Gallery & Exhibits

The Library Gallery offers the community the opportunity to display works of art or personal collections of interest. Exhibit space includes secure upright or flat display cases in the foyer and open wall space in the gallery itself.

The Mission of the Library Gallery:

• To serve our community educationally and aesthetically by exhibiting and fostering the arts in the community.
• To provide exhibition space to promising emerging artists.
• To highlight local artists in the community.
• To provide a venue for established artists who wish to enrich the community by displaying in a local space.
• To enable the public library to enrich the cultural life of Metuchen.

Interested in displaying an exhibit?
Please use the Exhibit Application Form located below this page.
For questions, please email the Gallery Director, Margaret Cohen – mhcohen.nj@gmail.com

Call for Artists “Unraveled”

The dance between hand and material. The transformation of thread, wool and cloth into a tactile narrative. The creation of art evoking comfort while pushing boundaries of form, the capture of memories, the expression of emotion into a delicate poetry of color and structure. Fiber and textile art.

The Gallery at the Metuchen Library invites textile and fiber artists to celebrate your knit, crochet, lace, quilting, batik, macrame, weaving, string, fiber, fabric collage or mixed media art for consideration into our community open call.

Selected works will be included in the community installation “Unraveled” from April 26–June 24, 2026.

Submission deadline: April 1, 2026
Notification of acceptance: April 10
Delivery of Art to the Gallery at the Metuchen Library: Sunday, April 19, 2–4 pm and Tuesday, April 21, 6–8 pm
Artist Reception: Sunday, May 17, 2–4 pm
Pick up art: Thursday, June 25, 10–11:30 am or 6–8 pm, and Friday, June 26, 10–11:30 am

SHOW DATES: April 26–June 24

The work must be either ready to hang or appropriate for a display case.

Unraveled Submission Form

Current Exhibit(s)

Mithila Matrix: Traditional Patterns, Contemporary Vision

Art by Nupur Nishith
On display in the Library Gallery, January 10 – March 4, 2026

The Gallery at the Metuchen Library invites you to experience the award-winning Mithila/Madhubani art of Nupur Nishith. Nupur has cultivated this centuries-old practice bridging heritage and contemporary expression. Working in paper, canvas, clay, glass, wood, aluminum and digital media, Nupur translates Mithila art into contemporary formats, fusing traditional motifs and modern themes creating works of cultural depth and global resonance. Nupur’s work has been recognized by Color by the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, has been featured in Animodules by the Barat Foundation, The Bridge Art Gallery, and the Nassau County Museum of Art, NY. We invite you to come experience a moment of global transcendence on display from January 10 – March 4, 2026. Please also join us for the Artist Reception on Sunday, January 18, 2-4 p.m.