Montclair’s Newest Public Art: 觉醒的回响

The community gathered in the heart of Upper Montclair on October 10th, 2021 for the opening ceremony of 觉醒的回响, 一个35-by-8-ft. painted mural by local artists and 十大博彩推荐排名州立大学 校友 劳伦Vroegindewey, 玛格丽特考芙, 还有妮可·努佐洛. The mural is in partnership with Montclair Diner currently on view at 新泽西州十大博彩推荐排名山谷路613号.

在场的艺术家 觉醒的回响 as a reflection on community appreciation and hope for more vibrant days. After living through a pandemic that has resulted in islands of loss and isolation, these artists offer a tribute to those lost due to the pandemic, 包括乔丹·塔西, who became a Montclairian local hero by pitching in when sanitation workers were hit with a COVID outbreak. Using their vibrant tools of creativity, they have crafted an uplifting vision for this next chapter of Upper Montclair’s history.

The mural is an interactive gift to the public as the community is encouraged to write the names of those lost due to Covid-19 in the clouds of the mural with pens provided by the artists. 诺玛塔西, 乔丹·塔西的母亲, was the first to write her son’s name 在壁画上 at the opening ceremony; followed by 约旦 Tassy’s best friend, 伊姆兰主席, 加上乔丹的昵称:马球. 几个月后, dozens have utilized the safe space to write the names of loved ones they lost to Covid-19.

Vroegindewey, Kaufer, and Nuzzolo studied under Professor 朱莉·霍夫曼 who initiated and proposed the project to the artists through the 艺术学院 and 艺术与设计系 as a community partnership. The artists conceptualized separate renditions of b正确的 abstract shapes, 流行音乐形象, 还有浪漫的风景. 通过进一步的合作, the contrasting styles were merged together through the lens of the pandemic; telling the narrative of isolation while offering tribute to those lost due to the pandemic.

The pen remains on the wall of the mural as the public continues to add the names of their loved ones.

艺术家简历:

劳伦Vroegindewey, multimedia artist and humanitarian born in Sonora, California is a video and performance artist, 雕塑家, and painter exploring notions of sustainability and vulnerability in art, 经常把她的身体当作工具. Exhibiting locally and internationally, Vroegindewey is the recipient of a number of awards, including Best Sound Design and Experimental Short for My Bed, 起重机的妻子, 和消色差, 意识流, 首演于L.I. 美国华人博物馆. Her film Cleansing premiered at Costa Rica’s La NoBienal, and a performance art piece entitled My Bed exhibited at Ethan Cohen’s KuBe in Beacon, NY.

玛格丽特考芙’s work explores the relationship between art and the emotional experience. 作为抽象, they are open to interpretation by the viewer; however the work is a physical representation of the emotions Kaufer was feeling at the time she created each artwork. Her work was exhibited in the Rockland County Virtual Arts Festival in 2021. Marguerite’s senior thesis series Visions was exhibited through Fresh Air Montclair at Lackawanna Station, 十大博彩推荐排名新泽西.

妮可Nuzzolo‘s creative mind gravitates to a kind of art that explores concepts of identity, complicating our ideas of what constitutes an individual within a society. Founder of Carpe Art for Fresh Air Montclair, Nicole’s artistic education at MSU has expanded to include exploring the entrepreneurial side of teaching art in high schools. As much as Nicole is passionate about making art, she is equally passionate about educating others in the arts.