Art Galleries

April 16 – May 18, 2025
Juror of Selection: Jane E Robbins, PSA

Closing Reception: May 18, 5 – 7pm

2025 marks the 20th anniversary of the Pastel Society of NJ. This exhibition showcases the work of its Distinguished, Signature & Board members, many of whom are award winning artists whose work is known both nationally and abroad. The Society invites you to share in its love of the pastel medium and hope you enjoy this exhibition of local New Jersey artists.

The work of 24 artists will be exhibited: Urmi Battu, Nancy Brangaccio, Rosemary Cenatiempo, Carol Clemens, Margaret Cohen, Stephanie Cook, Julia Doemland, Mozelle Forman, Diane Gallo, Adrian Giuliani, Donna Gratkowski, Laurie Harden, Jeanette Hershkowitz, Judith Kazdym Leeds, Catherine Love, Marjorie Paradise, Carole Rogers, Terri Levine Rosenblum, Wilfred A Sessoms, Barbara Uhr, Patricia Varcasia, Karen Weidmann, Bonnie Wilkenfeld, Louise Woodcox.

The Art Upstairs Gallery is a gift of the John and Margaret Post Foundation.

Reception: Wednesday, April 16 at 5 pm

The Matheny Arts Access Program empowers artists with disabilities to create art without limits. Regardless of their disabilities, artists are provided with the tools and materials needed to produce masterful works of art that are distinctly their own. Since 1993, Arts Access has developed and refined a specialized communication and choice system that allows highly trained facilitators to provide neutral assistance to participants with physical and developmental disabilities, enabling them to participate fully in the visual, literary, and performing arts. Every choice comes from the participant, from paint color and brush stroke, to dance movement and theatrical staging, to each written word. The results are completed pieces of work born of the imaginations of the Arts Access artists, finally free of the limitations imposed by their disabilities so they may fully express their personal voices and visions.

The Starlight Gallery is a gift of Wendy and Jay Birnbaum

The Art Upstairs Gallery is located in the balcony lobby of Mayo Performing Arts Center. Exhibits are varied and showcase visual artists from a variety of mediums including watercolor, oil, photography, sculpture and more. Each year, the works of over 200 artists are showcased in group exhibits. Recent groups that have been showcased include the Essex Watercolor Club, New Jersey Photography Forum, Art in the Atrium and the Pastel Society of New Jersey. The Art Upstairs Gallery is a gift of the John and Margaret Post Foundation.

The Starlight Gallery is adjacent to our Starlight Room, MPAC’s donor lounge.  Exhibits feature individual exhibits by accomplished local artists. The Starlight Gallery is a gift of Wendy and Jay Birnbaum.

The galleries provide a unique opportunity to marry the visual and performing arts, and provide exposure to artists with an audience that may not normally frequent an art gallery. All artwork is available for purchase.

The Galleries are open to ticket holders prior to shows, during intermission, by appointment and every Tuesday afternoon from 12:00 -2:00.  For more information, please contact Charles Miller at cmiller1@mayoarts.org or Lee Kaloidis at 973-539-0345 x6587.