Jay Alders

At Montclair State University Alders was a member and co-founder of the Gamma Mu chapter of Theta Xi fraternity and illustrator for the Montclarion college newspaper.

In November 2007, Alders toured Brazil with musicians Donavon Frankenreiter, G Love, and Matt Costa as part of the Billabong-sponsored Mostra Festival AlmaSurf.

The tour also included surf artists Celine Chat, Sean Davey, and other prominent personalities in the surf-entertainment industry.

[4] The tour helped push Alders' work into the global market, landing his artwork in art galleries, on skateboards and surfboards and television, including Fuel TV.

[5] In 2008, dietary supplement company Emergen-C used Alders' artwork for a new packaging design,[6] with a portion of the proceeds donated to the Surfrider Foundation.

[10] Reggae band Echo Movement featured Alders' painting Star Crossed on their 2012 release Love and The Human Outreach.

[9] Acoustic musician Gabe Gomez released his album "In My Island" in 2012 which features Alders' painting Sea Zen of Tranquility.

[16] In July 2017, Alders released a limited edition tour poster for the band 311 and their Asbury Park, New Jersey, show at The Stone Pony.