MONTCLAIR, NJ — Montclair Art Museum will open the exhibition “Color Riot! How Color Changed Navajo Textiles” on Sunday, Sept. 12; the show will run through Jan. 2. Museum members will be invited to an exhibition preview on Saturday, Sept. 11, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Change has always been a hallmark of Navajo — […]
MONTCLAIR / WEST ORANGE, NJ — Studio Montclair and the WAE Center have collaborated to present “Student Portrait Project,” an exhibit that grew out of a joint desire to use portrait drawing as a tool to connect adults with developmental disabilities to one another and to the community, especially during the isolation of the COVID-19 […]
NUTLEY, NJ — The Garden Conservancy will host garden tours at Mountsier Garden, in Nutley, on Saturday, Sept. 11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mountsier is a garden for all seasons that has been created and fine-tuned for more than two decades, and now encompasses 2 acres. The owners, Silas Mountsier and Graeme Hardie, […]
TRENTON, NJ — The New Jersey State Council on the Arts recently awarded more than $35.6 million in grants to support more than 700 arts organizations, projects and artists throughout the state. The grants were approved at the Arts Council’s 55th annual meeting, held virtually. The awards are part of the largest state appropriation the […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — After a year’s hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual Maplewoodstock Music and Arts Festival is back and will be held on Saturday, Oct. 2, and Sunday, Oct. 3, from noon until 9 p.m. each day. This free, two-day, live music and arts event will be held at Memorial Park, 160 […]
BASKING RIDGE, NJ — Light Opera of New Jersey recently announced that conductor Jason Tramm is the company’s next executive director. Tramm assumed the position this August and is charged with leading the company’s artistic planning and operations for the 2021-2022 season. Among his many accomplishments, Tramm serves as an associate professor and director of […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge Women’s Club will be turned into a museum of dolls from July 30 through Aug. 1. A collection of more than 300 dolls, all donated to the organization by member Roberta Rubin D’Ull in advance of her move out of town, will be on display at the club’s […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Arts Council will present “The Power of IV: Emotion, Eurythmy, Vernacular and Subversion,” an exhibit, to be held both virtually and in-person, featuring the work of four local women artists: Elisabeth Antoine, Carol Black-Lemon, Lisa Lackey and Ann Vollum. Black-Lemon and Vollum co-curated the show. The exhibit will […]
MONTCLAIR, NJ — The Oratorio Society of New Jersey recently elected new board of trustees members. The board consists of four officers and eight trustees, who are responsible for managing all business aspects of the community choir based in Montclair. Peter Braley, of Montclair, was elected president, replacing Susan Ladov, also of Montclair, who had […]
MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — SOMAtv was recently granted the Award of Excellence from the Jersey Access Group for its “Get Out The Vote” public service announcement series. The Award of Excellence, the highest honor in the JAG Awards annual competition, was won in the Public Service Announcements and Promo Series category and was […]