A Cross-Generational Conversation with Alumni Artists

This event features exhibiting artists Nancy Pantirer ’80, Tiffany Perez ’09, and Maria Valdivia ’24 in conversation about their careers and creative practices, moderated by curator Sally Lehman.

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Montclair State University celebrates the creative achievements of its alumni with Carpe Diem: Select Alumni in the Visual Arts, a group exhibition presented by the Office of Alumni Engagement and Development and hosted by the University Galleries. Carpe Diem brings together the works of twelve accomplished artists whose work spans figurative and abstract painting, photography, mixed media, video and installation. The exhibition is on view February 3 through May 3 in the George Segal Gallery.

Curated by Sally Morgan Lehman, who has taught in the Department of Art and Design at Montclair and is owner and director of Morgan Lehman Gallery in New York City, Carpe Diem highlights the breadth of artistic practices fostered at Montclair and the lasting impact of its visual arts alumni.

Featured artists include Flávia Berindoague ’13, Bisa Butler ’05, Jonathan Calm ’97, Kyle Coniglio ’10, Alyssa Fanning ’12, Allen Ginsberg (1943), Márta Kucsora (2005–06), Michael Manning ’11, Nancy Bergman Pantirer ’80, Tiffany Perez ’09, William Pope.L ’78, and Maria Valdivia ’24. Together, they represent multiple generations of Red Hawks who shape the local, national and international creative landscape as artists, educators and cultural leaders.