unveiled26 Studio Tour SOMA

On Display: Sep 17 – Nov 8, 2026

Marking SOPAC’s fifth collaboration with Studio Tour SOMA, the exhibition brings together work by artists from South Orange and Maplewood ahead of the 23rd annual Studio Tour.

Sixty-nine works. Sixty-nine points of view. One community of artists. Look closely, and the conversation begins. Cathleen McCoy Bristol’s bold Call Tyrone commands attention, while Samar Hussaini’s Palestine Remembered brings memory, culture, and identity into the Gallery. Jay Pingree’s Platform 14 finds a story in the quiet, in-between moments of everyday life, while Burt Solomon’s mysteriously Untitled photograph proves that sometimes a change in perspective is simply a matter of noticing the joke hiding in plain sight. Humor turns up in unexpected places, alongside ceramics, fiber, and dimensional works throughout the Gallery. No two artists seem to be looking at quite the same world, and that’s precisely the point.

“Put 69 works by 69 artists in one gallery, and you don’t get one story, you get a conversation,” said curator Jeremy Moss. “Each artist brings a different way of seeing the world, and that’s what makes the exhibition exciting. You move from one work to the next, and your perspective keeps shifting. For just a moment, you’re seeing through someone else’s eyes.”

The conversation only gets bigger from there. Studio Tour SOMA brings together more than 100 artists on Saturday and Sunday, November 7 and 8, from 11 AM–5 PM, opening studios and creative spaces throughout South Orange and Maplewood. SOPAC will again serve as a Tour destination on Saturday, hosting several participating artists in The Loft and offering a natural place to begin before heading out to discover the artists, artwork, and unexpected finds waiting throughout the community.

“Art gives us a beautiful way to experience both what we share and what we see differently,” said Miriam Vales, SOPAC’s Interim Executive Director. “There is something powerful about gathering in one place, surrounded by the work of people who live and create in our community. We talk, we laugh, we discover something new, and maybe we leave understanding one another a little differently than when we arrived.”

We invite you to spend time with the work in unveiled26, then follow that curiosity out into the community to discover unfamiliar voices, reconnect with familiar ones, and see the world from new perspectives through the eyes of the artists who call South Orange and Maplewood home. Studio Tour SOMA reminds us there are always more perspectives, more stories, and more discoveries waiting beyond the Gallery.

But for one evening, we all come together here.

If you are interested in making a purchase, please contact Linda Beard at (973) 382-1035 or lindab@sopacnow.org.

Key artwork: “Glacial Expression” by Maria Savidis-Markatos

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