New exhibit announced at hob’art gallery in western Hoboken

HOBOKEN — The Hob’art gllaery located at 720 Monroe St. will host an artist reception on Saturday May 20 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. for its news exhibition “Contiguous.”
“Contiguous,” an exhibition of works by three studio artists, will be open to the public from May 12 to June 10.
The artists include Katie Duffy McGeehin, Donna O’Grady, and Rich Roberts.
Contiguous means shring a common border, touching, or together in sequence, and this definition accurately described the work of the above artists.
Roberts uses fused glass, McGeehin makes figures in plaster and watercolor, and O’Grady paints on tin.
According to the press release McGeehin’s work delves into the effect of art interacting with the environment. Her plaster figures and watercolors explore and convey interaction. O’Grady’s work hint at nostalgia and are executed on pressed tin and portrays familiar surroundings that are touching in an old world manner.
Roberts’s fused glass is the heat bonding of several glass pieces in kiln. His work recalls his interaction with family, friends, and life events.