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Artists' Registry

Creative Aging Initiative

Montclair Emerging Filmmakers' Festival

Montclair Film Network

Montclair Gallery Association

Public Art

Artists' Registry
To help connect artists with the Montclair community, MAC has created an online Artists' Registry, a comprehensive list of artists in all disciplines who either reside in Montclair or are MAC members. Visual artists, musicians, dancers, actors and writers may post examples of their work, contact information and web links. Patrons may search the registry to find the right artist for a special event or project or simply to sample the wide array of talent in our community.
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Creative Aging Initiative
The Creative Aging Initiative is an innovative two-part program created by MAC for Montclair's seniors, senior-care providers and interested members of the public. The project's goal is to enrich the lives of the elderly through engagement with the arts, and to proclaim and support their primary place in the community. The first program initiative, a sneak preview of the public television documentary on elder artists, Do Not Go Gently, took place at the Montclair Art Museum in April 2007. The second project, Passports to Remembrance: These Are a Few of Our Favorite Things (April-December 2007), is an ongoing community program telling seniors' personal histories through photographic and storytelling arts.
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Montclair Emerging Filmmakers’ Festival
Building on the 2005 Film Festival Showcase coordinated by the Montclair Economic Development Corporation, MAC worked with the Montclair Art Museum, Luna Stage, Adult School of Montclair and the Montclair Parking Authority to produce the Montclair Emerging Filmmakers' Festival in November, 2006. The Adult School of Montclair hosted a six-person panel of Montclair filmmakers two days before the festival. The festival itself consisted of an opening night sneak preview of  The TV Set, a new major motion picture directed by Jake Kasdan, starring David Duchovny, Sigourney Weaver, Ioan Gruffudd, Justine Bateman and Judy Greer, distributed by THINKFilm and scheduled for release in Spring, 2007. The following day, the festival presented 16 independent films, and hosted three film industry panels featuring Montclair film industry professionals. The festival was extremely well received by the public and Montclair film community, and is expected to become a regularly scheduled event.

Montclair Film Network
The Montclair Film Network was created at the Montclair Emerging Filmmakers' Festival, during which many Montclair film professionals participated on panels. The stories told, ideas shared and connections made led to a desire to connect the entire Montclair film community. In March, 2007, producers, writers, directors, editors, engineers, publicists and others participated in the first Montclair Film Network meeting. The group, led by steering committee members Eric Brown, Matthew Frankel, Rob Morretti, Jeanne Reilly and Corinna Sager, will work with MAC to plan sneak previews of motion pictures, regular networking events, and other activities that serve the film community in Montclair. If you are interested in joining, email film@montclairarts.org.

Montclair Gallery Association
The Montclair Gallery Association was founded in the spring of 2006. Its goal is to promote and market the work of Montclair's art galleries. The commercial galleries in the association are Artpace 129, Dupre Gallery, Essex Fine Arts, Gallery 51, Gallery Loupe, the Jacklyn Kling Gallery, JKK Fine Arts, Makeready Press/Gallery 214 ArtSpace, Midland Gallery, and three nonprofit museum/galleries: the Montclair Art Museum, Studio Montclair's Block Gallery and the George Segal Gallery at Montclair State University. The association publishes a Gallery Guide, which includes a map and information on all the member galleries. Twice a year they host a Gallery Walk, which is a Sunday afternoon tour of all the galleries. The first Gallery Walk took place in October of 2006, the second in May of 2007.
Click here to download the Gallery Guide and map.

Public Art
The MAC Public Art Committee exists to develop and support public art projects in Montclair that demonstrate a commitment to the arts and its community of artists, and to establish Montclair as an arts destination for the benefit of the township and the business community. Incorporating public art components into both public and private developments is one of MAC's stated objectives. The Public Art Committee has been active in developing five projects that are either in the development stage or completed. For an explanation of each project and the selection process click here to read more.