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MEET THE ARTISTS: this Sunday 2/15/26, 3-5p!

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​MEET THE ARTISTS: this Sunday 2/15/26, 3-5p! ​
Join us for wine, refreshments and conversation with Grid artists: Henry Brown, James M. Kozlik, Barbara Smith Gioia, Catherine Orrok, Sophie LaBell, Virginia Schaffer Block, Christine Janove, Jennifer Krause Chapeau,

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​With Artist Talks by Alcove Artists: Efrat Baler-Moses 4p

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Drawing Rooms Solo Project Space:​
​Cara Galowitz: Driftwood Sculpture​
Alcove Gallery:
​Efrat Baler-Moses: "Adultereated"
Shelly 'Lola' Freund: "Menjunje (Amalgamation)"
Danielle Baron Atkins: "Identity Landscapes"

​On the Grid, Off the Grid

The grid has been used throughout art history as a tool for creating accurate and proportional drawings. Artists to this day have continued using the grid as an important element to create balance and symmetry, as well as imbalance and asymmetry, in their work. The concept of being On or Off the Grid may also relate to our current society which relies on our interconnected and ever-widening systems of communication. Works for this show may engage a literal system of the grid or a distortion or deconstruction of the grid, and may also make reference to the cyber-connected universe we live in or to a departure from it.

Drawing Rooms Solo Project Space: Cara Galowitz: Driftwood Sculpture​
Cara Galowitz has been collecting driftwood on the shores of the Long Island Sound in Greenport, New York. In these pieces of wood, she looks for distinct resemblances to topical everyday objects and paints them (without alteration to their original forms) to become what they initially resembled in their natural state.
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​In the Alcove Gallery: 3 Solo Bodies of Works​
​Shelly “Lola” Freund: Menjunje (Amalgamation) Fingerprints are a universal symbol of personal identity; etched before birth and with us for life, their presence lingers in what we touch, what we carry, and who we are.” Each painting is derived from her own fingerprints. Her work explores the complexities of a diasporic identity, celebrating a transcultural journey while acknowledging what is lost in translation.”
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​Efrat Baler-Moses: Adulterated. Adulterated is a complete body of work consisting of 26 wall-based hybrid works - one for each letter of the English alphabet. The series reimagines childhood wooden alphabet blocks through adult subject matter, while retaining subtle references to the visual language of the early learning objects. Each work is constructed from two joined canvases one presenting the painted surface (the adult experience) and the other often revealing the raw reverse or "ghostly" imprint of the childhood theme. A 3D wooden corresponding alphabet block is integrated into each structure, anchoring the abstract concepts in physical reality.
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​Danielle Baron Atkins: Identity Landscapes. This body of work explores the search for transcendence in the face of the realities of a post October 7th world. Since that fateful date, a search for answers and meaning has driven her to augment her exploration of what it means to be a modern Jewish and Israeli woman with the fundamental questions of humanity and morality to be found in the study of ancient Jewish texts. In these works she attempts to render the complexity of being a woman, a mother, a Jew, and a human in a turbulent world. Through layering, stitching, and material reclamation, she hopes to build a visual language for resilience, memory, and transformation.

ABOUT US​
Drawing Rooms is a project of Victory Hall Inc., a 501c3 non-profit organization producing exhibitions and classes in the NY/NJ area since 2001.
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James Pustorino, Executive Director / Anne Trauben, Exhibitions Director / Curator
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Drawing Rooms
​Topps Building
​926 Newark Ave #T101
Jersey City, NJ 07306
www.drawingrooms.org

See all our activities at
​www.drawingrooms.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, administered by the Hudson County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs, Craig Guy, County Executive, and the Board of Chosen Freeholders.

SUPPORTED BY PUBLIC FUNDS FROM THE JERSEY CITY ARTS AND CULTURE TRUST FUND.

DRAWING ROOMS/Victory Hall Inc. 926 Newark Ave. T101, JC, NJ
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