Hope for the Holidays

When: Sunday, November 19th-December 31st, 2017

Where: Monmoth Museum

https://monmouthmuseum.org/events/hope-for-the-holidays/

Media “ India Ink on Scraperboard with acrylic paint Size: 18” x 24Summary

The Holiday Season provides the opportunity to look forward to the future with anticipation and the expectation that despite adversity, better times are ahead. This shared experience of the positive human spirit, Hope,exists beyond borders and is not unique to any single country or belief system. Throughout time, Hope is woven into all cultures across the globe. With this Main Gallery exhibition, Hope for the Holidays, the Monmouth Museum’s intent is to offer artists’ views of a positive future for their lives, our lives and our shared world. 

Description

Juried art exhibition.

Different Strokes for Different Folks

When: Thursday, November 16th, 2017 5-8 PM

Where: Summit Medical Group • 1 Diamond Hill Rd • Lawrence Pavillion 1st Floor Gallery & Cafe Conference Center • Berkeley Heights, NJ

Watercolor inks on clay board inset in wrought iron frame ~ 11x14"Summary

New Jersey is one of the most diverse states in the country, and Summit Medical group Patients come from all walks of life. SMG's newest art exhibition will showcase works from artists that celebrate the varied mix of people represented in our community of 70+ locations.

Description

Artists include: Nettie Forne Thomas, Nat Bernard, Janet Boltax, Cathy McCoy Bristol, Amy Charmatz, Richard Eber, Tracy Farrell, Mary Ann Ficker, Daniel Finaldi, Jeri Greenberg, Gail Kolflat, Theresa Kubert, Judith Leeds, Katinka Neuhof, Nancy Ori, Paula Pearl, Oscar Peterson, Dorothy Siclare, Donna Stein, Kyle Stevenson, Karen Tighe, Rhoda Yanow, and Florence Wint.

Politico: (Do You) KNOW YOUR PLACE?

When: Satuiday, November 2nd-Saturday, December 3rd, 2016

Where: Pierro Gallery of South Orange

http://southorange.org/DocumentCenter/View/736/Politico-Group?bidId=

Mixed media: ~ Size: 26x24" | Description : Dry point etching on acetate over graphite drawing.Summary

“Know Your Place”- an idiom often used to keep people from challenging the status quo, seems particularly relevant in this election cycle just as one national party has for the first time in US history nominated a woman as a candidate for President while the opposing party's nominee stands charged with racism, bigotry and misogyny.

Description:

Curators Raleigh Ceasar and Sandy Martiny investigate the ways artist have responded to the election issues regarding race and feminism.

“Who’s Afraid of Feminism” : online gallery and catalog

September 2015

The Cinderella Syndrome and The Ambiguous Ivory Tower have been chosen for “Who’s Afraid of Feminism", an Online Gallery and print catalog by Catherine Morris, Curator, Elizabeth Sackler Center at the Brooklyn Museum for the Women’s Caucus for Art exhibition

Fertile Soil at Orbit 2 : Paul Robeson Galleries, Newark NJ

Jan 20th 2015 - Jul 30th 2015

Paul Robeson Galleries : Orbit 2
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
350 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
Newark, NJ 07102 USA

http://artgallery.newark.rutgers.edu/exhibitions/

In 2014 the world lost two great female artists, Maya Angelou and Ruby Dee.  Not only were they artists but also political and social activists.  This exhibition, curated by Gladys Grauer, coincides with the Women in Media Film Festival and features New Jersey artists Yvette Lucas, Rosalind Nzinga Nichol, Sarah Petruziello, and Nette Forne Thomas.

“You may write me down in history
With your bitter twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I’ll rise.”