Art Center Hires Kristen Evangelista as New Director of Exhibitions

The Visible Arts Center of New Jersey has announced the selecting of Kristen Evangelista as its new Director of Exhibitions, successful June 1, 2022. Evangelista will join VACNJ right after serving as Director of the William Paterson University Galleries for almost a ten years.

“I am delighted to welcome Kristen as the new Director of Exhibitions,” mentioned VACNJ Govt Director, Melanie Cohn. “Kristen’s expertise of art and depth of experience as a curator is matched by her group concentrate and her love of doing the job with contemporary artists. These attributes make her the perfect preference to guide the museum method for the Artwork Heart.”

Evangelista has used virtually two decades as a curator and arts administrator at non-income arts businesses, museums, and bigger schooling establishments in New Jersey and the San Francisco Bay Spot. Evangelista served as the Director of the William Paterson University Galleries from 2011 to 2021, where she formulated an exhibition application committed to presenting historically underneath-recognized artists and creative actions. She organized important packages discovering numerous cultural perspectives, interdisciplinary techniques, social justice, and sustainability. She routinely collaborated with artists in the resourceful course of action, encouraging experimental and modern approaches to artwork-producing. She secured 20 grants from the Countrywide Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, among many others.

Prior to her time at William Paterson College, Evangelista presented exhibitions at the San José Museum of Art, Southern Exposure (San Francisco), and the Institute of Modern Artwork San José. As Affiliate Curator at the San José Museum of Art, she structured 20 solo and thematic exhibitions. At Southern Publicity, she supported rising artists to develop chance-having new performs such as immersive environments and substantial-scale installations.

Evangelista been given a Bachelor of Arts degree in artwork historical past and women’s scientific studies from Wesleyan University, and a Learn of Arts diploma from the Heart for Curatorial Scientific studies, Bard College. She served on the board of the New Jersey Affiliation of Museums from 2018 to 2021.

About the Visual Arts Centre of New Jersey

For extra than 85 years, the Visible Arts Centre of New Jersey has been exclusively devoted to viewing, making, and finding out about contemporary artwork. Identified as a major non-income arts firm, the Artwork Center’s renowned Studio Faculty, acclaimed exhibitions, and instructional outreach initiatives provide countless numbers of youth, families, seniors, and individuals with particular requires every yr.

The Visual Arts Centre of New Jersey is found at 68 Elm Street in Summit, NJ. Gallery hours: Monday- Thursday, 10 AM-8 PM Friday & Saturday, 10 AM-5 PM and Sunday, 11 AM-4 PM. Be sure to get in touch with 908.273.9121 to verify vacation hours. Check out artcenternj.org for extra information and facts.