ART AT GOURGAUD: A retrospective collection of artwork by Monica Sebald Kennedy is on view January 1 through January 31 at Gourgaud Gallery in Cranbury. An artist’s reception is on January 1 from 1 to 3 p.m.

The Cranbury Arts Council and Gourgaud Gallery are hosting a retrospective collection of artwork by Monica Sebald Kennedy from January 1 through January 31.

An artist’s reception is on January 1 from 1 to 3 p.m.

Kennedy was born in Spain and grew up in Germany in a culturally diverse family. She studied communications design in Wuerzburg, Germany, and freestyle painting in Salamanca, Spain.

Her father was well-known bookbinder in Wuerzburg, and encouraged her to work as book illustrator. She is associated with the Garden State Watercolor Society and is a board member of The Creative Collective.

As part of the nonprofit Cranbury Arts Council, Gourgaud Gallery donates 20 percent of art sales to the Cranbury Arts Council and its programs that support the arts in the community. Cash or a check made out to the Artist is accepted as payment.

Gourgaud Gallery is located in Town Hall, 23-A North Main Street in Cranbury, and is free and open to the public Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

For more information, visit cranburyartscouncil.org.