Montclair State University Summer Exhibit: ‘Art And Democracy’

MONTCLAIR, NJ — The following news release comes courtesy of Dorothy Heard, MSU Art Education Program Coordinator. Learn more about posting announcements or events to your local Patch site here.

Art and Education at MSU announces its Summer 2018 pop-up exhibition, "Art and Democracy" in the Addis Lounge, 1st floor, University Hall. The show features paintings, photographs, drawings, video, ceramics and mixed media by featured artist-educators. Between the hours of 10 to 12 p.m., two artist educators and Essex County Freeholder Leonard Luciano will offer remarks.

The exhibition coincides with the annual Montclair State University Network for Educational Renewal or MSUNER conference. MSUNER is one of the foremost university-school partnerships in the nation. It promotes the renewal of schools and teacher education through collaboration between and among the University and 30 partner districts.

How, why and for whom art is made and shared in the 21st century impacts students, artists and educators. Those who make art and teach art are at the intersections of expanding demographics and values, new experiences and practices, and changing perspectives and voices. The interconnections of their practices as artists and as educators, distinctly position artist educators in socially engaged art, democracy and equality.

"Art and Democracy" is the collaboration of an artist-educator group who acknowledges the need to expand beyond the classroom and beyond traditional art venues with the goal of engaging more voices, more perspectives. Artists-educators Rachel Baron, Wendy Born, Karen Goldberg, Rachael Kelly, Keiko Shimizu-Johnson, John Mungiello, Amanda Reid, Denisse Soto will participate in the Art and Democracy show. Bios will be available at the show; works for sale will be identified.

• Where: Adelina Granito Ferraro Lounge 1St floor (Addie's Lounge), Room 1106, University Hall
• When: Monday, June 25, 2018 10 am to 5 pm

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