MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Gallery at 1978 Maplewood Arts Center and NJ Photographers Forum presents a new exhibit, “Post No Bills,” curated by Charlann Meluso, which opened March 31. There will be an opening reception on Sunday, April 8, from 2 to 5 p.m. and the show will run through May 12.
The phrase “Post No Bills” refers to many cities’ laws, which forbid the posting of handbills or any type of signs on public property. People know that the easiest way to get a lost item found or to advertise a garage sale or event is to staple signs to poles and walls where they will be seen as people walk by. However, this can damage the walls and make them look ugly as posters are torn down and others added on top of them along with the graffiti that seems to also appear. So, stenciled signs saying “Post No Bills” were added to many public areas in the hopes that the clutter would stay to a minimum. The title of this exhibit refers to all of those people who ignored the warnings and still glued, taped, pasted, painted, tied and stapled notices on public walls, underpasses, fences, poles, etc. Some of what has developed over time in these spaces can be downright artistic in a grungy but creative way.
Participating artists include Alexis Alvarez, Sondra Borden, Ron Brown, Linda Condrillo, Ken Curtis, Thomas Dackow, Ralph Greene, Dot Kuehn, Parvathi Kumar, John Markanich, Charles Miller, Charlann Meluso, Nancy Ori, Phyllis Raffelson, Lynn Ronan, Heidi Sussman, Branch Watkins and Russ Wills.
The exhibit will also include certain events. On Saturday, April 7, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., Ori and Sussman will lecture on quick ways to turn images into painterly photographs with a few simple apps.
On Saturday, April 14, Shoot & Sip with Ori and Sussman from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Bring your own wine or beer and any kind of camera, then enjoy a lecture, demo and hands-on opportunity to photograph a professionally set still-life scene. Afterward, see how easy and fun it is to turn your images into 15th-century painterly photographs with the help of some apps.
On Sunday, April 22, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., Alice Grebanier will give a talk on how artists develop a theme and select images to illustrate it, as well as the decisions made on how to work with the properties of a specific exhibit space to hang a show.
Gallery 1978 is located at 1978 Springfield Ave. in Maplewood and open Saturdays and Sundays from 2 to 5 p.m. or by appointment at 1978artscenter@gmail.com.
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