STUDIO MONTCLAIR OPENS “STATE OF THE ART 2015” AT THE ACADEMY SQUARE GALLERIES FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Montclair, NJ, December 15, 2014 Listing Information About the Exhibit: Exhibition Dates: January 23 to April 17, 2015 Opening Reception: Friday, January 23, from 7 to 9pm Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday 7am–7pm Address: 33 Plymouth Street, Montclair, NJ 07042 ~ 973 744 1818 Email: studiomontclair@aol.com Website: www.studiomontclair.org SMI’s telephone number: 973-744-1818 MEDIA CONTACT: Yvette Lucas, info@yvettelucas.com, 973-809-8261 SMI’s mailing address: 108 Orange Road, Montclair, NJ 07042 Studio Montclair (SMI) announces “State of the Art 2015,” an exhibit on view from January 23 to April 17, 2015, featuring the work of 86 SMI members. The exhibit will take place in Studio Montclair’s galleries at Academy Square, the SMI Gallery @ Academy Square and the SMI Virginia S. Block Gallery, located on the first and second floors of Academy Square, 33 Plymouth Street in Montclair. All are invited to the opening reception on Friday, January 23, from 7 to 9pm. The galleries are open to the public 7am to 7pm Monday through Friday. “State of the Art 2015” includes the work in a variety of styles and media from 86 SMI members. The artists featured in the exhibit are: Cary Africk, Susanna Baker, Amy Becker, Tina Bernstein, Janet Boltax, Irene Costello Brandle, Cathleen McCoy Bristol, John Brown, Ron Brown, Robyn Burns, Judith Carlin, Shirley Cartey, Pauline Chernichaw, RitaMarie Cimini, Dorothy Cochran, Lois Condon, Marilyn Deitchman, Peggy A. Dervitz, Redens Desrosiers, Maryann Didriksen, Dana DiMuro, Margaret Dressel, Donald M. Felber, David Frank, Beverly A. Fredericks, Robin Fruchter, Alexa Garbarino, Bennett Gewirtz, Madeline Giotta, Carole Goldstein, Allan Gorman, Judy Gould, Donna Grande, Betty Guernsey, E. Susan Haiken, Marsha Heller, Peter Heller, Petia Hsiao, Ting Ting Hsu, Charles Hunter, Linda Jacobs, Katherine Y. Jennings, Michael Kellner, Catherine Kinkade, Rita Klachkin, Lissanne Lake, Carole Lane, Eric Levin, Cara London, Gayle Mahoney, Fernando Mariscal, Rudy Martin, Susan Marx, Betsy Meyer-Donadio, Chris Mullen, Dennis X. Murray, Walter S. Oliver, Nancy Ori, Arthur Paxton, Lisa Redburn, Bob Ricciotti, Patricia Ritchie, Rebecca Rosenheck, George Saj, Lucille Scurti, Heather Shaw, Michael Sherman, Stefanie Silverman, Alice Stoler, Linda Streicher, Irv Suss, Heidi Sussman, Theodosia A.G. Tamborlane, Amy Thompson-Hill, Peter O. Tilgner, Louis Toledo, Marianne Trent, Emily Tumbleson, Ira Wagner, Laurie Waite-Fellner, Florence Weisz, Jenny Wiener, Kristen Zachares, Rebecca Zagoory, Tony Zaza. The curators for the show are: Amy Becker, Virginia Schaffer Block, Pam Cooper, and Lynne Toye. Studio Montclair Inc. is a non-profit organization of exhibiting professional and emerging artists and others interested in the visual arts. The mission of the organization is to promote culture and education in the visual arts. This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts and administered by the Essex County Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs. Janet Boltax: Still Life With Leeks, oil on canvas, 12H x 8W David Frank: Mulberry-Yellow Sunset, Photograph, 24 x 24 Alexa Garbarino: Child Bride 2, photograph, 32H x 27W Gayle Mahoney: Pescadero Pebbles, watercolor, 32H x 26W Cathleen McCoy Bristol: The Line, acrylic on canvas 24H x 36W