M-SHAC is Back

"Falmouth Waters," a watercolor by Nancy Korde of Livingston, has won an award of merit at  "M-SHAC Is Back," a juried art exhibit on display at the Art Upstairs Gallery in the Community Theatre in Morristown.

Korde's work and that of 50 other artists will be on view through August 9. The show is sponsored by the Millburn-Short Hills Arts Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the development of local artists.

Dorothy Ganek, an elected member of the National Association of Women Artists, Audubon Artists, Allied Artists of America, the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club and the American Watercolor Society, served as the judge to the show. Ms. Ganek's work, which has won numerous awards, is in such corporate collections as PSE&G, Pfizer, Bloomingdale's, Warner Lambert, Kessler Institute, Wendy's,. CIGNA, St. Barnabas Medical Center and Schering Plough.

The Millburn-Short Hills Arts Center, which was founded in 1940, has 155 members hailing from cities and towns across northern and central New Jersey, with a few representing nearby New York and Pennsylvania.  Artists work in oil, watercolor, pastels, collage, sculpture and photography.

M-SHAC organizes four or five exhibitions annually at theaters, libraries, hospitals and community centers. All are free and open to the public. More information about the organization is available at www.mschac.org.

The gallery is open during performances at the Community Theatre (100 South Street) and for two hours before curtain time. Appointments to view the show at other times may be arranged by calling 973- 539-0345 extention 6583.