Warren County ARTs 27th Annual Open Show Winners Reception
Public welcome to see the Best in Show and 1st place winners on display exclusively at Whitespace
POETRY NIGHT AT THE GALLERY
Poetry at White Space
Thursday, June 12th 6:30-8:30 PM ( with Open Mic to follow)
Hosts: Jane Ebihara and Elaine Koplow
White Space Art & Event Gallery 47 Route 46E Suite 3 Hackettstown, New Jersey
Featuring:
Susan Rothbard and Barbara William
Susan Rothbard’s first book, Birds of New Jersey, won the 2020 Dogfish Head Poetry Prize and was published by Broadkill River Press, and her manuscript, All the Wrong Things, was a finalist for the 2024 Laura Boss Narrative Poetry Award. Her work has appeared in numerous journals and has been featured in Ted Kooser’s “American Life in Poetry” and on Verse Daily. She is the recipient of a 2025 Individual Artist Fellowship Finalist award from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
Barbara H. Williams was drawn to poetry while still an active professional flutist, enjoying a career as an orchestral, chamber and solo flutist, and faculty member at Westminster Conservatory in Princeton, NJ. She began to write poems in 2013 in a workshop with Jean Hollander. With the late poet Daniel A. Harris, she founded AEOLUS, a performance duo, to explore a dialogue of poetry with music for flute. She later participated in Zoom workshops led by Lois Marie Harrod and joined the DVP/US1 Poets collective. Her poems have been published in US1Worksheets, Paterson Literary Review, The Raven’s Perch, and Cool Women Press, with one nomination for the Pushcart Prize. Continuo is her first published collection.
The New Jersey Art Association Show
The best of work of the members of the New Jersey Art Association will be on display for 30 days. This a great opportunity to own a piece of original art created by a New Jersey artist.
Holiday Event
A celebration of the work of all the artists who have showed work in the gallery in 2024.
Poetry at the Gallery
Poetry night at the gallery usually features 1 - 2 published poets followed by open mic for all to read. bring something you’ve written or a poem you love to read.
The Work of Neil Paulino
A collection of Neil’s work featuring his newest series, Don’t Poke’r. 10 - 8 x 8 collages created from tiny pieces of hundreds of decks of playing cards that he resembled in to elaborate, women of power.
SHOW OPENING RECEPTION - 1965 MISS AMERICA Jeff Evans - Interaction of shape with portraits
Jeff’s paintings and watercolors are predominantly figurative, drawing inspiration from printed magazines, advertising, digital imaging, and collage techniques. Jeff's recent work includes a series of paintings and works on paper inspired by a 1965 Life Magazine advertisement featuring portraits of all fifty Miss America contestants from that year. These pieces explore the interaction of shapes within the portraits, as varying surfaces and paint applications give each piece a unique character.
1965 MISS AMERICA Jeff Evans - Interaction of shape with portraits
Jeff’s paintings and watercolors are predominantly figurative, drawing inspiration from printed magazines, advertising, digital imaging, and collage techniques. Jeff's recent work includes a series of paintings and works on paper inspired by a 1965 Life Magazine advertisement featuring portraits of all fifty Miss America contestants from that year. These pieces explore the interaction of shapes within the portraits, as varying surfaces and paint applications give each piece a unique character.
Abilities of Northwest Jersey - Art Enrichment Reception April 13th 4-8
Help us donate to the Art Enrichment Program of Abilities of Northwest Jersey. Whitespace Art + Envet Gallery will donate 25% of all sales back to Abilities. Live & silent auctions, food and beverage.