Haddonfield Artist To Be Featured In Statewide Art Exhibit

HADDONFIELD, NJ - A Haddonfield artist will be featured in an upcoming exhibit at the Newark Museum of Art, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts announced.

Erik James Montgomery is among 45 artists who will be featured in the 2021 New Jersey Arts Annual: ReVision and Respond exhibit at the museum from June 17 through Aug. 22.

The annual juried exhibition is sponsored by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment of the Arts.

“We are delighted to host this year’s New Jersey Arts Annual in collaboration with the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and look forward to amplifying the work of these visionary artists by offering the public a glimpse of their inspiring talent,” Newark Museum of Art Associate Curator of Decorative Arts Amy Hopwood said. “We are eager to share what these 45 New Jersey-based artists have created.”

This year’s exhibition jurors are Kristen J. Owens, Associate Curator (Programs) for Rutgers University-Newark’s Paul Robeson Galleries at Express Newark; and Amy Simon Hopwood, Associate Curator of Decorative Arts at The Newark Museum of Art.

Together, they reviewed more than 1,800 entries from 484 artists across New Jersey. The jurors selected 50 works by 45 artists that they feel powerfully interpret this year’s ReVision and Respond theme, inspired by artists’ crucial role in society as they offer nuanced perspectives on the current and future worlds.

“As one of the longest standing partners of the Arts Annual, The Newark Museum of Art has found exciting new ways to engage with, and highlight the work of, New Jersey’s many accomplished artists,” New Jersey State Council on the Arts Director of Artist Services Danielle Bursk said. “We are proud to support the vision of The Newark Museum of Art and the artists who have contributed their talent to this timely exhibit.”

All artists over the age of 21 who live or work in New Jersey were eligible to apply. The open call invited a range of artistic practices, from traditional to abstract, from craft to new media. The selected works include ceramics, collage, installations, paintings, photographs, sculpture, textiles, video, and works on paper.

More information is available at https://www.newarkmuseumart.org/2021njaa.