Camden FireWorks Tells a Story in Quilts

by Shen Shellenberger, JerseyArts.com - published 2024-04-18
I love an "a-ha moment" – that point when timing, circumstance, and cognition meet – and within minutes of stepping into the opening reception for Camden FireWorks' current exhibition, "Storytelling Quilts: Celebrating Communal Textile Traditions," I had one of those moments.

Motion Pictures - The Jerry Schatzberg Archive

(NEW YORK, NY) / GLOBE NEWSWIRE -- Morrison Hotel Gallery proudly announces the addition of iconic photographer and film director Jerry Schatzberg to its esteemed roster of artists. In celebration of this momentous occasion, Morrison Hotel Gallery hosted the opening night exhibition of Motion Pictures - The Jerry Schatzberg Archive on Wednesday, April 17th, 2024, at 116 Prince St, New York City, and will continue the celebration on April 24th at the Sunset Marquis, 1200 Alta Loma Rd., West Hollywood, CA.

Regina Hann: "Coexistence" Solo Exhibition at the Riverside Gallery

(HACKENSACK, NJ) -- Regina Hann, a painter, will hold a solo exhibition titled "Coexistence" at Riverside Gallery from April 27 to May 4, 2024. Hann is an artist who creates works expressing interest in the beauty and crisis of coral reefs. Inspired by her childhood experiences at the seaside and her environmentally conscious values, she has chosen coral reefs as the subject of her artwork.

Jina Kwon presents "INTERACT": Children with Intellectual Disability; A Collaborative Art Exhibition

(TENAFLY, NJ) — Jina Kwon Presents "INTERACT": Children with Intellectual Disability at the Korean Community Center in Tenafly. This unique Collaborative Art Exhibition will run from April 22 to May 11, 2024.

Exhibit from Student Recovering from Brain Injury Among New Displays at Arts Garage

(ATLANTIC CITY, NJ) -- Three unique exhibits — including one by a Stockton University student recovering from a traumatic brain injury and another by a self-taught, Philadelphia-area artist known for creating large-scale sculptures — debuted recently at the Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University.

Turning the Screw Back: (re)FOCUS Redresses Censorship of Feminist Art

by Ilene Dube, JerseyArts.com - published 2024-04-14
In the current exhibition at the CASE Gallery at Rowan University, a basket sits on a podium overflowing with black buttons whose white letters ask: "Where's Bernstein?" Just who is Bernstein, anyway?

Mercer County Selects Artworks to Install Community-Themed Public Mural on Cass Street

(TRENTON, NJ) -- Mercer County and the Mercer County Division of Culture & Heritage (MCDC&H) announced that Artworks, the Trenton-based visual arts center, has been selected to design and install a public mural. The mural to-come, entitled "Breaking Barriers", will visualize the power art has to connect a community.

Grounds For Sculpture presents Slow Motion, Guest Curated by Monument Lab

(HAMILTON, NJ) -- This spring, Grounds For Sculpture (GFS) presents Slow Motion, an exhibition guest curated by Monument Lab that expands the boundaries of contemporary sculpture through the use of unconventional materials and processes. Founded in 2012, Monument Lab is a nonprofit public art and history studio based in Philadelphia, which cultivates and facilitates critical conversations around the past, present, and future of monuments. Traditional approaches to monument-making emphasize durability, solidity, and myths of enduring permanence; however, Slow Motion, which will be on view from May 5, 2024 through September 1, 2025, will embrace the pleasures and possibilities of material transience.

Gabriela Salazar Exhibition "Whether Break or Shape" on Display at Drew University Korn Gallery

(MADISON, NJ) -- Drew University artist-in-residence Gabriela Salazar's exhibition Whether Break or Shape is on view at The Korn Gallery through Friday, April 19, 2024. The exhibition, curated by Jason Karolak, includes large-scale paper castings which incorporate natural and gathered materials, and sculpted wall railings made from paper pulp and fired clay.