Members’ Juried Exhibition

Juror: Jessica Melillo

Opening: Friday, June 16, 2023 from 6-8 p.m.

Click here to read Jessica Melillo’s Juror Statement

AWARD WINNERS
Barbara Wallace, Line Dance
Solo Exhibition at The Center for Contemporary Art & Honorable Mention

Agnes Golen, Masked Self-Portrait
Best of Show

Vimala Arunachalam, Kollimalai, India
Honorable Mention

Doris Ettlinger, Snow Geese in Cornfield
Honorable Mention

Carolyn Evans, John
Honorable Mention

Linda Lam, Face of Spring I
Honorable Mention

Sul Lee Lee, Diving
Honorable Mention

EXHIBITING ARTISTS: Divya Ananth, Ivy Antonio, Norman Aragones, Vimala Arunachalam, Doris Aufschlager, Jacquelyn Blackstone, Jessica Cavaliere, Valerie Chen, Casey Collins, Donald Esch, Doris Ettlinger, Carolyn Evans, Travis Fine, Sandy Furst, Meeta Garg, Agnes Golen, Jessica Grare, Richard Greene, Richa Gupta, Wendy Hallstrom, Ruth Hamill, Angela Hartmann, Carol Hutchinson, Rita Koch, Linda Lam, Linda Laustsen, Sul Lee Lee, Cara Lemire, Judith Lieberman, Thomas Martin, Terry Mayfield, Michael McFadden, Ann Marie Miller, Tracy Mistichelli, Aimee Mower Lally, Rosemary O’Rourke, Deborah Pohl, DeAnn L. Prosia, Louise Cullen Robinson, Joan Ruchelman, Andrea Schneider, Brenda Sheeder, Blanche Somer, Cecilly Sullivan, Xue Tian, Barbara Wallace, Katie Weiss, Bonnie Wilkenfeld, Vickie Williams, Cyndi Wish, Elaine Wladyga

ABOUT THE JUROR:

Lifetime Somerset Hills resident Jessica Melillo not only strives to develop her children’s appreciation for the arts, but to also extend community access to the works of local artists.

In 2021 Melillo launched Somerset Hills Art Collective (SHAC), showcasing local artists exhibiting their love for the area through their work. She carefully oversees all aspects of the organization, while collaborating with others to advance arts and culture throughout NJ’s Somerset Hills.

SHAC’s principal gallery is housed in the heart of Far Hills, NJ within the Far Hills Center. Melillo‘s long-term goal is to establish numerous SHAC galleries throughout the Somerset Hills.

Artists featured at SHAC galleries generously donate a portion of their proceeds to the Somerset Hills Land Preservation Trust, established to preserve open spaces and natural resources, and promote smart-growth ideals that foster land conservation.

Melillo sits on Peapack & Gladstone’s Open Space Advisory Board and Recreation Committee, and the Development Committee at FHCDS.

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