Native Art Will Be On Display In Montclair, Bloomfield, Glen Ridge

MONTCLAIR, NJ — Seven Native artists. Six “Tiny Galleries.” Three towns in Essex County. That’s what “Land Back” will bring to North Jersey when it opens on Friday, Nov. 1.

Curated by Jennifer Ley, “Land Back: A Tiny Gallery Takeover in Lenapehoking” features collections from seven contemporary Indigenous artists installed in six Tiny Galleries across Montclair, Glen Ridge and Bloomfield – all part of Lenapehoking, the ancestral homelands of the Lenape people.

An opening event and group artist reception will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. on Nov. 1 at Tiny Gallery, 8 Stanford Place in Montclair.

The exhibit will be on display at the following galleries from Nov. 2 to Feb. 1:

Montclair

• Eugene Tapahe (Diné) | Photography Tiny Gallery Montclair Flagship: 8 Stanford Place, Montclair
• Darby Raymond-Overstreet (Diné) | Printmaking Tiny Gallery Erwin Park: 7 Erwin Park (Island Garden), Montclair
• George (Ofuskie) Alexander (Muscogee) | Painting & Printmaking Tiny Gallery Forest: 112 Forest Street, Montclair
• Karma Henry (Paiute) | Painting & Fiona Henry (Paiute) | Painting Tiny Gallery x Van Vleck House & Gardens: 21 Van Vleck Street, Montclair

Glen Ridge

• Ahchipaptunhe (Lenape) | Painting & Collage Tiny Gallery x Freeman Gardens: 644 Hawthorne Avenue, Glen Ridge

Bloomfield

• Amanda Beardsley (Choctaw Nation, Laguna, Pueblo, Hopi) | Illustration & Mixed Media Tiny Gallery Bloomfield: 7 Ernst Avenue, Bloomfield

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