rock paper scissors!

Rock Paper Scissors: A Neighborhood Craft Store is a great new shop in Montclair where you will find some Plum Artists showing their work, teaching workshops, and, of course, shopping! The store’s owner, Beth Rowan, has put together a wonderful selection of fabrics, decorative papers, beads, and supplies. The store also has a dedicated workshop [...]

Forest Street Festival

(L-R) Keira, Miriam, Stefanie, and Maria spent a very hot day at the Montclair Coop for the Forest Street Festival June 5. (At least it didn’t rain!) Thanks to everyone who stopped by to say hello!

Studio Montclair 2010 Members’ Exhibition

Miriam Jacobs, Stefanie Silverman, and Susan van Inwegen have artwork in Studio Montclair’s Summer Salon members’ exhibition at the Montclair Public Library. The show can be viewed during regular library hours (Tues-Thurs 10-8, Fri-Sat 10-6, Sun 12-6) through the end of the month. You are invited to attend the reception on Thursday, June 10, from [...]

News from Miriam Jacobs, aka Mertel the Turtle Fabric Arts.com

Lots of things happening:  First, I will be joining Maria and Stefanie and Keira at the Forest Street Festival scheduled for June 5, 2010 on the grounds of the Montclair Cooperative School. It is getting good publicity and will be a day that harkens back to the kind of festival that the Coop put [...]

Montclair Coop’s Forest Street Festival June 5

You’ll find Plum Artists Keira Boertzel-Smith, Miriam Jacobs, Maria Papale, and Stefanie Silverman at a booth at the Montclair Cooperative School’s Forest Street Festival on Saturday, June 5, from 9 to 6. The festival will be located on the corner of Forest and Chestnut Streets, around the block from the Farmer’s Market. In addition to [...]

Paintings in Pastel at The Peck School

An exhibit of pastel paintings featuring still lifes and landscapes by Maria Papale and Stefanie Silverman is on display at The Peck School in Morristown throughout the month of April. Maria and Stefanie are excited to have their artwork grace the walls of the beautiful Lindenwold Mansion of the private school and to share their [...]

Silverman’s Work in Group Landscape Show at Gallery MacEgan

Gallery MacEgan in Morristown, New Jersey, will be showing new mixed media landscapes by Stefanie Silverman in its upcoming group landscape exhibition. The show runs from March 28 through April 9; a reception will be held April 2 from 7 to 9 pm. Stefanie’s paintings are simple compositions that communicate the essence of landscapes.

Stefanie Silverman now a PSNJ Signature Member

Stefanie Silverman is honored to now be a signature member of the Pastel Society of New Jersey. Her painting “Forest Morning” will be in PSNJ’s first Signature Members Exhibition at the Design Domaine Gallery in Bernardsville, March 5 through 31. The opening reception takes place Friday, March 5, from 7 to 9 pm. A special open [...]

Small Works for a Big Cause

Miriam Jacobs and Stefanie Siverman are two of the many local artists who are joining together for a fundraiser in support of Haiti earthquake relief. Small Works for a Big Cause will take place on Sunday, January 31, from 2 to 5 pm at Brassworks, 105 Grove Street in Montclair (between Walnut Street and Willard [...]

Jacobs’s work included in Book on Fabric Art

Miriam Jacobs will soon be a published artist, as two of her pieces were selected for publication in a book on fabric art.  The name of the book is 1000 Artisan Textiles, Creative fiber works in detail, and was edited by Sandra Salamony and Gina M. Brown;  it is expected to be in bookstores in May [...]