Pro Arts Jersey City is a professional membership community dedicated to advancing and promoting visual artists and their work.
Pro Arts Jersey City Mission
Largely volunteer-run, Pro Arts is comprised of roughly 100 emerging and professional artists living and working throughout New Jersey and New York who are actively engaged in pursuing the visual arts as a career. Yearly programming includes exhibitions and professional development events that introduce curators, collectors, and the public to our members and their work.
Volunteering and community-building are key components of the Pro Arts non-profit 501(c)(3) model established in 1994. The camaraderie and friendships that form from collaborating with like-minded people has sustained Pro Arts over the years and built it into a recognized arts leader in New Jersey. Our member volunteers have abundant opportunity to rise through the ranks and develop both curatorial and leadership skills, which often positions them to leverage the Pro Arts reputation in interesting and advantageous ways. Since August 2022, Pro Arts has managed a small gallery in the
Downtown Arts District which has offered our members additional experience planning and operating exhibitions and events.
If you are a professional artist please consider joining us and applying for a Pro Arts membership by visiting the Become an Artist Member page.
If you are interested in becoming a sponsor or supporter of Pro Arts please visit the Support Pro Arts page.
Board Members
Dorie Dahlberg – Co-President
Laura Lou Levy – Co-President
Guillermo Bublik – Co-Vice President
Brad Terhune – Treasurer
Beatrice Mady – Secretary
Alvin Quiñones
Francisco Silva
Deborah Pohl
Andrea Kroenig
Administrative Consultant
Aria Straus-Khawam – Director of Operations
Ex Officio
Bryant Small
Mollie Thonneson
Michael Endy
Kay Kenny
Charles Kessler
Kathryn Klanderman