Exhibits & Events

Studio Montclair is delighted to announce one of its most highly anticipated exhibits, the 28^th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, “Viewpoints 2025.” This prestigious, juried exhibit will run from April 25 to June 6 at Studio Montclair’s Leach Gallery, 641 Bloomfield Avenue, Montclair, NJ. The opening reception and announcement of cash awards will take place on Friday, April 25, from 6 to 8pm.

Exhibition Dates: April 25 to June 6, 2025

Opening Reception: Friday, April 25, 6-8pm
Gallery: Studio Montclair’s Leach Gallery, 641 Bloomfield Ave, Montclair, NJ
Gallery Hours: generally Thursday through Sunday, 1:00 – 5:00pm; please check website or call
Studio Montclair Contact Info: smi@studiomontclair.org, 862-500-1447

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The exhibition—reflecting an expansive range of subjects, approaches, and mediums—provides a vibrant window into the breadth of talent within New Jersey and beyond. Themes of family and community resonate throughout with artists’ personal yet deeply relatable narratives along with a focus on the beauty often encapsulated in ordinary objects. Using such varied materials as paint, fabric, found objects, wood, collage, photographs, video—even human hair—artists use both traditional and contemporary forms of visual creativity to address themes of politics, sustainability, race, ethnicity, sexuality, memory, the passage of time, the human body, family relationships, and community.

Says Juror Kate Moger, “ViewPoints celebrates the capacity of art to capture, transform, and reimagine the world around us—one vision at a time. The exhibition is a testament to the richness of conversation among the works on view, where a single gesture, material, or image can spark deeper meaning. Whether rooted in memory, history, or observation, these artworks remind us that art is not only a reflection of the world but a way of reinterpreting it and ourselves.”

About the Juror Kate Moger is a Brooklyn-based gallerist, curator, and artist. She currently serves as the Associate Director at albertz benda, a bi-coastal gallery with locations in both Los Angeles and New York. In 2021, she co-edited the catalog THIS IS AMERICA, published by Distanz Verlag, and her writings have appeared in notable publications such as Art in America. Kate has previously held positions at esteemed galleries and institutions including Eric Firestone Gallery, MoMA PS1, and the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston.

Participating Artists:

Susan Adler, Ann Antoshak, Meta Arnold, Carlos Arteaga, Michal Barkai, Janice Belove, Lindy Blanchard, Nova Bronstein, Heidi Brueckner, Cal Carter, Jo Ann Chaus, Donald Depuydt, Joan Diamond, circe dunnell, Karen Engelmeyer, Erica Engfer Pizza, Nadia Estela, Maureen Fisher, Michael Fleischhacker, Rick Freeman, Yolanda Fundora, Ruth Geneslaw, Stephen Geoffrey, John Gummere, Adam Gustavson, Alice Harrison, Beth Heit, Susan Hensel, Rhiannon Janeschild, Alex Katsenelinboigen, Merrie Koehlert, Michelle Kurlan, Oliver Lake, Judy Levy, Joseph Lozano, Joanna Madloch, Patricia Malarcher, Karen Martin, John Masi, Patrick McCoy, Chuck Miley, Julia Norman, Paulina Olivares, J Steven Patton, Andrea Placer, Stacey AS Pritchard, Ida Pruitt, Jack Quinn, Lucia Ravens, Jonathan Ricci, Eric Rhinehart, Irene Riegner, Tony Rio, Mirjam Seeger, Mary Shadbolt, Neena Shah, Daniel Stern, Brian Tresca, Miriam Untoria, Maria Valdivia, Mila Vovk, Barbara Wallace, Odessa Whitlock.

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