Celebrating the Arts in Woodbury!
See a side to Woodbury you haven’t before! On October 17th, fifteen of South Jersey’s finest artists will open their studios and gallery spaces for the public to explore. Learn about New Jersey’s ‘Wild Clay,’ try your hand at printmaking, and enjoy seeing where some of your favorite local artists create their best work.
This tour is a unique way to interact with local artists and their art, hear the stories behind some of their pieces, and even bring an original work home yourself! Stop by one, three, or all seven studios throughout the day. While you’re out, be sure to grab a coffee and a pastry at one of Woodbury’s cozy cafes.
Interactive Artist Studio Map
Learn more about our artists…
97 N. American Street, Woodbury
Jack Long – Ceramic Artist
Jack is a multidisciplinary artist that likes to draw inspiration from music, the transcendental rhythms of nature, and the microscopic worlds that shape our reality. Through clay, he translates these inspirations into ceramic pieces that invite reflection and emotional connection.
97 N. American Street, Woodbury
Julianne Long – Acrylic
Julianne is a painter whose work reflects her love of nature and the joy found in its glorious hues and intricate patterns. Largely self taught, she has turned painting and teaching as sources of renewal and camaraderie. People, gardens, and art museum provide inspiration.
334 W. Centre Street, Woodbury
Mike Macolino – Woodworker
Mike has been working with wood for over 50 years. He turns wood bowls and dishes in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and species – mostly from locally felled trees. The process often reveals unexpected features, textures, and imperfections that often add to the beauty of the piece.
122 N. Broad Street, Woodbury
South Jersey Artist Collective
Gallery & Studios
South Jersey Artist Collective hosts five artist studios, gallery space and shared classrooms & community space. Their mission is to build connections among southern New Jersey’s local artists and their communities through events, projects, and exhibitions.
65 Cooper Street, Woodbury
Lenor Mirochna – Letterpress Artist
Featuring Frances Crum – Printmaker
Lenor is the owner of Paprika Letterpress – a letterpress & design studio where she uses a variety of printing tools to create unique designs, blending 19th century technology with a modern eye. Join her at her studio for a hands-on printmaking demonstration!
Frances Crum is a printmaker & painter. Her work is a spontaneous diary of ‘today’. She will be demonstrating the art of relief printing alongside Lenor at her studio.
65 Cooper Street, Woodbury
Tom Mirochna – Metal Sculpture
Tom has been interested in art since childhood. An engineer by trade, his art is therapeutic in contrast to the technical disciplines of engineering. He’s experimented with several mediums, but finally settled on metal sculpture & welding. He produces pieces from tabletop size to 10 ft tall and prefers to re-purpose scrap steel materials.
You can find his work as far away as South Carolina where he designed, fabricated, and installed a large lighting fixture. You can also find his “Bicycle Wheels” sculpture in Sparks, Nevada.
1805 Almonesson Road, Deptford
Linda Shusterman – Ceramicist
Linda is a ceramicist whose forms provide a three-dimensional surface for her study and use of color, pattern & composition. The spiral is a theme ever present in her work and represents the spiraling of life and how it is constantly moving.
1805 Almonesson Road, Deptford
Alan Willoughby – Ceramicist
Alan is a professor and ceramicist who shares his home, studio, and wood kiln with his wife, Linda. His work is made from ‘wild clay’ dug in Millville, NJ. After being processed by hand, it’s thrown on a potters wheel and fired in a wood kiln using wood from locally felled trees.
340 Pine Ave. Deptford
Sally Willowbee – Recycle Artist
Sally is an artist who loves to work with recycled materials. She is also a self-taught furniture maker, carpenter, writer, and lifelong trash-picker. Her political beliefs, spirituality, environmentalism, feminism & creativity are often inspirations in her work.
109 N. Black Horse Pike, Runnemede
J. Kenneth Leap – Stained Glass Artist & Muralist
J. Kenny is an architectural stained-glass artist, muralist, educator & community arts leader. Founder and president of Reimagine Runnemede – creating murals and creative placemaking projects that use art to tell the stories of communities.
