Hunterdon Art Museum

THE HUNTERDON ART MUSEUMS MISSION IS TO ENGAGE PEOPLE WITH CONTEMPORARY ART, CRAFT AND DESIGN IN WAYS THAT EDUCATE, CHALLENGE AND INSPIRE. AS AN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE WITH PROGRAMS FOR ALL AGES, THE MUSEUM OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPLORE AND EXPERIENCE ART IN MANY FORMS. BEGINNING WITH PROGRAMS FOR THE VERY YOUNG AND CONTINUING THROUGH ADULTHOOD, THE MUSEUMS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ANNUALLY OFFERS MANY WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES THAT SUPPORT LIFELONG LEARNING. CLASSES COVER TOPICS THAT INCLUDE PAINTING, DRAWING, CERAMICS, PRINTMAKING, PHOTOGRAPHY, AND MUCH MORE. IN THE SUMMER, HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN PARTICIPATE IN THE MUSEUMS ART CAMPS. SUBJECTS RANGE FROM PAINTING AND DRAWING TO VIDEO PRODUCTION, FASHION DESIGN, AND ANIMATION. MANY OF THE CAMPS ARE THEMED, PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN TO EXPLORE A TOPIC IN MORE THAN ONE MEDIUM. FOR MORE THAN TWENTY FIVE YEARS HAM HAS FILLED A NEED IN THE COMMUNITY WITH ARTISTIC EXPRESSIONS, CLASSES FOR ADULTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. IN ANOTHER L

THE HUNTERDON ART MUSEUM IS AN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE WITH PROGRAMS FOR ALL AGES. THE MUSEUM'S EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPLORE AND EXPERIENCE ART IN MANY FORMS. BEGINNING WITH PROGRAMS FOR THE VERY YOUNG AND CONTINUING THROUGH ADULTHOOD, THE MUSEUM ANNUALLY OFFERS WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES THAT SUPPORT LIFELONG LEARNING. IN THE SUMMER, HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN PARTICIPATE IN THE MUSEUM'S ART CAMPS. SUBJECTS RANGE FROM PAINTING AND DRAWING TO VIDEO PRODUCTION, FASHION DESIGN, ANIMATION, AND MUCH MORE. FOR MORE THAN TWENTY FIVE YEARS HAM HAS OFFERED CLASSES FOR ADULTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HAS FILLED A NEED IN THE COMMUNITY WITH THIS IMPORTANT PROGRAM. WORKING WITH NEARLY THIRTY SCHOOLS FOR ALMOST THREE DECADES, THE MUSEUM HAS GIVEN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXHIBIT THEIR ARTWORK AND PARTICIPATE IN WORKSHOPS THROUGH OUR YOUNG ARTISTS SHOWCASE.

THE MUSEUMS EXHIBITIONS HAVE GARNERED A REPUTATION FOR THEIR HIGH QUALITY AND INTERESTING SUBJECT MATTER. FROM GROUP SHOWS THAT INVESTIGATE TRENDS IN CONTEMPORARY ART TO ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS THAT EXPLORE PERSONAL JOURNEYS, THE MUSEUM BRINGS EXTRAORDINARY ARTWORK TO OUR REGION WITH APPROXIMATELY TWELVE EXHIBITIONS ANNUALLY. HERE ARE EXAMPLES FROM FY22: CROSSROADS: BOOK ARTISTS IMPASSIONED RESPONSES TO IMMIGRATION, HUMAN RIGHTS AND OUR ENVIRONMENT DISPLAYED EXAMPLES OF ARTISTS BOOKS THAT DEALT WITH CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL ISSUES. PRINT + DELVED INTO THE MANY UNEXPECTED WAYS CONTEMPORARY PRINTMAKERS USE PRINT TECHNIQUES AND ALSO FOCUSED ON THE DIVERSITY OF PRINTMAKERS WORKING TODAY. ALISHA WORMSLEY: REMNANTS OF AN ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEBUTED A NEW INSTALLATION BY WORMSLEY THAT SHOWCASED HER CELEBRATED ENGAGEMENTS WITH BLACK FUTURISM, A GENRE OF REIMAGINING BLACK LIFE OFTEN WITH A FUTURISTIC AESTHETIC. COMPANION SPECIES (AT WHAT COST): THE WORKS OF MARIE WATT FOCUSED ON THE TEXTILES OF THIS AMERICAN ARTIST AND CITIZEN OF THE SENECA NATION. A CATALOG WAS PUBLISHED TO ACCOMPANY THE WATT EXHIBITION. IN DOUG HERREN: COLOR FORMS/CERAMIC STRUCTURES THE ARTIST INVOKED VESSEL REFERENCES WITH LARGE-SCALE, BOLDY COLORED FORMS REMINISCENT OF ABANDONED INDUSTRIAL TOOLS. MALCOLM MOBUTU SMITH: EVERMORE NEVERMORE WAS A SOLO SHOW OF THE ARTISTS CERAMIC SCULPTURES. THE WORKS ARE CONTRADICTIONS, SHOWING BEAUTIFUL FORM, LINE, COLOR, AND DESIGN, WHILE BEING WRAPPED IN DISTURBING SYMBOLS OF RACISM. THE 2021 MEMBERS EXHIBITION PROVIDED OUR MEMBERS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT WORK TO THIS ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION. FORMS FOLLOW FUNCTION; THE ART OF NANETTE CARTER WAS A SOLO SHOW HIGHLIGHTING THE ARTISTS MYLAR COMPOSITIONS. CONCENTRATING ON COLOR, LINE AND TEXTURE, CARTER COMPOSES IMAGERY THAT DEVELOPS A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE. THEA CLARK: DO/UNDO PRESENTED CLARKS ARTWORK ON THE THEME OF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN NATURE AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT DUE TO ACCELERATING CLIMATE CHANGE. IN MEMBER HIGHLIGHT: HETTY BAIZ, THE ARTIST ADDRESSED OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS ABOUT TRANSIENCE AND THE NATURE OF BEING OF IDENTITY, MORTALITY AND TIME. MAXWELL MUSTARDO: DISH-ORIENTED SHOWED THE ARTISTS UNIQUE INTERPRETATIONS OF ARCHETYPAL CERAMICS, FROM UBIQUITOUS DINER MUGS TO HALLOWED GREEK AND ROMAN AMPHORAE. RINA BANERJEE: BLEMISH, IN DEEP PINK EVERYPLACE BEGINS SPOKE TO BEING UPROOTED, WAR, SEARCHING FOR IDENTITY AND BEING THE OTHER EVEN IN THE PLACE WHERE ONE WAS BORN OR WHERE ONE LIVES. THE MUSEUM ALSO PRESENTED AN EXHIBITION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT, THE HUNTERDON ART TOUR. ON OUR TOSHIKO TAKAEZU TERRACE, BRONZE SCULPTURES BY RENOWNED ARTISTS TOM OTTERNESS AND TOSHIKO TAKAEZU, AND NORIKO SAKAYAMAS UNTITLED MARBLE FIGURE, ARE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC 24/7.