Plainfield artist featured in celebration of Pru Center

To The Future

Painter, muralist and Plainfield resident Maria Mijares will be featured at a reception opening the exhibit 'The Modified History of Downtown Newark' this Saturday at NJIT.

Her triptych, created in response to the construction of the new Devils Arena, is the featured work. The center panel, 'To The Future' (see above), reflects the Newark skyline, including the Prudential building, in the new glass curve of Prudential Center, the Devils' new home.

Mijares, who has exhibited across the country and abroad, is well-known to Jerseyans for her four large scale porcelain enamel murals in Union City's Bergenline Avenue light-rail station.

She is also a participant in two other exhibits this fall.

Her painting of the abandoned Essex County Jail, titled 'Devil's Cathedral', is part of the Woodstock Biennial at the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild in New York, and she is also featured in the exhibit 'Body of Christ' at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC.

The Devil's Cathedral

Among her many other awards, Maria has been the recipient of two painting fellowships for the NJ State Council on the Arts. You can view her exhibit calendar and sample works on her website here.

Exhibit: The Modified History of Newark
NJIT School of Architecture
113 Summit Street (2nd Floor)
Newark

Artist Reception
Saturday, October 27
5:00 - 10:00 PM

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Website: "Maria Mijares"
Woodstock: "Woodstock Guild" (Info: 845.679.2079)
Washington: "Luce Center for Arts and Religion" (Info: 202.885.8674)

-- Dan Damon

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