23rd International Juried Show, Summit

Jennie & Lee in front of the Maestá paintings

The Sussex County contingent (Howie and Carol Tremper, Jennie, and Joanna West) in front of the Maestá paintings

Valentine's Day weekend turned out to be quite an artful time. Friday evening Lee, Joel and I attended the opening reception for the 23rd Annual International Juried Show at the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey. I was impressed by the show and pleased with the placement of my work; the main landing in one of the staircases. My overall impression of the show was that the work seemed to be of a smaller scale than previous years (though mine were some of the larger works and I happen to be local), and agreed with Dan Bischoff's review in the Star Ledger. The show continues through March 27th if you haven't gotten a chance to see it.

Check back for tomorrow's post about the Sweetheart Walk on Valentine's Day; Love did Rock in Newton.

New Year's Acceptance

" . . . a global cousin to the Whitney Biennial show of American Art . . ."
Dan Bischoff, Star Ledger

Photo of Main Gallery, from www.njcva.org. Visual Arts Center of New Jersey. 1/6/08.

Christmas week I was working in the studio feeling overwhelmed by juggling both my business and my baby, when I received a glorious phone call from an intern at the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey telling me that I have been preliminarily selected for inclusion in its renowned International Juried Show. Historically speaking, amazing things have happened for me in the midst of frustration.

Adelina Vlas, Assistant Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art juried the show. The center will do a final jurying process on the 30th from the actual work. I was in the show in 2006, and the intern reminded me that generally if you are in the preliminary round, your work will be included. The final jurying is to safeguard against misrepresented work.

I hope to see you at the opening reception on Friday, February 13th, 6 - 8pm. Two of my paintings from 2008 will be in the show, pending the final jurying.