A free, public reception will be held on Sunday, January 11, 1-4 PM, at Arts Guild New Jersey, 1670 Irving Street, Rahway, NJ 07065. Gallery hours are Saturdays and Sundays, 1:00-4:00 PM, and during regular office hours on Mondays through Thursdays, 10:00 AM – 3:30:00 PM and Fridays, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM. The exhibition is wheelchair accessible.
It is the mission of Arts Guild New Jersey to present high level arts programs for the benefit of residents in Central and Northern New Jersey. Since 1999, the Guild has provided an increasing range of art events, activities and programs for a multi-county audience, promoting the benefit of the arts for all people. This would not be possible without the participation of the Guild's valued members, faculty, and students. This showcase of their artwork is a token of appreciation and a celebration of all that Arts Guild New Jersey has become.
Member support is an important source of revenue for the Arts Guild, helping to provide the funding it needs to operate. In addition to helping to sustain an admirable organization, benefits to becoming a member include an opportunity to exhibit in the CommUNITY Show, and discounts on classes for kids and adults. Members also receive incentives such as advance notice and reduced rates on special event tickets, discounted entry fees for juried shows, and a website listing in the Artist Members Gallery on the Links page of the Arts Guild's website: www.agnj.org.
The Guild's instructors are all noteworthy artists with impressive backgrounds and extensive teaching experience. Most adult teachers have advanced degrees and work for universities and colleges such as the prestigious Mason Gross School of the Arts and Kean University, or for other non-profit art centers. The majority of our children and teen instructors are New Jersey certified art teachers with significant public school teaching credentials.
Many of AGNJ's students have been loyally enrolled in classes year after year; others included in the exhibition are fresh additions to the community. Arts Guild New Jersey offers important core classes such as drawing and painting in various mediums, and continues to expand its offerings to include innovative choices, such as color theory and stained glass. Both daytime and evening classes are offered to make the program convenient for any schedule. Our annex location on West Milton Avenue allows the Arts Guild to offer an even wider selection of classes. Whether students are challenging themselves by taking their skills to the next level, or trying a new technique for the first time, there is something for everyone at Arts Guild New Jersey. For more information about the classes at Arts Guild New Jersey, visit the Arts Classes page on www.agnj.org.
The exhibition includes over 40 unique artworks in a variety of mediums, by: Namous Asmat, Diane Babuin, Kathleen Baumann, Melissa Bragg-Krishnamurthy, Sarah Cardoso, Kathleen Carolan, Tracy Ciotti, Prapti Das, Lito David, Jesse Ensling, Darlene Foster, Pallavi Gandhi, Janice Gossman, Amanda Hatzikyriakou, Alison Hooper, Raymond Horner, Bruny Lynch, Alex Mambach, Gerald Mantell, Lucie Maragni, Frank B. Marshall III, Cathleen McCoy Bristol, J.D. McGuire, Nicholas Mockoviak, Paul Moran, Eric Muise, Elizabeth Niesuchouski, Christina Notas, Laurie Pettine, Barri Rifkin and Sam Vega.
For more information on the exhibition or gallery, call 732-381-7511 or visit www.agnj.org.
Arts Guild New Jersey is a non-profit center for the arts located in the downtown Arts District of Rahway. Each year, the Guild presents a series of fine art exhibitions and an art education program that includes studio art classes for adults, teens and children, an on-going series of intensive one-day workshops for adults, and a series of summer art workshops for teens and children. Arts Guild New Jersey is easily accessible from the Garden State Parkway, NJ Turnpike, Routes 1 & 9, Saint Georges Avenue (Route 27/35), and by train, via NJ Transit Northeast Corridor and Jersey Shore Lines. The exhibit program at Arts Guild New Jersey is made possible, in part, by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, and by a grant from the Horizon Foundation for New Jersey, which promotes health, well-being and quality of life in New Jersey's communities, including the arts. Sponsors of this program are RSI Bank, Rahway NJ and Phillips 66 Bayway Refinery, Linden NJ
