Basking Ridge & Bville Artists to Exhibit at 4-Day Somerville Show

Eighteen visual artists from the Somerville area, including five from Basking Ridge and two from Bernardsville, will be on exhibit during downtown Somerville's planned Arts on Division show on May 17-20.

Arts on Division is being prepared as Somerville's third annual indoor and outdoor festival on Division Street over a four-day period. The event is scheduled to include fine art exhibits, theatre, music, poetry, dance ensembles, film and art related demonstrations — and during the past two years already has seen over 5000 visitors.

The exhibit is being curated by Kristina Lloyd, who also is visual arts coordinator and a trustee at the center in Bernards Township.

Contributors to the exhibit include Basking Ridge artists Lloyd, Frank Gubernat, Hilary Klimek, Jean Leigh, and Letty Oratowski; Michelle Marigliano and her son Lorenzo DiAndrea of Bernardsville; Filip Everaert of Far Hills; Maryann Ficker of Bound Brook; Olga Phelps of Branchburg; Diana Patton and Linda Lam of Bridgewater; Abi Fellows of Budd Lake in Morris County; Rita Koch of Flemington; Donna Souren of Martinsville; Frank Racina of Raritan; Vivian Bedoya of Somerset; and Amy Erdman of Somerville.

The artisans are working in a wide range of media including — according to information on the exhibit — five painting styles, acrylic, alkyds, gouache, oil, and watercolor; and also photography, beaded jewelry, SAORI weaving, metal and stone sculpture, and pen and ink drawings.

Division Street has been designated for “Arts & Culture,” and already is being reconstructed so that it may serve as a pedestrian-friendly thoroughfare. Sidewalk artists will be able to use the street as their canvas and everyone will have the opportunity to meet the artists and learn about their processes, work and inspiration, according to information on the exhibit.  

For more information go to: http://www.somervillenj.org and search 'arts division,' http://www.findsomerville.com and search ‘Arts on Division’ or look for Arts on Division on Facebook.