The WAE Open – Annual Juried Exhibition

Heidi Gallery at JSDD is proud to announce the annual juried exhibition,
The WAE Open – 2025.

The WAE Open is not thematic; rather, the exhibition seeks to showcase the highest quality visual art being made by established, emerging, and underrepresented artists. We invite artists of all disciplines and backgrounds to share their voice and vision with us. We are seeking work that reflects excellence, authenticity, and bold imagination.

Jurors

Sandy Martiny
Sandra Martiny is an arts professional with over 30 years’ experience in the field. She currently is an accredited fine art appraiser specializing in postwar, modern, and contemporary works providing appraisals, curatorial services, research, and collection management for clients in New York and New Jersey.  Additionally, she has worked as a non-profit gallery director, Associate Professor in the Seton Hall Graduate Program for Museum Studies, and as a museum educator. She serves on the boards of Cantigas Women’s Choir and the Jersey City Arts and Cultural Trust Fund.  She is a graduate of the Comprehensive Appraisal Studies Program from the Appraiser’s Association of America and holds the degrees of Bachelor and Master of Fine Art with emphasis in painting and printmaking.

Kate Moger
Kate Moger is a Brooklyn based gallerist, curator and writer. She currently serves as Associate Director at Albertz Benda, a bi-coastal gallery with locations in New York and Los Angeles. Moger is the co-editor of ‘THIS IS AMERICA’ (Distanz Verlag,2021), and her writing has appeared in numerous publications including ‘Art in America’. She has held positions at leading galleries and institutions such as the Eric Firestone Gallery, MoMA PS1 and the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. In 2025, Moger curated the invitational exhibition at Studio Montclair.

Exhibition Dates

Thursday, October 9, 2025 – December 7, 2025

Opening Reception and Award

Thursday, October 9, 2024: 6pm – 9pm

Synesthesia and Sound Performance

Sunday, October 26, 2-4pm

RSVP Required

Ekphrastic Poetry Performance

Sunday, November 9, 2-4pm

Local writers read poems they have written based on the dynamic work/s of art from The WAE Open. Each poet is inspired in unique ways, and they share their gleanings in this utterly unique format. This exciting and unexpected art form is a creative powerhouse, connecting language, performance and visual art.

Hosted by Marcia LeBeau, founding director of The Write Space in Orange, NJ. https://www.thewritespacenj.com/
RSVP Required