West Windsor Arts Center

HomeFront: Expressions of ArtSpace Exhibition 

July 21 – September 6, 2019 • Opening Reception July 21, 4 – 6 pm

Artist Spotlight: JoAnn A. 

River Runs, acrylic on canvas

Member Show: Fiction, The Art Show

March 25 – May 17, 2019 • Opening Reception March 31, 4 – 6 pm

Artist Spotlight: Meta Dunkley Arnold | 1st Place Prize Winner

Meta Dunkly Arnold,
“Adeline at the Window”

Meta Dunkly Arnold makes found-object assemblages, and also teaches art to young children at Painted Oak Nature School and Art Sparks in Hopewell. Her background in English literature lends a narrative quality to many of her pieces, and her work as an educator inspires her to try to capture the excitement of discovering new things.

Artist Statement

“Many of my assemblage pieces are kinetic and interactive, inviting the audience to share my creative process by going on a “treasure hunt” of their own. This piece, ‘Adeline at the Window,’ portrays my favorite scene in Ann Radcliffe’s early gothic novel, The Romance of the Forest. Far from being a helpless maiden, Adeline rescues herself and saves all the characters. Here she escapes the scheming Marquis by climbing out a window. Opening a book opens a window for the reader, a process Radcliffe’s characters enact by deciphering older, hidden texts for clues to their own stories. Like art (especially assemblage), Gothic novels celebrate the process of discovery.”