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(ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, NJ) — “Artwork within the Age of Covid” is the primary juried exhibition sponsored by the Atlantic Highlands Arts Council.  They obtained submissions from artists all through New Jersey, in addition to from Pennsylvania, New York Metropolis and New York State, and as far west as Iowa Metropolis, IA. The exhibit was judged by Sheilagh Casey and Jennifer Watson and runs till January 23, 2021.

The exhibit contains paintings by 53 artists: Sherry Ackerson, Linda Arnold, Elizabeth Beres Schwartz, Hema Bharadwaj & Parvathi Kumar, Joseph Borzotta, Sara Brown, David Bryne, Yan Cao, Margery Cohen, Rachel Cohen, Bruce Cohn, Francis Corcoran, Michael Cortese, Daybreak DiCicco, Carol Esch, Olivia Truthful, Kym Fetsko, Joan Gantz, Kristen Gillespie, Katherine Hedden, Eileen Kennedy, Shoshana Kertesz, Clay Kline, Dave Konig, Sheila Kramer, Ed Kulback, Kristin Kunc, Ok Dorsey Lucas, Ellen Martin, Charissa Massas, Randy Mayer, Brian McCarty, David McGrath, Roxanna Meléndez, Kristin Middleton, Denise Mumm, Maia Nero, Peter O’Toole, Katharine Philip, Stacey AS Pritchard, Michele Rath, Andrew Ricci, John Robinson, Invoice Ross, Andrea Sauchelli, Jim Sechiano, Elizabeth Smith, Heidi Spivack, Jackie St. Angel, Jackson Strome, Carla Valentino, Mary Walker-Baptiste, and Drew Zimmerman.

Sheilagh Casey, a visible artist and author, has exhibited regionally since 2008, profitable plenty of awards. She studied artwork historical past at Buy Faculty-SUNY and Rutgers. As a journalist, she started her profession writing artwork opinions for Gannet Newspapers in Connecticut, and later grew to become a basic information editor and workers author of The Two River Instances. She has additionally labored as a graphic designer, and instructor of artistic writing.   

Jennifer Watson is a recipient of the NJ State Council on the Arts Portray Fellowship and has been included in solo and group exhibitions at Morgan Lehman Gallery, NY; Geoffrey Younger Gallery, MA; Brian Morris Gallery, NY; The Noyes Museum of Artwork, NJ; ada Gallery, VA; Undertaking for Empty Areas, NJ; Trestle Gallery, NY; R. Jampol Undertaking(s), NY; Exit Artwork, NY; CWOW, NJ; and extra. Watson is included within the present Spring Version of ArtMaze Magazine and her opinions and options have appeared in ARTnews journal, Gannett Newspapers, The Star Ledger and The Huffington Submit. Watson holds a level from the College of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and studied visible arts at Mason Gross College of the Arts. She resides in Lengthy Department, NJ, and works in Newark, NJ.

The Atlantic Highlands Arts Council is situated at 54 First Ave in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey. Their mission is to strengthen group by means of the humanities. They’re a 100% volunteer 501(c)three non-profit group that believes within the energy of the humanities to remodel and enrich communities.  OTheir main operate is to develop and execute occasions and humanities associated actions for the advantage of our group.