2020 is the 60th Year that New Jersey has observed Youth Art Month. To celebrate this milestone, AENJ will be hosting two state-wide Youth Art Month Events! To participate in any of AENJ’s 2020 YAM Events, please contact your County YAM Chair(s).
If you are doing anything special to celebrate YAM’s 60th Year, we would love to share your event and thank you for your hard work. To share, please email us at yam@aenj.org or share with with us on Instagram with the hashtag #60YearsofYAM.
60 YEARS OF YAM – SPECIAL EVENT *
Special State YAM Event – Liberty State Park
State YAM Chairs:
State YAM Chairs:
Please bring a photo ID with you when entering the State House.
County YAM Chair:
Jennifer Burke – JBurkeSCA@aol.com
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BERGEN
County YAM Chairs:
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BURLINGTON & CAMDEN
County YAM Chairs:
Jazlyne Wooden – jazlynesabree@gmail.com
Niki Williams – nikilynnwilliams@gmail.com
County YAM Event:
CUMBERLAND, GLOUCESTER & SALEM
County YAM Chairs:
Yamtricounty@gmail.com
Katina Lampropoulos – klampropoulos@
Patty Nehrbauer – pnehrbauer@mrtes.com
Aaron Weber – aweber@gatewayhs.com
County YAM Event:
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ESSEX
County YAM Chairs:
Amanda Palumbo – APalumbo@nps.k12.nj.us
Marion Resciniti – res150@optonline.net
County YAM Event:
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HUDSON
County YAM Chairs:
Martha Garcia – mgarcia1@jcboe.org
Kelly Wenz – kellywenz@yahoo.com
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HUNTERDON & WARREN
County YAM Chairs:
Leigh Kermizian – lkermizi@frsd.k12.nj.us
Barbara Weinstein – bweinstein@franklinschool.org
MERCER
County YAM Chairs:
Danielle Davis – DADavis@ewingboe.org
Barbara Russo – brusso@ewrsd.k12.nj.us
Facebook and Twitter @mercer_nj_yam
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County YAM Chairs:
middlesexyam@hotmail.com
Susan Catrone – scatrone@aenj.org
Kristen Barth – kristen.barth@woodbridge.k12.
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County YAM Chairs:
Colleen Ford – CollFord14@gmail.com
Alison Farrington – atwallace@gmail.com
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MORRIS & SUSSEX
County YAM Chairs:
Elizabeth Wassel – Ewassel@hamburgschool.com
Pamela Dean – pdean@hamburgschool.com
County YAM Event:
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OCEAN
County YAM Chairs:
Stephanie Kitzmiller – Skitzmiller@stjoeschooltr.org
Jenna Beverly: jbeverly@trschools.com
County YAM Event:
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PASSAIC
County YAM Chair:
Lisa Miller – lmiller@passaiccharter.org
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SOMERSET
County YAM Chairs
Aleksandra Drobik – adrobik@bernardsboe.com
Whitney Ehnert – wehnert@mtsd.us
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/
Somerset County YAM Events:
Exhibit I: (Grades K – 5): March 11 – 15, 2020
Reception I: March 15: 2:30-3:30
Reception II: Canceled until further notice
2020 Burnt Mills Rd, Bedminster, NJ 07921
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UNION
County YAM Chairs:
Charlotte Banks – charlottebnks1@gmail.com
Joanna Netta – joannanetta80@gmail.com
Carrie Russoniello – barbie0414@comcast.net
https://sites.google.com/site/
Reception: Canceled until further notice
1085 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083
New Jersey has been named the Claire Flanigan Award Winner for their contributions to Youth Art Month during the 2018-2019 School Year. We are hoping to continue to lead the nation in our Youth Art Month celebrations! Get involved in your county exhibits and advocate for the arts in our schools! View the county lists below to learn how to get involved. Check back if your county information is not listed yet, or contact your county’s YAM chair with questions.
CHAIRS BY COUNTY
ATLANTIC / CAPE MAY
- Jennifer Burke – JBurkeSCA@aol.com
BERGEN
- Jen O’Brien – jobrien@rochellepark.org
- Teneley Escoffery – tescoffery@montvalek8.org
BURLINGTON/CAMDEN
- Lisa Leonelli – lisaleonelli@gmail.com
- Niki Williams – nikilynnwilliams@gmail.com
CUMBERLAND, GLOUCESTER & SALEM
- Yamtricounty@gmail.com
- Katina Lampropoulos – klampropoulos@
franklintwpschools.org - Patty Nehrbauer – pnehrbauer@mrtes.com
- Aaron Weber – aweber@gatewayhs.com
ESSEX
- Amanda Palumbo – APalumbo@nps.k12.nj.us
- Marion Resciniti – res150@optonline.
net
HUDSON
- Martha Garcia – mgarcia1@jcboe.org
- Kelly Wenz – kellywenz@yahoo.com
HUNTERDON & WARREN
- Leigh Kermizian – lkermizi@frsd.k12.nj.us
- Barbara Weinstein – bweinstein@franklinschool.org
MERCER
- Danielle Davis – DADavis@ewingboe.org
- Barbara Russo – brusso@ewrsd.k12.nj.us
- Facebook and Twitter @mercer_nj_yam
MIDDLESEX
- middlesexyam@hotmail.com
- Susan Catrone – scatrone @aenj.org
- Kristen Barth – kristen.barth@woodbridge.
k12.nj.us
MONMOUTH
- Colleen Ford – CollFord14@gmail.com
- Alison Farrington – atwallace@gmail.com
MORRIS
- Elizabeth Wassel – Ewassel@hamburgschool.com
OCEAN
- Stephanie Kitzmiller – Skitzmiller@stjoeschooltr.org
- Jenna Beverly: jbeverly@trschools.com
PASSAIC
- Lisa Miller – lmiller@passaiccharter.org
SOMERSET
- Aleksandra Drobik – adrobik@bernardsboe.com
- Whitney Ehnert – wehnert@mtsd.us
- WEBSITE: https://sites.google.com/view/scyam/home
Somerset County YAM Events:
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- Exhibit I (K – 5): March 11 – 15, 2020
Reception: March 15: 2:30-3:30
Exhibit II (6 – 12): March 18 – 22, 2020
Reception: March 22: 2:30-3:30
Location:
- Exhibit I (K – 5): March 11 – 15, 2020
The Center for Contemporary Art
2020 Burnt Mills Rd, Bedminster, NJ 07921
SUSSEX
- Pamela Dean – pdean@hamburgschool.com
UNION
- Charlotte Banks – charlottebnks1@gmail.com
- Joanna Netta – joannanetta80@gmail.com
- Carrie Russoniello – barbie0414@comcast.net
- https://sites.google.com/site/
njunioncountyyam/home - Exhibit: Feb. 25th to March 20th
Reception: March 20 from 5pm to 7pm (Awards at 6pm)
Location:
The Plaza @ Liberty Hall Center
1085 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083
- Exhibit: Feb. 25th to March 20th
STATE YAM CHAIRS 2018-2019
yam@aenj.org
Karen Maninno and Kristy Lopez
New Jersey leads the nation in its Youth Art Month celebrations! Get involved in your county exhibits and advocate for the arts in our schools! View the county lists below to learn how to get involved. Check back if your county information is not listed yet, or contact your county’s YAM chair with questions.
CHAIRS BY COUNTY
- ATLANTIC / CAPE MAY
- CO-CHAIRS
- Lisa Confora – starfelter@yahoo.com
- Kathy Nichols – ptak1114@msn.com
- EXHIBIT: March 1 – March 30
- LOCATION: Noyes Art Garage in Atlantic City
- RECEPTION: Sat. March 30 – 11:30-1
- CO-CHAIRS
- BERGEN
- CO-CHAIRS
- Jen O’Brien – jobrien@rochellepark.org
- Teneley Escoffery –
- EXHIBIT: Set – Up Monday March 18 2019 Take Down Monday March 25 2019
- LOCATION: Bergen County Plaza Offices, 1st Floor Lobby/Conference Room, One Bergen County Plaza, Hackensack, NJ
- RECEPTION: ‘Thursday March 21 5PM
- CO-CHAIRS
- BURLINGTON
- CO-CHAIRS
- Ellen Hargrove – ehargrove@aenj.org
- Lisa Leonelli – lisaleonelli@gmail.com
- EXHIBIT: March 1 through March 9, 2019
- LOCATION: Wm. G. Rohrer Library, 15 MacArthur Blvd, Westmont, NJ 08108
- RECEPTION: Saturday March 9, 2:30-4:30pm
- CO-CHAIRS
- CAMDEN
- Niki Williams – williams@mastercharter.org
- EXHIBIT: March 1 through March 9, 2019
- LOCATION: Wm. G. Rohrer Library, 15 MacArthur Blvd, Westmont, NJ 08108
- RECEPTION: Saturday March 9, 2:30-4:30pm
- CUMBERLAND, GLOUCESTER & SALEM Yamtricounty@gmail.com
- CO-CHAIRS
- Katina Lampropoulos – klampropoulos@franklintwpschools.org
- Patty Nehrbauer – pnehrbauer@mrtes.com
- Aaron Weber – aweber@gatewayhs.com
- EXHIBIT: March 18 – 22
- LOCATION: Rowan University Art Gallery 301 High St W, Glassboro, NJ 08028
- RECEPTION: March 22, 2019 Snow Date- March 23, 2019 Time TBD
- CO-CHAIRS
- ESSEX
- Cathy Kondreck – ckondreck@mpsdnj.us
- EXHIBIT: March 1 – March 21, 2019
- LOCATION: Essex County Hall of Records, 465 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Newark, NJ
- RECEPTION: March 21, 2019 @ 12 noon
- HUDSON
- CO-CHAIRS
- Martha Garcia- mgarcia1@jcboe.org
- Kelly Wenz – kellywenz@yahoo.com
- EXHIBIT: March 6-20
- LOCATION: The Bethune Center
140 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Jersey City 07305 - RECEPTION: Wednesday March 20, 6:30-8:00 PM
- CO-CHAIRS
- HUNTERDON & WARREN
- CO-CHAIRS
- Leigh Kermizian – lkermizi@frsd.k12.nj.us
- Barbara Weinstein – bweinstein@franklinschool.org
- EXHIBIT: March 9 – March 23
- LOCATION: Hunterdon Health and Wellness Center, Clinton, NJ
- RECEPTION: March 23rd, 1:00 – 2:30
- CO-CHAIRS
- MERCER Facebook and Twitter @mercer_nj_yam
- CO-CHAIRS
- Danielle Davis – DADavis@ewingboe.org
- Barbara Russo – brusso@ewrsd.k12.nj.us
- EXHIBIT: March 12 – April 13
- LOCATION: Artworks Trenton, 19 Everett Alley, Trenton, NJ (http://artworkstrenton.org/)
- RECEPTION: March 30th, 12pm to 3pm
- CO-CHAIRS
- MIDDLESEX middlesexyam@hotmail.com
- Susan Catrone and Kristen Barth, Chairs – scatrone @aenj.org
- EXHIBIT: February 23-March 5, 2019
- LOCATION: George Street Play House, 103 College Farm Road, New Brunswick, NJ
- RECEPTION: March 5, 2019 7:00 – 8:00 pm
- MONMOUTH
- CO-CHAIRS
- Colleen Ford – CollFord14@gmail.com
- Alison Wallace – atwallace@gmail.com
- EXHIBIT: March 30
- LOCATION: ChaShaMa Gallery Matawan, 58-60 Main Street, Matawan, NJ 07747
- RECEPTION: March 30 11-2:00
- CO-CHAIRS
- OCEAN
- Stephanie Kitzmiller – Skitzmiller@stjoeschooltr.org
- CO-CHAIRS
- Dawn Wagner: dwagner@pointpleasant.k12.nj.us
- Jenna Beverly: jbeverly@trschools.com
- EXHIBIT: March 1 – March 29
- LOCATION: Ocean County Library, Brick Branch, Chambersbridge Road
- RECEPTION: March 23 at 2pm
- PASSAIC
- CO-CHAIRS
- Nicole Jackson – nixjard@gmail.com
- Lisa Miller – lmiller@passaiccharter.org
- EXHIBIT: March 15th – March 28th
- LOCATION: Louis Bay 2nd Library, 345 Lafayette Avenue, Hawthorne, NJ 07506
- RECEPTION: March 28 Time TBD
- CO-CHAIRS
- SOMERSET https://sites.google.com/site/somersetyouthartmonth/
- CO-CHAIRS
- Susan Bivona – spbivona@me.com
- Lisa Conklin – artzechick@comcast.net
- EXHIBIT: Two Dates: Exhibit I (K – 5) March 18 – 24, 2019 Exhibit II (6 – 12) March 26 – 31, 2019
- LOCATION: The Center for Contemporary Art – 2020 Burnt Mills Rd, Bedminster Township, NJ 07921
- RECEPTION: The Closing Exhibit for the K-5 Exhibit will be, Sunday, March 24, 2019, The Closing Exhibit for the 6 – 12 Exhibit will be, Sunday, March 31, 2019
- CO-CHAIRS
- SUSSEX & MORRIS COUNTY
- CO-CHAIRS
- Pamela Dean – pdean@hamburgschool.com
- Elizabeth Wassel – Ewassel@hamburgschool.com
- EXHIBIT: March 11 – 22, 2019
- LOCATION: Sussex County Judicial Center, 43-47 High Street, Newton, NJ 07860
- RECEPTION: ‘Thursday, March 21, 2019 6:00 pm
- CO-CHAIRS
- UNION https://sites.google.com/site/njunioncountyyam/home
- CO-CHAIRS
- Charlotte Banks – charlottebnks1@gmail.com
- Joanna Netta – joannanetta80@gmail.com
- Carrie Russoniello – barbie0414@comcast.net
- EXHIBIT: February 15th to March 1st
- LOCATION: 1085 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ
- RECEPTION: March 1st, 5pm
- CO-CHAIRS