Question 1

What is GARDEN STATE ART WEEKEND?

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Garden State Art Weekend is a statewide celebration of visual art in New Jersey, unifying over 100 venues statewide from museums and galleries, to artist studios and community art spaces.

Question 2

When and where is GARDEN STATE ART WEEKEND?

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The fourth edition of Garden State Art Weekend is April 16-18, 2027 all across New Jersey!

Question 3

Who founded GARDEN STATE ART WEEKEND?

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About the FounderGarden State Art Weekend was founded by artist and organizer Christine Romanell. Romanell’s own art practice explores the infinite through intricate, ever-expanding circular patterns. Inspired by cosmology and sacred geometry, her work represents the relationship between order and the limitless expanse. She translates digital drawings into sculptures and paintings using techniques like laser-cutting and 3D printing. Her recent museum exhibitions include the immersive installation Sacred Transition at the Montclair Art Museum and the augmented reality experience Cosmic Crossing at the Hunterdon Art Museum.Her work has been featured on the Smithsonian Channel and discussed in Hyperallergic, Juxtapoz, MIT Technology Review, White Hot Magazine, and Art and Cake. She is a recipient of an NEA grant for her work through Chashama in NYC and received a 2022 Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. Her work is held in the public collections of Google, Memorial Sloan Kettering, and the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation, as well as the private collection of the late Pat Bell alongside artists Tom Nussbaum and Willie Cole. She holds a BFA from the School of Visual Arts (NYC) and an MFA from Montclair State University.Working with Christine  to bring GSAW to life is Alison Pirie. Pirie (b. Long Beach, California, USA) is a multimedia artist and curator based in Montclair, NJ and New York City. Her artistic practice centers on the intersection of the body, gender, and language. Pirie earned her BFA in Studio Art from Chapman University in 2018. After which her thesis exhibition, The Pelvic Theatre Presents The History of Hysteria, went on to be exhibited in a solo show at The Situation Room, Los Angeles and group screenings at Collective Misnomer (Denver, CO), Cinema COBRA (NYC), Satellite Art Fair SXSW (Austin), Grace Exhibition Space (NYC), and The Living Gallery (Brooklyn, NY). Pirie has also exhibited in group shows at Cobra Flute Projects (Phoenix, AZ), Dog and Pony Gallery (Spokane, WA), La Mama Galleria (NYC), Straight Through The Wall NYC, Con Artist Collective (NYC), Brooklyn Art Cluster (Brooklyn), Exchange Gallery (Bloomsburg, PA), Chapman University (Orange, CA), The Situation Room, Los Angeles (2015) and Art Basel Miami Beach “Fair. Play” FVAF (Miami, FL). Her performance at Satellite Art Show, Brooklyn in 2019, The Strange Organ that Dwells Within Them, was featured on ANTE. Mag’s “Top 12 picks for Performance is Alive @ Satellite Art Show” and published in Emergency INDEX: An Annual Document of Performance Practice, Vol. 9 (2020). Pirie has attended residencies at Vermont Studio Center (2019) and New York Artists Equity Association Curatorial Residency (2021).
As an extension of her artistic practice, Pirie has curated several one-night events and exhibitions in the New York City area. From 2019-2020, Pirie and her collaborator, Christina Dietz, curated three food-themed live performance and video events under the name Gxrl on Grill at various venues across Brooklyn. In February of 2023, Pirie solo curated a multimedia exhibition at Westbeth Gallery, Paroxysm, featuring 65 artists from the US and abroad.

Question 4

Am I required to plan a special program for GARDEN STATE ART WEEKEND?

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You don't need to do anything special other than be open at a time of your choosing over the weekend. Of course, if you want to do something special, that's great too!

Question 5

Is there a fee to participate in GARDEN STATE ART WEEKEND?

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For the fourth edition of GSAW, there is an application fee of $25. If accepted to participate, there is no additional fee to participate.  As the application fee helps cover administration costs, they are non refundable.Visitors please check with individual venues for admission fees. Museums and institutions have their own policies. Please check with each venue before visiting.

Question 6

How is GARDEN STATE ART WEEKEND funded?

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Garden State Art Weekend is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas.

Question 7

Do I need to buy tickets to GARDEN STATE ART WEEKEND?

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Ticketing and registration details vary by participating location.

Question 8

How can I stay up to date on the latest news from GARDEN STATE ART WEEKEND?

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Please join our mailing list and follow us @gardenstateartweekend.If you have any other questions or feedback, please reach out to us at gardenstateartweekend@gmail.com.

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