Spring exhibitions now open

The University Galleries is excited to open three new exhibitions for the William Paterson community and beyond. Please see the attached postcard as well as descriptions and links below, with more details to come. Additional information about our current and upcoming exhibitions Ink, Press, Repeat: National Juried Printmaking and Book Arts Exhibition (January 30 – March 24, 2023, Court Gallery), El Cartel/The Poster: Puerto Rican Graphics (January 30 – May 5, 2023, South Gallery), Myles Dunigan: Sacrifice Zones (January 30 – May 5, 2023, East Gallery), and Here/Now: A Juried Exhibition of Student Artwork (April 10 – May 5, 2023, Court Gallery) is available here. Contact director Casey Mathern to arrange a tour for your class (mathernc@wpunj.edu) and see our fall postcard as a pdf attachment using the link at the bottom of this page.

El Cartel/The Poster: Puerto Rican Graphics

South Gallery

January 30 – May 5, 2023

Curated by Alejandro Anreus, WP professor of art history and Latin American/Latinx studies, this exhibition showcases printed posters created by leading Puerto Rican and Nuyorican printmakers at the Taller de Artes Graficas of the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña in San Juan under the leadership of master printer Lorenzo Homar, and at the Taller Boricua in New York City, between 1960 and 2013. Drawn from an impressive print collection formed and recently donated to the William Paterson University Galleries by artist Gloria Rodriguez Calero in memory of her late husband Angelo Antolino and in honor of Alejandro Anreus, these works capture the issues and reflect the conscience of Puerto Ricans living on the island and in the diaspora over a half century when graphic design became entwined with the movement for independence. Central to this focus on printmaking was the development of one of the most sophisticated and effective uses of the silkscreen (serigraphy) technique. Printmakers represented in the exhibition include José Alicea, López Alomar, Luis Alonso, Isabel Bernal, Gloria Rodriguez Calero, Jose Rosa Castellanos, Fran Cervoni, Wilfredo Chiesa, Gilberto Hernandez, Lorenzo Homar, Carlos Irizarry, Antonio Martorell, Rafael Rivera Rosa, Fernando Salicrup, Carmelo Sobrino, Jorge Soto, Rafael Tufiño, and Manuel Vega.

Curator’s Talk: Alejandro Anreus

Wednesday, February 15 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. South Gallery

Opening reception

Wednesday, February 15 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Ink, Press, Repeat: National Juried Printmaking and Book Arts Exhibition

Court Gallery

January 30 – March 24, 2023

Ink, Press, Repeat showcases a variety of print media including etching, intaglio, lithography, monoprint, screen printing, and woodcuts. The exhibition was juried by Susan J. Goldman, an artist, master printmaker, curator, filmmaker, and founding director of Lily Press. Goldman selected 50 artworks by 50 artists hailing from 22 states: Leslie Adler, Rosaire Appel, Isak Applin, David Avery, Magda Baker, Mindy Belloff, Howard Berelson, Carol Bouyoucos, Denise Brady, Helene L. Brenenson, Lu Brewer, Servane Briand, R.D. Burton, Danqi Cai, Gino Castellanos, Eliza Clifford, Michael Ensminger, April Virginia Flanders, Xueer Gao, Jessica Marie Gross, Linda Herritt, Nicholas A. Hill, Yuji Hiratsuka, Neil Horsky, Marcus Howell, Diane Jacobs, David Joo, Christina Kang, Gali Katz, Tatana Kellner, Jun Lee, J. Myszka Lewis, Steven McCarthy, Chris Mona, Steven Muñoz, Irmari Nacht, B.E.F. Oakes, Frank Ozereko, Mervi Pakaste, Debra Pearlman, Marilyn Propp, Scott Reeds, Maxwell Roath, Jennifer Scheuer, Dana Stirling, Rebecca Rowan Strabo, William Truran, Julie Wallace, and Chantal Zakari. The grand-prize winner is Andrew Cornell Robinson of New York City, who will receive a solo exhibition in 2025. A fully-illustrated catalogue accompanies the exhibition.

Juror’s Talk: Susan J. Goldman

Wednesday, February 22 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. South Gallery

Opening reception and catalogue launch

Wednesday, February 22 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Myles Dunigan: Sacrifice Zones

East Gallery

January 30 – May 5, 2023

This exhibition features new prints, assemblages, installations, and an artist’s book by Myles Dunigan, the Grand Prize recipient of the 2020 Ink, Press, Repeat exhibition. Inspired by the provisional nature of scientific notation and doomsday preppers, Dunigan crafts ephemeral objects culled from a personal archive of slides, models, and field notes that act as beautiful warnings in a precarious era marked with pandemics and ecological anxieties.

Opening reception: Wednesday, February 22 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Our programming is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.