Garden State Garden: 27th Annual NJ Small Works Show

Kathleen Bartoletti, Up Close and Personal No.3,
Acrylic, 12x12 inches

The Mikhail Zakin Gallery at the Art School at Old Church is celebrating Garden State Garden, the 27^th Annual New Jersey Small Works Show with 40 works of art by artists with a biographical connection to New Jersey. The exhibition is curated by Scot J. Wittman, a NJ arts professional, and runs through July 15, 2016. An opening reception with the artists will be Thursday, June 23 from 5:30 – 7:30 PM. The show and opening reception are wheelchair accessible and free to the public. All are encouraged to attend for conversation and light refreshments to celebrate the arts.

Paul Mordetsky, Greenfield, Oil, 10x10 inches

Paintings, drawings, photographs and mixed media sculptures reflect the Garden State Garden theme in ways both literal and experimental. Wittman selected works that portrayed excellence in craft and concept, ensuring a wide variety of black and white work as well as color, garden citation as well as metaphoric reference, and realism as well as abstraction. From dozens and dozens of works, the juror winnowed the collection to works with which he was most impressed.  These works became the heart of the show, representing a range of artists living and working in NJ. 

Congratulations to exhibiting artists Linda Aldrich, Tanya Anastass, Kathleen Bartoletti, Sarah Becktel, Maureen Bennett, Marcy Cagan, Paula Cantor, Robyne Cohen, Jacqueline Collier, Raye Cooke, Howard Danziger, Marilyn Deitchman, May Eason, Hank Gans, Trine Giaever, Anita Gladstone, Marsha Heller, Linda Brooks Hirschman, TingTing Hsu, Sean Jamar, Kathleen Jaffe, Olivia Koopalethes, Marsha Leinberger, Christa M. Leonard, Nancy Michaels, Paul Mordetsky, Beverly Noble, Phyllis Polevoy, Rebecca Rosenheck, Kiyoko Sakai, Susan Sapanara, Sonia Stark, Laura Lee Schultz, Michael Stimola, Peter Tilgner, James Van Gelder, Snejana Videlova, Mary Helen Wagner, Lisa G. Westheimer and Ron Wohlgemuth.

Christa M. Leonard, Cape May Flower, Photography, 18x18 inches