Art Gallery

Welcome to The Ruth Bauer Neustadter Gallery at HACPAC, a captivating space where both local and professional artists converge to showcase their remarkable talent. Our gallery is a dynamic hub that celebrates the diverse artistic expressions from within our community and beyond.

Britt Sikiric is a New Jersey–based painter and muralist who earned a BFA in Fine Arts, with a concentration in painting, from the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

Since graduating from the School of Visual Arts, Britt has taken on murals, fine art commissions, visual merchandising, and set design. Her work spans both public spaces and studio pieces, guided by an interest in color, process, and accessibility.
She currently teaches art at a special needs school, where the curriculum focuses on choice, experimentation and individual expression. Alongside teaching, Sikiric continues to paint murals and accept commissions, maintaining a practice that connects the classroom to the community.

“I’m an expressive painter working from intuition and feeling.

My process begins with a single spark – a color, movement, or moment of energy – and unfolds subconsciously from there. I don’t plan; I respond. Each piece is a direct translation of impulse onto canvas.

My work resists repetition and traditional series, but it’s unified by its energy. Restless and intuitive, my paintings are visual records of emotion in motion, each one an extension of my personality and a pursuit of congruous energy across the whole body of work.”

~ Britt Sikiric

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Meet the Curator

Kim Schmitt Thomas

Art Gallery Curator

Kim’s mission for the Gallery at HACPAC is twofold. By bringing compelling and lively exhibitions to the community, Kim hopes to encourage a deeper appreciation for art, as it holds the power to greatly enrich our lives, especially in today’s fast paced, high-tech world. Additionally, while exhibiting the works of more established artists, Kim also seeks out new motivated artists who have built cohesive and intriguing bodies of work. As a full-time working artist herself, Kim is aware of how challenging it can be for emerging artists to be granted gallery exhibitions and believes in offering opportunities for new creatives to show their work. In addition to her work as Gallery Director and Curator for the Gallery at HACPAC, Kim works as the in-house artist at hOMe Store, an interior design and furnishing store in Hawthorne, NJ. There, she paints original pieces in her studio and also creates commissioned works specifically for clients’ spaces. Kim is also represented by Barsky Gallery of Hoboken, NJ, CINQ Gallery in Dallas, TX, The Art Collective Gallery in Rogers, AR, and also exhibits at Glen Hansen Studios in Southold, NY, as well as the Gallery at HACPAC. Kim’s work hangs in both private and corporate collections across the country, and has been featured in (201) Magazine, The Bergen Record, The New York Times, Furniture Today, Dallas Style & Design Magazine.