(GLASSBORO, NJ) -- Rowan University Art Gallery opens the 2018 New Jersey Arts Annual for Fine Art presents Navigating Elements, a juried exhibit showcasing contemporary artists who investigate the relationship of content and medium to convey meaning in their work, is on display from April 28 to July 28. The exhibit is part of a program of New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
“We are very pleased to partner with the New Jersey State Council on the Arts,” said Mary Salvante, Gallery & Exhibitions Program Director for the gallery. “This exhibition highlights 21 contemporary artists from across the state exploring environmental themes through installation, painting, photography, and sculpture, sound, and video.”
The artists from across the state include Katrina Bello (Montclair). Gregory Brellochs (Camden), Michele Brody (Jersey City), Jeffrey Campbell (Wanaque), gwen charles (Montclair), Angeles Cossio (Jersey City), Wendy Gordon (Lambertville), Kay Kenny (South Orange), Dong Kyu Kim (Fort Lee), Joy Kreves (Ewing), Robert Lach (West Orange), Elizabeth Mackie (Frenchtown), Donald Moore (Sicklerville), Julie Nagle (Jersey City), Aimee Odum (Jersey City), Kaitlyn Paston (Frenchtown), Dolores Poacelli (Collingswood), Amanda Thackray (Newark), Rachel Udell (Collingswood), Lennox Warner (Atlantic City), and Mauro Zamora (Ewing).
The New Jersey Arts Annual series is a program of the State Arts Council, carried out in partnership with major arts organizations around the state. The unique series of exhibitions highlights the work of New Jersey visual artists working in the areas of fine arts and crafts. One exhibition takes place each year in either fine arts or crafts, in altering sequence, and featuring artists living or working in New Jersey.
Rowan University Art Gallery serves as a premier cultural destination for southern New Jersey, serving the university community and the surrounding region. With a mission to provide a platform for discourse on best practices in contemporary art by professional artists, curators and scholars, the gallery presents interdisciplinary art exhibitions, panel discussions, guest curatorial projects, and other public programming. As part of the largest university in South Jersey, the gallery is committed to cultivating an inclusive environment that encourages dialogue between exhibiting artists, students, faculty, the general public, and other cultural institutions. Year-round programming is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
Admission to the reception and the gallery is free and open to the public. Regular gallery hours are Monday – Wednesday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; and Thursday - Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Free parking is available in the Mick Drive parking garage across from the gallery. For information, call 856-256-4521 or visit www.rowan.edu/artgallery. The gallery is located at 301 High Street in Glassboro, NJ. An opening reception will be held at the gallery on April 28 from 3:00pm - 6:00pm.
The New Jersey State Council on the Arts, created in 1966, is a division of the NJ Department of State. The Council was established to encourage and foster public interest in the arts; enlarge public and private resources devoted to the arts; promote freedom of expression in the arts; and facilitate the inclusion of art in every public building in New Jersey. The Council receives direct appropriations from the State of New Jersey through a dedicated, renewable Hotel/Motel Occupancy fee, as well as competitive grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. To learn more about the Council, please visit www.artscouncil.nj.gov.
IMAGES: (TOP) by Lennox Warner; (BOTTOM) by Dolores Poacelli
