MERCER COUNTY PUBLIC ART TOURS

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.

Support the life drawing class

LIfe Drawing open studio @ Artworks -Sundays 10am. -1pm.

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.

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.