Art Exhibit In West Orange: ‘Juneteenth: Images Triumphant’

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The following news release comes courtesy of the West Orange Arts Council. Learn more about posting announcements or events to your local Patch site.

The West Orange Arts Council (WOAC) will present “Juneteenth: Images Triumphant,” an art exhibition on display from June 4 to July 9 at the West Orange Arts Center on 551 Valley Road.

The show features the work of West Orange Arts Council members Dwight Carter (photography), Anthony Gartmond (drawings), Glendora Simonson (quilts) and Gabrielle Smith (quilts).

A Juneteenth reception will take place on Saturday, June 18 from noon to 4 p.m. featuring music produced by Gregory Burrus Productions, with performances by Lynette Sheard Live. WOAC gallery hours are Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and by appointment. The reception is supported by The Essex County (NJ) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated.

The WOAC Gift Shoppe is also open for safe, socially distanced shopping during gallery hours and by appointment, and will offer exhibit-related items, jewelry, pottery, soaps and other pieces.

The “Juneteenth: Images Triumphant” art exhibit is presented to the community in partnership with the West Orange Juneteenth Freedom Day Committee, of which WOAC is represented by board member Joyce Harley and WOAC Town Council Liaison Susan McCartney.

The West Orange Arts Council mission is to cultivate, inspire, and support the arts in West Orange. Area artists and community leaders remain the core of this all-volunteer organization that operates the West Orange Arts Center gallery and gift shoppe at 551 Valley Road, West Orange, NJ. For more info visit www.woarts.org, www.facebook.com/woac.org or email info@woarts.org

This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts and administered by the Essex County Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs.

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