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Studio Route 29 is a progressive art studio and gallery for artists with developmental disability in Frenchtown. We hope to open our doors in Fall of 2022.

We provide space, materials & support to explore, create & develop an artistic practice, & opportunities for meaningful community engagement. Please be in touch with questions or ideas!

04/10/2026

Well, where to start… Last night’s Films for Friends: Films for Fools (April Fool’s Day Edition) was one for the books. During our open mic segment, our friends at surprised us with a special guest, none other than , who graced the Little Theatre stage with a beautiful performance of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” complete with a fake butt costume (we’ve got that sort of thing lying around) in keeping with the April Fool’s Day theme.

Massive shoutout to Yo-Yo Ma and Artyard for making it such a memorable night for the Studio Route 29 community.

Video description:

Yo-Yo Ma stands on a small, dimly lit stage with his cello, set against a painted backdrop. Wearing a silly fake buttocks costume, he addresses the crowd and performs “Over the Rainbow.”

04/08/2026

Films for Fools returns this Thursday, April 9, with a special screening of The Muppet Show (2026).

Hosted by Mick McDonough and Sean Bodine, plus their puppet co-stars Citrus the Clever Monkey and Rodney.

Studio Route 29 – Little Theater
62A Trenton Ave, Ste 2
Frenchtown, NJ 08825

Doors: 6:00 PM | Show: 6:30 PM

Video description:

Studio Route 29 artists Sean Bodine and Mick McDonough rehearse with their puppets, Rodney and Bruno, in the Little Theater for Films for Fools.

04/03/2026

Opening April 11 from 1-3pm at Bruno’s!
📍58-42A Catalpa Ave, Ridgewood, NY 11385📍

‘Tomorrow is not better on the other side of the grass’ is the first exhibition at Bruno’s, Studio Route 29’s Ridgewood gallery: a group show which brings together work from artists who do and don’t work in or at Progressive art studios. The show coalesces loosely (like weather or a time of day) around the strange, strained, and fruitful positions we may take while living in/with a construction that seeks to position “nature” as separate from… anything. How are we apart from and a part of our world?
As we think about this show and this work we are thinking about adaptation: the ways in which worlds are built within this one to open windows to other ways of being and dreaming; the ways in which we stretch like weeds towards the beautiful radiating sunlights we desire while our roots dig towards soils more nourishing; the ways we may adapt painting to conceal the idealism of abstraction inside the soft materialism of a dish rag; the ways we become other to become our slicked and multiple selves, attached like barnacles to the panes between realms, trash heap angels on high.

With:
Angelificatum
BJ Armour
Michael Assiff
Michael Caudo
Ficus Interfaith
Christian Turner
Jennifer Chai Shear

Welcome to Brunos!

03/25/2026

Bill Eppinger in Drawing
Korn Gallery, Drew University
Artist Talk & Reception: March 26, 4–6 PM
Exhibition: March 24 – April 24

The Korn Gallery is pleased to present Drawing, a group exhibition organized by artist and educator Michael Caudo. The show emerges from conversations exploring the role and meaning of drawing both inside and outside the classroom.

Featuring work by Nancy Chunn, Bill Eppinger, Sofio Piraneo, Will Shea, and Ryan Woodring. Located in the Dorothy Young Center for the Arts at Drew University. Open Tuesday–Friday and by appointment.
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Image descriptions:

A minimalist gallery space with polished concrete floors, a central display case, sparse wall-mounted works, and soft overhead lighting near a tall window

A brown Strathmore 400 Series drawing pad cover with large pink vertical text and product details printed in the corner.

03/18/2026

A special delivery arrived at the studio today for Theo Baransky: a care package from Sony Pictures Classics, a production company he’s admired for quite some time. Inside were an iconic hat, a Freud’s Last Session t-shirt, and a set of film postcards...including a Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon card signed by director Ang Lee!

Needless to say, Theo is elated. Huge thanks to our friends at Sony Pictures Classics for making this happen

03/03/2026

𝑽𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑻𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒓 Artist Spotlight: Karyn Tettemer

On view February 21 - May 31

𝑽𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑻𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒓

Daisy Rodriguez, Karyn Tettemer, and Matthew Jacobs

Beauty Gallery at Studio Route 29
62A Trenton Ave Ste 2,
Frenchtown, NJ 08825

In a style she refers to as “antique,” Tettemer offers a careful and loving interpretation of her references, from the art historical to moments and figures from her personal life. In much of her work Tettemer pulls the space of her painting up towards us with frontal perspectives that picture a world where objects are oriented towards the beholder. Her recent paintings after stained glass extend this play between surface and space.

Vision Texturer presents work by three artists who paint on Friday. A survey of their recent work on canvas, the show is held loosely together by a shared inquisitive and intuitive approach to painting-making.

Artwork:

Karyn Tettemer, Untitled (017), 2025
Acrylic on canvas
12 x 12 inches

Image descriptions:

1.) A small, colorful still-life painting of red, pink, mustard yellow and a mossy green flowers in a striped vase, set against a bold yellow interior.

2.) The small flower painting hangs alone on a large white gallery wall beside a tall window overlooking trees and a wet parking lot.

3.) Portrait of the artist working on a painting of a boombox at a bright green studio table, surrounded by brushes and other art supplies.

02/24/2026

Vision Texturer: Matthew Jacobs, Daisy Rodriguez, and Karyn Tettemer is on view at Beauty Gallery.

02/17/2026

Presenting....Beauty Radio! Tune in via link in bio this Friday at 2:29pm : )

Beauty Radio primarily broadcasts the music we listen to at Studio Route 29 Wednesday through Friday 11-4. With a rotating group of selectors who are the artists and staff working day-to-day, the music shifts with the studio’s mood and gives listeners a portal into the current studio vibe: esoteric fruits of movie research, pump up hits, or contemplation-companion songs. Specific programs including interviews, weather reports, and puppet monologues are in the works and Beauty Radio aims to be host to broadcasts of other progressive art studio’s dance parties, stories, or audio work. Internet Radio reaches far and wide and Beauty Radio will broadcast the creative ideas, interests, stories, and parties of, by, and with artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities to the planet.

Tune in to the inaugural Beauty Radio hour this Friday, February 20, from 2:29–3:39 PM by visiting the link in our bio or heading to our website and clicking the “Conch” icon labeled “Radio” in the bottom-left corner.

Video description:

Musician and artist BJ Armour sits in a chair facing the camera to announce Studio Route 29’s new internet radio project, Beauty Radio.

01/16/2026

Studio Route 29 is headed west ✨
We’re thrilled to participate in the San Francisco edition of Open Invitational, January 23–25, 2026, with new work by Theo Baransky and Michael Angelo Mangino.

📍 East Cut Pop-Up
215 Fremont St.
San Francisco, CA 94105

Previews
Press: Thurs, Jan 22, 12–2 PM
VIP: Thurs, Jan 22, 5–9 PM

Open to the Public
Fri, Jan 23, 11 AM–7 PM
Sat, Jan 24, 11 AM–7 PM
Sun, Jan 25, 11 AM–5 PM

Video description:
In this video, artist Theo Baransky stands in front of his Palm Pictures painting, sharing the news of Studio Route 29’s participation in the forthcoming Creativity Explored × Open Invitational.

12/11/2025

Artist Christian Turner is unveiling his Christmas Tree sculpture just in time for our Holiday Market TODAY from 3–6pm.

Drop by the studio for one-of-a-kind gifts you can’t even begin to imagine!

Immediately after, we’re hosting Karaoke in the little theater from 6–9pm!

Video description:

Artist Christian Turner is seen with Studio Route 29 staff setting up his new Christmas Tree sculpture in the Beauty Gallery as part of the ongoing Living Room exhibition

11/15/2025

Come and get your present rocks while supplies last! !

Video: Bill Eppinger, a white man with silver hair, black glasses, and an apron stands in front of a wooden flat file which has painted rocks stacked all around it. He leans over to pick one up and stands with it in his hands while he talks.

10/29/2025

Said I Should Have Stayed At The Museum Counting Fish Scales at 47 Canal has been extended until this Saturday Nov 1. Catch this beautiful show while you can.
Exhibiting artists:
Michael Angelo Mangino
Bernadette Simone
Bill Eppinger
Karyn Tettemer
BJ Armour Jr.
Christian Turner

Address

62a Trenton Avenue
Frenchtown, NJ
08825

Telephone

+19082482438

Website

http://studioroute29.org/

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