Installation view of ETA at VisArts. Courtesy of VisArts
(SUMMIT, NJ) -- Opening on February 7 and running through May 18, 2025 the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey will host a series of exhibitions focusing on the theme of place(less(ness)) that will feature various forms of media, including technology, textiles, and printmaking. Each exhibition explores ideas around the spaces we occupy and how we interact with them.
In the Main Gallery, artists Mollye Bendell, Christopher Kojzar, and JLS Gangwisch, members of the Baltimore-based collective strikeWare, will use media and technology to examine transit-related occurrences in the traveling exhibition ETA: Rerouted. The exhibition's first iteration, ETA, opened on November 22, 2024, and was curated by VACNJ Curator Jordan Horton, as part of the Emerging Curator Program at VisArts in Rockville, Maryland.
In the Mitzi and Warren Eisenberg Gallery, artist Leila Seyedzadeh draws inspiration from her Iranian heritage and landscapes to create a new installation featuring mended textiles, in her solo exhibition, Under the Sky, Above the Sea. The Art Center will host a Fabric Dyeing Workshop, inspired by Seyedzadeh’s work on April 19 from 9:30am–12:30pm. This workshop, led by teaching artist Denise Banaag, will lead students through various fabric dyeing techniques like the ones that can be seen in the exhibition.
Leila Seyedzadeh, Suspended Mountain, 2017, hand-dyed cotton cloth, found cloth, rope, 13 x 9 x 5 in. Courtesy of the artist
In the Marité & Joe Robinson Strolling Gallery, artist Michael Dal Cerro presents bustling and abundant ecological cityscapes in his solo exhibition, Not Built in a Day. Dal Cerro is a New Jersey-based printmaker who takes his influences from classical architecture, expressionism and woodblock prints.
Michael Dal Cerro, Rising Waters, 2024, woodcut, 15 x 20 in. Courtesy of the artist
The Art Center will host a Last Look event on Sunday, May 18, from 2:00pm–4:00pm. The event is free and open to the public and will feature an informal talk and closing reception with the exhibiting artists.
For more than 90 years, the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey has been exclusively dedicated to viewing, making, and learning about contemporary art. Recognized as a leading non-profit arts organization, the Art Center’s renowned Studio School, acclaimed exhibitions, and educational outreach initiatives serve thousands of youths, families, seniors, and people with special needs annually.
The Visual Arts Center of New Jersey is located at 68 Elm Street in Summit, NJ. Gallery hours: Monday–Thursday, 10:00am–8:00pm; Friday & Saturday, 10:00am–5:00pm; and Sunday, 11:00am–4:00pm. Please call 908.273.9121 to confirm holiday hours.
Major support for the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey is provided by the Wilf Family Foundations; New Jersey State Council on the Arts; and the Art Center community of supporters.
