Deborah Guzmán Meyer’s art exhibit currently on display at Warren County Community College focuses on faces of “New Americans” between the ages of 2 and 10.
The College is located on Route 57 in Washington Township.
The body of Meyer’s work that can be seen at the College’s Second Floor Art Gallery documents the physical appearance of these new Americans but also it examines one’s innate reactions are, as humans, to encountering these individuals. The children that appear in these photographs are all biracial. They are photographed at a tender age, between two and ten, at a time where they themselves have not began the process of codifying, identifying themselves more with one race than another. The photographs are printed on fabric, then embroidered by hand.
The show, curated by Nadia Estela, is free and open to the public during regular College hours. Additionally, Meyer will be giving a lecture about her works on Wed. March 28 at 1 p.m. The lecture is also free and open to the public and will be held in Room 208.
Meyer is a Montclair-based artist and educator with over 10 years of experience as a teaching artist and photography instructor. She earned her BFA at Pace University and her MFA at Columbia College in Chicago.
Her work has been featured in exhibitions throughout the country, including Miami, Chicago, and Jersey City. She has worked closely with Public School Districts in Chicago and Newark on arts integration project, most recently as the Montclair Art Museum’s Program Coordinator for the U.S.-Department of Education-funded NAIL (Newark Arts Intergated into Literacy) project and teaches digital photography through MAM’s Yard School of Art.
For further information about WCCC and directions, visit www.warren.edu.
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