The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation (Foundation) has selected the College of Saint Elizabeth’s (CSE) Therese A. Maloney Art Gallery as its venue for its upcoming exhibit entitled, “Inside and Out: Selections from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Visual Artist/Educator Fellows.”

 

The “INSIDE & OUT” exhibit, scheduled to open May 16 and continue through June 28, with an opening reception on Friday, May 16 at 4:30 p.m., will showcase the works of 36 artists from New Jersey: Mona Brody, Vincent Buchinsky, Jean Burdick, Elsa Carbone, John Carey, Helen Cole, Alice McEnerney Cook, Laura Cuevas, Doug DePice, Anne Dushanko Dobek, Amy Evans, Emily Feinsod, Olivia Gabriel, Annora Happe-Conway, Neal Korn, Judi Lewis, So Yoon Lym, Carolyn McGrath, Kathleen McGuckin, Leonard Merlo, Arlene Gale Milgram, Robert John O’Boyle, Harold Olejarz, Joan-Marie Permison, Linda Pochesci, Orville Rose, Jay Seldin, Fausto Sevila, Don Standing, Cathleen Thole-Daniels, Nette Fornée Thomas, Toni Thomas, Peter Tilgner, Michael Wolf, David Gary Wright, and Barry Zawacki.

 

 

  

Joan-Marie Permison’s Giraffe Lady will be one of several art works at the exhibition. (Photo by Unknown) 

 

Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 1 – 7 p.m.; Saturday from 1 – 4 p.m., or by appointment. A catalogue of the exhibition with full-color illustrations of each art work and an essay by Director of CSE Art Gallery and Curator of this exhibition Dr. Virginia Fabbri Butera is available. For more information, contact Dr. Butera at (973) 290-4314 or at artgallery@cse.edu.

 

According to Dr. Butera, the exhibition focuses on “how artists express the duality of inside and out – whether intentionally or inadvertently through function, composition, subject matter, materials, psychological or emotional atmosphere, or ironic juxtaposition of figures, objects and metaphors in their art,” she said.

 

The exhibition of paintings, sculptures, ceramics, photographs, prints and quilts was chosen by Dr. Butera, “based on the quality of the art and how each work added a new dimension to the concept of Inside & Out.”

 

Working in concert with the Foundation, Dr. Butera studied submissions by 63 artists who are also New Jersey public school art teachers that have received grants through the Dodge Foundation’s Visual Artist/Educator Initiative.

 

The Initiative, conceived in 1992 by the Foundation’s Trustees, is based upon a deceptively simple assumption. In order to ensure a vibrant future for the Visual Arts in New Jersey, why not support the ability of art teachers to pursue their own artmaking?  These re-invigorated instructors might then bring that freshness back into the classroom where they reach countless children and guarantee another generation of artmakers.

 

It worked. Since 1993, the Foundation has awarded 147 Artist/Educator Fellowships to public school art teachers throughout New Jersey. Although their individual artwork is frequently exhibited at many of New Jersey’s and the region’s art venues, Inside & Out represents the first collective exhibition of their efforts around one theme.