Arts Guides Fall 2019 Preview: North Jersey | Page 79

On the road trips we do gal-
lery visits, artist studio visits and
conduct information sessions –
looking at art, talking to people,
answering their questions and
spreading the word about the art
fair. It’s been a really great expe-
rience traveling around the state
and meeting dozens of artists and
gallery owners and arts adminis-
trators.
The visual art scene in Jersey City
has always been strong, and is
flourishing right now. Mana Con-
temporary is a major cultural an-
chor, dozens of new artist studios
are being built, several new galler-
ies have opened, and - of course –
it hosts New Jersey’s only interna-
tional art fair.
Tens of thousands of people
travel to Jersey City for the arts –
to Mana, to White Eagle Hall for
Are the Road Trips scouting
concerts, Art House Productions
future areas for a fair or do you
for theater, to the Art & Studio
want to remain solely in Jersey
Tour in October – and several new
City?
theaters are being built down-
Given the ease of mass transit,
town and on the West Side and
the plentiful parking near the wa- will open over the next couple of
terfront and proximity to New York years.
City, we plan to keep Art Fair 14C
in Jersey City – for many years to
If you were pitching the idea of
come.
Art Fair 14C to an artist: what’s
the best reason they should be
How would you describe the
part of it?
art scene in Jersey City these
The best reason to participate in
days? Is being located so close
Art Fair 14C is exposure and op-
to NYC a huge drawing card?
portunity. Few galleries can attract
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