609-497-7330.

"Heart of the Matter: New Abstraction," an exhibition of

photographs

by Ray Anderson, sculpture by Lee Tribe, and paintings by Atanas

Zgalevski,

Natalia Zaloznaya, and Lucien Dulfan. To July 31. Gallery hours are

Wednesday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and by appointment.

Plainsboro,

609-799-6706. "May Bender," the East Brunswick artist’s first

retrospective show, covering the years 1945 to the present. A lifetime

painter, trained as the Art Students League, Bender has produced more

than 350 paintings, working in figurative, geometric, and abstract

expressionist genres. Show features oils on canvas and works on paper.

To August 14. Gallery hours are Tuesday to Thursday, 11 a.m. to 6

p.m.; Friday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

East, 609-452-7800. "Dual Perceptions," a show of paintings

by Joy H. Barth. To July 26. This solo exhibition includes Barth’s

recent works which combine painting, drawing, and printmaking.

"Using

the different media, I hope to invent a language that is

nature-based,"

says Barth. "The art speaks of the indefinable, that illusive

moment, the passage of wind, or the cadence of rain."

609-497-4192.

In the dining room, an exhibit of works by the Haitian-born oils

artist

Etzer Desir. To July 15. At the Merwick Unit, paintings by Alice

Warshaw,

to September 7. Formerly of Roosevelt, and now residing in

Lawrenceville,

Warshaw traces her love of figure painting to studies with Elizabeth

Lombardi at the Arts Council of Princeton. She studied art at the

College of New Jersey, MCCC, and Rider, earning her state certificate

to teach art while working as a porcelain figurine decorator and

inspector

with Ispanky Porcelains. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.

609-921-9292.

"From Here to There," an exhibition of contemporary landscapes

by Brenda Hartill of New Zealand, Joe McIntyre of Scotland, English

artist Simon Palmer, and the Belgium-born Max Werner. To July 10.

Gallery hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

day for "Urban Landscapes," recent works by Uri Dotan, Robert

Linton Ewens, Joan Hierholzer, and David Scott Leibowitz. An

interpretation

of the city, night and day, by four artists employing both traditional

and digital mediums to create their images. To July 10. Gallery hours

are Tuesday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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Art On Campus

Embodied Image: Chinese Calligraphy from the John B. Elliott

Collection,"

a major exhibition of 55 historic works, extended to July 3. Also

on exhibit, "Photographs from the Collection of Dr. M. Jay

Goodkind

’49," a show of 39 works of landscape and nature photography

collected

since 1964, part of the collector’s promised bequest to the museum.

The show includes Ansel Adams’ "Aspens, New Mexico," 1958,

the first work acquired by Goodkind in 1964, which, together with

eight additional Adams photographs, set the tone of the collection.

To September 5.

The Goodkind collection includes images by Edward Weston, Brett

Weston,

Bruce Barnbaum, Paul Caponigro, William Clift, Robert Dawson, Dianne

Kornberg, and George Tice, among others. One area of concentration

is the sand dunes of Oceano and Death Valley, California, with works

in the collection by a variety of different artists. These, Goodkind

says, he admires as much for their accomplishment as for the

consolation

they bring to his own frustration in making similar pictures. He also

collects notable documentary photographs by Alan MacWeeney, Sally

Mann, Mary Ellen Mark, Sebastiao Salgado, and Marion Post Wolcott.

Also "From Ritual Simplicity to Imperial Splendor: Chinese

Ceramics

from the Collection of Nelson Chang ’74," to September 26;

"Chinese

Painting and Calligraphy: In Memory of John B. Elliott," to

September

30.

In the Milberg Gallery, "Artifacts: The Biographical Object in

the Princeton University Library Collections," to September 15.

Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays; noon to 5 p.m. on

weekends.

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Art by the River

609-397-4588.

"Painting From Life," a two-person show of representational

paintings by B.A. Keogh and Madeline Taranto. To July 5. Gallery hours

are Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

609-397-2226.

Watercolor and mixed-media prints and handpainted ceramics by Maria

Madonna Davidoff, to July 31.

609-397-0804.

A shared exhibition of wood engravings by Anne Steele Marsh and

watercolors

by Charles R. Ross. To July 31.

609-397-4590. "Silver Prints," an exhibition of photographs

by New Jersey multi-media artist Victor Macarol, to September 30.

"Like a poet whose successful verse relies on descriptive imagery

and creative economy of words, Macarol composes his images with an

exact arrangement of chosen elements," says curator Cynthia Reed.

Gallery hours are Wednesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Lambertville,

609-397-2300. Joan Miro, signed and authenticated color lithographs,

1939 to 1972, by one of the 20th-century masters. Through July 25.

Gallery hours are Wednesday through Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.

215-862-8242.

A landscape painting show by four of Poland’s well-known artists

featuring

Jerzy Gnatowski, Jansuz Olszewski, Stanislaw Jan Lazorek, and Anna

Olszewska.

The recently opened Nagy Gallery features Delaware Valley artists

in a variety of creative media including painting, sculpture,

photography,

woodworking, blown glass, and stained glass.

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Art In Trenton

"Ways

of Knowing: Six Points of Abstraction," an exhibition of

non-representational

work by New Jersey artists including Jack Harris, Susan Hockaday,

Micheal Madigan, Pat Martin, Mary Ann Miller, and Ann Starkey, curated

by Micheal Madigan, runs through August 15. Reception is on Friday,

July 16. Gallery hours are Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.;

Sunday 1 to 4 p.m.

609-394-4095.

In the lobby gallery, an exhibition of flower paintings in watercolor

by area artists Robert Raphael, Howard Siskowitz, and Yvonne Skaggs.

To July 23. The lobby gallery is always open.

609-989-3632.

"TAWA Invitational," a series of juried member group shows,

selected by Brian H. Peterson of the Michener Museum in Doylestown.

Museum hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Sunday, 2

to 4 p.m. Closed Mondays. TAWA website is at

http://www.ilovelbi.com/tawa.

609-890-7777.

"Afterhours," the annual apprentice showcase featuring an

international group of 18 artists working at the Atelier and actively

pursuing technical training in foundry and stone working processes.

To July 1. Gallery hours are Monday to Thursday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

609-586-0616. "Spring Exhibition," the seasonal outdoor

sculpture

exhibition. In the Museum and Domestic Arts Building,

"Premonitions

in Retrospect," works in bronze, aluminum, and steel by Elizabeth

Strong-Cuevas. To July 4. Gallery hours are Friday through Sunday,

10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The 22-acre landscaped sculpture park is on the former state

fairgrounds

site, with indoor exhibitions in the glass-walled, 10,000 square foot

museum, and the newly-renovated Domestic Arts Building.

609-292-6464. "New Jersey Arts Annual" featuring Emma Amos,

Miriam Beerman, Wendell Brooks, Marguerite Doernbach, Nancy Lee Kern,

Barbara Klein, Bill Leech, Mel Leipzig, Bob Mahon, George Segal, Debra

Weier, and others. Curators are Alison Weld and Margaret O’Reilly.

To September 19. Museum hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4:45

p.m.; Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.

Also "Apollo 11 Remembered," an exhibit of commemorative

items,

to January 2; "Sunstruck!" an exhibit that explores the

cultural

myths, music, literature, archaeological artifacts, and astronomy

of Earth’s nearest star, to March 12. On extended view: "Dinosaur

Turnpike: Treks through New Jersey’s Piedmont"; "Amber: The

Legendary Resin"; "The Moon: Fact & Fiction."

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Art in the Workplace

Brunswick,

732-524-3698. "Joseph Csatari Retrospective," an exhibition

by the South River artist known as "heir to Norman Rockwell"

runs to August 5. The show includes portraits, watercolors, book cover

art, and commercial illustration. Free by appointment.

Also "About Energy" by Patrick Schiavino, a self-taught

painter

and mixed-media artist who believes that everything we know consists

of energy. In the New Jersey Artists Series. To July 12.

609-895-7307. "Contemporary Landscapes" curated by Gary Snyder

of Snyder Fine Art in New York. Featured artists are Laura E.

Chenicek,

Tim Daly, Frank Ippolito, Robert Kogge, Adolf Konrad, Valerie Larko,

and Nancy Silvia. To July 16. Exhibit is open Monday to Friday, 9

a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Other Galleries

Road, 609-921-3272. "Tour de France Exhibit" by watercolorists

Ellen Faber, Nancy Jorgenson, Beverly Nickel, and Gail Robertson.

To July 31. Hours are Tuesdays through Sundays, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30

p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

609-737-9313.

Group show of landscape and still life in oils by Stephen Kennedy,

Christine Lafuente, and David Shevlino. To July 17. Gallery hours

are Tuesday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Christine Lafuente paints exclusively from life and is an instructor

and artist-in-resident at the Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia.

"I spend so much time looking in nature for what I paint: images

in life that satisfy an internal esthetic vision I have," she

says. Shevlino, a painter of plein air landscapes, won a regional

NEA fellowship in painting. Kennedy is a graduate of the National

Academy of Design who apprenticed with portraitist Nelson Shanks.

Somerville,

908-725-2110. "Artful Pastiche: Highlighting New Jersey College

Artists," a juried exhibition of works by 34 student artists.

In the Library Gallery: "Judy Lyons Schneider: Transformed

Transfers."

To July 15.

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To the North

Street, New Brunswick, 732-846-5777. "The Hungarian Spark in

America,"

an exhibition highlighting Hungarian contributions to the arts,

sciences,

humanities, commerce, religious and civic life in America.

732-257-4340. "Men of Stone and Steel," a shared exhibition

of sculpture by Paul Jeffries and Ralph Greco. To July 5. Also

contemporary

sculpture by 110 artists in natural outdoor installations.

The outdoor venue is open through October. Friday to Sunday, noon

to 5 p.m.

Avenue, New Brunswick, 732-932-2222, extension 838. "Veiled Time:

Contemporary Artists and the Holocaust," curated by Judith

Brodsky,

featuring works by Aharon Gluska, Melissa Gould, David Levinthal,

Zbigniew Libera, Diane Neumaier, Gabrielle Roassmer, Lubo Stacho,

and Murray Zimiles. To July 31.

Brunswick, 732-932-7237. "Another Dimension: Sculptors as

Printmakers,"

a show that examines how sculptors have made the transition to

printmaking,

with work by Vito Acconci, Louise Bourgeois, Dorothy Dehner, Donald

Judd, Marilyn Keating, George Nama, Claes Oldenburg, and Sandy

Skoglund.

To July 3.

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Other Museums

Doylestown,

215-340-9800. "From Soup Cans to Nuts," an exhibition of

prints

by Andy Warhol, on loan from the Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh. The

artist, who died in 1987, is known for his flamboyant, multiple

silkscreen

prints that explore icons of popular culture from the famous soup

to Marilyn Monroe and Jackie Kennedy. To September 5.

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