FEAST Showcases Work by 45 Monmouth Arts Members at the Oyster Point Hotel in Red Bank

August 21, 2026 (Red Bank, NJ) – Monmouth Arts invites the public to celebrate the opening of its annual member exhibition, FEAST, to be held September 11, 2026. The exhibition features work by 45 Monmouth Arts members, reflecting the creativity, diversity, and vibrant artistic spirit of Monmouth County. 

Monmouth Arts is pleased to return to the Oyster Point Hotel, a celebrated Monmouth County destination for art and gatherings overlooking the Navesink River. The hotel features rotating exhibitions in its public spaces as well as an innovative artist in residence program.  The organization’s 2024 member exhibit was held at the hotel and was well-received by both artists and guests.

The FEAST opening reception will be held Friday, September 11 from 6-8pm. Guests are invited to experience the artists’ interpretations of this year’s theme while enjoying refreshments, live music by A REAL HUMAN JAZZ BAND, and the opportunity to meet many of the featured artists. The exhibition will remain on view through November 2. 

FEAST is guest-curated by Tova Navarra, an award-winning artist, writer, and educator. She is the author of more than 30 books, including New Jersey Artists Through Time and the recently published New Jersey Masters: A New Legacy of Visual Arts. Tova has exhibited extensively throughout the Northeast while continuing to contribute to the region’s cultural landscape as a juror, curator, photographer, and writer.

This year’s call for art generated the highest number of submissions to date for Monmouth Arts, presenting Navarra with an especially rich and challenging selection process. “I pored over the submissions for any pieces that carried the theme…from concept to canvas and medium,” says Navarra. “I read every artist's statement. I contemplated every image and selected the ones that slipped right into the traditional mode as well as the ones that challenged and stirred my imagination to a boiling point.”

Navarra describes FEAST as an exhibition that embraces a wide range of emotions, perspectives, and interpretations.

“FEAST serves both positive, happy images and negative, disturbing vantages–all engaging, informative, surprising, dark,“ Navarra continues. “Make no mistake: FEAST artworks could smile at you or turn any which way on a dime to confront you.”

The resulting exhibition invites visitors to consider both literal and metaphorical forms of consumption: what we crave, what we value, and what shapes our relationship to material and symbolic abundance.

FEAST showcases the art of 45 members of Monmouth Arts: Marilyn Baldi, George Bates, Christine Cittadino, Lilibeth Corrales-Cordero, Beth Flancbaum, Yolanda Fleming, Priscilla Gandel, Bennett Gewirtz, Pauline Gonen-Smith, MaryAnn Goodwin, Cheryl Griesbach, Jude Harzer, Leslie Hecht, Coleen M. Hopson, Eleanor James, Annette Juliano, Eileen Kennedy, Sophie LaBell, Lea Lumière, Carol Magnatta, John Mathias, Deborah Mix, William H. Molloy, Christy E. O'Connor, Nicole Pinal, Mona Pollard, Dan Pompeo, Jason Price, Stacey AS Pritchard, Nanette Reynolds Beachner, Julia Rivera, Carole G. Rogers, Bill Ross, Ellen Rubinstein, Tanya Shparaha, Barbara Steward, Beth C. Stamp, Karen Starrett, Judi Tavill, Sandy Taylor, Christopher Evan Taylor, Luiz A. Teles, Michael Teters, Kristen VanderHook, and Barbara Withers

Now in its ninth year, the Monmouth Arts annual member exhibit was renamed in 2022 in memory of Dr. Charles Sills, who was a painter, sculptor, collector, and supporter of the arts. He retired from his role as the Chief of Surgery at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch in 2000. His work has been shown at many galleries in Monmouth County and he won awards from New York's Allied Artists of America and Knickerbocker Artists.

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FEAST Opening Reception: Friday, September 11, 6–8pm

On View: September 4 - November 2, 2026

Oyster Point Hotel 146 Bodman Place, Red Bank, NJ

Free and open to the public

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About Monmouth Arts

Monmouth Arts is a leading, independent 501c(3) arts advocacy organization that delivers needed programs and services to artists, member organizations, and arts affiliates to ensure the arts thrive in and throughout Monmouth County. As Monmouth County’s official county arts agency, its mission is to enrich the community by inspiring and fostering the arts. Monmouth Arts's programs are made possible in part through funding from the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Commissioners, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, and others.  For more information on Monmouth Arts, call 732-212-1890 or visit www.monmoutharts.org. 

Monmouth Arts is fully committed to providing equal access for all of its patrons, employees, and the public. Upon request, Monmouth Arts will make the necessary accommodations to allow individuals with special needs to participate in Monmouth Arts services, programs, and activities to the fullest extent possible. For more information, refer to the Accessibility page on our website www.monmoutharts.org/accessibility.

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