grant from New Jersey State Council on the Arts2023-09-26T19:30:36-04:00
  • Amy Becker Ladders (detail), 2017 Archival pigment print 10 x 7 ½ inches. It depicts a blue payphone with some graffiti. Behind it sits train tracks and a yellow wall covered in windows and ladders.

Amy Becker: DEAD RINGERS: Portraits of Abandoned Payphones

2023-11-21T20:55:45-05:00

COMMUNITY GALLERIES Amy Becker: DEAD RINGERS: Portraits of Abandoned Payphones Marité & Joe Robinson Strolling Gallery II September 23–November 11 Amy Becker, Ladders, 2017, Archival pigment print, 10 x 7 ½ inches Artist’s Statement: The new millennium’s rapid embrace

Amy Becker: DEAD RINGERS: Portraits of Abandoned Payphones2023-11-21T20:55:45-05:00
  • Celeste Maslovsky Flora, 2022 Oil on canvas 20 x 24 inches. It is a realistic photo of a woman with brown skin, red lips, black eyes, and curly brown hair tied up with a white ribbon.

Celeste Maslovsky: Collective Presence

2023-11-21T21:12:13-05:00

COMMUNITY GALLERIES Celeste Maslovsky: Collective Presence Ann’s Place Gallery September 23–November 11 Celeste Maslovsky, Flora, 2022, Oil on canvas, 20 x 24 inches Artist’s Statement: This series of portraits and quilt squares emerged from collaborations between the artist and

Celeste Maslovsky: Collective Presence2023-11-21T21:12:13-05:00
  • A young child standing in between a caged window and a door. Nancy Ori An Afternoon Memory, 2017 Archival inkjet photograph 18 x 18 inches

Viva La Cultura: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage

2023-12-01T14:42:59-05:00

COMMUNITY GALLERIES Viva La Cultura: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Photography by Deborah Guzmán Meyer and Nancy Ori Overlook Medical Center August 30–November Nancy Ori, An Afternoon Memory, 2017 Archival inkjet photograph 18 x 18 inches Deborah Guzmán Meyer's series New

Viva La Cultura: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage2023-12-01T14:42:59-05:00
  • Artist in Residence Kirk Maynard demonstrating his process to visiting students.

2023 Artist in Residence Program

2023-09-14T13:58:12-04:00

2023 Artists in Residence PROGRAM OVERVIEW The Artist in Residence program took place from July 7–August 13, when the Art Center’s Main Gallery was transformed into a creative space for artists to reflect on their artistic practices, experiment with materials and techniques, and explore

2023 Artist in Residence Program2023-09-14T13:58:12-04:00
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