ARTSPACE
ArtSpace is the official community space of Monmouth Arts. ArtSpace offers accessible, affordable, high-quality, engaging programming, exhibits, workshops, and networking opportunities to the Monmouth County community. It is located at 99 Monmouth Street in Red Bank (next to the Count Basie Center Administrative Offices).
Gallery visiting hours are Tuesday and Thursday, 12:00pm - 4:00pm; also available by appointment. ArtSpace is free and open to the public.
For more information, please contact Connie Isbell, Membership and Community Engagement Director, at connie@monmoutharts.org.
CURRENT EXHIBIT
Paint Red Bank 2026
The Art Alliance of Monmouth County in partnership with Monmouth Arts presents paintings of the beautiful town of Red Bank made by local plein air artists.
Reception & Awards
May 31st, 5:30pm - 6:30pm at ArtSpace (Rain Date: June 7th)
After artists are done painting, the show will be juried by Pratima Rao, an award-winning plein air painter and educator. Award prizes and honorable mentions will be made to winning artists. Light refreshments will be served.
Location
May 31st
Artists painting throughout town
Artist check-in at Art Alliance (33 Monmouth St)
Awards Ceremony: ArtSpace, Red Bank
On View
Exhibition at ArtSpace (99 Monmouth St, Red Bank)
Exhibit On View & Gallery Hours
The Paint Red Bank exhibition will be open to the public June 2nd - June 13th.
Tuesdays, 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Thursdays, 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Fridays, 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Saturdays, 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Sundays, 12:00pm - 4:00pm
UPCOMING EXHIBITS
The Sun, My Heart
By Summer Deaver
On View: June 18 - July 30
Opening: Thursday, June 25, 5:30-8pm
Closing Reception: July 30th, 5:30-7:00, featuring tea meditation and light refreshments
Summer Deaver’s collection explores the unity of opposites through contemplative mark-making, oil painting and hand-burnished printmaking. Inspired by writings in Thích Nhất Hạnh’s The Sun My Heart, the series reflects the idea that light and darkness do not cancel each other out, but merge into wholeness.
Created with gouache and hand-burnished prints, the print work emphasizes presence and mindfulness—balancing immediacy with the meditative act of pressing hand-carved, often Sanskrit or Tibetan-inspired imagery into paper. Visual elements draw from the artist’s practice of watching ocean sunrises: triangular forms and soft gradients emerge from textured darkness, like dawn breaking over the shore.
Rooted in themes of interconnection and transformation, “The Sun, My Heart” invites viewers to witness how light and shadow, stillness and movement, self and other are never truly separate.
About the Artist
Summer Deaver is a multidisciplinary artist, yogi, and community organizer whose work bridges visual art, spiritual practice, and social transformation. With a BFA from the University of Georgia, Deaver's work spans printmaking, painting, ceramics, and murals—each medium serving as a vehicle for philosophical inquiry and healing. Her murals at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Whitechapel Projects invite moments of collective care and connection.
As Director of the Caroline Huber Wellness Center at Brookdale Community College, Deaver advocates for environmental regeneration and social justice with a healing-centered lens. She has exhibited at AG Gallery, The Kitchen, Cinders Gallery in NYC, and has spoken at the Rubin Museum of Art.
PAST EXHIBITS
Interested in exhibiting at ArtSpace? Our applications for 2027 will open in late 2026.