
Join us for the Highlands Art Exhibit showcasing regional artworks from NJ, NY, PA & CT. Presented by the NJ Highlands Coalition at Maxfield Engine House, Boonton. Exhibit: Sept 21 – Dec 7, 2025.
Entry Deadline is Tuesday, August 26 at 11:59 p.m.
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT
Proceeds support the NJ Highlands 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.
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; 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.
Organized by curator Donna Compton, owner of Compton Gallery in Boonton, and the staff of the New Jersey Highlands Coalition, the Highlands Exhibit offers artists an opportunity to have their work exhibited while reaching a wide audience. The exhibit is juried by a panel of prominent gallery owners and art industry professionals.
NOTE: You may enter both categories if you like
· PHOTOGRAPHY Category
· FINE ART Category
FEE: $20 for the first 3 images. $5 ea. for two more, for a total of 5 images in each category.
ART SALES: Artists will receive 70% of the sales price; NJHC will receive 30%.
Explore our guidelines and resources to submit your artwork and learn how to participate.
Submit your fine art pieces including paintings, sculptures, and mixed media.
Share your photographers with us, noting digital enhancements.
Mediums, awards, opportunities, jurors
Eligibility, Sales, Commissions, Media Styles/Sizes, Subject, Copyright etc.
ENTRY DEADLINE is Tuesday, August 26 at 12:59 p.m.
General Rules & Guidelines https://www.highlandsart.org/submit-your-art
WEB SITE HOME PAGE: https://www.highlandsart.org
NEED HELP? PHONE: 973-910-2400 EMAIL: highlandsart@njhighlandscoalition.or
PLEASE READ ALL THE INFORMATION BELOW, THEN UPLOAD YOUR JPG IMAGES AT THESE LINKS:
FINE ART
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PHOTOGRAPHY
https://pollunit.com/polls/9vtwpqcrawbgmvr_n4hycw?token=x0nxm8HTCThULuOIEnXNiw
You may enter up to FIVE images in this category.
The fee is $20.00 total for the first three images in each category, and $5 for each additional image.
Payment to be made after you upload all your images in each category.
IMAGE & FILE PREP
Acceptance Details
Please print and sign this agreement and bring it with you when you deliver your art.
If you are unable to do so, there will be copies available at the gallery; however, please review this before you arrive, in order to save time.
Please call me if you have any questions. 973-910-2400 Thank you, Donna Compton
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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 N
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.
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