(PRINCETON JUNCTION, NJ) --  The West Windsor Arts Council, an award-winning community arts-focused organization, presents the work of over 100 artists in “Off the Wall,” an Affordable Art Sale. The juried exhibition is open to the public until Friday, December 20, 2019. A two-day opening reception will be held in conjunction with the WWAC Artisan Market. As an affordable art sale, artwork will be offered at prices from $50 to $400. Artworks may be literally taken off the wall at the time of purchase. 

According to Aylin Green, Executive Director of the West Windsor Arts Center, “This is the 9th ‘Off the Wall’ art show and it grows in quality and excitement each year. This was our biggest year yet in terms of the number of works submitted for consideration. The exhibition committee did a great job selecting the work. I know it was a difficult thing to do, but ultimately, the variety of works, all priced under $400, is impressive. I’ve got my eye on two or three.”

Marla Powers’ artwork is representative of the unique art in various mediums and styles that one can see in this show. Powers’ art is influenced by her background in anthropology and her studies of the art of the Lakota people in South Dakota and the Pueblo people in New Mexico. Powers focuses on creating artwork that allows the viewer to sense the movement and energy of the subject matter. This fluidity is evident in Powers’ work cache-cache, mon amour which she created using encaustic collage and mixed media. 

In addition to mediums such as encaustic, oil, acrylic, watercolor, photography, and printmaking, some artists used artistic techniques that relate to their heritage. Artist Ke He used traditional Chinese brush painting in her work Resting Whitle Ostrich. Each artist also considers how the viewer of the artwork might interpret the piece. Adriana Groza’s Aerial View is an acrylic representation of the ocean as seen from above. Groza emphasized that this aerial perspective gives the viewer flexibility in how he or she chooses to display the painting on the wall. 

New this year, the West Windsor Arts Council is pleased to showcase thirteen works of art by participants in the Visual Arts Program at The Arc Mercer. The Arc Mercer has served people with special needs through empowering programs for 70 years. In the Visual Arts Program, participants grow as artists through lessons by professional art instructors. 

The ‘Off the Wall’ show features artworks by the following artists: The Arc Mercer, Zakia Ahmed, Phyllis Anderson, Sherri L Andrews, Arjel Dizon Bautista, Kelly Becker, Megan Bessinger, Clara Sue Beym, Seema Bhattacharjee, Theresa A. Bowman Downing, Vincent Bush, Maggie Bee Byram, Judith Caccavale, Jim Carvalho, Hyelim Chang, Lina Chao, Denise D Croft, Sheetal Dalal, Ingrid Davis, Purnima Dharanipragada, Myron Jay Dorf, Disha Dua, Ilene Dube, Mary Leone Duffy, Robert Edelhauser, Johanna Ericson, Jayme Fahrer, Deanna Feinstein, Carol Feinstein, Teri Fiore, Gary David Fournier, Phyllis Gorsen, Forrest Greswold, Adriana Groza, Hulya Guler, Marilyn Hansen, D.J. Haslett, Ke He, Joelle Hofbauer, Jinwoo Jung, Margaret Kalvar Bushnell, Mita Karnik, Armor Keller, Jan Koczera, Lavinia Kumar, Renee M. Kumar, Snehal Siddhesh Kumbhar, Lori Langsner, Yun Li, Suri Long, Daniel C Luchansky, Christopher Mac Kinnon, Concetta Maglione, Aarti Mantri, Carol Hesse Marsland, Dominic Martelli, Helene Mazur, Dana McKay, Sweety Mehta, Judith A. Miller, Anika Mittal, Roberta Neutuch, Peggy Nicholson, Rekha Panja, Feelim Park, Nikita Patel, Don Perez, Deborah W. Pey, William Plank, Helene Plank, Marla N. Powers, William K. Powers, Sujan Rane, Robert Raphael, Dhruti Rathi, John S. Rounds, Barun Saha, Karen Schoenitz, Harry Schultz, Martin Schwartz, Rooma Sehar, Francisco Silva, Margaret Simpson, Poonam Singh, Reena Singh, Vibha Singh, Joan Stolpen, Rebecca Swan, Katie Truk, Jennifer Tungol, Archana Vadivelu, Andrew Werth, Susan Winter, Anne-Marie Woodrow, and Saima Yosuf.   

The West Windsor Arts Council’s mission is to provide high quality cultural programming that brings people together and transforms the world around us by inspiring, educating and promoting the arts and art appreciation for our diverse community. 

The West Windsor Arts Center is located at 952 Alexander Rd Princeton Junction, NJ 08550. Office and gallery hours are Monday to Friday, 10:00am to 6:00pm and Saturday, 10:00am to 4:00pm.  

IMAGE: cache-cache, mon amour, Marla N. Powers, 13” x 16”, mixed media encaustic collage

Resting Whitle Ostrich, Ke He, 19” x 25”, traditional Chinese brush painting