The artists who are inspired by the natural beauty of the Highlands region of NJ, NY, PA & CT are advocates for protecting the Highlands natural and cultural resources as much as we who strive for protective policies. For beauty is worth fighting for to protect. The landscapes of the Highlands, the great biodiversity of plants and animals, the broken, half-hidden remnants of the early industrial age that has since returned to forest, the granite outcrops and strewn, truck-sized boulders deposited by the glaciers, the cold and deep glacial lakes and ancient rivers, the narrow valleys crossed by patinated iron truss bridges, the undulating farm fields and wildflower meadows, the “asunals”, the ceremonial rocks placed by the Lenape as wayfinders and to carry the prayers of successive generations — these are the same vistas and scenes that inspired an entire movement in art. The artists of our Juried Art Show and Entr’Exhibits are the inheritors of the masterful Hudson River School. We are so pleased and honored to host their inspired works. Every show is a celebration of their creativity.
ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITS (scroll down to view these exhibits)
The Annual Highlands Juried Art Exhibit began in 2013 as a feature of the Highlands Festival at Waterloo Village in Stanhope, NJ.. Produced and curated through 2019 by New Jersey Highlands Coalition trustee and renowned landscape photographer, Dwight Hiscano — who continues to provide guidance and support — the exhibit continues to grow in stature, the number of submissions, and the quality of the artwork. In Since 2021 the exhibits have been curated by gallerist and photographer Donna Compton and continue to support THE MISSION of the New Jersey Highlands Coalition to protect, enhance and promote the vital water and other natural & cultural resources of the New Jersey Highlands.
ENTR'EXHIBITS (scroll down to view these exhibits)
These are held in between (entr’exhibit) the Annual Highlands Juried Art Exhibits as an opportunity to further highlight the intersection of the Highlands natural beauty and the Highlands Coalition’s mission to protect the places that inspire our creativity. The artists are selected from our past exhibits and by specil invitation.
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The New Jersey Highlands Coalition represhttps://websites.godaddy.com/en-US/editor/ee098e22-5683-4dc6-8a9f-cf227b495cf0/60c97aeb-5b79-4d88-91eb-a3531173e249/edit#ents a diverse network of organizations — small and large, local, regional, statewide and national — and individuals.
Our mission is to 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.
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
New Jersey Highlands Coalition exhibits highlight the intersection of the Highlands’ natural beauty and the Coalition’s mission to protect the places that inspire our creativity. Exhibits feature an impressive mix of photography, oil and watercolor paintings, mixed media and sculpture. The art focuses on the landscapes, flora, fauna and historic and cultural resources of the four-state Highlands Region, with particular emphasis on the New Jersey Highlands.
The artists who are inspired by the natural beauty of the Highlands are advocates for protecting the Highlands natural and cultural resources as much as we who strive for protective policies. For beauty is worth fighting for to protect. The landscapes of the Highlands, the great biodiversity of plants and animals, the broken, half-hidden remnants of the early industrial age that has since returned to forest, the granite outcrops and strewn, truck-sized boulders deposited by the glaciers, the cold and deep glacial lakes and ancient rivers, the narrow valleys crossed by patinated iron truss bridges, the undulating farm fields and wildflower meadows, the “asunals”, the ceremonial rocks placed by the Lenape as wayfinders and to carry the prayers of successive generations — these are the same vistas and scenes that inspired an entire movement in art. The artists of our Juried Art Exhibit and Entr’Exhibits are the inheritors of the masterful Hudson River School. We are so pleased and honored to host their inspired works. Every show is a celebration of their creativity.
The Annual Juried Highlands Art Exhibit, founded by New Jersey photographer and Coalition trustee Dwight Hiscano, is curated by Donna Compton and organized by the staffs of the New Jersey Highlands Coalition.
Entr’Exhibits are held “in-between” our Annual Highlands Juried Art Exhibits.
CONTACT for exhibits and artist submissions:
Donna Compton, Highlands Arts Curator
Oct-Nov 2023
Morristown, NJ
January-February 2023, Basking Ridge, NJ
November 2021, Boonton NJ
This 2020 exhibit was postponed to May 2021 due to the pandemic. Denville, NJ
January-February 2024
Basking Ridge, NJ
January-February, 2023
Basking Ridge, NJ
January-February, 2022
Basking Ridge, NJ
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