Arts Guides Fall 2019 Preview: North Jersey | Page 77

The Exhibition Rooms are on the floor directly below. We are able to expand the space for the Juried Show in 2020, so we anticipate that approximately 70 artists will be chosen. The Juried Show in 2019 was an eclectic mix of styles, with artists from 11 of New Jersey’s 21 coun- ties (applicants represented 18 of the 21 counties) – there were tra- ditional landscapes and abstracts, as well as more conceptual works and sculpture. The fair was initially created to strengthen the galleries and sup- port the artists of Jersey City and New Jersey, so we were a little sur- prise to find in the first year that it was easier to get participation from out of state exhibitors. New York galleries were interested in finding new collectors on this side of the river, international galleries saw how close Jersey City was to NYC on the map, and the low cost of entry made it easy for them to take a chance on a first year art fair. What about the Road Trips?  In the hopes of getting more ap- What can you tell us about plicants from New Jersey, we’ve them? been visiting a different county Although the Exhibition Rooms each Thursday. We’re going are open to applicants from through the state alphabetically, around the world, it’s important starting with Atlantic County on to the mission of Art Fair 14C that July 11 and finishing up in Warren there be a strong core of New Jer- County on November 21. Next sey exhibitors, which is one reason year we’ll do it a bit differently, why we’ve been doing outreach keeping to a geographic area and around the state this summer and staying there for two or three days fall. in a row. 2019 FALL PREVIEW INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 77