Participating artists 2024:
In 2023, we opened up the space to artists to create a panel on the chain link fence running the path to Solitude Lake. We also had a limited number of window panels available open for temporary art murals on plywood to be placed on the historic TISCO Office Building.
This year, some fenceline artwork will be changed, more artwork spots on the Office Building have been added, AND artwork will be on display on the big “Shop E” building. This addition will greet passersby while they walk through our beautiful town. On September 14th, you can witness live muralists painting some of the new pieces to go on display.
A big Thank You to our Artists for believing in this project.
Come see what’s been added!
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4-H Club
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ARC
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Darren Auck
Darren has always loved comics, cartoons and other pop culture. He started creating comics at five years old and self published comics in high school. After graduating from The Joe Kubert School in 1983 he did a range of professional work including writing and drawing comics, production, graphic design and caricature. Darren worked for Marvel Comics for ten years, serving as a Bullpen letterer, logo artist, writer, artist and Art Director. Joe invited him to teach at The Joe Kubert School in 2000 and he served there as an instructor for nineteen years. Other clients include, Nickelodeon (Ren & Stimpy and Rocko's Modern Life comics), DC Comics, the rock band AC/DC and various trading card companies. Darren is currently working on creator owned projects, JERSEY DEVIL VS BIGFOOT, UNCLE SAMSON AND SON and private art commissions.
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Mia Baldwin - Wild High Bridge
Moving to High Bridge was unexpected for me, but I immediately fell in love with its wild spaces. High Bridge open spaces feed my insatiable need to connect with nature as well as my passion for using my hands. The Monarch Butterfly’s presence in High Bridge has provided the opportunity to create wildlife habitat and now the opportunity to create art. My GFA piece honoring the iconic Monarch Butterfly will hopefully provide a moment of peace and happiness to all viewers, just as Monarch butterflies have provided my forever racing mind many moments of peace and harmony.
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The Bolasci Family
Long time High Bridge residents, the Bolasci family has always been strong supporters of art and creativity in the community. Each of them artists, with their hands in many mediums - from music to jewelry making, photography to makeup arts, pottery to graphic arts - they are almost always creating something. Scott, Cheryn, Layna, Naia, and Serene's art contribution to the grounds is a collaborative work, with symbolic meaning and using repurposed materials.
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Rob Borkowski, High Bridge Middle School
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Cara Copeland
Cara Copeland is a Visual Arts Major at Raritan Valley Community College from Pittstown, NJ.
Prior to attending RVCC, she attended a gap-year residency at The Art Academy in Somerset, where she had been studying oil painting and charcoal drawing for seven years. It was there that she developed a love for oil painting and passion for Neoclassicism and Romanticism art, drawing inspiration from artists like John William Waterhouse and Willam A. Bouguereau. During the residency, she worked on building photography and Photoshop skills, conducting photo shoots and working with models for larger projects.
Over the years, Cara has taken on multiple personal commissions, including portraiture and tattoo designs, as well as designing artwork for multiple musical projects, including Phil Laeger’s 2023 EP “kohelet”.
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Katelyn Correia
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Kim Farrier
Kim Farrier is a High Bridge resident who also volunteers for the Creative team helping bring artistic and creative talent to High Bridge to share with the community. Kim is a member of Funtown Studios, a welding and fire art team that brought Hot Pursuit, an interactive fire art sculpture to GFA Fest. Kim has a background in illustration and sculpture and will also be sharing her talents with her first TISCO window panel painting for 2024.
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Funtown Studios
Funtown Studios is George Schaller, Sandra Schaller, Dave Schaller, Kimberly Farrier, Lorrie Shaller, Chuck Dominguez, Karen Tarapata and Barbara Weeks. We are a collaborative group of metalworkers, welders and artists who enjoy building interactive sculptures for public display. We have worked with renowned arts groups such as the Flaming Lotus Girls and Flux Foundation.
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Sue Haake
Susan Haake graduated from Washington University School of Fine Arts many years ago majoring in painting and graphic design and then spent 20 years as an Art Director in various ad agencies in NY and NJ. But in 2009, she got out of the dog eat dog world and moved into the sunny world of horticulture. Starting as a Master Gardener she completed over 2,500 hours of service and then combined her love for art, design and plants by studying landscape design. Mentored by two NJ Landscape Architects she learned how to design and draw landscape plans while merging her knowledge of plants. In 2016 she became a Chapter Leader in the Native Plant Society of NJ and started to focus her attention on native plants.
Her painting for the Grounds for Art Fence-line shows 6 Native plants from NJ and under the flap is the butterfly that relies on that plant for nectar and food for its caterpillar.
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Adam Hayes
My artistic practice consists of the distillation of various source material that I find compelling. Working cross-media, I make art in an instinctual fashion. I like to bring an element of play into my practice and make artistic decisions based on gut feelings. I follow these intuitions from one source material to another. Working from images that I find or that have occurred to me in a dream, I pull elements from my sources that are compelling to me and re-produce them stripped down and layered with elements of other sources or mark making. Over the course of the last 17 years, I have been working on different bodies of work that involve the investigation of images that I find to be powerful, mysterious, mythic, or haunting. Looking for a language of significance in images of palaces, cathedrals, portraiture, and fashion imagery. Some of the shapes and elements from previous bodies of work often get carried over in new pieces.
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Amanda Henriksen
The Carpenter's Lady is a local business rooted in Lebanon Township, NJ, with a unique journey. My diverse creative background, from knitting to painting, expanded when I met my carpenter husband, igniting a passion for woodworking. I craft captivating pieces using recycled materials with a scroll saw, which demands precision and care. My artistic techniques include fretworking, carefully removing wood for negative space images, and segmentation, assembling cut wood for intricate designs. Despite the challenges of working with temperamental wood, the process is therapeutic and allows complete focus. Nature and animals inspire most of my work, reflecting my deep admiration for their beauty.
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Hunterdon County Library
Our library fence line artist entry continues the enchanting crochet fence project, building on Dorothy's wonderful work from last year. This year, we present a collaborative "Fantasy Garden," where several employees will join forces to expand this fiber art installation. The garden will grow with interactive elements, inviting community members to attach pre-made leaves and flowers or learn simple fiber arts techniques on-site to create their own unique additions. Join us in this ongoing celebration of creativity and community as we transform the fence line into an ever-evolving work of art.
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Michelle Hoffman Ten Eyck - Way of the Butterfly
I am a local, self-taught ceramic artist, who specializes in hand-building work. My designs are whimsical scenes incorporating sweet and dreamy animals and characters, which are then placed on a functional piece of pottery. My work includes a lot of Halloween influences, as I have 3 black cats that inspire me. I hope my work makes you smile!
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Tiffany Jarrett
Tiffany Jarrett is an abstract artist from New Jersey. She has studied art at the San Francisco Art Institute and has shown her work in San Francisco, New York and New Jersey.Fascinated by nature and inspired by spiritual transformation, Tiffany is compelled to create art to inspire all who seek beauty, reflection and a deeper connection to the world around them by painting a variety of subjective imagery.
Tiffany is currently going through a creative transition period. Rather than focusing on creating a cohesive body of work, her new creations are focused on skill building using a variety of media. The skills learned on this part of her artistic journey will be infused into future works and subject matter which are in progress.
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Shannon Leigh
Shannon Leigh is a multi-media artist inspired by the beauty and complexity of nature; the delicate balance between humans and the environment, and humanity’s connections to each other. Photography has always been her main passion, and her photographs and paintings hang in private collections all over the US and the UK.
“I make art because I have to.”
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Michele Iervolino & Rachel Magee
Sticking with the reduce, reuse and recycle message…an installation of plastic bottle flowers in every spectrum of the rainbow will be installed. these will be able to stand all weather elements and they kind of last forever...or until you take them all down : ) it will be a wonderful contemporary POP of many colors in front of the perfectly weathered SHOP E.
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Sam Matthews
Sam Matthews is an “artrepreneur” located in Phillipsburg, NJ. She has traveled all over the world seeking beauty and it was overseas where she discovered her passion for developing creative outlets for others. This has taken shape in the form of her business That’s So Sam through which she uses her mobile art studio, the 1971 VW transporter “Frankie”. She has also opened a second business called Propagate Studio through which she hosts workshops, events, and an art supply thrift store in Stewartsville, NJ. She believes that the process of art making opens up doors that can truly change a person’s life, no matter their age or skill or ability. She has painted over 20 murals that can be found throughout the state!
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Alex Maxwell
Alex Maxwell is a local artist who works in a multitude of mediums. He has studied at New York's School of Visual Arts as well as recently obtaining his MFA in design at Marywood University. Besides working in his Main Street studio, Alex is an educator of digital media at North Hunterdon High School. For more of his work please visit his website www.theaxmax.com or look for him on tiktok or instagram at @theaxmax
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Gina Miller
Gina moved to High Bridge with her husband in 2020 and loves the community feel of this small town. She's a part time creative who enjoys woodburning, painting, and writing in her free time.
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Cole Norberg
Cole is a sophomore at Voorhees High School who has had a passion for art since he was young. He has taken classes both in school and at the Art Academy of Hunterdon. Notable achievements for Cole include participating in the High Bridge Paint Out, having his artwork featured in the Middle School Yearbook, and receiving an art achievement award from the High Bridge PTO. He’s very excited to share his fence line artwork at this event.
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Kirsten Norberg
Kirsten Norberg is an eclectic artist who explores both visual and auditory art forms, including ceramics, fiber arts, beadwork, sculpture, classical soprano singing, and acting. Her current passion is creating spaces for local artists to explore and thrive through her involvement in the High Bridge Creative Team.
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Ana Pagelos
Ana Pagelos is a multi media artist with a focus on the strange and unusual. You can find more of her art on her instagram:
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Evan Schlomann
Evan Schlomann likes death metal and dogs and kurt vonnegut. Also art.
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Sarah Switlyk
My Name is Sarah Switlyk and I am an Illustrator based in New Jersey. I have a BFA in Illustration from the School of Visual Arts in NYC. I specialize in literary illustration, but also have interests beyond, including other story telling avenues, murals, and fine art. My art entails an interest in capturing human emotion, creating memorable characters, and adding humor or absurdity to my work.
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Joe Waks
Joe Waks is a Bayonne, New Jersey painter, muralist, and printmaker. His creations underscore his passion for politics and popular culture. Waks has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in New Jersey, New York City and Philadelphia. He was a visiting artist at Lafayette College’s Experimental Printmaking Institute and a New Jersey Print and Paper Fellow at Rutgers University’s Brodsky Center. Joe Waks’ works are in the permanent collections of several corporations, museums, and colleges. You can see his large-scale public murals in Jersey City and North Bergen, Hudson County.
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Gail Wingler
I have been painting and taking photographs now for four years. I started out just playing around with acrylics and various surfaces that I could find. I would paint plates, cups, vases, picture frames, you name it, I painted it. It was fun and it was a way of spending time alone using colors as my thoughts.
Then I purchased my first canvas, I was sold on this new world I had created for myself. I can't even explain how I felt when I placed colors on the canvas! It just came to life, and it was mine. I am the type of person who tries to explain everything, but I realized there is no need for an explanation of my art! It explained itself, if you are willing to listen.
I present my art to you........... Just listen! Gail B Wingler
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The Work Family Connection
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Ava and Liz
Ava and Liz are a student/teacher duo who are putting their creative talents in collaboration for the High Bridge Wall Installation. Ava and Liz have worked side by side since 2021 when Ava entered Morristown High School as a freshman. As time has moved on, Ava has become a talented artist that inspires Liz just as much as Liz has inspired her. This dynamic duo has created an installation that combines both of their love of nature and also playing with various glaze combinations.
Liz Ostendorp of Ellie Lou Ceramics, graduated with a Bachelor's of Creative Art and Technology from Bloomfield College in 2003 and then immediately began working as an Art Teacher for the Morris School District. She presently teaches Ceramics at Morristown High School while running her own pottery business outside of school hours. Liz creates and sells collections for local shops around North Jersey as well as the Morris Museum, but her main focus surrounds emulating the beauty in nature that we often overlook. As a green witch, Liz tries to incorporate as much of her practice into the work as possible with the goal of sharing her light with others through creating collections that can be used in spiritual practices and rituals, including mugs, ritual bowls, vases, cleansing bundle plates, and incense/palo santo burners.
Ava Osiecki is going into her Junior year of high school, second year as a ceramics TA. Between school and work, she squeezes in every second she can to work on ceramics. Ceramics is quite literally her passion. Her favorite things to work on would be little fairy houses, the more detail the better! She finds inspiration throughout her day to day life- romanticizing the little things. Like turning a simple strawberry into a home for a fairy. Everything is hand-built and is made with love and passion. Ava sells her ceramics work whenever she gets the chance, she loves meeting new people. Ava tries to make ceramic pieces that are one of a kind, every house is different. Customizing and making sure every house has a story is a key part of her process.