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?
Bridging Nature and the Man-Made - "Reverie of the Natural & Found" Combines Assemblage and Environmental Art at WhittemoreCCC
by Sara Catherine Lichon - published 2024-03-29
On a sunny spring evening, you enter a small and unassuming art gallery nestled in the forest. It's buzzing with excitement. Classical guitar weaves through the rooms, filling the space between conversations and observations. On a table near the door lies a gigantic, custom-made charcuterie board of upcycled wood, filled with marinated feta, sun dried tomatoes, pickled mushrooms and green strawberries, crostini's, smoked salmon, whipped ricotta spread, and cheeses locally sourced from local farms and food purveyors.* After grabbing a snack, you move from room to room, greeted by a variety of unique and intricate pieces.
Playing Seriously at the Hunterdon Art Museum
by Ilene Dube, JerseyArts.com - published 2024-03-28
The Pattern & Decoration (P&D) movement emerged in the 1970s as an "irreverent upstart movement," to borrow the words of New York Times art critic Roberta Smith. It offered an alternative "to the general manliness of modernism," and elevated women's work. It looked to decorative traditions across the world, to surfaces like textiles, to wallpaper, manuscript illuminations, mosaics, glassware, embroideries, and architectural flourishes, writes Tess Thakara at Artsy.net.
Medford Arts "Just Faces" Juried Exhibition
by Chris Lillja, JerseyArts.com - published 2024-03-21
The Medford Arts Center, nestled in the town of Medford, New Jersey, serves as a vibrant hub for the arts community in the area. It is a place where artists and art enthusiasts come together to celebrate and indulge in the beauty of creative expression. The center plays a pivotal role in enriching the cultural landscape of the region by offering a diverse array of programs and events that cater to people of all ages and interests. From art exhibitions and workshops to performances and educational programs, the Medford Arts Center is dedicated to fostering an environment where the arts can flourish. Its mission is to showcase local artists' talents and inspire and engage the community, making art accessible to everyone. With its welcoming atmosphere and commitment to the arts, the Medford Arts Center is a beacon of creativity and cultural engagement in southern New Jersey.
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'We Are the River' Uses Beauty to Convey a Dire Warning
by Ilene Dube, JerseyArts.com - published 2024-03-14
Driving from central New Jersey to the Gallery at Stockton University on a late February day in which the sunshine hinted at spring, I became aware of the changes to the landscape. Trees gave way to tall grasses, the earth seemed sandier, and the Shore was not far away. There were signs for rivers and other bodies of water.
From "Survivors of Colonization" to "Kings and Queens of the Diaspora," Montclair Art Museum presents Black Joy and Leisure in a Major Exhibition
by Ilene Dube, JerseyArts.com - published 2024-02-29
It's an all-star lineup of artists' names, from Faith Ringgold and Howardena Pindell to Emma Amos, Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, Willie Cole, Bettye Saar, Joyce Scott... 59 in total! These are among the best of the best of contemporary artists, who just happen to be Black. And who just happen to be in the collection of the Montclair Art Museum.
Jersey Arts Podcast - Flower & Flame: A New Documentary Highlighting Glasswork Artist, Paul J. Stankard
by Gina Marie Rodriguez, JerseyArts.com - published 2024-02-22
Paul J. Stankard is an internationally acclaimed artist and pioneer in the studio glass movement. His lifelike, nature-based glassworks have changed the paperweight world over his forty-year artistic career. Having begun his career working in scientific glassblowing, it was through this industry that he found creativity and learned that he was indeed an artist.
Believing in Bright Colors and Angels Gets Artist Freda Williams through the Atrocities
by Ilene Dube, JerseyArts.com - published 2024-02-15
As soon as the banner announcing the retrospective of Freda Williams hung from the red brick façade of Artworks Trenton, the excitement began. "She has so many stories to tell," Artistic Director Addison Vincent said of the 86-year-old artist who has lived all but the first five years of her life in Greater Trenton.
Jersey Arts TV: Alonzo Adams tells stories of the Black experience at Zimmerli Art Museum
by Jesse North & Dave Tavani, JerseyArts.com - published 2024-02-08
Alonzo Adams has been using his paintings to tell stories of the contemporary Black experience for over 25 years. In his first solo museum exhibition at Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, his own story as an artist is being told, from his very first painting to pieces that have not been seen publicly for years. We went to New Brunswick to speak with the artist about putting this exhibition together, and how it feels to return to Rutgers, where he once studied. "Alonzo Adams: A Griot's Vision" is on display through February 25.
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duCret Center of Art
1030 Central Ave, Plainfield, NJ 07060
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Teaneck International Film Festival - "Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back"
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Teaneck International Film Festival - "Union"
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Teaneck International Film Festival - "Igualada"
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Celebrating Three American Troubadours
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The Mind and Music of Leonard Bernstein with Dr. Richard Kogan
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Monmouth University - Pollak Theatre
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Live At The Fillmore - The Definitive Concert Tribute to the Original Allman Brothers Band
Saturday, November 09, 2024 @ 7:30pm
Lizzie Rose Music Room
217 E. Main Street, Tuckerton, NJ 08087
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Live At The Fillmore - The Definitive Concert Tribute to the Original Allman Brothers Band
Saturday, November 09, 2024 @ 3:00pm
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Martha Redbone Roots Project
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Grunin Center
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Eric D’Alessandro
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LAR Enterprises presents Holiday Doo-Wop
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30 North Van Brunt Street, Englewood, NJ 07631
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Back to the 80’s The Murder Mystery
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South Jersey's Indigenous Communities Celebrated in New A.C. Arts Garage Exhibit
(ATLANTIC CITY, NJ) -- A new exhibit at the Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University will celebrate two southern New Jersey tribal communities through the display of historical documents, traditional artifacts and contemporary art. "Still Here: The Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape and Powhatan-Renape Nations of Southern New Jersey" opens October 9 and runs until January 5, 2025.