Smithville Mansion Annex Gallery

Collective Quilt Exhibit

November 16 – January 8

Reception: December 8, 5-7 pm

Stay warm inside this winter with an artistic display of our talented local fabric artists. In this exhibit, you can view the many different varieties of quilted art and stitching, exploring both vintage and modern, as well as, traditional and experimental. The artists showcased come from a variety of different skill sets, and backgrounds and will include many award-winning pieces. This local collection includes works from Berry Basket Quilters, Moorestown Area Quilters, and several solo artists.

47th Annual Juried Art Show

September 7 – November 4
Reception: September 15, 5-7 pm

The most anticipated art show of the year welcomes outstanding artists from Burlington County and beyond to be featured at the Annex Gallery throughout the fall. Year after year, artists who enter this show continue demonstrating their creativity and innovation and highlighting their best works of art. This year, we welcome everyone back into our galleries and are excited to showcase all the spectacular art. (Painting by Jim Militello)

Out of the Darkness & Into the Light: Music Photography Collective

June 22 – August 26.

Reception: July 8, 5-7 pm

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Lights dim, and the audience erupts with a deafening roar as the band walks out of fog and darkness. The crowd thrusts forward, and the energy rises like a storm surge, bodies lift into the air and crash down in front of the stage. Poised in the center of all the madness is a photographer capturing the split-second world that lives within the flicker of light and shadow. This exhibit will allow you to glimpse through the lens of a select few that brave the chaos in the crowd.

Out of the Darkness and into the Light is a collective exhibit of twelve professional music photographers from around the Tri-State area.

These photographers offer you a glimpse through their lens, capturing the many different genres and styles of live music.

April 13 – June 10

Burlington County Select Teen Arts Show

Visit Historic Smithville Park to see works by the talented teens of Burlington County. Schools throughout the region came together for the Burlington County Teen Arts Festival in March and will be represented in the exhibit.

The artwork was selected by county adjudicators to be displayed in the exhibit and many will move on to the state competition. This will be a great opportunity for students, families, and the community to see the artwork in a gallery setting.

Lady Bird Cleveland: An American Treasure

Honoring Black History

January 26 - April 1, 2023

Lady Bird Cleveland was an American painter of African, Cherokee, and Irish heritage, whose work primarily depicts the African American experience. She focuses on aspects of life from slavery heroes of American culture, the civil rights movement, entertainment, and even President Barack Obama's inauguration.

This part of the collection on display consists of oil paintings, watercolors, pastel and pencil drawings, spanning from 1944-2012.

46th Annual Juried Art Show

September 29 – November 20

Reception: September 30, 5 -7 PM Open to all!

The most anticipated art show of the year welcomes a plethora of outstanding artists that will be featured at the Annex Gallery throughout the fall. Year after year, artists who enter this show, continue to demonstrate their creativity and innovation and highlight their best works of art. This year, we welcome everyone back into our galleries and are excited to showcase all the spectacular art.

Alternative Process Photography: NJ Women’s Explorations

May 12 - July 17

Presenting work created by women photographers/artists working in New Jersey using historic and alternative photographic processes. Some of the processes used to make this imagery are Cyanotypes, Platinum/Palladium prints, Gum Bichromate prints, Van Dyke Brown prints, and Hand-tinted gelatin silver prints. Each approach relies on the energy of light to make the artist’s personal vision permanent.

SEPTEMBER 9 – NOVEMBER 20 – 45^th ANNUAL JURIED ART SHOW

The Annual Juried Art Show is always the most anticipated show of the year, and it’s 45^th year is no exception! We welcome over 35 outstanding artists from all across NJ and into PA, featuring over 80 original works of art. The disciplines range from traditional oil and watercolor paintings, to photography and even glass work. All will be featured at the Annex Gallery throughout the fall and during Arts After Dark. Time and time again, artists who enter this exhibit continue to demonstrate their unique creativity and innovation.

Visit this fabulous art exhibit through the fall Thursday’s-Sunday’s, and appreciate all the talented artists that collectively showcase their hard work! Visit the Annex Gallery webpage for more information.

Congratulations to our winners!

1^st Place – Lisa Hendrickson

2^nd Place – Susan Spitz

3^rd Place – Lilianna Manes

DAYS OF FUTURE PASSED: A RETROSPECTIVE BY DENISE MCDANIEL

Denise McDaniel is an oil painter best known for her plein air and landscape paintings. Her art reflects a lifetime of study and practice that began with a love of children’s book illustrations and is informed by academic training and museum scholarship. At heart, she sees herself as a social painter, doing her best work en plein air, or in workshops and studios with other artists.

“Days of Future Passed” is to be a retrospective of the artist’s paintings and drawings. The show will feature plein air and landscape paintings created from locations all over Burlington County, still life, and portrait in a variety of media. The exhibition will also debut many new and unreleased pieces.

CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH

FEBRUARY 2 – MARCH 28 – AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE EXHIBIT: A RETROSPECTIVE: JOE L. SPEIGHT

In this retrospective exhibit, the artist employs the visual philosophies and graphic methodologies from a vast collection of lithography, photography, woodcut, screen printing and drawings. In doing so, a balance is expressed between social commentary and Afroaesthetics to explore images of the black experience and representation. Joe L. Speight is a distinguished scientist, educator and artist. He hold many degrees including Chemistry from Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD. Analytical Chemistry at St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia PA. Graduate studies in Archaeology at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. Studio Art at Rutgers University, Camden, NJ. Printmaking at Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia, PA and the Art Students' League of NY. Post-Baccalaureate in art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia PA. He has exhibited widely in NY, NJ, PA and Seoul, Korea. Joe has also won numerous awards, prizes and special recognition for artistic achievement in the field of lithography.

View the exhibit online.

January 24 - WINTER ART SHOW

The Holiday season at Smithville is wondrous and the Winter Art Exhibit is one of the highlights of the season! This free exhibit exposes the works of the artists to the broadest audience.
Art is available for purchase during the Smithville Mansion Tours or by contacting the Division of Parks. Proceeds benefit the Friends of the Mansion, a non profit organization.
The exhibit can be viewed in person on Wednesdays from 10 AM - 4 PM and Sundays from Noon - 4 PM or view the exhibit online!

2020 BURLINGTON COUNTY SELECT TEEN ARTS EXHIBIT

We welcome you to enjoy this spectacular exhibit brought to you by the exceptional student artists from the Burlington County 2020 Teen Arts Festival which was held on March 4th and 5th at the RCBC Mt. Laurel campus. For this exhibit, professional adjudicators selected works of art from over thirty schools and thousands of students. Painting, drawing, mixed media, three dimensional, photography and digital art were all accepted disciplines at the festival. This show which was scheduled to be on display at the Annex Gallery in Smithville Park has been entirely digitized and for the first time put online for your viewing pleasure. Selections also include works chosen to move on to the NJ State Teen Arts Festival which will now be digital, and the the NJ Teen Arts traveling showcase! Traveling showcase may also be digital, but we will update you as soon as we know. Thanks to all of the teachers, parents and students! Without all of you, none of this would be possible. Special thanks to the Burlington County Board of Commissioners and Rowan College at Burlington County for their continued support and partnership. We look forward to seeing you all again next year! An online view of this exhibit is now available!