The WAE Open – Annual Juried Exhibition
Heidi Gallery at JSDD is proud to announce the annual juried exhibition, The WAE Open – 2024.
The WAE Open is not thematic; rather, the exhibition seeks to showcase the highest quality visual art being made by established, emerging, and underrepresented artists.
Exhibition Dates
Thursday, October 10, 2024 to December 8, 2024
Opening Reception and Award
Thursday, October 10, 2024: 6pm – 9pm
Carolyn Dorfman Dance Performance
Sunday, October 20, 2024: 2pm – 4pm
CDD brings its popular “Back Stage Pass” lecture/performance to Heidi Gallery. Drawing from Dorfman’s acclaimed repertory, this up close and personal interactive performance will thrill audiences of all ages and abilities, that will move you to laugh, cry, feel, and engage. https://carolyndorfman.dance/
RSVP Required
Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop
Sunday, November 3, 2024: 2pm – 4pm
“Writing Ekphrastic Poems: An Afternoon of Artistic Synergy”
In this 2.5-hour workshop, participants will have the opportunity to write ekphrastic poems using art from the Heidi Gallery’s WAE Open exhibit as inspiration.
Instructor: Marcia LeBeau is the founding director of The Write Space in the Valley Arts District of Orange, NJ. https://www.thewritespacenj.com/
RSVP Required, Limited spaces available
Cost: $10, Payment deadline, November 1, 2024
Ekphrastic Poetry Performance
Sunday, December 1, 2024: 2pm – 4pm
Back by popular demand! Local poets read poems they have written based on the dynamic work/s of art they have chosen from The WAE Open, an Annual Juried Exhibit. This art form is exciting and unexpected.
Hosted by Marcia LeBeau, founding director of The Write Space in Orange, NJ.
https://www.thewritespacenj.com/
RSVP Required
Closing Reception and Artist Walk & Talk
Sunday, December 8th, 2024: 2pm – 4pm
Meet the artists and learn about their insights and process.
JUROR: Nigel Freeman is the director of African American Art at Swann Auction Galleries, supervising sales of works by Elizabeth Catlett, Hughie Lee-Smith, and Faith Ringgold, to name a few. He is also a print appraiser on the PBS show: Antiques Roadshow, has lectured and been interviewed by art institutions and publications, as well as PBS and the BBC. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Art from Brown University and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Columbia University.
JUROR: Tricia Laughlin Bloom is the Senior Curator of American Art at the Newark Museum of Art. She has been the lead curator of American Art at the museum since 2015. A specialist in modern and contemporary art, she holds a Masters degree in 19th and 20th Century Art Criticism and Theory from SUNY Stony Brook, and a PhD in Modern and Contemporary Art from Rutgers University.
Need help? Send your questions to Jeremy Moss at JMoss@JSDD.org
Made possible by funds from the Essex County Department of Cultural Affairs, a partner of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
Artist List
Adam Gustavson | Bermuda Pierre | Beth Heit | Bob Barnett | Cary Silverman | Chrissy McIntyre | Emily Tironi | Giselle Reyes | Heidi Hooper | Ida Picker | Isabella Pizzano | Janet Roberts | Jarrett Goldberg | Jennifer Anne Moses | Jessica Cavaliere | Joan Carter | Judyann Affronti | Julia Lustbader | Katarzyna Ozimek | Katharine Philip | Katharine Philip | Lisa Cerny | Manman Huang | Maria Savidis-Markatos | Martine Kasmin | Mary Jean Canziani | Michelle Kurlan | Natalie Crandall | Pam Malone | Peppi Glass | Reshma Gorde | Roberta Reynolds | Sonia Rapaport | Stephanie Guillen | Sue Ellen Leys | Tatyana Kazakova | Terri Binder | Toni Paolillo | Toni Resnick | Virginia Carroll | Virginia Schaffer Block | Yael Klein
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