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SUMMARY:PIECES OF WORK
DESCRIPTION:PIECES OF WORKBy Artists Carol Schepps & Trudy Borenstein-Sugiura\nOn View: November 14 – December 12\, 2026Opening Reception: Saturday\, November 14\, 3-5pm\n  \nExhibition Statement:\nWe have spent more than thirty years finishing each other’s sentences\, and eventually\, we started doing the same with our art. Our creative practices began in the demanding worlds of precision craft—one of us meticulously shaping wire\, metal\, and stone in jewelry design\, and the other engineering form\, movement\, and texture through textiles and fashion. That foundational obsession with strict craftsmanship\, micro-details\, and structural integrity still rules everything we make. \nHowever\, somewhere along the line\, the boundaries of traditional craft began to fray. We morphed into visual arts\, trading functional parameters for purely expressive freedom. Today\, our artwork\, although dissimilar\, brings the obsessive\, tactile discipline of Trudy’s jeweler’s bench and Carol’s fashion studio onto the canvas and into three dimensions. We take our construction seriously\, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously. Our deep friendship ensures that a thread of humor\, playfulness\, and joy runs through every complex layer\, proving that meticulous discipline and a good laugh can live in the exact same frame. \nAbout the Artists:\nTrudy Borenstein-Sugiura\nBioTrudy Borenstein-Sugiura is an award winning designer of fine jewelry and tabletop objects whose work is included in the Permanent Collection of the Smithsonian Institution at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum. \nTrudy has returned to the creation of fine art through paper collage.  Using documents and personal papers for storytelling\, she constructs with a goldsmith’s meticulous obsession for detail. Since 2016\, her collages have been exhibited in galleries and museums internationally.  She was awarded a Mid-Atlantic States and NJ Council for the Arts Individual Artist Award and a selected Artist in Residency at Foundation House in Greenwich\, CT. \nArtist StatementI explore the intricate layers of time\, memory\, cultural identity\, ecology\, and politics through collage\, using documents\, texts\, maps and an array of personal papers.  The materials function as both image and archive\, carrying their own histories into new configurations. While forming the image\, these materials invite viewers to look beneath the surface\, where words\, dates\, and events recede into shadow and reassemble into fuller and deeper narratives.  \nMy practice is rooted in time and memory. It began as a way to honor my late father\, a mathematician\, by forming his portrait from his personal papers—assembling a life through its traces.  Even as underlying narratives were revealed\, his image was truly formed from the sum of all of his parts and his life story was literally written all over his face. Creating many iterations\, I further examined how inherited and found materials could reveal personal and collective histories which shape identity. \nI select materials for their thematic and emotional resonance\, then cut\, arrange\, and layer them in a meditative act of construction. My skillset as a goldsmith informs my technique.  Entirely analog\, my work relies on precision cutting and pasting\, using hand drawn ‘maps’ to lay out the meticulous placement of various papers to tell the story. \nMy subjects range from contemporary and ancestral portraits\, local\, extinct\, and living birds (often situated within conflict zones)\, historical chronicles and classic literature—or simply whatever feels most in need of close introspection. \nAs connections emerge through both intention and chance\, each collage becomes its own historical document. In an era where paper is disappearing\, these works act as time travelers—exploring the past and repurposing them for future reflection. \nArtist WebsiteArtist Instagram \nCarol Schepps\nBioCarol Sara Schepps is a mixed media artist based in Princeton Junction\, New Jersey. A graduate of Pratt Institute with degrees in Communication Design and Fashion Design\, her diverse creative career spans fashion\, commercial product design\, textile arts\, and fine art. \nCarol’s professional journey began in children’s wear design and manufacturing\, and evolved into custom clothing design for women. She later transitioned into creating modern Art Quilts\, which were represented and sold in high-craft galleries across the United States. Expanding into commercial home products\, Carol also designed successful collections of rugs\, pillows\, and throws for Crate and Barrel. \nIn addition to her studio practice\, Carol is a dedicated community arts advocate and a co-founder of the West Windsor Arts Council. During the pandemic\, her practice shifted into bag-making and creating graphic artwork utilizing paint\, ink\, collage and sewn paper—a transition that laid the groundwork for her current focus of abstract mixed-media art. \nArtist StatementWorking in mixed media\, I layer watercolor and inks often along with collage elements including altered National Geographic this process of layering\, abstract shapes emerge that instinctively resemble a gallery of characters with a variety of personalities. \nI intentionally leave every piece untitled. The artwork as viewed\, is a shape-shifting entity that evolves based on the viewer’s unique personal experience and emotion.
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/pieces-of-work/
LOCATION:Taplin Gallery – Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Free or Low Cost,Taplin Gallery
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SUMMARY:DRAWN LIVE
DESCRIPTION:DRAWN LIVE\nBy David Morhaim\n\nOn View: November 14 – December 12\, 2026\nOpening Reception: Saturday\, November 14\, 3-5pm\nArtist Statement\nEarly on\, I discovered that music had a direct effect on how I drew. This show is a small sample of over 40 years of drawing musicians\, live\, in concert. As luck would have it\, one of my oldest friends is a successful music agent and was kind enough to get me on-stage to draw many bands (ie. The Grateful Dead\, The Allman Bros.\, James Taylor\, Eric Clapton\, Grover Washington Jr.\, Little Feat\, Dr. John\, to name a few). Often I’d get backstage afterwards\, show the band the drawings and get their autograph. I hope you enjoy the viewing\, as much as I did the process. \n\nArtist website
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/drawn-live/
LOCATION:Solley Lobby – Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Free or Low Cost,Solley Lobby
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SUMMARY:The Experience 
DESCRIPTION:The Experience\nby Martryce Roach\n\nOn View: November 14 – December 12\, 2026\nOpening Reception: Saturday\, November 14\, 3-5pm\nin the Lower Level Gallery\n  \n\nExhibition Statement: \nThe Experience connects right now to the period from 1916 through 1970\, when millions of African Americans journeyed North and Midwest from the Jim Crow South\, changing the landscapes of major cities across the country and shaping American culture. These paintings and pastel drawings invite viewers to reflect on visual stories that preserve our memories and inform of the collective\, lasting impact of the Great Migration. \n\n\nRoach has created surrealistic landscapes that incorporate elements of blues music\, environment\, and cultural folklore into her works to portray layers of endurance\, resilience\, and creativity evident throughout the journey of African American people. “This exhibition celebrates how we unite to navigate through the burdens\, use music to energize ourselves and overcome\, and how we can spark change\,” she says.\nAlthough many African American families can trace their histories back to the Great Migration and the social fabric of this country is largely influenced by it\, the story is not widely discussed in the classroom\, Roach observed. She didn’t learn about it as a historical movement until college and later explored a more personal connection. Her great grandmother travelled from Virginia to New York City in the 1930s to become a beautician and sent money back home until her grandmother and other family members could join her in the north.\n\n\nAbout the artist: \nRaised in New Brunswick\, Martryce Roach is a self-taught artist with a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health and Africana Studies and a Master’s Degree in Social Work.  Roach’s style is marked by her mix of history\, musical references and geometric shapes assembled to tell surrealistic stories about human experiences and relationships.  In 2021\, she was named Curator’s Choice by Pro Arts in Jersey City.  In 2022\, she was awarded the Mid Atlantic Arts Individual Artist Fellowship Grant through the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.  Also in 2022\, she was commissioned by the Meyerhoff Alumni Association to visually capture the life story of University of Maryland Baltimore County former President\, Dr. Freeman Hrabowski.  In 2023\, Roach completed an artist residency with ArtCrawl Harlem on Governor’s Island\, NY. Her pastel drawing\,”Facing the Future Together\,’’ was licensed by Newark Liberty International Airport\, where a massive\, mural-sized image of it was displayed digitally in Terminal A from 2022 through 2023. In 2025\, Roach was the Public Art and Community Engagement Mural Ambassador for a 240-foot mural installed at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick and she installed a PSE&G mural honoring the legacy of Lebby Jones on Nye Avenue in Irvington\, NJ\, as a part of a collective public art project called Legend’s Way.  Her last solo exhibition\, Patterns: People in Transition sold 14 new pieces in 2025 at Akwaaba Gallery in the northeast.  Several of Roach’s works\, including oil paintings and pastel on paper\, have been acquired into permanent museum collection. In 2026\, Roach has completed two new public art projects in the State of New Jersey\, and is currently working on a third which addresses environmental justice and hope for tomorrow.  Her most recent mural\, Created Equal\, was commissioned by the Arts Council of Princeton\, and is currently on display on Spring Street in the city. \n“To me\, life is filled with twists\, blocks\, turns and waves. How we swerve through those changes tells a powerful story and makes for a magical visual. Working with cultural experiences as source material\, my practice serves as visual storytelling\, connecting viewers with familiar environments\, shared narratives\, and layered feelings.” – Martryce Roach
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/the-experience/
LOCATION:Lower Level Gallery
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Free or Low Cost,Lower Level Gallery
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SUMMARY:Artist Winter Village: Week 5
DESCRIPTION:Our artist winter village makes local shopping easier and more creative than ever! \n\nThese festive pop-up shops\, run by talented regional creatives\, offer fun and unique gifts in cozy textiles\, jewelry\, hand-poured candles\, charming children’s wear\, pottery\, wood\, and so much more. Visit between 12-6pm Thursday-Sunday and shop directly from makers working to bring us small business-driven joy! \nThanks to the Municipality of Princeton for generously supporting this project. \n								\n									plan your visit\n					\n														\n									full list of vendors
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/artist-winter-village-week-5/
LOCATION:Hinds Plaza\, 66 Witherspoon Street\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08542
CATEGORIES:Community,Events & Performances,Free or Low Cost
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