Current Exhibit - Kim ParkER
ABSTRACT gARDENS
JUNE 3-30, 2026
Maxfield Engine House
713 Main St. Boonton NJ 07005
973-910-2400
NJ Highlands Coalition is pleased to welcome back Kim Parker, who will exhibit her new "Abstract Gardens" paintings!
A dynamic and captivating exhibition of new abstract paintings by the internationally acclaimed artist, award-winning lifestyle designer & author
Instagram @kimparkerstyle
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About Kim and this exhibit
These new, large abstract works are inspired by both my passion for working with rich and exuberant color and my connection to Nature.
After four decades living and working in New York City, painting millions of flowers for both the fashion and home decor industries, my husband and I moved to the rural Sussex County landscape.
A deeply inspired response to Nature slowly awakened in me. I took my materials outside on the deck overlooking the lake to paint to a rich, sonic accompaniment of birds. There was so much beauty to behold and freedom in Nature. My gestures could no longer be contained as they had in the city. Delicate limbs and bright yellow Light inspired a visceral response and a new found freedom in my creative process to these Natural elements.
AGRICULTURE - Aug 1-Sept 6, 2026
Two Exhibits
Maxfield Engine House
Maxfield Engine House
Showcasing the rich agricultural heritage of the Highlands Region in paintings, photographs, ceramics, mixed medai & more!
ART & INFO TO BE POSTED SOON
Maxfield Engine House
Maxfield Engine House
Maxfield Engine House
August 1 to 30, 2026
OPENING RECEPTION
FREE & open to the public
Saturday August 1, 3;00-5:00 p.m.
713 Main St. Boonton NJ
ART & INFO TO BE POSTED SOON
Farmstead Arts Center
Maxfield Engine House
Farmstead Arts Center
Aug 1 - Sept. 6, 2026
OPENING RECEPTION
FREE & open to the public
Sunday, August. 2. 2:00-4:00 P.M.
450 King George Road, Basking Ridge NJ
ART & INFO TO BE POSTED SOON
Jan- May 2026 - Group Show
Through May 31, 2026
Maxfield Engine House, 713 Main St., Boonton NJ 0700 5
FREE & Open to the Public
HOURS 973-910-2400
highlandsart@njhighlandscoalition.org
THE ARTISTS
Paintings, photographs and ceramics by:
Linda Aldrich, Peter Aldrich, Nancy Boney, Linda Calvet, Ellen Denuto, Todd Doney, Charles Dexter, Edward Fausty, Seth Ruggles Hiler, Nancy Nicolescu, Elliott Ruga, Christopher Smith, Jeremy Travis, Miroslav Vrzala and Barry Zawacki
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2025 Advocates Exhibits
KIM PARKER
March 7 to April 5, 2025
Maxfield Engine House
713 Main Street, Boonton NJ
Featuring a myriad of art and design surface products as well as paintings, textiles, fashions, home furnishings and more. The internationally acclaimed artist, award-winning lifestyle designer and author launches the NJ Highlands Coalition's "Artists as Advocates for the Highlands" exhibit series.
About Maxfield Engine House & NJ Highlands Coalition
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.