May 9 to June 8
ValleyArts Firehouse Gallery
580 Forest Street, Orange
Opening Reception 
Friday , May 9, 6-9pm

The first annual ValleyArts juried exhibition features an exuberant and powerful array of more than 100 two-dimensional works by 36 artists from the Oranges, northern New Jersey, and New York. Members of the distinguished jury are: Antonio Sergio Bessa of the Bronx Museum, Diedra Harris-Kelley of the Romare Bearden Foundation, and Naima J. Keith of the Studio Museum in Harlem.

ARTISTS: Peter Alessandria, Daphne Arthur, Aliza Augustine, Amy Becker, Kerrie Bellisario, Michael Benevenia, Randolph Black, Sarah Canfield, Kathy Cantwell, Amy Charmatz, Erin Kyle Danna, Emilyann Gachko, Adam Gustavson, Richard Koch, George Kopp, John Kuczala, James Long, Paul Lurrie, Michael Maier, Amelia Panico, Gregory Pepe, Laura Petrovich-Cheney, Isabella Pizzano, Irene Pomianowski, Mike Reilly, Eric Richards, Jennie Schaeffer, Monique Schubert, Leona Strassberg Steiner, Heidi Sussman, Amy Swartele, Stacy Swiderski, Daniel Valentin, Ann Vollum, Jaclyn Woudenberg, Andrea Zinn