Art IS Busting Out All Over!

Another Opening Reception on April 9 takes place from 6 - 8 pm at the Silva Gallery at the Pennington School in Pennington, NJ. Twelve members of the Sculptors Association of New Jersey are celebrating Spring 2010, an exhibition of their work that will remain on display through April 29. Gallery hours are M-F 12-5 p.m.

Artist Frances Heinrich will be offering a gallery talk on "Today's Globalization Aesthetic" as part of the show. That takes place at noon on April 13 in the lecture hall at Pennington School's Stainton Hall. Visit the school's website for more information.

But who's "Art"?

Gallery 125 in Trenton presents Art for Art's Sake
Opening Reception Friday, April 9, 6-9 PM
125 S. Warren St., Trenton
Music and light refreshments will be served.

Juror Kenneth Kaplowitz based his selection of the 35 pieces on display for this exhibition on the theory of the 4 C's: contemplation, concept, craftsmanship and composition. The show will remain up through June 5, 2010. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday noon to 6 p.m. and Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information contact the gallery at 609- 989-9119 or visit their website at http://www.gallery125.com/.

From the Beginning...

Okay...they’ve been around for a few months, but there’s still a “new” artists’ group and a new exhibition space here in Mercer County. You’re invited to check out the Lawrenceville Main Street Artists Network as they greet their newest member artists on April 10, from 4 – 7 pm. They’re offering a taste of TJ's Famous Brooklyn Pizza and maybe even a glass of wine to visitors stopping by their street-side gallery space that evening.

The LMS Artists Network Gallery is located at 2683 Main Street, Lawrenceville, NJ Corner of Gordon Avenue and Main Street. For more information about the group, the space or the artists workshops they’re offering, you can go to their web page. For directions, click here.

Temptation to Behave

image from West Yorkshire Theater production of ...Chalk Circle

"Princeton Theological Seminary’s Department of Speech Communication in Ministry will present Bertolt Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle Thursday through Saturday, April 8 through 10 at 8:00 p.m., and Sunday, April 11 at 3:00 p.m. It will be presented in the Gambrell Room of Scheide Hall on the Seminary campus at 64 Mercer Street in Princeton.

"In The Caucasian Chalk Circle, a young woman succumbs to the terrible temptation to do good; a small child is torn between two mothers; and a clever miscreant becomes an ingenious judge. The play demonstrates how goodness and justice operate in a fractured world, a world torn apart by violence and war.

"The play has been adapted by director Robert Lanchester, the Seminary’s assistant instructor in speech. Seminary students make up the cast. The production is open to the public and free of charge, but seats are limited and must be reserved in advance. For reservations and/or information, contact Marija DiViaio at 609.497.7963."

The Heretics

In celebration of Women’s History Month, the Feminist Art Project and the Arts Council of Princeton, in partnership with the Princeton Artists Alliance, presents the New Jersey premiere of Joan Braderman's terrific humorous feature documentary film: The Heretics.

The film tells the story of the creation of the pioneering 1970s Heresies Collective and the publication of their groundbreaking art magazine Heresies. The film interviews twenty-four women (including Su Friedrich, filmmaker and Princeton University professor, the featured speaker for the evening), who talk about the extraordinary times they shared and their vision for the lives of generations of women artists to come.

$10 general/$5 Arts Council of Princeton & Princeton Artists Alliance members, seniors,
students. For tickets and information: 609-924-8777 or www.artscouncilofprinceton.org

For more information
The Heretics

The Feminist Art Project

Arts Council of Princeton

Princeton Artists Alliance

Voice Layers, Wild Sounds

The people of Tuva (a tiny republic in south-central Siberia) bring their unique throat singing technique to Mercer County this month when the Arts Council of Princeton hosts “Alash” in concert on March 11 at 8 pm.

This ancient tradition developed among the nomads of Central Asia. These were people whose deep, spiritual relationship with nature was reflected in their unusual singing techniques which mimicked or complemented sounds of the natural world — birds, animals, streams, the wind.

A Woman's Work

Works by artist Kate Graves are featured in a solo exhibit, By the Hand of Man and Nature at Capital Health, Mercer Campus in Trenton which opens on Sunday, March 14, 2010 from 3 - 5 pm.

The reception will include a live theremin performance by musician Kip Rosser. On view will be both some of Kate's remarkable quilts and her recent watercolor portraits of trees. Kate says: "Trees are carbon blueprints of light. They also embody the effects of their environments, and what has been exacted upon them by both man and nature."

Texture and Polish

Opening on Saturday, March 6 at Ellarslie, the Trenton City Museum: The Paintings of Charles McVicker and The Sculpture of Nora Chavooshian (see image above by Chavooshian) February 27 - April 28, 2010 Opening reception: Saturday, March 6, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Ellarslie Museum, Cadwalader Park, Trenton

...Join the Campfire Girls

OPENING TONIGHT at

ARTWORKS IN TRENTON

Around the Campfire:
A show of ceramic work at Artworks

There will be a public reception on Saturday, March 6, from 6 to 9 p.m. with music by the band "WINDJAMMER," featuring Andrew Weiss, who has either been a member of or worked with the Rollins Band, Ween, Yoko Ono, Pigface and Café’ Tacuba among others.

Around the Campfire, scheduled to coincide with the National Council on Education for Ceramic Arts' annual conference in Philly, opens tonight and will remain on view March 6 through April 17 at Artworks’ main gallery, Stockton St., Trenton (just off Rte. 1 across from the DMV). The show is curated by Debbie Reichard, who is also exhibiting. Other participating artists include: Lesley Baker, Emily Bivens, Danielle Bursk, James Jansma, Tom Lauerman, Rory Mahon, Kathleen Preziosi, Paul Henry Ramirez, Rob Raphael, Jerilyn Virden and Julie Wills. The show will also feature a “Wall of Voodoo,” where ceramic mugs and affordable objects by local artists will be for sale.

Debbie is also hosting a "Slide Slam" for ceramics artists on March 27. Interested artists should contact her at debbiereichard@yahoo.com.