UnchartedTerritory

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Located in the developing arts neighborhood known as the Valley, Oualie Art is a studio-gallery with a focus on photo-based arts. As part of its mission, Oualie Art periodically presents exhibitions featuring the work of emerging and mid-career artists at its base location of 540A Freeman Street, Orange, NJ. Oualie Art has also established a print collection that will serve as a repository of images of artists affiliated with the arts district that connects the townships of Orange and West Orange. The collection will be a vehicle for charting the development of the Arts District and therefore an eventual archive and permanent collection. Uncharted Territory Exhibitions The recent economic crisis, a historic political election as well as a planet in crisis, has presented unprecedented challenges. It also creates new opportunities regarding how we can respond to these challenges and re-imagine new beginnings for our contemporary society. In many ways, we are entering uncharted territories. This is the context in which artist are encouraged to approach this exhibition. Uncharted Territory encourages visual artists to imagine both physical and psychological space as territories for exploration and interpretation while working within their core vision as image-makers. Participating artists include: Akintola Hanif, Andrea DeFelice, Lisa Marie Bronson, Beatrice Coron, Chris Burns, Evonne Davis, Jeff Campbell, Kathleen Heron, Kevin Darmine, Mike Malbrough, Nicole Frocheur, Patrick Grenier, Rebecca Major, Robert Lach, Seung Ae Kim, Shani Peters, Stepanie Dinkins, Susanne Broughel. May 1st through May 31 2009 Public Opening Reception: Saturday May 2, from 5:00 to 8:00 pm. Terry Boddie, Curator tboddie@yahoo.com By mail: Oualie Art, 540A Freeman Street Orange, NJ 07050 For more information please contact: Terry Boddie, Curator at 917-340-1446 or Lorena La Grassa, Event Coordinator at 973-324-5723