Artist Exhibition Opening at Teaneck General Store

Join us for the opening reception for a new artist exhibition at the Teaneck General Store, featuring the work of Judi Adel, Erica Langer and Alice Jacob. 

Enjoy hors d'oeuvres and a cup of Fair Trade coffee or tea and a pastry from our kosher (RCBC) cafe.

Featuring Judi Adel, Erica Langer and Alice Jacob.

Sunday, April 22, 4-6pm

About the Artists:

Judi Adel

Born in The Bronx, New York, Judith Adel is the oldest of seven. She has lived in Teaneck, NJ for about 25 years.  She began painting when she was in second grade and by the sixth grade, her tempera abstracts were hanging in the "Painting of the Month" spot.   Judith painted through high school in New York, where she majored in art. But when she started City College, as a English and political science major, she put her painting aside for a while. The "while" turned out to be much longer than anticipated -- she switched to night classes and started working when she was seventeen -- as a journalist and graphic designer.

 ARTIST STATEMENT
About nine years ago I decided to take a local watercolor class, presented by Elise Morenon, a most gifted watercolorist and instructor. Watercolor became my medium of choice. I had painted with oils before but now I found my passion. My style is representational and I have been described as a colorist.

I had always heard that watercolor was difficult, that it was an unforgiving medium. Well, that's true. But it's also transformational. You can achieve incredible effects -- some planned, some serendipitous. You literally have to go with the flow -- water mixing with transparent and opaque paints. You hope you can maintain some control of the elements.

I enjoy painting many subjects -- landscapes, people, clouds, flowers, still life -- anything and everything that interests me. Many of my paintings are based on photographs I've taken.

 I have been represented in solo and group exhibitions in New Jersey and New York.

 MembershipNew Jersey Watercolor Society
North East Watercolor Society (NEWS)
The Pascack Art Association (NJ)

Dena Florczyk is a Teaneck resident, Thomas Jefferson Middle School teacher and photographer. She is also the founder and director of the Nigerian School Project, a non-profit educational organization that assists teachers and school children in Nigeria, West Africa. Since 2004, The Nigerian School Project has purchased textbooks, sewn school uniforms, built classroom furniture and school libraries, provided university scholarships and built the first ever secondary school on Tomaro Island. In March, two hundred boxes of books were loaded on a US Naval Carrier headed for Nigerian school libraries. Dena uses her photography to create an awareness of the need as well as to celebrate the remarkable students she has met along the way.

ALICE JACOB   studied at Fordham University at Lincoln Centerand received a - BA Photography and Journalism - 1989

International Center of Photography, New York, NY- Independent Studies in Fine Art Photography

Pratt Institute, New York, NY - Independent Studies - Fine Art Photography

Affiliations National Association of Women Artists - NAWA

Salute to Women in the Arts

AWARDS

2005  - HAZEL WHITE MEMORIAL AWARD - Photography - Annual Show NAWA

2004  - ESTHER K. GAYNER MEMORIAL AWARD - Photography - NAWA

2004  - Bergen Museum – Group Show – Paramus, NJ - BEST IN SHOW award

2002  - GLADYS B. BLUM MEMORIAL AWARD for Photography - NAWA

Manhattan Arts International - Recipient for award - “Her Story” Photography

Solo Exhibitions and Group Shows

Waltuch Art Gallery, Show: The Power of the Square, Kaplan JCC, Tenafly, NJ 2011

Galleries at the Interchurch Center, New York, NY 2010

Riverside Gallery, One Riverside Square, Hackensack, NJ 2010

Umbrella Arts Gallery, New York City – Coney Island - 2009

Borghi Fine Art Gallery, Englewood, New Jersey  2008

Broadfoot & Broadfoot Gallery, SoHo, New York, NY - 2007

The Belskie Museum of Art, Closter, NJ - 2007

M Studio Gallery, Beacon, NY - Solo Show - November 2003

Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ

Gallery 4 West, Piermont, NY

Blauvelt Museum of Art, Oradell, NJ - Solo Show –

Old Church Cultural Center, Demarest, NJ

Salmagundi Club, New York, NY