Art Galleries

September 8 – October 4, 2026
Reception October 4, 2026 from 3-5pm

Color exists all around us, but we don’t always take the time to enjoy its beauty, feel its emotions or understand its power. Explore the boundaries of “color” in this annual exhibit from one of New Jersey’s premier photography groups.  Images in this exhibit will span “traditional” photography, abstract images, mixed media, manipulations and manufactured composites that incorporate this theme.

The exhibit features 15 photographers from New Jersy and Pennsylvania.

The Art Upstairs Gallery is a gift of the John and Margaret Post Foundation.

September 8 – October 4, 2026
Reception October 4, 2026 from 3-5pm

The works in Mixed Media Narratives move beyond traditional photographic boundaries, inviting stories to emerge through process, intuition, and material experimentation. Photographs are  embedded within wax, drawn upon, collaged, hand colored, fragmented, or partially obscured. Image transfers onto paper are further transformed with paint, ink, texture, encaustic, cold wax, or assemblage. Historical and alternative photographic processes such as gum bichromate prints, cyanotypes, pinhole photography, and other experimental approaches are included.  The exhibition celebrates photography not simply as a finished image, but as a starting point for visual storytelling and artistic reinvention. The exhibit features seven artists from New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

The Starlight Gallery is a gift of Wendy and Jay Birnbaum

The Art Upstairs Gallery is located in the balcony lobby of Mayo Performing Arts Center. Exhibits are varied and showcase visual artists from a variety of mediums including watercolor, oil, photography, sculpture and more. Each year, the works of over 200 artists are showcased in group exhibits. Recent groups that have been showcased include the Essex Watercolor Club, New Jersey Photography Forum, Art in the Atrium and the Pastel Society of New Jersey. The Art Upstairs Gallery is a gift of the John and Margaret Post Foundation.

The Starlight Gallery is adjacent to our Starlight Room, MPAC’s donor lounge.  Exhibits feature individual exhibits by accomplished local artists. The Starlight Gallery is a gift of Wendy and Jay Birnbaum.

The galleries provide a unique opportunity to marry the visual and performing arts, and provide exposure to artists with an audience that may not normally frequent an art gallery. All artwork is available for purchase.

The Galleries are open to ticket holders prior to shows, during intermission, by appointment and every Tuesday afternoon from 12:00 -2:00.  For more information, please contact Charles Miller at cmiller1@mayoarts.org or Lee Kaloidis at 973-539-0345 x6587.