D.J. Haslett to speak at TAWA's Membership Meeting next Tuesday April 5 at 7 PM at the Mercer County Parks Nature Center, at 157 Westcott Avenue

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.

Call for entries for April 2011 Photography Exhibit

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.

Historic House Tours April 9 & 10

Artworks Presents 'Uncommon Threads'

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.

D.J. Haslett to speak at TAWA's Membership Meeting next Tuesday April 5

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.