The stone sculptures, original collagraph prints, handmade paper work and mesh wall hangings of Princeton artist Margaret Kennard Johnson has opened Rider University Art Gallery's 2004-2005 season.

Johnson's exhibition - "From Stone to Mesh - Sixty Years" -- will run through Saturday, October 23. On September 30 at 7 p.m., Johnson will give a public talk in the gallery, located on the top floor of the Bart Luedeke Center on Rider's Lawrenceville campus. The event is free and open to the public.

Intrigued by Japanese culture while living and studying in Japan for 8 ½ years, Johnson co-authored the book, Japanese Prints Today: Tradition with Innovation. She also absorbed various aesthetic styles while traveling throughout Egypt, the Antarctic, and during her one-year residency in Zurich, Switzerland.

Galleries that represent Johnson's work include the Williams Gallery in Princeton; The Verne Collection in Cleveland, Ohio; The Tolman Collection in Tokyo; and the Miyabi Gallery in Fukuoka, Japan. Her work has also been represented in museum collections throughout the United States, Japan and Europe, including The British Museum, London. Over the years, she has taught at the Museum of Modern Art, Pratt Institute, Princeton Art Association, the Tokyo American Club, Artworks in Trenton and the Montgomery Center for the Arts in Skillman.

Gallery hours are Tuesday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. For more information, call (609) 895-5588.