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.
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