SJAC
MEMBERS
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LOREN DANN / PAINTER & ART EDUCATOR
SJAC Executive Director, Loren Dann is a working artist, art educator and Woodbury resident. She has an interest in literature, social justice and history. Her work has been exhibited extensively in New York, Philadelphia, and New Jersey. Loren's art work also makes appearances on material cultural items from album covers to handbags creating a strong and recognizable presence.
Loren’s skill as an art educator has allowed her to work with all ages, genders, races and abilities to explore art as a creative and therapeutic outlet for both emotional and physical well-being. Loren also uses her art to encourage diverse communities where all forms of art and expression are encouraged and valued.
DANA MASTER / VIDEO ARTIST & PRODUCER/EDITOR
2024 SJAC Board President, Dana Master is a videomaker/art administrator and educator with 30+ years of experience working in independent and broadcast media. Her independent and collaborative video works have screened in film festivals and art venues across the country and Europe and have won a few awards along the way. Her work with video artist/media activist Joan Braderman (as No More Nice Girls Productions) is included in notable national & international museum, university and library collections.
Dana believes in the transformative power of the art-making process for individuals and communities. She currently works with NMNG Media Arts as a producer and project manager. Some of her recent projects include collaborations with Scribe Video Center, Women Against Abuse, The Paul Robeson House & Museum, VietLead’s Resilient Roots Community Garden and the Eastern Apicultural Society.
JOANN WRIGHT / ARTIST
Generally these days, I like to paint using acrylics on canvas, although in the past five years or so, I have also used fabric. Two of my fabric pieces won awards - "Pocketbooks" in The Brave 100 exhibit at Eiland Arts Center in 2019, and "Women in Science" for the Haddon Fortnightly in 2023. My style is strongly representational and I am inspired both by challenges from my favorite gallery - Eiland Arts Center, and by events in my life or incidents I come across in my reading.
My background is in education. I taught for 35 years in public school and for several years in the graduate art education department at University of the Arts in Philadelphia, which is also where I earned my Masters. My major at Rutgers was in lithography and I did printmaking for many years, woodcut and silkscreen. I am painting now because it is easier on my hands.
Last year, I founded a small gallery in the Underwood building on the property of the historic Woodbury Friends Meeting and we have had two shows there since. That was a first for me and very satisfying. I would like to have a solo retrospective there in the next year.
The attached photo is from the Haddon Fortnightly "Through a Woman's Eyes" annual juried exhibition, the theme that year was Science, and this work is one of my "pocketbook" series with the portrait of a scientist on each fabric 'page.'
My blog is updated weekly if not more frequently so come over and let's talk about history.