A celebration of the region's natural beauty and its artists
THE OPENING HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED to allow TIME FOR BUILDING INSPECTIONS TO BE COMPLETED
The new date for the opening is
Sunday, October 20, 2024
Maxfield Engine House
713 Main Street, Boonton NJ.
The Artists' Awards Reception is
Sunday, November 3
2:00 to 5:00 p.m.
FREE and open to the public
The exhibit features paintings, photographs, sculpture, mixed media featuring the 4-State Highlands Region of NJ, NY, PA & CT
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973-910-2400
highlandsart@njhighlandscoalition.org
Regular Visiting Hours & Directions
Artists, adults and youth, show works featuring the landscapes, flora, fauna, natural, cultural, or historic resources of the Highlands region, which stretches from Connecticut through New York and New Jersey, to Pennsylvania Juried art selections include two- and three-dimensional paintings, drawings, photographs, mixed media and sculptures.
The exhibit is curated by Donna Compton, gallerist and Art Program Curator for the NJ Highlands CoalitionA panel of prominent local arts professionals served as jurors for this anniversary show, including: awards judges Dwight Hiscano, exhibit founder, and Hal Bromm, curator and founder of Hal Bromm Gallery in New York City; Elliott Ruga, Donna Compton, Mitchell Rosenzweig, Paul Jach, Kristy Brucale Jach, and John Castronovo.
Proceeds support the Coalition's mission to help preserve the natural and cultural resources of this remarkable region of our state that supplies clean drinking water to over 6.2 million people. ABOUT THE NJ HIGHLANDS COALITION
Contact Donna Compton (Curator).
Phone: 973-910-2400
Email: highlandsart@njhighlandscoalition.org
MAXFIELD ENGINE HOUSE
The Center for the Study of Cities and Small Towns (CSST) Foundation renovated the firehouse according to a preservation study done by researchers from Penn Praxis at the Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania. Constructed in 1893 by civic-minded Boonton citizens led by then City Council president, Esli B. Dawson, great, great grandfather of CSST board members, Ryan Dawson of Mendham and Rebecca Birch of New York City, the firehouse occupies a prominent location in the center of Boonton, NJ’s Main Street Historic District. It has served a variety of functions since the town’s fire engines became too large for its original use.
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MAXFIELD ENGINE HOUSE
The Center for the Study of Cities and Small Towns (CSST) Foundation renovated the firehouse according to a preservation study done by researchers from Penn Praxis at the Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania. Constructed in 1893 by civic-minded Boonton citizens led by then City Council president, Esli B. Dawson, great, great grandfather of CSST board members, Ryan Dawson of Mendham and Rebecca Birch of New York City, the firehouse occupies a prominent location in the center of Boonton, NJ’s Main Street Historic District. It has served a variety of functions since the town’s fire engines became too large for its original use.
CONTACT: Eugenie L. Birch FAICP
Nussdorf Professor of Urban Research
Department of City and Regional Planning
Dean, Graduate Studies
Stuart Weitzman School of Design
Chair, Graduate Group in City and Regional Planning
co-Director, Penn Institute for Urban Research
University of Pennsylvania
210 S. 34th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Tel: 215 898 8330 Cell: 917 412 7911
Twitter: @DrGenie_Birch
The New Jersey Highlands CoalitioN
Our mission is to protect, enhance and promote the vital water and other natural & cultural resources of the New Jersey Highlands. The Coalition represents a diverse network of organizations — small and large, local, regional, statewide and national — and individuals.
We represent their common goal to protect, enhance and restore the New Jersey Highlands and to preserve the quality and quantity of drinking water both for the 850,000 people in the Highlands as well as the more than five million people in surrounding areas who depend on Highlands water.