West Windsor Arts Council looks toward the future with its Generation Next spring exhibit, a sampling featuring up-and-coming artists. The exhibit will run from Monday, May 11, through Saturday, July 11. An opening reception and artist talk will be held on Sunday, May 17, from 4 to 6 p.m. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturdays, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tricia Fagan, right, a longtime resident of West Windsor, is the curator. Fagan, the program development specialist at Mercer County’s Division of Culture and Heritage office, has worked as a curator, arts writer, and arts administrator for more than 26 years. Most recently she was director and curator of the Gallery at Mercer Community College for 14 years.
Fagan has also worked for Artworks, the NJ State Council on the Arts, NJN, and TAWA, and is the co-founder of Trenton Avant Garde where she directed the annual Women’s History Month art shows, and was the curator of the Dangerous Women and Dangerous Women Two exhibitions. She has served as juror and independent curator of numerous regional exhibitions, including WWAC’s 2010 inaugural exhibition.
“Young people today are doing such interesting things with visual mediums,” says Arin Black, executive director of the arts center. “It’s exciting to see the development of new voices right here in our community.”
Generation Next, West Windsor Arts Council, 952 Alexander Road, West Windsor. Opening reception Sunday, May 17, 4 to 6 p.m. Through July 11. 609-716-1931. www.westwindsorarts.org.
