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JANUARY 14, 2012
MARK THE DATE AND ATTEND
A CULTURAL COMMUNITY NETWORKING SESSION TO RAISE THE VISIBILITY, STRENGTHEN THE VIABILITY, AND ENHANCE THE VALUE OF THE ARTS, HISTORY, AND CULTURE IN NEW JERSEY’S CAPITAL CITY
The Trenton Cultural Resource Network will host its first networking event
Saturday, January 14 from 2 – 4 PM Ellarslie Mansion in Cadwalader Park
Individuals and representatives from the city’s cultural organizations are invited to attend.
The gathering will be an opportunity for participants to meet, share successes and frustrations, and set the agenda for the afternoon and further discussions.
Refreshments will be served.
The Trenton Cultural Resources Network is a collaboration of individuals and organizations involved in Trenton cultural initiatives.
Started by long time arts and culture advocates including former New Jersey State Museum Executive Director Helen Shannon, trustee for Ellarslie and Trent House Carolyn Stetson, and Trenton and state impact arts coordinator Dan Aubrey, among others, TCRN was founded to promote communication and community involvement in the cultural life of the capital city.
Members of the network believe that the future of arts and culture in Trenton relies on individual artists and organizations working together to strengthen and empower all.
By coming together on a regular basis and sharing successes, frustrations, experiences, and knowledge the whole community will benefit.
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Story by Daniel Aubrey. Images by Mark Schreiber.
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Open Call to Artists (and everyone) "There's an Exhibit For That" Juried Smartphone Photography Exhibit January 4 - 29, 2012 Reception: January 7, 4-7pm There is a saying among photographers: The best camera you have is the one you have with you. And there is no camera more available than the one on your phone. Toss out that Kodak Instamatic, throw away that old 35mm film (Film? What's that?) camera, and you might as well discard that expensive new digital camera you just bought, too, for the Age of iPhoneography has arrived. Whether you have an iPhone a Droid or any other brand of smartphone, this exhibit is for you. Whether you're a professional photographer or just enjoy messing around with your phone, this exhibit is for you. Entry Instructions: Two Options: $5 for three entries - Print images yourself (longest image side cannot exceed 10") and deliver, unframed, to Home Fine Art by December 30. Bring cash or a check made out to Home Fine Art Gallery. Visit www.HomeFineArt.org for gallery hours. $15 for three entries - Email as a jpeg to homefineart@comcast.net by December 18. The gallery will print the photos 8x10" and display, unframed, at Home Fine Art. Rules: - You must be the creator and owner of the image copyrights.
- The images must be strictly taken, crafted or edited using only a smartphone or iPad/tablet- no computer enhancement allowed. Some of the applications that can be used to make this art include Sketchbook, Hipstamatic, PS Express, Toy Camera, Brushes, Iris, Photogene, or one of the other 2,000+ apps available for mobile devices.
- Genres can include portraits, landscapes, surrealism, abstracts and line drawings, as well as "paintings."
Competition Categories: Best in show: $100 People's Choice: $100 - Gallery viewers can vote for their favorite Smartphone Art pieces at the gallery or online at the gallery's Facebook page until the exhibit closes. Details: 100 pieces will be chosen to show on the walls of Home Fine Art. All of the entries will be shown on the Home Fine Art website. Photos may be for sale. Home Fine Art Gallery takes a 30% commission on all work sold.
PHOTOGRAPHY 31—A Call for Works January 29 – March 4 2012 Perkins Center for the Arts announces “PHOTOGRAPHY 31”, a juried exhibition of photographs by regional artists at the Perkins Center’s Moorestown Gallery. The juror Stuart Rome is co-founder of Drexel University’s photography program and professor of photography at Drexel University. His work has been collected by The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, the Los Angeles County Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Princeton University Art Museum and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Work must be hand delivered and received on Friday, January 6, 10:00 AM–3:30 PM Sunday, January 8, 12:00 PM–4:00 PM
Artists may enter up to three works at an entrée fee of $10 per entry.
“PHOTOGRAPHY 31” The opening reception will be Sunday, January 29, 2012 from 1:00 to 4:00 PM. This event is free and open to the public with an Awards ceremony at 2:30 pm.
Awards include up to 5 Juror Awards totaling $500 for Artistic Excellence of and exhibited works will be offered to the Philadelphia Museum of Art for their photography collection with a Maximum Purchase award of $600.
Perkins Center for the Arts is a unique cultural organization dedicated to excellence in the arts and to providing a wide range of creative opportunities for people of all ages and every level of artistic development. The Center's programs include visual and performing arts classes and lessons, exhibitions, music and dance performances, workshops, visiting artists' residencies, and an outreach program for children, underserved communities, and individuals with special needs.
This program 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 of the Arts and by funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.
For more information call 856-235-6488.
Logan drives over to the command center, just as I told him. He tells me to hop into the car and we head to a donut and coffee shop. All the way I tell him about the Mohawk and bugs. He keeps telling me that it all may get worse; that we need to keep focused. He then tells me that how impressive it was for me to get a photo of the insects. Over coffee and a snack, he looks at the images and frowns....
Story by Daniel Aubrey. Images by Mark Schreiber.
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“Despite the caution tape and police attempts to stop them, people crowded the damaged seawall, resulting in a partial collapse of the wall. At least twenty people tumbled into the cold Delaware River…
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Welcome to the initial installment of the first TAWA web project, a weekly story by Trenton area writer and TAWA member Daniel Aubrey.
The art work is by Mark Schreiber.
The TAWA Web site will be your connection to the link that tells and is the story.
A weekly announcement of a new segment will appear here and, if you're on the TAWA email list, in your email box.
Thanks for coming along.
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So I’m in Trenton, NJ, driving along the Delaware River. I’m stuck, let’s say, in traffic, looking at the light shimmering on the water. I’m a young man of mixed background and interested in stories. I’ve been to college. While I do well, I’m like a lot of people of my generation: unsettled, hungry. So I write…
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Hello,
It seems a regular thing that our cultural resources are in jeopardy. This time the Trenton City administration is planning to eliminate the professional staff at its two major institutions (Ellarslie and the Trent House) and replace those individuals with "interns."
As may know, TAWA has a had a positive relationship with the Trenton City Museum since the early years of both organizations. Many artists have benefited from participating in the museum's programs. Those opportunities may not exist in the near future. Therefore, it would be positive for people living, working, or participating in the arts of Trenton to let the city administration know it's time for them to work out a plan that engages arts and history professionals, partners with organizations that are involved with these institutions, and work out a plan for the future.
The following is a letter from the president of the Trenton Museum Society. It speaks for itself and provides anyone with a way of speaking up. Do what you can.
Thanks,
Dan Aubrey
Here's the information:
Dear Ellarslie Patron,
As you may have read in the news, the City of Trenton is laying off the director
of the Trenton City Museum effective Sept 16. Although the Trenton Museum Society
operates separately from the City, our contract with the City provides for this
position, which is key to the functioning of the museum.
We know that as a supporter of the museum you appreciate the exhibits of contemporary
fine art and Trenton history, the education programs for children and adults, and
the wide array of music events the Trenton City Museum offers. These programs have
made Cadwalader Park and the surrounding area a safe, pleasant environment and have
contributed to local growth as our patrons branch out from the museum to other local
venues.
Without a qualified director, the Trenton Museum Society will be forced to cancel
most of our programming. Especially disappointing would be the loss of the Four
Vases exhibit, which would have brought the museum greater regional and even national
attention.
Before we take these drastic steps, we hope to convince the City to rescind the
layoff of the current director, at least until another valid plan is in place.
Would you help us in this effort by contacting your local representative, representatives
of the City of Trenton, and/or the media?
Below is a simple template that can assist you in this effort, as well as some email
addresses, postal addresses and phone numbers.
We sincerely thank you for your past support, and we hope you will support the museum
with your calls, letters and emails - and also by your renewed or new membership
in the Trenton Museum Society.
Sincerely,
Robert J. Cunningham
President, Trenton Museum Society
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Sample letter/ email/ phone message
To whom it may concern:
I am contacting you to express my concern about the situation at the Trenton City
Museum. I'm a supporter of the museum, and I would be very upset to lose the programming
it offers in the arts, history, music, and education.
In these difficult economic times, it's important that we, and our children, have
places to go that offer low- and no-cost entertainment and educational opportunities.
By laying off the director of the museum you will be endangering many of these opportunities.
I am writing to request that you rescind the layoff of the current director until
the City of Trenton and the Trenton Museum Society have agreed on a plan that will
allow the museum to continue to operate as a legitimate cultural institution.
Sincerely,
____________________________________________________________________________
Contacts
City Administration
Tony F. Mack, Mayor
City Hall
319 E. State Street
Trenton, NJ 08608
Tel: 609-989-3030
Fax: 609-989-3939
mayorsoffice@trentonnj.org
Lauren J. Ira, Director of Policy and Communications
City Hall
319 E. State Street
Trenton, NJ 08608
Tel: 609-989-3052
Fax: 609-989-3939
lira@trentonnj.org
Eric Berry, City of Trenton Business Administrator
Eberry@trentonnj.org
John Seigle, Assistant to Eric Berry
609-989-3807
City Council
Tel: 609-989-3146
Fax: 609-989-3190
George Muschal
South Ward Councilman
gmuschal@trentonnj.org
Phyllis Holly-Ward
Councilwoman at Large
phollyward@trentonnj.org
Kathy McBride
Councilwoman at Large
kmcbride@trentonnj.org
Alex Bethea
Councilman At Large
abethea@trentonnj.org
Verlina Reynolds-Jackson
East Ward Councilwoman
vreynolds-jackson@trentonnj.org
Marge Caldwell-Wilson
North Ward Councilwoman
mcaldwell-wilson@trentonnj.org
Zachary Chester
West Ward Councilman
Tel: 609-989-3146
Fax: 609-989-3190
zchester@trentonnj.org
Press
Editor
The Times
P.O. Box 847
Trenton, NJ 08605
Fax: 609-394-2819
letters@njtimes.com
Editor
The Trentonian
600 Perry Street
Trenton, NJ 08618
609-989-7800
letters@trentonian.com
Artworks invites artists to submit original artwork to our first 10 X 10 Benefit Art Exhibit & Sale. Artworks to be submitted by October 31, 2011
Each artist will be given a 10”x10” Dick Blick stretched canvas (traditional profile). which you will bring to life with your choice of colors, textures, flavors, and mediums. Canvases are available at Artworks or Framesmith Gallery (addresses) until August 30, 2011.
Each finished piece will be for sale for $100. That’s one dollar/square inch!!! All work will sell for $100. The artist will receive $50 and $50 will benefit Artworks, or artists can choose to donate the full proceeds to artworks. Funds will be used for the Artworks’ 2012 year of eight exhibitions. Highlights of 2012 include a show in collaboration with the New Jersey Paper Guild, nationally acclaimed music poster art and a show featuring the professors and students of area colleges.
Artworks is a nonprofit organization that promotes artistic diversity by fostering creativity, learning, and appreciation of the arts, making art an accessible experience for all.
Contact: info@artworkstrenton.com
The Hamilton Township Public Library is looking for artwork to be displayed on a short or long term loan basis. Inside, two dimensional artwork, small sculptures, paintings and photos will be considered. The Library is also interested in displaying outside sculpture. This is a high-traffic area where many people will see the work. Spaces are limited and pieces for display will be selected by the Library. Please contact Susan Sternberg Assistant Director at 609-581-4060, est. 4003 for details.
'Relationships-2' By Julian Kernes
'Billboard IV' By Dora Golfetto
Dora Golfetto’s Bio: The artist incorporates a variety of textures and media in her work. Her goal is to create a piece of art that draws and intrigues the viewer’s eye in different ways upon repeated viewings. She prefers for each individual to have his or her own interpretation, and search for their own meaning and message. Dora G. Golfetto, a native of Baltimore, Maryland, moved to New York City in the 1970’s, going on to study collage in the famous SoHo district of New York. she then moved closer to her roots, the Trenton area in 1992, where she has participated in a number of art shows, while perfecting her technique. Dora has worked closely with various artists and has the opportunity to study under the renowned painter/artist from Barcelona, Spain, Porta-Misse. She held her first major showing in 1997 at the famous Tres Puentas Gallery in Barcelona. She has also participated in several Trenton Artists Workshop Association (TAWA) exhibits and Ellarslie Opens at Ellarslie, The Trenton City Museum and the Mercer College Gallery and is currently selling her collage plates at the Museum gift shop. Her artwork has also been displayed at the following shows:
Tres Puentas Gallery in Barcelona, Spain Ellarslie, The Trenton City Museum in Trenton, NJ Mercer County Commmunity College Gallery in West Windsor, NJ McDade Administration Building in Trenton, NJ Yardley Borough Hall in Yardley, PA AM Delight in Yardley, PA 125 Gallery in Trenton, NJ Artworks in Trenton, NJ Amsterdam Whitney Gallery in New York, NY
She is a member of TAWA and currently resides in Fairfax, Virginia.
Julian Kernes Bio: Julian Kernes is a painter, digital artist and freelance graphics designer. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Illustration from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA (formerly PCA) . He has been on the Board of Trustees of the Trenton Museum Society and former President of the Trenton Artist’s Workshop Association (TAWA).
Much of his fine arts work consists of acrylic paintings with surrealistic imagery, linear abstract paintings, impressionism style landscapes, and prints of digitally altered images often combining paintings, photos, sketches and design work together on his computer. In both his fine art computer work and surreal style painting, the realistic imagery he chooses are in a natural looking landscape often arranged similar to a collage, playfully blending the use of some familiar icons of social issue with personal imagery suggesting multiple levels of meanings. The source of the abstract work is derived from sketches of forms, patterns and textures found in nature and architectural settings. More recent dimensional look came about in Shade Garden comes with parts of the painting echoing the floral carving in the frame he found for the painting. The recent constructions, “PhotoSynthesis”, ‘Shoe String Budget”, “Gas Guzzler” and “Surveillence Game” based on stream of conscience word associations bring a dimensional variation to the abstract work. Having been compared to traditional mystic icons, each nature abstraction and architecture abstract becomes transformed into window portals of a new environment. His work has been described in art reviews as “a painterly sense of the fantastic, an imaginative element that fired the early Surrealists.” He also works extensively with the tools of the computer creating illustration and graphic designs as well as self-published digital color prints and note cards of my work. Selections of my note cards, magnet art and t-shirts are featured in the New Jersey State Museum Gift Shop and the gift shop at Ellarslie, the Trenton City Museum.
Julian's work has been exhibited at the New Jersey State Museum, Ellarslie, Artworks, Mercer County Community College Gallery, Princeton ETS Gallery and the New Jersey Network and Gallery 125. Paintings and prints have been on display at local establishments in Mercer and Bucks Counties. Please join us as we honor these two long term members of TAWA and wish them well as they move away from the Trenton area.
 For Immediate Release June 22, 2011 New York State Museum in Albany, New York received into their permanent collection “Remnants of a Memorial” by 9/11 sculptor Robert Girandola of Yardley, Pennsylvania. On Thursday June 9, 2011 Craig Williams, Curator of History, at the New York State Museum met acclaimed sculptor and painter Robert Girandola at Engine 6 in New York City to take receipt of his work “Remnants of a Memorial.” This 60” x 60” mixed media masterpiece started as the “under-drawing” for Girandola’s bronze memorial, currently installed in New York City on Beekman Street. Both works honor four firefighters from Engine 6 who lost their lives rescuing others on 9/11. Williams and his team collected over three hours of raw footage interviewing firefighters from Engine 6, one of the widows and Girandola, detailing the eight-month journey from concept to delivery of the bronze memorial. “It was a very moving day,” Girandola describes. “From the moment in early May when Mark Schaming (Director of Exhibitions and Public Programs) and Craig Williams saw the work “Remnants of a Memorial” they knew they wanted it to be part of their 9/11 exhibit up in Albany.” The piece is intended to reside near The State Museum’s significant collection of material from the World Trade Center and objects from the international response to the events of September 11, 2001, which tells the story of that day and its aftermath. The World Trade Center: Rescue, Recovery, Response details the history of the World Trade Center, the September 11 attacks, the rescue efforts, the evidence recovery operation at the Fresh Kills facility, and the public response to the September 11th events. The exhibition includes many objects, images, videos, and interactive stations documenting this tragic chapter in New York and America's history. “For me,” Girandola continues “Remnants of a Memorial” is a counterpoint to the bronze that now hangs in New York City. Whereas the bronze symbolizes the strength of the firefighter’s courage, “Remnants” speaks to their soul, to what we lost that day and to the devastation of the living. I am honored that this will be on permanent display to help contribute to their (NY State Museum) amazing collection” New York State Museum plans to edit the raw footage of all the interviews to present the video as part of an interactive display alongside the mixed media masterpiece “Remnants of a Memorial.” For further information please contact Mark Schaming, Director Of Exhibitions & Public Programs at 3023 Cultural Education Center, Albany, New York, 12230 e-mail: mschamin@mail.nysed.gov or Craig Williams, Curator of History, e-mail: cwillia4@mail.nysed.gov . Go here for more information on the New York State Museum permanent exhibit The World Trade Center: Rescue, Recovery, Response: http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/exhibits/longterm/wtc/ Robert Girandola is a painter and sculptor with an MFA from Columbia University. He has exhibited and has been collected both nationally and internationally including twice being accepted into the prestigious “Art of the Northeast” in New Canaan, Connecticut. He is currently the sculptor for the Lower Makefield Veteran’s Monument in Lower Makefield, PA. He can be contacted by e-mail: info@robertgirandola.com. More work by the artist can be seen at http://www.robertgirandola.com .
The Trenton Artists Workshop Association presents “Mercer Public Art Tours for Teens and Adults” set for Saturdays, May 14 and 21, 2011.
The tours are designed to bring awareness to the large collection of public art that exists in the Mercer County and introduce art and artists to a new audience.
On May 14 two public art tours of Princeton are scheduled: a 10 AM tour for teens, and a 1 PM tour for the general public.
Highlights of the one hour Princeton tour include the MacMonnies Battle Monument; the Norman Rockwell mural; statues by Henry Moore, Richard Serra, Louise Nevelson, and others; and architecture by Frank Gehry and Michael Graves.
The Princeton tours will meet in front of the Garden Theater at the corner of Nassau and Vendeventer streets.
On May 21 a tour is set to highlight public artwork in downtown Trenton, with a 10 AM a tour for teens and general public tour.
Highlights of this one hour tour include art works by Alexander Calder, George Segal, Toshiko Takaezu, and Thomas Eakins; architecture by John Notman and Cass Gilbert; and a visit to the river view plaza that features a fountain designed by New Jersey artist Clyde Lynds.
The Trenton tour will meet in front of the New Jersey State Museum auditorium on West State Street.
Tours have been coordinated through the Trenton Artist Workshop Association (TAWA). Leading the tours will be Byron and Daniel Aubrey. Byron Aubrey is a teen member of TAWA and a student at Steinert High School. Daniel Aubrey has worked with the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and New Jersey State Museum, and has coordinated numerous cultural projects in Trenton.
All tours will be given rain or shine, and a pay-what-you-will donation will be accepted.
TAWA, founded in 1979 to promote the arts in the greater Trenton Area, is funded by the Mercer County Cultural and Heritage Commission through a State/County Block Grant Partnership with the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment of the Arts.
For more information call 609-213-2918.
 Life Drawing studio with a new model each week has been extended for six more weeks at Artworks in Trenton from April 10th - May 15. Cost is 12$ at the door. Please support this cause to keep it an on-going event. The longevity of this class is based on artist's participation.
 Title: "Concentual Contraption, H-2" Date: 2008 Size 10 1/2" X 16 1/2 " Medium: Assemblage 
Title: "Out Pouring of Emotion, H-2" Date: 2009 Size: 24" X 36 " Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Title: "Gathering Guitars, H-6" Date: 2010 Size: 20" X 16" Medium: Acrylic on Canvas TAWA Member D.J. Haslett will be the featured speaker at the next TAWA meeting open to members and the public April 5th at 7 PM at the Mercer County Parks Nature Center, at 157 Westcott Avenue by the entrance of Roebling Park, in Hamilton, NJ. Please note that the center is a residential house that is being converted and to park behind the building (right at the entrance to the park).
Haslett's talk "Assemblage and Abstraction" will explore the philosophies of found object art, abstract painting and discuss some of the artists who lead these movements. Haslett will also have a number of his works on display and discuss techniques, the process and inspiration while creating the works.
The Hammonton Arts Center is calling for photographic entries for their April Juried Photography exhibit. The exhibit will take place from April 5 to April 26,2011 at the HAC Gallery, located at 219 Bellevue Avenue. All work must have been completed in the last three years. Artists may submit a maximum of three entries. The Show will be juried for entry. Categories are Portrait, Still Life, Landscape and Manipulative. Awards are $100.00 Best of Show, $50.00 Best of Category. Entry fees are $8.00 HAC Members, $10.00 Non Members. Drop off dates are Wednesday March 30,2011 and Saturday April 2,2011 during gallery hours. An opening Reception and Awards Presentation will take place on Thursday, April 7 from 6 to 8 PM. Claire Lelli, President of the Photographic Society of Vineland will judge the April show. Her photos have appeared in Country Magazine as well as the cover of The Photographic Society of America Journal. Entry forms are available at www.hammontonartscenter.org. Funding for the HAC is provided in part by the NJ State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts through the Local Arts Grant administered by the Atlantic County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs. The HAC is a member of the South Jersey Cultural Alliance (SJCA). The media is invited to visit the SJCA pressroom at http://www.sjca.net/pressroom.html. Visit the HAC at www.hammontonartscenter.org. The HAC is ADA accessible.
Artworks presents the Uncommon Threads fiber show Opening March 19th 6pm Fiber, it envelopes us, coddles us, entrances us, fires our imagination, stimulates our senses. With this in mind Artworks presents the Uncommon Threads show, featuring art by more than a dozen Jersey artists who are decidedly not cut from the same cloth! An opening reception for Uncommon Threads will take place Saturday, March 19, from 6-9 p.m., with the show on view at Artworks main gallery through April 15. On March 26, a “Day of Fiber Arts” will be held at Artworks in conjunction with the show. Artworks, Trenton’s downtown visual arts center is located at 19 Everett Alley, Trenton, NJ 08611. Call 609- 394-9436 or go to www.artworkstrenton.org.
 Title: "Out Pouring of Emotion, H-2" Date: 2009 Size: 24" X 36 " Medium: Acrylic on Canvas  Title: "Concentual Contraption, H-2" Date: 2008 Size 10 1/2" X 16 1/2 " Medium: Assemblage
 Title: "Gathering Guitars, H-6" Date: 2010 Size: 20" X 16" Medium: Acrylic on Canvas TAWA Member D.J. Haslett will be the featured speaker at the next TAWA meeting open to members and the public April 5th at 7 PM at the Mercer County Parks Nature Center, at 157 Westcott Avenue by the entrance of Roebling Park, in Hamilton, NJ. Please note that the center is a residential house that is being converted and to park behind the building (right at the entrance to the park). Haslett's talk "Assemblage and Abstraction" will explore the philosophies of found object art, abstract painting and discuss some of the artists who lead these movements. Haslett will also have a number of his works on display and discuss techniques, the process and inspiration while creating the works.
THE POLITICS OF FOOD ART COMPETITION The Cape May Forum - Chautauqua at the Shore is calling for artists to enter The Politics of Food Art Competition! This call is being extended to artists in the state of New Jersey. This event is the first annual art competition held by the Cape May Forum, to sponsor an exciting and iconic image to represent the fall program. Artwork juried into the competition will be sold at an auction to be held at the Cape May Forum Gala, “Evening of Chautauqua,” on June 4 at the Cape May Winery. The winning piece will be awarded a prize of $1000, and will be reproduced for the annual CMF poster, used in advertising, and in other venues. A topical brief, an application and a FAQ Sheet are all attached to this email. An optional meeting will be held at the Cape May Forum offices (address below) on Wednesday, February 23 at 2:00 pm, to further explain the competition and its theme. Applications are due back, with a fee of $10.00, by Friday, March 11. Artwork is due on Friday, May 6. Participants and winners will be announced on Friday, May 13. If your work is selected, it will be exhibited and sold at the Gala on June 4. At that time the winner will be announced, and a limited edition of the poster will be on sale. Cape May Forum - Chautauqua at the Shore PO Box 128 | Cape May NJ 08204 | Phone: 609-770-2626 info@capemayforum.org | www.capemayforum.org Attention: Kathy Angela Varallo The 29th Ellarslie Open During the early years of the museum, the focus was on acquiring items to expand the decorative arts collection. Museum director Ben Whitmire (1978-1988) changed the focus to include temporary exhibitions of contemporary art with an emphasis on Trenton area artists. In 1982, he established the Ellarslie Open to encourage local artists to submit their work for judging and display. Since then, the Trenton City Museum has displayed the work of over five hundred local and regional artists, many selected on the basis of work they submitted to the Ellarslie Open. Today, the Ellarslie Open has become a significant exhibition in its own right, drawing on the work of professional artists from all over the tri-state region and beyond, while encouraging and recognizing emerging artists.  EllarslieOpenProspectus.pdf (4109k bytes)
Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Mansion, Cadwalader Park, Trenton, New Jersey Phone (609) 989-3632 , Fax (609) 989-3624 www.ellarslie.org
 March 6-April 29 Opening reception: Saturday, March 19, 4:30-7 pm Special gallery talk by Mel Leipzig: The Influence of Monet, Cezanne and Manet Sunday, March 27, 2-3:30 pm Often called “New Jersey’s Greatest Living Painter,” Mel Leipzig is also a beloved teacher. The West Windsor Arts Center is exhibiting the work of Professor Leipzig and more than 20 artists who have studied with him or been influenced by him. Gallery hours: Saturday and Sunday, 2-4 pm West Windsor Arts Center 952 Alexander Road (historic Princeton Junction Firehouse) West Windsor, NJ 08550 609.716.1931 www.westwindsorarts.org
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