BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Alfa Art Gallery - ECPv6.17.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Alfa Art Gallery X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.alfaart.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Alfa Art Gallery REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20130310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20131103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20140309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20141102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20150308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20151101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20160313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20161106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20170312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20171105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211104T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211104T213000 DTSTAMP:20211102T193628Z CREATED:20211013T175629Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211102T193628Z UID:21125-1636050600-1636061400@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2021 — November 4th @ 6:30pm — "Mirror to the World"\, NBAS Fall Watercolor and Mixed Media Exhibition Virtual Opening Reception DESCRIPTION:Exhibition on Display: October 26th– January 15th\, 2022  \nVirtual Opening Reception: November 4th from 6:30pm to 9:30pm  \nVIP In-Person Opening Reception: November 12th from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm  \n  \nThe “Mirror to the World” exhibition has been a part of the ongoing success of Alfa’s New Brunswick Art Salon (NBAS) program since 2010. Over the years\, the NBAS has not only exhibited works from both established and emerging artists but has also made fruitful connections locally and internationally through its successful programs. The Alfa Art Gallery invites you to join us on a mesmerizing trip through a transparent world of imagination.      \nThis exhibition showcases translucent worlds and new dimensions created from an amalgamation of fragmented imaginations and the physical world. The “Mirror to the World” exhibition features some of the most distinguished and esteemed Tri-State artists in watercolor and mixed media\, abstract too figurative. “Mirror to the World” explores the nature of various artistic media\, including watercolor\, acrylic\, ink\, rice paper\, and much more. In contemplating the artworks on display\, viewers are encouraged to dive deep into an ethereal world of their fascination.   \n  \nFeatured Artists: Alice Harrison\, Alaiyo Bradshaw\, Aprajita Lal\, Maryann Burton\, Deborah Maklowski\, Onofua Dennis Olowaseyi\, Doris Ettlinger\, Gwynn DiPilla\, Hana Aviv\, Joel Rudin\, Libby Ramage\, Maria Morales\, Mark De Mos\, Michael McFadden\, Miriam Lefkowitz\, Paul Ching-Bor\, Samar Hussaini.    \n  \nAlfa Art Gallery is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. \nTopic: Fall/Winter 2021 NBAS: “Mirror To The World” Watercolor and Mix Media Exhibition\nTime: Nov 4\, 2021 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) \nJoin Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89112590204?pwd=MEYyK3dYcEZSakpNU1I3VTR2TUdlQT09 \nMeeting ID: 891 1259 0204\nPasscode: 143902\nOne tap mobile\n+13126266799\,\,89112590204#\,\,\,\,*143902# US (Chicago)\n+16465588656\,\,89112590204#\,\,\,\,*143902# US (New York)Dial by your location\n        +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n        +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n        +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n        +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n        +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n        +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\nMeeting ID: 891 1259 0204\nPasscode: 143902\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/keGhDdSYZE \n  \nAbout the “New Brunswick Art Salon” Exhibitions:   \nAlfa Art Gallery utilizes New Brunswick Art Salons (NBAS) to unify the local art community and beyond. Within this non-profit organization\, Alfa Art Gallery maintains its mission to uplift artists by providing an open and innovative environment. These exhibitions are free and open to the public from Tuesday to Saturday from 11 am to 6 pm.     \nGallery Opening Reception:    \nConsidering our new norms as a country\, the reception is a VIP and an invitation-only event which efficiently limits the capacity for the gallery. Alfa’s staff and interns are working to keep all visitors safe and healthy and have implemented safety measures along with the CDC guidelines. These include wearing face masks indoors\, maintaining limited capacity\, and providing a clean and safe environment.   \nNBAS’2021 is sponsored by:    \nWith the assistance of grants from organizations such as Amboy Bank\, Magyar Bank\, Johnson & Johnson\, New Brunswick City Center\, Middlesex County Cultural\, and Heritage Commission\, Bristol Myers Squibb\, and Pfizer Inc. Alfa Art is confident that all who come to the 2020 Oil Painting New Brunswick Art Salon will leave with a greater appreciation of the arts and the gallery’s showcasing of a variety of artists.    \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2021-october-29-630pm-mirror-to-the-world-nbas-fall-watercolor-and-mixed-media-exhibition-opening/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/watercolor-1.1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210918T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210918T180000 DTSTAMP:20210916T211613Z CREATED:20210831T185515Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210916T211613Z UID:20566-1631980800-1631988000@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2021 — September 18 @ 4:00 pm — “LATITUDES/LONGITUDES/MERIDIANS"\, a three-person show with Betty Jacobsen\, Yvonne Skaggs and Meredeth Turshen DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Duration: September 1\, 2020 – October 23\, 2020  \nOpening Reception: Thursday\, September 16 @ 4:00 pm \nOpening Reception: Saturday\, September 18 @ 4:00 pm \nAlfa Art Gallery invites you to “LATITUDES/LONGITUDES/MERIDIANS\,” a three-person show with Betty Jacobsen\, Yvonne Skaggs and Meredeth Turshen\, featuring representative works from their numerous explorations in oil\, watercolor\, drawing\, collage\, ceramics and mixed media. \nThe three artists have shown their work in a variety of exhibition venues around New York\, New Jersey\, and Pennsylvania since the 1980s. Through the years that Betty\, Yvonne and Meredeth have known\, worked and exhibited together\, they have influenced each other in many subtle ways\, especially with their commitment and dedication to express their feelings and visions artistically.  \n  \nBetty Jacobsen\, an artist and educator\, trained at Syracuse\, NYU and Montclair State University. She taught advanced art classes at Hunterdon Central Regional High School. Her passions are art and nature\, coupled with education. Nature serves as a personal metaphor for the cycles of life. Quietly intimate in size\, her work starts from observations of the outside world and flows from the unconscious. Her small works can stand individually yet create a larger visual statement when viewed together.    \nBetty manipulates clay slabs and assembles them into land/sea forms in this new series of artworks. In her hands\, bowls\, which are a traditional ceramic form\, become interior landscapes\, relating to a personal spiritual journey of the past few years. Linoleum relief blocks are carved\, pressed into clay\, cut out\, and added to the clay forms\, creating movement and rhythm. In ceramics\, the combination of earth and fire equals transformation.     \n  \nJ. Yvonne Skaggs\, an artist who exhibits two- and three-dimensional work in various venues in New York and New Jersey\, studied at the University of Iowa School of Art and Art History. Her varied career includes producing maps and technical drawings and designing and preparing exhibits for small history and art organizations. With traditional artifacts being destroyed around the world by man and nature\, she has been considering what we mean when we preserve objects\, paintings\, and artifacts of all kinds. With the abstracted landscape images shown here\, she thinks about the definition of style and culture and the objects we choose to save to record our time. She uses the technique of collage\, reassembling elements to sculpt\, build and construct images. The papers and fabrics come from many sources – magazines\, newspapers\, photographs and paper and fabric.  \nYvonne creates needlework images from plein-air drawings and paintings\, framing them in painted mats. The work incorporates painting drop cloths\, which provide energetic images of tempest and fury\, and contrast with the stitched serenity of a simple tree\, flower or path in the woods. Aware that the earth is being changed\, reshaped and destroyed\, Yvonne’s artwork illustrates the conflict between the stark beauty of this life and the death struggles of a planet fighting to survive.  \n  \nMeredeth Turshen is an artist\, teacher and writer who lives in Hoboken and taught at Rutgers University in New Brunswick\, NJ\, for more than 25 years. Her art studies began at age ten at the Art Students League in New York and continued\, after majoring in studio art at Oberlin College\, in workshops and residencies at Pratt\, the Printmaking Council of NJ\, the Rutgers Center for Innovative Printmaking\, Vermont Studio Center\, and Moulin à Nef (VCCA France). She exhibits regularly in the New York metropolitan region and with Viridian Gallery in Chelsea. For this exhibition\, she was inspired by the challenge of rendering remembered landscapes in oil and collage. The work is simultaneously representational and non-figurative.    \nMeredeth revisits storied landscapes viewed on her research trips through Africa\, Asia and Europe\, remembering and reimagining the environments that stamped her life. Working in oil paint and paper collage\, she searches for telling details that reveal place\, establish ambience\, and recall the experiences of being an amazed and observant visitor.  URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2021-september-16-500-pm-latitudes-longitudes-meridians-a-three-person-show-with-betty-jacobsen-yvonne-skaggs-and-meredeth-turshen/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/ThreeArtistsBanner2-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210202T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210326T210000 DTSTAMP:20240606T185641Z CREATED:20210225T205932Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T185641Z UID:19043-1612290600-1616792400@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:"Shifted Nature" - NBAS: Photography Exhibition DESCRIPTION:This Winter\, Alfa Art Gallery is proud to host the New Brunswick Art Salon’s Photography Exhibition entitled “Shifted Nature.” For ten years\, the New Brunswick Art Salon at the Alfa Art Gallery has been a vital part of the local art scene and culture. This seasons exhibition includes several renowned artists including Tricia Miho\, Harold Olejarz\, Gwyneth Green\, Danielle Austen\, and many more!    \n \n“Shifted Nature” hopes to shine a light upon the artists that have excelled in the medium of photography\, a well-known and diverse form of art enjoyed all over the world.  \nAs per our new normal as a nation\, Alfa Art Gallery is also proud to present a virtual version of this exhibition that will be displayed simultaneously alongside the physical exhibition at the gallery itself. This fully-interactive online experience will allow visitors to explore and be engaged by these pieces from the comfort and safety of their own homes. Take the gallery experience online with the “Shifted Nature” virtual gallery showcase—be sure not to miss it!   \n  \nExhibition duration: February 2nd through March 26th\, 2021  \nVirtual Reception: Friday\, February 5th\, 2021 at 6:30pm  \nDrop-off Dates: January 26th through January 30th\, 2021  \nHosted by artsteps.com\, the “Shifted Nature” virtual exhibition will be available from February 2nd through March 26th.  \n  \n  \n  \nFeatured Artists: \nAnisa Rahim wears many hats\, one as a photographer\, one as a writer\, and one as a public interest lawyer. Living and working abroad gave her the opportunity to snap photos of ordinary people wherever she went\, accumulating two decades worth of stunning material. Inspired by Henri Carter Bresson and her photography mentor\, Leandre Jackson\, Rahim views photography as fine art\, which she combines with her creative writing. She has a BA from University of Chicago\, JD from Temple Beasley School of Law\, and MFA from Rutgers-Newark University. Along with being a Voices of Our Nation alumni\, Rahim was a PANK Book Contest Finalist for her hybrid memoir and has exhibited her photography throughout the tri-state area. She is a 2020 Artist in Residence at SMUSH Gallery.   \n  \n  \nArik Gorban was eleven years old when he first started processing black-and-white film. Since then\, his abilities have only been honed by his 40+ year career as a fine art photographer\, both in his refined technical skills and through the development of his creative process. He has spent decades experimenting and closing the gap between what is possible with a camera and digital editing\, and what he envisions in his mind’s eye. He puts special focus on the creative\, but does so without neglecting the technical aspects of the photography discipline. The same care goes into his editing process\, which he utilizes to finalize his vision and provide a completed piece.  \n  \n  \n  \nBrad Terhune crafts weird worlds through his collages\, something he has done since childhood. A northern New Jersey-based artist\, he embraces the influences of 20th century Surrealist influence in creating portals into his strange realms\, often imbued with the powerful subjects of politics and social justices. His collages incorporate a plethora of materials\, like historic photographs\, and other disciplines\, like printmaking. His paintings\, meanwhile\, represent a dialogue between creator and canvas\, with Terhune asking himself how and why the image develops as it does; this is the soul of these pieces\, which are ‘about’ exactly what the viewer sees. He majored in Illustration at the School of Visual Arts in the 80’s and obtained a BA in Art Education from Montclair State University. Along with creating new works\, he serves as an art educator for Clark Public Schools and an Instructor at Zimmerli Art Museum’s Summery Art Camp. He frequently exhibits in the New York-New Jersey area and is featured in collections in Japan\, England\, France and elsewhere in the United States.  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nChee Bravo reflects rich and diverse environments inhabited by vibrant and soulful individuals through her portraits. Her background as a printmaker and career as graphic designer informs her creative process\, first putting together digital collages with photography and computer manipulation\, and then transferring the piece onto canvas with acrylics and silk-screening. While her life began in Trinidad and Tobago in the West Indies\, her journey began in the New York subways\, capturing performers in their element. Her interests have only grown\, with a trip to Havana\, Cuba inspiring a series on reflecting people’s cultural\, religious\, and political beliefs. Her current focus lies with the local performers of her hometown\, Trenton\, New Jersey. She holds a BFA in printmaking from Florida International University and numerous awards\, including the Betty Laird Award and Addy Award. Her works can be found publicly in the permanent collections of Trenton City Museum\, Florida International University\, the Brooklyn Art Library\, the Printmaking Center of New Jersey\, as well as featured in exhibitions throughout the tri-state area and abroad.   \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nDanielle Austen is a photographer and an environmentalist trained in the fine arts\, having received her BFA from Cornell University. Additionally\, she attended the master’s program at the Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications with an emphasis in studying photojournalism\, but not before spending 7 years as a graphic designer among a number of other artistic endeavors. Today\, she presents her collection of photographs featuring warm organic imagery that could only be designed by the majesty of the natural world and captured by the steady hand of a seasoned photographer. Devoted to the land and her craft\, Austen focuses on bodies of water. Easily overlooked brooks and streams are transformed into spiritual waterfronts while intertwining their fluidity and ever-fluctuating form to match the possibility of viewer interpretation. Her work is overflowing with reflective and meditative potential.   \n  \n  \nFrederick Ballet has always been enamored with the natural world\, a source of existential fascination and peaceful solitude. While the Brooklyn native initially pursued a medical career as a hand surgeon\, retirement allowed him to renew his passion in photography. In 2018\, he became the first student to earn the Contemporary Practices Photography Certificate from Philadelphia Photo Arts Center and has since had his work displayed at shows\, galleries and businesses\, a long way from snapping pictures of zoo animals with an Olympus camera. Ballet captures images of the beach at various times in the day and year\, balancing realism and abstraction by anchoring viewers to the shore and then inviting them to contemplate the colors and calmness of the ocean. He hopes viewers walk away with the same sentiments that resound in him after gazing upon the natural majesty\, “a meditative sense of beauty\, peace\, and timelessness.”  \n  \n  \nGeorge Mattei captures the beauty of the Jersey Shore through the High Dynamic Range technique\, a process that imitates how the human eye gazes upon a scene. Rather than taking a single exposure\, Mattei sets up a tripod and obtains three to nine exposures at varying light levels and tones\, then combines them into one image. In preserving details that would have otherwise been overlooked\, Mattei elevates everything beautiful about the landscapes and seascapes he photographs\, resulting in an immersive viewing experience. A graduate of the School of Visual Arts\, Mattei creates photography for art and commercial purposes and is currently working at Helen Hayes Rehabilitation Hospital\, using his photography as a mode for wellness and inspiration. His photos are featured for businesses’ promotional materials and at galleries and exhibitions throughout New Jersey.   \n  \n  \nGwyneth Green is an artist who uses the camera and the written word. A published poet with a BA in Fairleigh Dickenson University\, Green participated in ekphrastic collaborations with visual artists. Approaching the synergic nature of the word and the image fascinated her\, her piqued interest encouraging her to wed her poems with her photographs. Her careful use of color and focus mimics imaginative prose as it guides viewers through the scene. She has fifteen poetic publications and has been featured in exhibitions in the mid-Atlantic region as well as virtual ones.  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nHarold Olejarz invites viewers to peer through a kaleidoscope in his circular-constructed pieces. His career began in 3D as a sculptor\, earning a BA from Brooklyn College and MFA from Pratt Institute and participating actively in the Soho cooperative gallery movement. By the 80’s\, he’d adapted his sculptures to be wearable and incorporate performance into his art\, and in the 90’s explored digital imaging to capture the ‘performances’ of objects on a digital scanner. His present work looks beyond the typical rectangular confines of the frame and instead creates circular\, collaged images consisting of repeating\, rotating slices reminiscent of a pinwheel or mandala. This invites viewers to focus on relationships of the images and reveal intricate and delightful patterns. He has participated in solo and group exhibitions and performances throughout the United States\, as well as participated in reviews nationally and internationally.  \n  \n  \n  \nKay Kenny shows silent statues witness societal descent and environmental vulnerability. Currently a photography teacher at New York University and the International Center of Photography in New York City\, Kenny is deeply rooted in the fine art world. Her education includes a BFA from Syracuse University\, MA from Rutgers University\, and MFA from Syracuse University\, while her resume includes work in photography\, painting\, and published critique. Her Stone Goddess series takes Greek and Roman sculptures from the Metropolitan Museum and places them elsewhere in the United States\, acting as avatars of the past watching what humanity’s whims have wrought. Her work has been exhibited in in the Eastern United States and Taiwan\, and\, in 2004\, she co-curated the exhibit “Manifestations: Photographs of Men” at the Southeast Museum of Photography in 2004.   \n  \n  \nLinda Troeller is a renowned and award-winning photographer who has dedicated the majority of her artistic career to personal\, women’s and social issues. Her latest work\, “Personal Opera\,” tackles subjects she has been exploring for most of her career\, such as gender\, humanity\, emotion and aura. She has refined her ability to capture the human body\, arranging the human body to best promote these questions of truth and self. Her portraits dare to delve beneath the surface and face the questions of personhood. There is no subject she will shy away from\, and the confidence is palpable. She is the star of her “Personal Opera.”  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nLothar Troeller’s “Children of the fire” is a series reflecting Troeller’s personal journey through crisis and destiny that is physically formed by not only the elements of the earth but by the conscious mind that guides them. The German American artist and photographer whose exhibition work spans over multiple decades and continents\, now invites us to observe his Children of the Fire with introspective intent. His visually diverse yet equally striking works are simultaneously vibrant and painful. The raw and heartbreaking series is charged with a sense of perseverance in the face of adversity. The scorched surface gives way to new beginnings\, as hardships often do.    \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nMark Chernin uses his photography to evoke an emotional response in his viewers. His love of photography began while he was in college in the 1960’s\, a period of social upheaval in the United States that used photography to demonstrate the political activism and national debate the country was experiencing. As he continued to study art\, he discovered the paintings of the Hudson River School and was moved by the artists abilities to capture the luminous qualities of light\, tonality and saturation. Over the last six decades\, Chernin has been able to study with prominent photographers\, and display his work in national juried fine art photography exhibitions along with several of his own solo exhibitions. Most recently\, Mark won a First Place in his category at the First Annual National Arts Competition at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (2011).  \n  \n  \n  \nMelchi Dompreh’s photographs\, like his poetry\, hope to express his heart’s sentiments and stir up emotions and feelings viewers can empathize with. Dompreh is native to Flushing\, Queens\, New York\, but moved to Edison\, New Jersey in 2004. He graduated from Middlesex Country Vocational and Technical Schools with a focus on Architecture Technology in 2013. He began to take photography seriously in March of 2016\, as a way to visually express what he had written in his poems. By the end of Summer 2017\, Dompreh started to work with film\, and in 2019 his work began to be shared on Instagram. Dompreh is currently working on a transforming his poetic journal\, ’Loud Whispers ‘to film. This work will explore the turbulent years that marked his teenage years and early adulthood\, that many face. He recently was one of five artists awarded the Moment x Willem Verbeeck Grant\, and is developing his own website.  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nMichael Yacovino passed away nearly two decades ago\, but his work is still as powerful as ever. It is able to embody the capabilities of art\, in whichever medium it may present itself\, to evolve and metamorphose in perpetuity. Yavocino received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Mason Gross School of Art in 1986\, and had several dalliances with fashion design.  Yacovino’s work juxtaposes the familiar with the ambiguous\, and presents a commentary on objectification.   \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nTricia Miho is an Argentinian\, self-taught artist who was destined to be an artist from birth. Her family is filled with talented artist and craftsman\, and her grandfather was even an esteemed Italian jewelry designer. She received a formal education in music with a Baccalaureate degree along with a Masters in Law and Social Sciences\, along with received British Royal Academies awards in painting\, watercolor and drawing. Her work was characterized by an inimitable artistic style influenced by the surrealist visions of Giorgio De Chirico\, and the detail-rich cityscapes depicted by Pieter Bruegel. Miho currently resides in the United States\, is regularly featured in exhibitions\, and has been experimenting with photography as a means of manipulating and creating new ideas.  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAlfa Art Gallery is a non-profit organization devoted to the discovery\, growth\, and support of emerging and established artists within the art community. Since establishment\, Alfa Art has conducted multiple shows featuring local\, national\, and international artists and various materials including oil color\, water color\, mixed media\, sculptures\, photography\, crafts and glass works. As an open art studio – gallery\, Alfa’s exhibiting artists are welcomed to demonstrate their creative process in the space provided\, while collectors and visitors are capable to learn and follow the artists’ technique\, style and motivations. Additionally\, Alfa plays a vital role among local to national visual arts organizations by supporting and presenting artists’ works\, and functions as a space for interdisciplinary art and criticism. Each season\, Alfa invites professional art curators to provide criticism and guidance to artists and artworks on display which helps collectors and visitors to identify a style of artwork that expresses their personal or company image and purpose.  \nNBAS’2021 is sponsored by: \nWith the assistance of grants from organizations such as Amboy Bank\, Magyar Bank\, Johnson & Johnson\, New Brunswick City Center\, Middlesex Country Cultural and Heritage Commission\, Bristol Myers Squibb\, and Pfizer Inc. Alfa Art is confident that all who come to the 2020 Oil Painting New Brunswick Art Salon will leave with a greater appreciation of the arts and the gallery’s showcasing of a variety of artists.  \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n \n\n\n\n  URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2021-02-02-shifted-nature-nbas-photography-exhibition/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/2021-NBAS-Photography-Exhibition-Banner-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201204T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201204T210000 DTSTAMP:20240606T185642Z CREATED:20201110T203719Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T185642Z UID:18382-1607106600-1607115600@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2020 - December 4 - "Configured Personas" - NBAS All Media Exhibition DESCRIPTION:This Winter\, Alfa Art Gallery is hosting the New Brunswick Art Salon’s All-Media Exhibition. For ten years the New Brunswick Art Salon at the Alfa Art Gallery has been a vital part of the local art scene and culture. This seasons exhibition includes several locally renowned artists including Carol Radsprecher and Allison Lewis\, along with international artists Jung Gun Park and Ogunlesi Paul\, among others. Several different mediums will be on display\, such as painting\, photography\, drawing\, and sculpture.   \nAs per our new normal as a nation\, the Alfa Art Gallery is also proud to include a virtual version of our exhibition. This fully interactive online experience will allow visitors to view and be involved with the works just as they would in person at the gallery. International artists will be displayed exclusively in the virtual version of the exhibition\, so be sure not to miss it! Hosted by artsteps.com\, the virtual exhibition will be available from December 4th through January 30th\, 2021.    \nExhibition Duration: December 1st\, 2020 – January 30th 2021  \nGallery Opening Reception: Unfortunately\, due to the recent increase in COVID-19 cases and Governor Phil Murphy’s subsequent increase in limitations of indoor gatherings with Executive Order No. 196\, Alfa Art Gallery has decided to postpone our in-person gallery opening for the NBAS All-Media Exhibition: “Configured Personas.” We will be supplementing this event with artist interviews and potential virtual open studios with our featured artists. We apologize for this sudden change and we hope you are all staying safe in these times. \nVirtual Opening Reception: Thursday\, December 3rd\, 2020 @ 6:00 PM \nFeatured Artists:\n \nJamie Greenfield works in this exhibition reflect an ecosystem that encompasses nature\, cosmology\, and the connection between the inner mind and the outer natural world. The objects in her works seem to have a tenuous relation to one another\, yet they are anchored in a structured space. Some of these relations are provided to the viewer while others are more ambiguous\, and may be the result of memory or longing. Greenfield draws upon personal history in combination with observation of light and form\, and often does not have a preconceived plan for a work\, allowing the piece to evolve and process as it is created. She views the moth as a potent metaphor: beautiful and dangerous\, the brevity of its life coupled with its incessant movement towards the light appears to reflect the human existential dilemma.  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nOgunlesi Paul is a graduate of the prestigious Yaba College of Technology in Lagos\, Nigeria\, where he obtained a National Diploma in General Art (majoring in Painting). He worked as an IT student at Defactori Art Studio under Akintunde O. John. He has participated in numerous art workshops\, symposiums\, and exhibitions–such as the OYASAF marble print workshop\, The Artmiabo Art workshop\, The Medallion Art workshop in honor of Kolade Oshinowo’s birthday\, Art in Medicine Fellowship and Workshop 2018\, and Artbridge Project Symposium–both within the country and internationally. Paul has been a member of The Beyond Borders Artists Association of Nigeria since 2017 and began working as an art instructor at THE METAPHOR in Lagos\, Nigeria in 2020. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nPatricia Hynes’s works are made of narratives of ordinary people in natural settings that challenge viewers to reflect upon their own lives. She believes that every reaction is unique and anyone can be a subject of her paintings. She focuses on the moments that are difficult for the eye and memory to capture\, which are pivotal to revealing the dynamic of a painting. To achieve this\, she takes numerous  “action” photographs of subjects\, then transforms these images into a montage that becomes a visual concept. The painting’s visual origins are transformed through composition and pigment\, leading her studies on how people react to life situations. She paints in oils using a variety of small brushes to create expressive visuality and a reading tempo that actively engage viewers in thought and interpretation of her works.  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nPaul Fuentes has been directing national commercials and campaigns at his own production company with Screen Gems. His knowledge and understanding of advertising\, pop culture\, theater\, film\, and classic and modern masters have informed his paintings throughout time. After graduating from Temple University\, Fuentes moved to New York where his paintings and illustrations appeared in national ads and publications including The New York Times. He worked in broadcast advertising and promotion at NBC and later HBO\, where he became a creative director and then began to direct. He soon opened his own production company with Screen Gems where he directed hundreds of national commercials and campaigns. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nStephanie Deshpande is a representational painter living in northern New Jersey\, and is best known for her psychological portraits and narrative paintings. Her works combine a love of realism with personal allegories and create unearth hidden emotions that capture the quiet drama of the world around her. She has showcased her paintings in several noticeable exhibitions such as Painting Today for International Women’s Day 2019 in Barcelona\, Spain\, and American Women Artists for the Tuscon Art Museum in Tuscon Arizona. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAllison Lewis demonstrates high levels of expressionism in her art influenced by her incredible life experiences. Being a philanthropic individual\, Lewis has crafted art in New Brunswick for those who are homeless\, as well as for those who are mentally ill. She does this out of the kindness of her heart and for the love of art. Her art is demonstrated in many different forms\, by being displayed not only to loved ones\, but to therapy groups and in art classes. The expressions in her drawings have a massive variety: they can express any topic\, whether it be cancer\, love\, or anger. Her inclusiveness of individuals is incredible….. Allison is additionally passionate about showcasing her art to handicapped individuals. Her kindheartedness puts a much heavier meaning into her paintings. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nCarol Radsprecher was born in Brooklyn and remained in New York City for her BFA and MFA in painting at Hunter College. Now\, she has started to explore the stimulating world of photoshop and digital art. Through this medium\, Radsprecher paints different layers with speed and in doing so is able to manipulate and render infinite variations of her abstracted figures. Each image contributes to a series that is both narrative and autobiographical in exploring the first landscape we see in the world– the female body. With her work published and in solo and group exhibitions\, Radsprecher has shown her distorted representations at galleries in the tri-state area beyond including at the Victory Hall Drawing Rooms\, Rogue Community College Gallery\, Grants Pass\, The Alliance Gallery\, Metropolitan Community College’s Next Gallery\, Pierro Gallery\, Garrison Art Center\, and Thompson Park Art Exhibition Series.  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \nSeema Singh Dua has been a sculptor for the past fifteen years in India. Since then\, she has been featured innumerable galleries across the globe and had the distinct honor of being commissioned by the Home Ministry for their museum in Nirman Bhawan\, Delhi\, India. Her artist career began with studying textile designing with a specialization in printing technologies and working as a free-lance textile designer. After many years of developing her sculptural techniques\, Dua has started to emphasize the interior aspect of her pieces by connecting her audience with the inner soul of the sculpture. She considers the aesthetic exterior of art is just a small part of a larger experience. Using the concepts of interior and exterior\, Dua encourages her audience to contemplate the dichotomies of the physical and the cerebral\, reality and imagination\, and the exposed and the hidden.  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nYongshin Cho is a truly global artist who has worked both in Seoul\, South Korea and Paris\, France for the past forty years. Cho began his career at Hongik University with a BFA in painting which was followed by another BFA and MFA at the Université Paris. In 1995\, he was invited to be a part of the International Video and Multimedia Art Festival where he garnered critical acclaim. After that\, Cho continued to become involved in notable projects\, artists residencies\, and teaching with his particular style. He was also featured in many exhibitions in France (such as the Grand Palais\, and Salon of France International Fine-art Society\, Biennale d’art Contemporain)\, Korea (not limited to the Whanki Museum\, Gwangju Biennal\, and PICAF International Contemporary Art Exhibition) and United States (including the Cleveland Internation Drawing Contest & Exhibit\, Queens College\, and Riverside Gallery). His works have been heavily informed by the experience of living through the brutality of the Gwangju Uprising. With that context\, Cho chooses to use his medium to take a critical look at social\, political\, and cultural structures that incur injustice and inequality.   \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \nJung Gun Park a current professor in digital art and ceramics at Dongduk Women’s University\, has been featured in exhibitions in Taiwan\, China\, Japan\, and Korea. After earning a Ph.D. at Hong-Ik University in Seoul in ceramics\, Park has been featured in both group and solo exhibitions throughout Asia and receiving many awards at the Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale Competition\, the Hagi Grand Prix in Contemporary Ceramic in Japan\, and Tawain Ceramic Biennale among many others. His art style is focused on the idea of creating something as his father was an architect. Since a young age\, he considered buildings as things that were made versus something that was acquired transactionally. Park uses transportation as the main subject in many of his pieces as a way to critique contemporary rapid industrialization. He challenges his audience to introspect on how humans mediate between the inherent dangers and convenience with modern technology.  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \nMarina Burana was born in Argentina but received her BFA at Taipei National University of Arts in Taiwan where she currently works and resides. Because of her dual residencies\, Burana displayed her works in both Taiwan and Argentina group exhibitions. Since then\, she has also extended her portfolio to Mérida\, México\, and Los Angeles\, USA. Additionally\, Burana has designed the covers of several publications including a variety of magazines\, journals\, and even a poetry book. She enjoys manipulating the texture of oils across surfaces\, toying with the thickness. Burana recently started experimenting with different sources (such as tree bark) to make more natural\, earthy pigments. Along with nature\, she incorporates her own relationship with poetry and memory in her pieces. She utilizes these elements to weave a narrative that is deeply personal but also rooted in the natural world with strong\, full colors.  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \nNick Savides started painting when he was three years old when his mother began teaching how to paint. He continued with his formal education at Brandeis University where he received his BFA with highest honors. He has been featured in many exhibits in New York City\, as well as in Massachusetts\, upstate New York\, Connecticut\, New Jersey\, and Toronto\, Canada. He was also published by Nabi Press and in 2016’s Art Voices Art Books’ in 101 Contemporary Artists as well as John Natsoulas Press. Savides started as a realist oil painter where he began to focus on representing light and its many shades. Many of his paintings use light as a way to explore the concept of space. He uses this relationship in diverse landscapes (ranging from urban to rural)\, depictions of architecture in diverse settings\, and figures in portraits.   \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \nDeirdre Sheean Was born and raised in New Jersey surrounded by a family of artists\, studied graphic design and illustration at Parsons in the 1970s and has continually renovated and updated her own style. By using stencils\, Sheean reveals intrinsic repetition both in the natural and the man-made with recursive symbols. During this process\, Sheean leaned into her graphic design background by using design systems to organize these motifs. Additionally\, she focuses on contrast to inform the composition of her pieces\, using the variety to allow the subjects to take on a life of their own. Sheean has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout New Jersey and has received many awards at the Mercer County Artist\, Monmouth County Arts Council\, and most recently at the Ellarslie Open 36 in Trenton\, New Jersey.  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nThe Alfa Art Gallery is a non-profit organization devoted to the discovery\, growth\, and support of emerging and established artists within the art community. Since establishment\, Alfa Art has conducted multiple shows featuring local\, national\, and international artists and various materials including oil color\, water color\, mixed media\, sculptures\, photography\, crafts and glass works. As an open art studio – gallery\, Alfa’s exhibiting artists are welcomed to demonstrate their creative process in the space provided\, while collectors and visitors are capable to learn and follow the artists’ technique\, style and motivations. Additionally\, Alfa plays a vital role among local to national visual arts organizations by supporting and presenting artists’ works\, and functions as a space for interdisciplinary art and criticism. Each season\, Alfa invites professional art curators to provide criticism and guidance to artists and artworks on display which helps collectors and visitors to identify a style of artwork that expresses their personal or company image and purpose.  \n  \n  \nNBAS’2020 is sponsored by: \nWith the assistance of grants from organizations such as Amboy Bank\, Magyar Bank\, Johnson & Johnson\, New Brunswick City Center\, Middlesex Country Cultural and Heritage Commission\, Bristol Myers Squibb\, and Pfizer Inc. Alfa Art is confident that all who come to the 2020 Oil Painting New Brunswick Art Salon will leave with a greater appreciation of the arts and the gallery’s showcasing of a variety of artists.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/column] URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2020-december-4-configured-personas-nbas-all-media-exhibition/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/Configured-Personas-Banner-2.png ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200609 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200802 DTSTAMP:20210824T202613Z CREATED:20200525T220205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210824T202613Z UID:17074-1591660800-1596326399@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2020 - June 9 - "Encounters" - NBAS Oil & Mixed Media Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Virtual Exhibition on Display: June 9\, 2020 – August 1\, 2020    \n \nClosing Reception: July 31 \nAlfa Art Gallery is excited to announce the New Brunswick Art Salon 2020 Oil and Mixed Media Exhibition: “Encounters”.   \nThis virtual exhibition\, which is fully accessible through Alfa’s website\, will showcase the work of local and international artists. The compilation of various oil paintings demonstrates the versatility of this medium.   \nUsing oil paint as a vehicle\, the artists let us explore encounters they’ve had with the world around them\, their impressions of it\, abstractions of it\, and beyond. Because of the diverse display of oil paintings\, each viewer can find a work that they can connect with.  \nFeatured Artists: Dorothy Siclare\, Jamie Greenfield\, Ogunlesi Paul\, Patricia Hynes\, Paul Fuentes\, Stephanie Deshpande\, Todd Doney\, Kathleen Shaver\, and Allison Lewis. \nAbout the “New Brunswick Art Salon” Exhibitions: \n“New Brunswick Art Salon” aims to unite those who appreciate art and culture within the tri-state area and beyond\, providing a creative hub of guidance and encouragement for artists. Thus\, its exhibitions are always free and open to the public Tuesday through Saturday\, from 11 AM to 6 PM.  \nNBAS’2020 is sponsored by: \nWith the assistance of grants from organizations such as Amboy Bank\, Magyar Bank\, Johnson & Johnson\, New Brunswick City Center\, Middlesex Country Cultural and Heritage Commission\, Bristol Myers Squibb\, and Pfizer Inc. Alfa Art is confident that all who come to the 2020 Oil Painting New Brunswick Art Salon will leave with a greater appreciation of the arts and the gallery’s showcasing of a variety of artists.  \n  URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/encounters-nbas-oil-and-mixed-media-exhibition/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/Encounters–Banners-2020-01-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200303 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200425 DTSTAMP:20210831T185617Z CREATED:20191121T203459Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210831T185617Z UID:16388-1583193600-1587772799@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2020 - March 12 @ 5:00 pm - “LIFE DISTILLED”\, a three-person show with Meredeth Turshen\, Betty Jacobsen\, and Yvonne Skaggs DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Duration: March 3\, 2020 – April 25\, 2020 \nOpening Reception: Thursday\, March 12 @ 5:00 pm  \nAlfa Art Gallery invites you to “LIFE DISTILLED”\, a three-person show with Meredeth Turshen\, Betty Jacobsen\, and Yvonne Skaggs\, featuring representative works from their numerous explorations in watercolor\, drawing\, collage\, and mixed media.     \nThe three artists have shown their work in a variety of exhibition venues around New York\, New Jersey\, and Pennsylvania since the 1980s. Through the years that Betty\, Meredeth and Yvonne have known\, worked and exhibited together\, they have influenced each other in many subtle ways\, especially with their commitment and dedication to express their feelings and visions artistically.  \nMeredeth Turshen is an artist\, teacher and writer who lives in Hoboken and taught at Rutgers University in New Brunswick\, NJ\, for more than 25 years. Her art studies began at age ten at the Art Students League in New York and continued\, after majoring in studio art at Oberlin College\, in workshops and residencies at Pratt\, the Printmaking Council of NJ\, the Rutgers Center for Innovative Printmaking\, Vermont Studio Center\, and Moulin à Nef (VCCA France). She exhibits regularly in the New York metropolitan region and with Viridian Gallery in Chelsea. For this exhibition\, she was inspired by the challenge of incorporating images of household décor\, floral arrangements and potted plants into collages that are simultaneously representational and non-figurative.   The collages reveal familiar objects through the lens of a modern artist\, giving quotidian scenes a new twist.  \nMeredeth’s art turns combines scenes from nature\, landscapes and interior features to create abstract compositions. Her collages present recognizable objects and the perspective of a modern artist. In this exhibition she shares with viewers the challenge of creating a non-figurative image with familiar items such as flowers and household décor.  The result is an overlapping of textures\, pops of color and geometry that pull your gaze across the entire image to investigate further ad recognize the features in each panel.  \nBetty Jacobsen\, an artist and educator\, trained at NYU and Montclair State University. She teaches advanced art classes at Hunterdon Central Regional High School. Her passions are art and nature\, coupled with education\, with nature serving as a personal metaphor for the cycles of life. Starting from observations of nature\, her work flows from the unconscious; it is quietly intimate in size. Her small works can stand individually yet create a larger visual statement when viewed together.  The repetition and relationship among parts is exciting\, as each series explores an idea through consistency of size and media.  Humble materials such as paper\, watercolor\, sewing thread\, feathers and pen have worked their way into three-dimensional pieces through folding. For the work shown here\, called The Walk\, Jacobsen used tiny bird feathers to create 100 paper triptychs.   \nBetty is inspired by nature. For her\, nature serves as a personal metaphor for lifecycles.  With this in mind\, and a longing to bring viewers into a private world with the work\, she creates small artworks with soft strokes of watercolors\, thread\, feathers and pen. The result is a piece that can almost be felt by viewers. And\, in a way\, can be. Betty’s works can be held by viewers\, an interaction she hopes is like reading a book.  \n Yvonne Skaggs\, an artist who exhibits two- and three-dimensional work in various venues in New York and New Jersey\,studied at the University of Iowa School of Art and Art History and the Art Students League in New York. Her varied career includes producing maps and technical drawings and designing and preparing exhibits for small history and art organizations. With traditional artifacts being destroyed around the world by man and nature\, she has been considering what we mean when we preserve objects\, paintings\, and artifacts of all kinds. With the abstracted still life images shown here\, she thinks about the definition of style and culture and the objects we choose to save to record our time. She uses the technique of collage\, reassembling elements to sculpt\, build and construct images. The papers and fabrics come from many sources – magazines\, newspapers\, photographs and paper and fabric.  \nYvonne’s art is inspired by themes of preservation and culture. Her art seeks to sculpt still life images with familiarity\, but are not replications. The materials used in her collages come from a variety of sources\, she utilizes magazines and newspapers\, her own photographs\, and paper and fabric she textured and colored.  \n  URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2020-march-12-500-pm-life-distilled-a-three-person-show-with%e2%80%afmeredeth-turshen-betty-jacobsen-and-yvonne-skaggs/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/Banner-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200117T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200117T213000 DTSTAMP:20210831T191832Z CREATED:20191218T194838Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210831T191832Z UID:16414-1579285800-1579296600@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2020 - January 17 @ 6:30 - "Moments of Focus" - NBAS Photography Exhibition Opening DESCRIPTION:On display: January 14 – February 29\, 2020\nOpening Ceremony: Friday\, January 17\, 2020 6:30pm-9:30 pm \nAlfa Art Gallery is excited to host the New Brunswick Art Salon 2020 Photography Exhibition: “Moments of Focus”. This year’s collection includes a wide range of printed photographic work\, from abstract imagery\, to breathtaking environments\, to urban landscapes presented in brilliant detail. Photographers are artists who use their camera and a vision to create a lasting image. The photographs produced convey a message\, emotion\, idea\, etc. In contrast to representational photography.  \nFeatured artists: Alan Chimacoff\, Blaise Pena\, Danielle Austen\, Dorie Dahlberg\, Fredrick Ballet\, Gary Wiesner\, James Fitzgerald\, John Clarke\, Kay Kenny\, Paul Marvuglio\, Richard D. Herring\, Roberta Rose\, Samuel Vovsi and Guillermo Viera. \n“New Brunswick Art Salon” aims to unite those who appreciate art and culture within the tri-state area and beyond\, providing a creative hub of guidance and encouragement for artists. Thus\, its exhibitions are always free and open to the public Tuesday through Saturday\, from 11am to 6pm. \nWith the assistance of grants from organizations such as Amboy Bank\, the Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission\, Magyar Bank and the New Brunswick City Center\, Alfa Art is confident that all who come to the 2020 Photography New Brunswick Art Salon will leave with a greater appreciation of the arts and the gallery’s showcasing of local\, skilled artists. \nThe 2020 Photography New Brunswick Art Salon is sponsored by Frame Destination Inc. \n  \n \n \n  \n  URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2020-january-17-630-moments-of-focus-nbas-photography/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/photography_poster_01-copy2_YES-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190621T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190621T213000 DTSTAMP:20240606T185534Z CREATED:20190427T171304Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T185534Z UID:15706-1561141800-1561152600@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2019 - June 21 @ 6:30 pm - "Respective Space" New Brunswick Art Salon\, All Media DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Duration: June 18\, 2019 – August 30\, 2019 \nOpening Reception: Friday\, June 21\, 2019 @ 6:30-9:30 \nAlfa Art Gallery is proud to announce the New Brunswick Art Salon 2019 All Media Exhibition. Our gallery will feature art of different mediums from various artists in this exhibit. We will be displaying thought provoking pieces that will engage the viewers imagination and allow for interpretation. This exhibition is called “Respective Space.” \nThe All Media Exhibition will incorporate themes of empowerment\, exploration and transformation. Alfa Art Gallery will showcase artists who use many mediums including acrylic paint\, sheet metal\, crayon\, watercolor and ink. This exhibition allows New Brunswick Art Salon to bring artists form a variety of backgrounds together. “The gallery regularly features art salon holding\, three annually in addition to hosting musicians\, solo exhibitions\, authors and actors\,” said Mary Ann Koruth\, writer from New Brunswick Today. Koruth continued\, “As a result of an overwhelming response to a call for artists\, the exhibition was presented in two parts.” \nAlfa Art invites to join us for our All Media Exhibition on Friday\, June 21\, 2019. Where artists will bring new perspectives to the viewers. \nFeatured Artists: Alison Jones\, Anne Stagg\, Anthony Sienkiewicz\, Barbara Neibart\, Cedric van Eenoo\, Dario Silva\, Doug Rizio\, Ekaterina Abramov\, Elizabeth Amaral\, Elsie Sienkiewicz\, Haley Mosseri\, Kirill Abramov\, Kymba Nijuck\, Vadim Levin \nAbout New Brunswick Art Salons \nThe Alfa Art Gallery is a non-profit organization devoted to the discovery\, growth\, and support of emerging and established artistes. Since we opened our doors i 2008\, we have worked to achieve this goal through exhibitions and events held at our gallery over the years. Currently the most successful of which have been our oldest and most prestigious program\, New Brunswick Art Salon. Drawing inspiration form the traditional art salons of the 18th and 19th centuries\, we have used these events to connect talented artists with the New Brunswick public. Since the program’s inceptions in 2010\, the New Brunswick Art Salon has helped to enrich the community through its art. We attempt to spark a love and interest of the arts through our donations to the community including to the NJ Institute for Food\, Nutrition\, and Health in 2012. Thanks to the support of sponsors and patrons alike\, we have been able to expand our Art Salon. Originally\, it consisted of a Spring exhibition of Watercolor and Mixed Media and a Fall exhibition of Oil Color and Mixed Media. However\, now\, a Winter photography exhibition and more recently a Summer All Media exhibition has been added to out New Brunswick Art Salon Program. We believe that visual art is a universal form of expression which can bridge cultural gaps and provide a forum where diverse perspectives can be shared and appreciated\, and we hope you will join us for this upcoming melding of the minds. URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2019-june-21-630-pm-new-brunswick-art-salon-all-media-incl-sculpture/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/NABS2019-Banner-DoriannRhymes-01.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190308T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190308T213000 DTSTAMP:20210907T184219Z CREATED:20190302T022437Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210907T184219Z UID:15635-1552069800-1552080600@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2019 - March 8 at 6:30 - Ceremony for New Brunswick Art Salon 2018 award winners DESCRIPTION:Event Date: March 8\, 2019 at 6:30pm at Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick NJ. \nThe Alfa Art Gallery welcomes everyone to the Ceremony for the New Brunswick Art Salon 2018 Award Winners\, judged by Rocco Scary. This event will take place on March 8\, 2019. We will announce first\, second\, and third place award winners as well as all honorable mentions. \nThe New Brunswick Art Salons’ main aim is to build relationships and connections between local artists and the community. Talented artists from diverse backgrounds have been drawn into these exhibitions for the past eight years. \nThe New Brunswick Art Salons consists of three unique showings of oil color\, water color and mixed media artworks. \nThe Oil Color and Mixed Media exhibit\, “An Expanse of Expressionism” was held on April – June. The featured artwork boasted a wide array of visual aesthetics ranging from the impressionistic to the abstract style that expressionism is renowned for. \nOn June – August\, the “Visceral and Visionary” exhibition featured fine art from twenty artists specializing in all media. \nFrom October – December Alfa hosted “Transfiguration of the Form: Watercolor and Mixed Media” which featured nineteen local and international artists who specialized in the use of water color\, gel\, charcoal\, oil pastels and more. \nThe Alfa Art Gallery was delighted to have Rocco Scary as a judge of the New Brunswick Art Salon 2018 exhibitions. An active multi-disciplinary artist by himself\, Rocco Scary always brings exceptional perspective to the NBAS 2018 exhibitions. Rocco Scary is also an accomplished denizen of the art world accruing multiple awards and accolades from the New Jersey State Arts Council Fellowship to the Essex County Arts Council. URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2019-march-8-at-630-ceremony-for-new-brunswick-art-salon-2018-award-winners/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:New Brunswick Art Salon,Other ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/Alexa-Kuebler-2018-Award-Presentation-Banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181102T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181102T213000 DTSTAMP:20240606T185552Z CREATED:20180919T210255Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T185552Z UID:14629-1541183400-1541194200@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2018 – November 2 @ 6:30 – “Transfiguration of the Form” - New Brunswick Art Salon – Water Color and Mixed Media DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Duration: October 29th\, 2018 — December 22th\, 2018\nOpening Reception:  November 2nd\, 2018 @ 6:30pm \nBeginning on October 29th\, the Alfa Art Gallery will commence one of its flagship exhibitions\, the 2018 New Brunswick Art Salon for Water Color and Mixed Media. \nThis exhibit shows the multiplicity of techniques and imagery possible with the use of watercolors. Various mixed media pieces are also featured which compliment watercolor. These works cover a variety of artistic styles and subject matter. Viewers of all interests will find works that speak to them. Artists such as Allison Maletz and Indrani Choudhury take subjects directly from daily life such as wildlife\, people or landscapes and use delicate techniques and strong attention to detail to create works that resemble familiar life-scenes. Other artists like Agop Gemdijan and Christina Iacuzio create surreal works that are conjured up through their whimsical imaginations. Other featured artists such as Christina Argonish and Annie Liber use mixed media including collage and wire sculpture respectively in their artworks. Each artist in this exhibition uses watercolors to tell a story about how they experience the world. \nFeatured Artists: Agop Gemdjian\, Allison Maletz\, Christina Iacuzio\, Drew Maillard\, Edith Hillinger\, Hana Aviv\, Linda Laino\, Michael Price\, Hijo Nam\, Christina Argonish\, Eric Alexander Santoli\, Indrani Choudhury\, Jenna Inzetta\, Mary Ladd\, Melissa Cicero\, Tara LeGall\, Trisha Putkowski\, Annie Lieber\, Nicole Miritis \nAbout the “New Brunswick Art Salon” Exhibitions: \nAlfa Art Gallery possesses a great deal of reverence for the 18th and 19th century traditional art salons. During this era\, art salons were the single greatest annual or biannual melding of the artistic and intellectual minds of their time. For ten years\, Alfa has successfully emulated these  momentous events in its own unique way by bridging highly esteemed and talented artists with the New Brunswick public. The Winter offers a salon with exhibitions dedicated to photography while Spring hosts oil and mixed media. The Summer brings a collective consisting of all themes and the Fall presents a watercolor and mixed media exhibition. Alfa is dedicated to the discovery\, growth\, and support of emerging and established artists. We believe that visual art is a universal form of expression which can bridge cultural gaps and provide a forum where diverse perspectives can be shared and appreciated. Established in 2008\, Alfa Art Gallery has grown into New Brunswick’s Cultural Hub by exhibiting over five hundred artists and by hosting multidisciplinary community events in honor of the visual arts\, music\, poetry and dancing. \nNBAS’2018 is sponsored by: URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2018-november-2-630-new-brunswick-art-salon-water-color-and-mixed-media/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/Banner-Alexandra-Pietsch-Watercolor.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180622T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180622T213000 DTSTAMP:20210910T210307Z CREATED:20180525T194807Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210910T210307Z UID:14040-1529692200-1529703000@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2018 - June 22 @ 6:30 - "Visceral and Visionary": New Brunswick Art Salon All Media\, Opening Reception DESCRIPTION:On display: June 19 – August 31 2018\nOpening Reception: June 22 at 6:30 pm  \nCommencing on June 19th\, Alfa Art Gallery will host one of its most exciting and diverse exhibitions as part of “New Brunswick Art Salon 2018”. Entitled “Visceral and Visionary”\, this showing is a melting pot of intriguing techniques\, media and visions that seamlessly unite to inspire the viewer in unexpected and exhilarating ways. The exhibition will last from June 19th to August 31st. \nArtists chosen to showcase their work include: Amanda Yoakum\, Chris Ernst\, Christine Parker\, Undress God\, Gene Tanta\, Agop Gemdjian\, Alphonse Lane\, NJ DeVico\, Edward Ruggieri\, Erica Velasco\, Lauryn Ahearn\, Manisha Em\, Merrilee Drakulich\, Rhonda Yanow\, Susan Winter\, Vera Genovese\, Lauren Curtis\, Minakshi De\, Susan Ward\, and Strahil Stanchev.  \nFrom oil paintings to ceramics to mixed media pieces\, the array of artwork carefully selected for this exhibition is sure to appeal to lovers of all kinds of artistic mediums. The exhibition showcases work that transcends aesthetic norms and prompts viewers to consider introspective ideas and compelling expressions. Each artist in this exhibition adopts their own style\, with pieces reminiscent ranging from portraiture to landscapes to three-dimensional works. While each artist has their own meaning and message behind their work\, viewers will have the opportunity to interpret and reflect upon each piece. Lovers of neo-expressionism\, impressionism\, and even primordial works of art will enjoy what each artist has to offer during this exhibition.   \nAn opening reception will be held for this showing at the New Brunswick gallery on June 22 at 6:30 pm. This event will include live music\, refreshments and plenty of networking opportunities.   \n“New Brunswick Art Salon” aims to unite those who appreciate art and culture within the tri-state area and beyond\, providing a creative hub of guidance and encouragement for artists. Thus\, its exhibitions are always free and open to the public Tuesday through Saturday\, from 11am to 6pm. As the most medium-inclusive exhibition of the year\, Alfa extends an open invitation to art lovers and local patrons alike to come and view the works of professional and emerging artists while submerging themselves in an awakening artistic experience. \nWith the assistance of grants from organizations such as Amboy Bank\, the Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission\, Magyar Bank and the New Brunswick City Center\, Alfa Art is confident that all who come to the 2018 All Media New Brunswick Art Salon will leave with a greater appreciation of the arts and the gallery’s showcasing of local\, skilled artists.  \n\nPhotos from the opening reception: URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2018-june-22-630-new-brunswick-art-salon-all-media-visceral-and-visionary-exhibition-opening-reception/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/BannerV2Amanda-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180427T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180427T213000 DTSTAMP:20240606T185552Z CREATED:20180328T180429Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T185552Z UID:13697-1524853800-1524864600@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2018 - April 27 @ 6:30 - New Brunswick Art Salon 2018 - Oil Color and Mixed Media "An Expanse of Expressionism" Exhibition Opening DESCRIPTION:New Brunswick Art Salon 2018 – Oil Color and Mixed Media: “An Expanse of Expressionism”\n Exhibition Duration: April 24th\, 2018 — June 16th\, 2018\n Opening Reception:  Friday\, April 27th\, 2018 @ 6:30pm \nBeginning on April 24th\, Alfa Art Gallery will commence one of its flagship exhibitions\, the 2018 New Brunswick Art Salon for Oil Color and Mixed Media. This display\, celebrating the aesthetic mastery of gifted painters\, will be initiated with a cozy and intimate opening ceremony to be held on Friday\, April 27th at 6:30pm and hosted by Alfa. Attendees of this event will become familiarized with a diverse array of wondrous artworks spanning the colorfully abstract to the otherworldly and surreal. \nThough expressionism is a substantial theme of our Oil Color & Mixed Media Exhibition\, the featured artists at Alfa will boast a wide array of visual aesthetics ranging from the impressionistic to the abstract style that expressionism is renowned for. Charity Henderson’s body of work serves to explores various psychological states through mixed media impressionistic paintings of the human face. Similarly\, Debora Thedinga utilizes impressionism in order to manipulate light\, color and space thus crafting a landscape that can be viewed successfully through the small window of the canvas. In slight contrast to her fellow featured artists\, Tricia Miho offers a more surrealist aesthetic with paintings reminiscent of Salvador Dalí. Her work explores the progression of images and how such progression enables the transformation of metaphysical creations. \nAlfa’s Oil Color & Mixed Media Exhibition will also display artworks that are more consistent with expressionism\, particularly in the realm of the abstract. Colleen Lineberry’s works celebrate natural beauty as captured through her mind’s eye resulting in in vibrantly colorful motifs presenting near otherworldly landscapes. In a fashion akin to Lineberry’s abstract aesthetic\, Enrique Zaldivar utilizes color and inspiration from the natural world to illustrate issues inherent to human beings and satisfy his constant need to express himself. Kathleen Shaver’s artistry can be described as a quest for the beauty which lies within human impulse and the primal. Leona Tenebruso-Shultes similarly explores this primality by adorning her canvas with impassioned brushstrokes and expressive colors and finally. Pat Cresson utilizes multifaceted mediums of both digital and analog origin in order to craft texturally rich abstract pieces rich in complexity and exquisitely balanced hues. Incorporating drawing as a structural springboard\, Maurie Brooks endeavors to embody visual thinking and simultaneously facilitate the suspension of thought.  For her\, this can ultimately result in a freedom from the rational\, linear or observational\, a freedom that allows for a more intuitive approach\, even a turning toward the repetitive or meditative\, sometimes with surprising results.   \nDevotees to the likes of Salvador Dalí\, Wassily Kandinsky\, and Helen Frankenthaler will especially find a great deal to love scouring Alfa’s artwork adorned walls. \nDrawing inspiration from Parisian exhibitions from the Baroque era bearing the same name\, Alfa Art Gallery’s New Brunswick Art Salons are held a number of times each year always with the express goal of lessening the divide between artists and the community\, especially in the diverse city of New Brunswick. With the help of grants given by organizations such as Amboy Bank\, the Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission\, Magyar Bank and the New Brunswick City Center\, Alfa is confident that all attendees and viewers of 2018 New Brunswick Art Salon for Oil Color and Mixed Media will leave with a healthier interest and appreciation for the artistic contributions of talents spanning the New Brunswick\, the state of New Jersey and beyond. The exhibition and opening ceremony is free and open to the public. \nFeatured Artists: Charity Henderson\, Colleen Lineberry\, Debora Thedinga\, Enrique Zaldivar\, Kathleen Shaver\, Leona Tenebruso-Shultes\, Maurie Brooks\, Pat Cresson\, Tricia Miho. \nAbout Alfa Art Gallery’s Art Salons: \nAlfa Art Gallery possesses a great deal of reverence for the 18th and 19th century traditional art salons. During this era\, art salons were the single greatest annual or biannual melding of the artistic and intellectual minds of their time. For ten years\, Alfa has successfully emulated these  momentous events in its own unique way by bridging highly esteemed and talented artists with the New Brunswick public. The Winter offers a salon with exhibitions dedicated to photography while Spring hosts oil and mixed media. The Summer brings a collective consisting of all themes and the Fall presents a watercolor and mixed media exhibition. Alfa is dedicated to the discovery\, growth\, and support of emerging and established artists. We believe that visual art is a universal form of expression which can bridge cultural gaps and provide a forum where diverse perspectives can be shared and appreciated. Established in 2008\, Alfa Art Gallery has grown into New Brunswick’s Cultural Hub by exhibiting over five hundred artists and by hosting multidisciplinary community events in honor of the visual arts\, music\, poetry and dancing. URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2018-april-27-630-new-brunswick-art-salon-2018-oil-color-and-mixed-media-an-expanse-of-expressionism-exhibition-opening/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/ONTsBbxg-scaled.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180309T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180309T213000 DTSTAMP:20210907T201451Z CREATED:20180225T220057Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210907T201451Z UID:13582-1520620200-1520631000@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2018 - March 9 at 6:30 - Ceremony for New Brunswick Art Salon 2017 award winners DESCRIPTION:Event Date: March 9\, 2018 at 6:30pm at Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick NJ. \nThe Alfa Art Gallery welcomes everyone to the Ceremony for the New Brunswick Art Salon 2017 Award Winners\, judged by Rocco Scary. This event will take place on March 9\, 2018 and will announce first\, second\, and third place award winners as well as all honorable mentions. \nThe New Brunswick Art Salons’ main aim is to build relationships and connections between local artists and the community. Talented artists from diverse backgrounds have been drawn into these exhibitions for the past eight years. \nThe New Brunswick Art Salons consists of four unique showings. The New Brunswick Art Salon: Photography Exhibition was held on February – March. This exhibition was featuring nine artists from the Raritan Photographic Society\, New Jersey’s\, oldest photography club\, founded in 1929. They worked through a spectrum of styles from photo-realism to abstractions. The “Introspective Concepts of Reality” was a group exhibition hosted on May – June and exclusively showcased thirteen artists who could bring their awareness and artistic outlook to Alfa’s audience and the greater New Brunswick area. This exhibition focused on developing an opportunity to connect cultural gaps and explore diverse perspectives within the community with the use of mixed media. On June – July\, the “Summer Collective” exhibition featured fine art from nine artists specializing in all media. On November – December Alfa hosted “The DNA of Form: Watercolor and Mixed Media” which featured ten local and international artists who specialized in the use of water color\, gel\, charcoal\, oil pastels and more. \nThe Alfa Art Gallery was delighted to have Rocco Scary as a judge of the New Brunswick Art Salon 2017 exhibitions. An active multi-disciplinary artist by himself\, Rocco Scary always brings exceptional perspective to the NBAS 2017 exhibitions. Rocco Scary is also an accomplished denizen of the art world accruing multiple awards and accolades from the New Jersey State Arts Council Fellowship to the Essex County Arts Council. URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2018-march-9-at-630-ceremony-for-new-brunswick-art-salon-2017-award-winners/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/NBAS_Ceremony.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180112T063000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180112T213000 DTSTAMP:20240606T185533Z CREATED:20171213T202234Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T185533Z UID:12707-1515738600-1515792600@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2018 - Jan 12 @ 6:30 - New Brunswick Art Salon 2018 - Photography: "A Facility for Photogenia" exhibition opening DESCRIPTION:New Brunswick Art Salon 2018 – Photography: “A Facility for Photogenia“ \nExhibition juror: Andrew Darlow \nExhibition Duration: January 9 – March 3\, 2018.   \nOpening Reception:  January 12\, 2018\, 6:30pm – 9:30pm \n As part of its successful decade-long New Brunswick Art Salon\, Alfa Art Gallery is honored to announce the New Brunswick Art Salon 2018 Photography Exhibition: “A Facility for Photogenia” in which a group of talented photographers from the Tri-State area and beyond will be exhibiting their finest work. Epic sights from monochrome skyscrapers adorning the New York City skyline\, to images of a quaint\, weathered Asbury Park boardwalk will be available for both curious eyes and discerning collectors. Additionally\, photography delving into portraiture and a wide range of other enthralling visual concepts will grace the walls of Alfa Art Gallery.  \n“A Facility for Photogenia” is a juried exhibition sure to surprise\, entertain and enchant. Andrew Darlow\, an award-winning artist\, author and renowned arts educator who will be this year’s juror\, had this to say about the show: “It’s an honor to be asked to choose my favorite prints from the work of so many creative artists. I especially enjoy being ‘virtually transported’ to new and often exotic locations across our incredible planet through the artists’ images.” The exhibition will be open to the public from January 9 through March 3\, 2018. Please join us for the opening reception on Friday\, January 12\, 2018.  \nFeatured Artists: Amy Becker\, Barbara Eggermann\, Brayden Donnelly\, Carl Geisler\, Casey Shaw\, Chelsey Sinclair\, Christine Cuthbertson\, Craig Shofed\, Gina Petrecca\, Hannah Schrenzel\, Heidi Sussman\, Kedar Wani\, Nick Palmieri\, Patricia Bender\, Patrick Carroll\, Peter Aldrich\, Steven Yahr\, and Thomas Maugham  \nAbout Alfa Art Gallery’s Art Salons \nAlfa Art Gallery possesses a great deal of reverence for the 18th and 19th century traditional art salons. During this era\, art salons were the single greatest annual or biannual melding of the artistic and intellectual minds of their time. For ten years\, Alfa has successfully emulated these  momentous events in its own unique way by bridging highly esteemed and talented artists with the New Brunswick public. The Winter offers a salon with exhibitions dedicated to photography while Spring hosts oil and mixed media. The Summer brings a collective consisting of all themes and the Fall presents a watercolor and mixed media exhibition. Alfa is dedicated to the discovery\, growth\, and support of emerging and established artists. We believe that visual art is a universal form of expression which can bridge cultural gaps and provide a forum where diverse perspectives can be shared and appreciated. Established in 2008\, Alfa Art Gallery has grown into New Brunswick’s Cultural Hub by exhibiting over five hundred artists and by hosting multidisciplinary community events in honor of the visual arts\, music\, poetry and dancing. \n\nArtist Interviews \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2018-jan-12-630-new-brunswick-art-salon-2018-photography-the-facility-for-photogenia-exhibition-opening/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/Ew3q_mUA-scaled.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171117T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171117T210000 DTSTAMP:20190427T171432Z CREATED:20171005T142201Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190427T171432Z UID:12592-1510943400-1510952400@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2017 - Nov 17 @ 6:30pm - "The DNA of Form: Watercolor and Mixed Media" Opening Reception DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Duration: November 14th– December 31st\, 2017\n Opening Reception: November 17th\, 2017. 6:30pm – 9:30pm. \nAlfa Art Gallery invites you to join us for the opening of our New Brunswick Art Salon Exhibition\, Fall2017\, “The DNA of Form: Watercolor and Mixed Media”.  Our reception starts at 6:30 pm on Friday\, November 17th 2017. The Event will feature a brief introductory presentation of the exhibition and information about exhibiting artists. Refreshments will also be served. \nFrom November 14th to December 31st\, 2017\, Alfa Art Gallery will be displaying the work of 10 phenomenal artists specializing in the medium of watercolor and mixed media. At Alfa’s “DNA of the Form“ exhibition\, viewers will be treated to visual delights crafted from water color\, gel\, charcoal\, oil pastel\, flashe paint\, paper collages\, and more. Visual art from the electrifyingly abstract to the compositionally stunning will be available for everyone to see. Featuring both local and international names\, the pictorial artworks on display will compel attendees to conceive possibilities beyond the forms they are presented using their own imaginations and intuitions. Concepts ranging from the capturing of human forms within the vibrant worlds they inhabit to lively dances of color and texture will anchor this upcoming exhibition. The surreal will cohabitate with the sublime as the numerous artistic perspectives show the public a sampling of their bodies of their work.  \nAbout the artists:  \nPatricia Bender‘s work avoids timelessness\, using light and chemicals to cast her processed work back in time. Jonathan Horowitz approaches texture with similar intensity and brightness\, but with deeper variety across his two-dimensional surfaces. Carol O’ Neill and Leslie Sheryll  utilize an eclectic use of materials to highlight the variance of texture when used as a substitute for light. The work of watercolor artist Evgenia Klimenko\, features prominent use of human subjects in semi-surreal relation to the elements\, fragments\, and companions of daily life. Fragmentation of human artifacts is an equally important focus to the abstracted works of Ilona Sochynsky. Look quickly at one of Peter Arakawa‘s pieces and you might only see that chaos of daily life\, but look further to find the organized ballet of colors. Using watercolors to tell stories with targeted subjects and underlying subjective elements\, Robert Stetz paintings are impressive. Tracy Coons offers collages of natural forms overlain with dense text and unnatural geometric patterns of muddled color. Ken C. Hamilton strives to bring out beauty and dignity as the world around him presents a widespread dichotomy of fragile\, elusive and often conflicting tensions\, in a way that only watercolors can. \nAbout New Brunswick Art Salon (NBAS) exhibitions:  \nEvery year\, Alfa Art Gallery hosts a series of New Brunswick Art Salon (NBAS) exhibitions. This particular Art Salon will only showcase water color and mixed media pieces. The overall goal of the Art Salon installments is to lessen the divide between the artist and the community\, especially in the diverse city of New Brunswick. Alfa Art Gallery is a non-profit organization located at 108 Church Street\, in the heart of New Brunswick. The gallery is sponsored by the New Brunswick City Market\, through grants given by organizations such as Amboy Bank\, Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission\, and Magyar Bank. Alfa Art Gallery believes that visual art is the ultimate form of communication\, and aims to provide professional criticism and guidance to exhibiting artists. Alfa Art Gallery aims to create a cultural hub for fine painters\, sculptors\, actors\, and writers from New Jersey and beyond. URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2017-november-17-630pm-new-brunswick-art-salon-watercolor-and-mixed-media/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/11-14-Watercolor-and-Mixed-Media-GK.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170317T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170317T213000 DTSTAMP:20240606T185641Z CREATED:20170223T221546Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T185641Z UID:11620-1489775400-1489786200@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2017 - Mar 17 @ 6:30pm - “Free Form” Group Exhibition Opening & Alfa's 9th Anniversary Celebration DESCRIPTION:“Free Form” Group Exhibition featuring professional artists and art educators of New Jersey \nExhibition duration – March 15 – April 29 \n Exhibition Opening Reception – March 17\, 2017 – 6:30 – 9:30pm \nMarch 17th Event Schedule:\n\nWelcoming Official Guests: 6:30 – 6:45 PM\nExhibition Opening Presentation: 6:45 – 7:00 PM\nNinth Anniversary Celebration Remarks: 7:00 – 7:15 PM\nAwards Ceremony for NBAS’ 2016 Winners: 7:15 – 7:30 PM\nLive Music and Refreshments at 7:30 – 9:30 PM\n\n  \nAlfa Art Gallery is pleased to present “Free Form” Group Exhibition featuring the professional artists and art educators of New Jersey\, including many artists from the Arts Council of Princeton (ACP). This exhibition will exclusively showcase these well-established artists who can bring their knowledge and artistic visions to the New Brunswick and Alfa Art Gallery audience. In the past\, Arts Council of Princeton has collaborated with Alfa Art Gallery to present art instructors at ACP and provide an unique opportunity for the New Brunswick community by exploring new ideas\, opportunities\, and art forms. \nOur featured artists include: Eva Mantell\, Libby Ramage\, Dorothea Berkhout\, Charles David Viera\, Scott Wright\, Joel Rudin\, Andrew Werth\, Krysia Kolodziej\, Karen Titus Smith\, and Arlene Milgram \nThe March 17th event will involve a brief introductory presentation of our current exhibition and featured artists\, presented by the gallery’s curatorial interns. In addition\, there will be Ninth Anniversary Celebration Remarks and Awards Ceremony for the winners of the 2016 New Brunswick Art Salon juried by Rocco Scary. \nThe Alfa Art Gallery is dedicated to the discovery and support of emerging and established artists. We believe that visual art is an universal form of expression which can bridge cultural gaps within our community and provide a forum for diverse voices to be heard. Alfa was established in 2008 and has exhibited over 500 artists and hosted multi-disciplinary artistic events such as music\, poetry\, and dancing and  became  a cultural hub of New Brunswick. \nWe invite you to please join us in our efforts to strengthen our community and positively impact the lives of local residents through the arts. Alfa will provide light refreshments and a live musical performance. \nThis program is sponsored in part by:  URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/free-form-2017-group-exhibition/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/2017-03-Banner.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170203T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170203T213000 DTSTAMP:20240606T185641Z CREATED:20170117T182420Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T185641Z UID:11137-1486146600-1486157400@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2017 - Feb 3 @ 6:30pm - New Brunswick Art Salon: Photography Exhibition by Raritan Photographic Society DESCRIPTION:Opening Reception: Friday\, February 3rd\, from 6:30pm – 10:00pm  \nExhibition Duration: February 1st- March 14th 2017 \nAlfa Art Gallery will be hosting the seasonal New Brunswick Art Salon: Photography Exhibition featuring the Raritan Photographic Society (RPS).  \nThe Raritan Photographic Society is New Jersey’s oldest photography club\, founded in 1929. The society’s members are united in a common passion for photography and a desire to become better artists. They are also members of the New Jersey Federation of Camera Clubs and the Photographic Society of America. This allows the group to attend lectures\, digital and print competitions to improve their technical and creative skills in photography. Both professional and amateur photographers choose to work in a wide spectrum of styles from photo-realism to abstraction as well as members who are still looking to find their own style. \nOur featured artists are Richard Doerr\, Barbara Eggermann\, Paul Eggermann\, Carol Petscavage\, Bill Petscavage\, Ellen Reardon\, Jamie Shombert\, Susan Powell and Kedar Wani. \nRichard Doerr the President of RPS is an annual artist for the New Brunswick Art Salon. He has developed a speakers program that has featured various photographers instructing their knowledge. His commitment and passion for the arts has inspired others to become more involved in the community. Barbara Eggermann and Jamie Shombert both members of the RPS and artists partaking in the annual exhibition assist with Alfa Art Gallery to ensure the event is better than the last. Photography allows Eggermann to express her emotions and fully convey her point of view through a story only she can tell. On the other hand\, Shombert’s photography is more vague which allows the viewer to create their own narrative using their imagination. \nJoin Alfa Art Gallery in the opportunity to celebrate the achievements and talent of the photographers. The wide varieties of genres include landscapes\, nature\, architecture\, abstract objects\, and figures. Each artist develops their own style and narrative through their pieces\, providing the viewer to be just as creative. Alfa Art Gallery is a non-profit organization determined to support emerging and well established artists and to give their work exposure and critical following within the art community. URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/new-brunswick-art-salon-photography-exhibition/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/Nicoles-Final-Banner-NBAS-v3.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161202T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161202T220000 DTSTAMP:20240606T185641Z CREATED:20161101T182804Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T185641Z UID:10976-1480703400-1480716000@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2016 - Dec 2 @ 7pm - Holiday Salon 2016\, "Tis the Season" DESCRIPTION:Alfa Art Gallery invites you to the 2016 Holiday Salon\, “Tis the Season“\, featuring representations  of reality through abstractions using mixed media\, oil work\, and water painting based art.  \nExhibition Duration: November 22nd- January 27th 2017 Exhibition Preview: December 1st@ 6:30-10:00pm Exhibition Opening: December 2nd@ 6:30-10:00pm Exhibiting Artists: Madeline Polymeropolous\, Michael Fenton\, Agop Gemdjian\, John Hawaka\, Vesslin Kourtev\, Andrei Medvedev \n  \nWe are pleased to invite you to Alfa Art Gallery’s Holiday Salon\, “Tis the Season”\, highlighting artists who excel in their work of capturing the true essence and beauty of art. The 6 featured artists are prominent local figures whom have exhibited their work in gallery shows throughout the greater New York area or have worked with Alfa Art Gallery in previous exhibitions. Through the exhibition\, you will witness local talents from the New Brunswick area\, and beyond\, whom reflect and inspire the rich artistic culture of the community.  \nThe pieces featured in Alfa Art Gallery’s “Tis the Season” Exhibition exemplifies a mastery of abstract expression. Relying on form\, color\, and concept\, our artists invite you to explore their worlds of expression. Representing reality through abstraction\, the six artists create exquisite works that find inspiration from figurative forms. Please join Alfa Art Gallery for a night of enjoying intricate artworks during the happy holiday time. \n  \nAbout the Artists:  \nAlfa Art Gallery’s “Tis the Season” features many talented artists. \n  \nMadeline Polymeropolous\, has resided in New Brunswick for the past 40 years.  Throughout her career\, she has experienced the variety of the world\, having traveled her hometown of Dallas\, Texas to Greece to Boston where she received her B.F.A. and M.F.A.  from Boston University with a concentration in Painting and Drawing. In addition to her outstanding resume\, Polymeropoulos has a MS from Parsons in Visual Arts and Museum Education.      \nPolymeropoulos finds inspiration from her experiences within the world.  Her works exhibit colorful and textured landscapes and figures through bold expression of geometric shapes.  Works are on paper constructed through mixed media of oil sticks\, acrylics\, pencil\, and collage.   \n  \nMichael Fenton\, a New Jersey artist\, was born and raised in upstate New York but has lived in New Jersey for the past 30 years residing in Morris Plains. He is a painter who works in a variety of different modes and sizes\, ranging from Korean folk painting to realism to near-impressionism. Working primarily from the memory and imagination\, he attempts to distill his images to a point where there is a powerful emotional resonance\, without being specific or didactic. He paints primarily in Korean Water Color\, oil and acrylic\, and the vast majority of his works involve the figure in one way or another. Fenton’s paintings comprise several distinct\, yet interrelated bodies of work. In addition to his studio work\, he also continues studying the ancient Korean folk art and drawing in a private capacity.  \nMichael focuses on portraits which should evoke emotions from the viewer. His subjects are painted naturalistically and show great detail. He focuses on detail by making use of lighting (light and dark colors) within the painting. The subject’s emotions can be seen by the body language. A perfect example of his work is his “Chet Baker” portrait\, the painting casts the subject in a dark area with a light illuminating the weathered details of the subjects face. \n  \nAgop Gemdjian accomplishes classical techniques of etching in his prints\, supplemented with the emotional atmosphere that he creates with sudden bright colored stresses\, odd surrealistic states\, and metamorphoses of figures and objects. There is a well-mastered combination of heterogeneous figurative components – images\, color spots with abstract impact\, embossed elements and even personal poetry entwined in the pictorial space. All of this creates an instinctual density and an active suggestion of the works these features manifest themselves especially in the plastic works of Agop Gemdjian. Compound works with six\, nine\, or twelve prints\, drawings and plastic collages\, combining real objects\, various matters\, light and words lead the feelings and the thoughts of the spectator into a complex picture of human states\, where the spirit tries to break away of the enormous heaps of the material world\, and to purify itself.  \n  \nJohn Hawaka paints for the sheer enjoyment of doing so because he loves the challenge. He enjoys being a studio with brush in hand\, facing a “blank canvas.” Over the years he has experimented with many mediums and techniques-from casein to oil to acrylic from wood to canvas to laminate. Currently\, he uses a mixture of lacquer and several other mediums on laminate. He uses the lacquer mixture for its fluidity and the laminate for its smooth surface\, which allows the paint to flow freely. Alfa Art Gallery is proud to announce that they are Exclusive Representatives of John Hawaka.   \n  \nVesselin Kourtev has over 20 years of experience as a professional fine artist. Born and raised in Bulgaria\, Vesselin Kourtev received a high school degree in Fine Art from the Fine Arts School in the historic city Kazanluk\, as well as his MFA degree from The Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Veliko Turnovo\, the capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire.  From 1989 until 2002\, Vesselin worked for the National School of Stage and Film Design in Plovdiv\, Bulgaria. In the years following\, he remained active within the Bulgarian art community and participated in a large number of national and international exhibitions and competitions. Vesselin was featured in The Good Living Magazine from Saint Peter’s University Hospital\, New Brunswick in 2008 and has exhibited his work in over a dozen shows across New Jersey and New York.  \n  \nAndrei Medvedev Graduated from the Department of Theatre Set Design at “Memory of Year 1905” Art College.  Medvedev’s works are now in Moscow Tretyakov State Gallery and in many high profile personal collections around the world. Andrei Medvedev has developed his own style\, which has close connection to his authentic personality and his insight into people’s souls and psychology. Without leaving beauty behind\, Andrei gives his paintings depth of thought\, and questioning of the main forces present in all of humanity: good and bad\, hope and fear. The Russian artist has been painting since the age of four\, when his grandfather first encouraged him to pursue and develop his talent. Now\, as an adult\, we can sense in his creations the strong influence and inspiration he found in artist Diego Velasquez\, Medvedev’s most favored artist. The resemblance is most clear in observing Medvedev’s work and Velasquez’ greatest creation\, Las Meninas. \n  URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/holiday-salon-2016/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/holiday-gallery-poster-banner-3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161014T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161014T220000 DTSTAMP:20240606T185641Z CREATED:20160927T154805Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T185641Z UID:10805-1476469800-1476482400@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2016 - Oct 4 @ 6:30pm - New Brunswick Art Salon Fall 2016: Oil Color and Mixed Media\, "L'Appel Du Vide" DESCRIPTION:October 14th and 15th @6:30-10:00 PM \nAlfa Art Gallery invites you to New Brunswick Art Salon: Oil Color and Mixed Media\, “L’Appel Du Vide” featuring representations of the nuances of nature\, using oil color and mixed media. \nExhibition Preview: October 14th @6:30pm\n Exhibition Opening: October 15th @ 6:30pm \n Exhibition Duration: September 27th – November 20th 2016 \n  \nExhibiting Artists: Dorothea Berkhout\, Elinor Meeks\, Enrique Zaldivar\, Francisco Araneo\, Joel Rudin\, Lauren Curtis\, Lyle Kleinhans\, Maria Bouquet\, Meredith Turshen\, Michael Hanna\, Paul Mordetsky\, Tania Ianovskaia\, Teriz Michael\, Vadim Levin \nWe are pleased to invite you to the third installation of the New Brunswick Art Salon\, highlighting artists who excel in their work manipulating oil and mixed media pieces.  The 14 featured artists are prominent local figures whom have exhibited their work in gallery shows throughout the greater New York area or have worked with Alfa Art Gallery in previous exhibitions. Through the exhibition\, you will witness local talents from the New Brunswick area\, and beyond\, whom reflect and inspire the rich artistic culture of the community. \n“L’Appel Du Vide” focuses on the everlasting flow of life\, matter\, and nature. Thus\, providing a glance into one’s experience of nature’s materialized essence\, both tangible and intangible. From using the power of the Feminine and Nature to form personal myth-stories by  Lauren Curtis\, to connections between silence and mindfulness that have captured depth within spirituality in relation to the world from Maria Bouquet\, all of our artist are coming together to lessen the divide between artist and the community. Reminiscent of the Art Salons of the 18th and 19th century\, the New Brunswick Art Salon was launched to promote the ever-evolving advances in the arts. Please join Alfa Art Gallery for a night of celebrating an exclusive glimpse into multifaceted impressions of the ever-changing human experience. \n  \nAbout Artists:\n“L’Appel Du Vide” features many talented artists\, both renowned and currently establishing themselves. \nDorothea Berkhout uses her Dutch heritage to mimic still lifes of the 15th and 16th centuries in classical settings. She is interested with shadow and light\, along with highlighting objects to reflect the angle of light making her subjects appear almost palpable. Her passion for nature influenes her to paint still lives\, scenery\, and figures. Her paintings exhibit a realistic approach and perspective.  She prefers to paint with oils as they provide the ability to intensify paintings and subjects by layering the paint and increasing depth. Having traveled both nationally and internationally\, her paintings render the beauty\, balance\, and order that is portrayed in her work. \nElinor Meeks has been making pictures with words and visual mediums for as long as she can remember.  Connecting and reflecting in these ways helped her adapt to frequent moves in this country and abroad growing up\, and lead to her work in documentary film production and public television programming and to her writing for publications including The New York Times\, The Christian Science Monitor\, and Medium.  Her lifelong engagement with art — begun with the hours spent painting watercolors with her grandmother — is expanding into collage and mixed media and to a first-time focus on exhibition and creative community building activities. \nEnrique Zaldiver uses his tropical Cuban heritage along with his appreciation for the colorful autumns of the United States for the inspiration of his artwork.  Avoiding mixing more than two colors\, Zaldiver’s surreal landscapes exhibit simple and profound use of color.  With the use of the expressive properties of acrylic paint\, he employs complementary colors to create balance. The landscapes reflect the meaning of life\, death\, freedom\, religion\, power\, and exile—themes Zaldivar holds dear. \nFrancisco Araneo’s world was shook when he began suffering from a severe spinal injury and autoimmune disease.  This self-proclaimed “hard-core athlete” began painting as therapy\, deriving his artistic style from a dream during one of the worst nights of his illness.  Spending several years alone and confined to a wheelchair\, Araneo found hope and healing by painting his dreams as subject of his art.  His paintings preach strength through difficult times.  All of his hard work has led him to having solo shows in New York City. \nJoel Rudin creates imaginary\, mystical\, surreal\, and foreboding landscapes. His palette consists of mostly veiled and muted colors\, evoking old photographs. Rudin creates a sense of vastness and space of faraway vistas with distant formations half seen in the mist. Rudin’s artistic career was foreshadowed when as a child\, his sixth grade teacher\, sympathetic to his art leanings\, was assigned to create an image of the solar system in color chalks across the classroom blackboard. Rudin’s principal medium is pastel\, thinly applied\, mixed with other materials\, pencil\, crayon\, oil pastel\, watercolor and gouache. \nLauren Curtis focuses on the interconnectedness of art\, spirituality and culture.  She expresses her beliefs recalling the power of the Feminine and Nature.  Curtis’ art is inspired by various mythological and symbolic systems of both ancient and modern cultures.  Using artwork and photography\, often inspired her travels within the US and Europe to tell personal stories of the world as she experienced it\, and of herself as an individual in that world. Respecting the differences of people\, as well as their similarities\, Curtis tells her stories.  When creating art\, Curtis uses diverse materials\, and for each piece\, selects the media that best exemplifies the symbols and subjects. Whether it’s through painting\, collage\, or photography\, each image becomes it’s own personal myth-story. \nLyle Kleinhans studied drawing and sculpture at the University of Wisconsin in the 1950’s\, but his life diverged from that interest when the exigencies of supporting a family interceded.  His interest in art had diminished however\, and over the years Lyle visited many of the major museums of Europe and the U.S.  Now\, after a break of 55 years\, he returns to his first love – art.  Kleinhans has been drawing for 4 years and painting for the last 2 years. Kleinhans’ works through abstract figurative representations in oil.  Kleinhans’ paintings are another picture of reality viewed through the skewed or jaundiced filter of his mind.  This filter works to deepen the mystery of life and cast light on the existence of life. \nMaria Bouquet’s spiritual experiences and personal transformations of herself and others inspire her art.  The connections between silence and mindfulness have acted as a transforming agent in Bouquet’s life\, aiming to capture depth within spirituality in relation to the world.  She considers herself a seeker\, always searching for truth and knowledge and living with a purpose.  Beauty and abundance in the world combined with questions like “Why am I here?” and “Who am I” govern Bouquet’s growth and works.   \nMeredith Turshen\, an artist\, teacher\, and writer  currently teaching at Rutgers University New Brunswick\, began her art studies at age ten at the Art Students League in New York with Saturday classes for children.  After majoring in studio art at Oberlin College\, Turshen has participated in workshops at Pratt\, the Printmaking Council of NJ\, the Rutgers Center for Innovative Printmaking\, the CT Center for Graphic Arts\, and elsewhere.  Through her artwork\, she reflects on nature\, the mystery of the human figure.  Her paintings reflect an interest in body movement and dance theater\, particularly the work of Alwin Nikolais.  She exhibits regularly in the New York metropolitan region\, with Viridian Gallery in Chelsea\, and with hob’art\, an arts cooperative based in Hoboken. \nMichael Hanna’s art is a culmination from a lifetime of training and experimentation\, a style which he refers to as industrial planes. The key element in his paintings is tension from many variables\, which make his works quite complex. In all formats of his art– paintings\, experimental paintings\, drawings\, and digital– cyberpunk culture acts as theme. Hanna’s experimental paintings with oil on steel\, electronic components\, and crystals\, have an analysis of a deeply exotic\, hi-tech future\, in a state of social collapse. With emerging advanced technologies such as fusion\, quantum computing\, artificial intelligence\, and biological engineering\, Hanna believes it is his role as an artist to address his current world.  Hanna comments on the world’s ever increasing reliance on technology\, the destabilization and collapse of nations from the Middle East to Ukraine\, the increasingly authoritarian and oligarchic structure of Western society\, and provides perceptions as to the social reaction\, context\, and rebellion of our transition to an age of transhumanism. He makes art which is complex and cerebral. \nPaul Mordetsky finds his primary inspiration from landscapes.  Using landscapes for both aesthetic and metaphorical reasons\, he represents space and light within the graphic language.  The mood and atmosphere of the scene define Mordetsky’s works. The artist works from drawings\, memory\, and news media photos as reference for the mood and atmosphere of the piece. \nTania Ianovskaia uses her works to reflect her identity and life.  As the artist changes\, so does her art.  As Ianovskaia experiences life events and struggles\, these themes demonstrate themselves in her works.  Ianovskaia immerses herself in the pieces\, living in the painting rather than reality.    \nTeriz Michael\, born in Cairo\, Egypt\, began her intensive art studies in High School and continued until earning a BFA in fine arts.  After traveling extensively in Egypt\, she uses her photographs as references for paintings and drawings.  Some of her most notable abstract works of art are derived from memory\, emotion\, and spirituality.  Her work has earned her various awards that includes receiving a Sila Rhodes Scholarship at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. \nVadim Levin was born in Minsk\, Belarus and grew up among famous artists who have inspired his artwork.  Levin creates works that represent his view on the world\, the complexity of life\, his feelings\, vision and personality. The works aim to make people think and revisit every day values.  All Levin’s current paintings feature oil on canvas. Currently\, Vadim Levin and his family reside in East Brunswick\, NJ.   URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/lappel-du-vide-oil-and-mixed-media-2016/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/Lappel-Du-Vide-gallery-banner.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160708T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160708T220000 DTSTAMP:20240606T185640Z CREATED:20160526T203137Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T185640Z UID:9622-1468006200-1468015200@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2016 - July 8 @ 7:30pm - New Brunswick Art Salon Part II: Watercolor and Mixed Media - "Movements in Nature: Perspectives of Being" DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Preview: July 6th @ 7:30pm to 10pm\n Exhibition Opening: July 8th @ 7:30pm to 10pm\n Exhibition Duration: June 28th  to August 20th  2016 \n  \n \n \n  \nNew Brunswick Art Salon Part II: Watercolor and Mixed Media\, “Movements in Nature: Perspectives of Being” featuring representations of the nuances of nature\, using watercolor and mixed media. \n\nWe are pleased to invite you to the second installation of the New Brunswick Art Salon\, highlighting artists who excel in their work manipulating watercolor and mixed media to reveal vast visions of nature. The 13 featured artists are prominent local figures whom have exhibited their work in gallery shows throughout the greater New York area or have worked with Alfa Art Gallery in previous exhibitions. Through the exhibition\, you will witness local talents from the New Brunswick area\, and beyond\, whom reflect and inspire the rich artistic culture of the community.  \n“Movements in Nature: Perspectives of Being” focuses on ebb and flow of life\, matter\, and nature. Thus\, providing a glance into one’s experience of nature’s materialized essence\, both tangible and intangible. From the unrestrained watercolors of Hanna Aviv\, to the deconstructed figural representations by Verdiana Patacchini\, bear witness to the broad interpretations of life in flux\, through unbridled color\, experimental texture\, and limitless gesture. Reminiscent of the Art Salons of the 18th and 19th century\, the New Brunswick Art Salon was launched to promote the ever-evolving advances in the arts. Please join Alfa Art Gallery for a night of celebrating an exclusive glimpse into multifaceted impressions of the ever-changing human experience. \n  \nAbout Artists\n“Movements in Nature: Perspectives of Being” will feature many talent artists\, both renowned and those currently establishing themselves. Hana Aviv has excelled as a local artist over the past decade\, continuing to hone her artistic process and style. Working as a pathologist at Rutgers University Robert Wood Johnson\, she spent her nights taking art classes at a variety of institutions\, where she found her artistic match working with watercolors. Watercolor gives Hana a freedom she was not able to find in other media. She focuses her work on life painting and expressions of nature where she draws upon color and fluidity to create dynamic works. In particular\, her series of flower paintings seem to depict bright bushels of  nature that blur the line between contained objectivity and open expression\, as evidenced in her loose\, broad brushstrokes. \nSimilar in style and subjectivity\, Thea Berkhout depicts the world in a recognizable yet innovative manner. She is an artist\, as well as an Associate Dean at Rutgers University\, in the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning & Public Policy. Her artwork consists of images such from life\, such as still life\, landscape\, and explorations of the nude figure. \nKaren Terry is a lifelong artist\, always returning to painting as a meditation. Her pieces are inspired bythe universality of nature and landscape\, often depicting simple snapshots of the seasons or weather.She works in mixed media but thrives using sumi-ink\, departing from classical Eastern painting and manipulating the medium to produce modern pieces. Her paintings in the NBAS Part II Exhibition are dark\, vague landscapes produced with the sumi-ink wash\, and emphasize a dreamlike experience of  nature. Terry emphasizes the merit of her art is dedicated to peace. \nGregg Bautista is a recent graduate from Rutgers’ Mason Gross School of the Arts\, there he concentrated in painting\, with a minor in Art History. He utilizes water color to create dark abstractions and loose figural forms. His work blends forms and color to create new landscapes and figures\, which challenges the viewers’ perception of these historically and traditionally known aspects of nature and art.  \nKaren Starrett\, a trained educator and artist\, has exhibited her work in over 60 shows throughout the United States over the past decade. Her educational roots stem from Rutgers University\, our local neighbor\, and she has expanded her work since then. Starrett works with mixed media\, from painting to assemblage and collage. Her process is dynamic and spontaneous\, where new forms build off of previous ones\, creating personal and nostalgic scenes for the artist. Her mixed media collages that are exhibited in the New Brunswick Art  Salon Part II are engaging and multidimensional in space\, portraying an abstraction of nature and form. \nDonna Payton has an MFA from the Otis Art Institute of Los Angeles and is a recipient of the New Jersey Print and Paper Grant from the Brodsky Center at Rutgers University. Payton uses very bright colors and highlights to bring her paintings to life. The subjects of her paintings consist of everyday household- objects\, but the use of color brings importance to these images.  \nRida Fatima has an Associate degree in Interior Design. She won “Best In Show” in December\, 2013 at the Old Orchard Gallery. Fatima uses watercolor to create paintings of wood\, trees\, and flowers. The main elements of her paintings emphasize depth\, perspective\, mystery\, texture\, and color. She emphasizes that art is her personal language through which she can talk without saying a word.  \nSusan Gilli also utilizes the power of mystery\, texture\, and color in her work. She focuses on depicting subjects of nature in flux. She presents the brilliant electricity of life through her usage of bright colors and intricate yet explosive brushwork. Her artwork is partially abstract\, and her mediums of choice are acrylics and mixed media. \nVerdiana Patacchini has her roots in Italy and now works fluidly between Italy and the United States. She creates multimedia images and compositions where she finds painting to be the ideal medium  to bridge the gap between nature\, the imagination\, and reality.  \nJeffrey Pullen obtained his BFA and MFA from the Pratt Institute of New York. He uses oil on wood to create portraits of landscapes\, which are mainly focused on New York City. Specifically\, he has created impressive landscapes of Times Square. He has taken part in almost 40 solo exhibitions nation-wide\, along with 70 group shows. In his work\, he presents realistic images on  nontraditional surfaces. In this current exhibit\, his paintings depict imagery of the city which communicate with the complex sculptural forms of the surfaces.  \nTania Sen also plays with the  viewers’ ability to interpret different realities in her work. She was born in Kolkata\, India\, but she currently lives and works in New York and New Jersey. Sen received her Masters in  Communications Arts from the New York Institute of Technology. Sen utilizes mixed media to create pieces that speak to the materialization/dematerialization of the world. She is influenced  by media signage\, pop culture\, and the thoughtful perceptions of pop culture reality. Sen has taken part in past exhibitions at Alfa Art Gallery. \nIndrani Choudhury was born in Calcutta\, India and worked as a biomedical research scientist for 25 years. Upon moving to New Jersey in the 1990’s\, she began to feel that her life was  incomplete. This void led to her becoming a full-time self-taught painter in 2005. Entirely self-taught\, Indrani works solely in watercolors\, transforming the medium beyond its typical constraints to produce the texture and richness of acrylics and oils. Her portraits consist of nature scenes and miscellaneous objects.  \nDustin Garafalo also utilizes watercolor to create mainly landscape scenes consisting of gradients of dark colors\, rather than deep contrasts of  lightness and darkness as seen in Indrani Choudhury’s work. His working pace tends to be fast\, due to the fact that he combines charcoal\, acrylics\, graphite\, and oils. Garafalo focuses on  subjects in nature. He is currently working on obtaining an MFA in Drawing and Painting from the State University of New York\, at Albany. \n  URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/july-8th-730-1000-pm-alfa-art-gallery-invites-you-to-new-brunswick-art-salon-part-ii-watercolor-and-mixed-media-movements-in-nature-perspectives-of-being/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/NBAS-Water-Color-and-Mixed-Media-Part-II-banner-2.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160506T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160506T210000 DTSTAMP:20240606T185640Z CREATED:20160407T161503Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T185640Z UID:9531-1462554000-1462568400@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2016 - May 6 - Alfa's 8th Anniversary Celebration & NBAS Awards Ceremony & "Pushing Boundaries: An Exploration of Form and Color" Exhibition Opening DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Duration: April 27th – June 25th 2016Opening Reception: May 6th 2016 @ 5 pm – 9:30pm \n\nAlfa’ 8th Anniversary Celebration \nNBAS Awards Ceremony\nPushing Boundaries: An Exploration of Form and Color” exhibition opening\n\n  \n \nSchedule of events:\n\n5pm – 5:30pm: Welcoming Alfa Honored Guests\n5:30pm – 5:45pm: Alfa’s 8th Anniversary Remarks\n5:45pm – 6pm: New Brunswick Art Salon Awards Ceremony\n6pm – 7pm: Live music and refreshments\n7pm – 9:30pm: Pushing Boundaries: An Exploration of Form and Color – Exhibition Opening Reception\n\n  \nExhibiting Artists :Vesselin Kourtev\, Peter Arakawa\, John Hawaka\, Rita Herzfeld \nPlease join Alfa Art Gallery in commemorating the gallery’s 8th anniversary on May 6th 2016 at 5pm! In the past eight years\, Alfa Art Gallery has seen great success in exhibiting and working with over 300 accomplished artists from the community. Our anniversary event will honor these artists for their hard work and achievements.  \nWe are pleased to announce and host the New Brunswick Art Salon (NBAS) 2015 awards which will be presented to artists in the mediums of watercolor and mixed media\, as well as oil and mixed media exhibitions. The NBAS was designed to showcase the talents of artists to the New Brunswick community and has been very successful in this endeavor in the last five years. The goal of these salons is to bridge the gap between artists and their communities and to unify the diverse city of New Brunswick through making and appreciating art. The Alfa Art Gallery New Brunswick Art Salon derives its inspiration from the 18th century Parisian art salons that celebrated new advances in academia and the arts. \nAlfa Art Gallery is pleased to present Pushing Boundaries: An Exploration of Form and Color. Artists Vesselin Kourtev\, Peter Arakawa\, Rita Herzfeld\, and John Hawaka\, have been long-time partners and affiliates of Alfa Art Gallery and are well-established artists in the New Brunswick area. This exhibition features a selection of their paintings\, each of them distinct in style and inspiration\, but unified in their themes of synthesizing order and chaos\, and inspiriting form and color. \nWe are also delighted to present our 2015 annual catalog. This carefully curated catalog promotes our exhibiting artists and provides an extensive over view of our exhibitions from the past year.  \n\n                                                                                                                        \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n  URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/alfas-8th-anniversary-celebration-nbas-awards-ceremony-pushing-boundaries-an-exploration-of-form-and-color-exhibition-opening/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/8th-Anniversary-banner-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160311T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160311T220000 DTSTAMP:20240606T185638Z CREATED:20160218T171519Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T185638Z UID:9380-1457722800-1457733600@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2016 - March 11 @ 7pm - The New Brunswick Art Salon: featuring Arts Council of Princeton DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Duration: March 1st – April 23rd\, 2016 Opening Reception: Friday\, March 11th\, 2016 at 7:00pm \n  \n \n(New Jersey\, March 2016) Alfa Art Gallery is pleased to announce the first exhibition to start off the spring season\, The New Brunswick Art Salon: featuring Arts Council of Princeton. This exhibition will exclusively feature art instructors from Arts Council of Princeton\, bringing their professional knowledge and recent artistic visions to the availability of Alfa Art Gallery audience. \nMerging the New Brunswick Community Arts Council and Arts Council of Princeton presents a unique opportunity for all members\, artists\, and interested parties to explore and collaborate new ideas\, opportunities\, and art forms.  \n  \nExhibiting Artists:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nLibby Ramage\nIfat Shatzky\nBarbara DiLorenzo\nEva Mantell\n Charles Viera\n\n\n\n  \nPlease join us at the Opening Reception on Friday March 11th at 7pm. There will be light refreshments and a live musical performance by Classical Revolution\, a global network of musicians who take classical music out of the concert hall and into non-traditional venues\, in order to enrich communities and create local support networks for local musicians. For more information\, visit www.crnj.org \nPerforming musicians will include: James Keene- Violin I; Samantha Tomblin- Violin II; Seth Van Embden- Viola; Alex Nelson- Cello \n  \nAbout Arts Council of Princeton\nThe Arts Council of Princeton was founded as an independent non-profit organization in 1967 by Bill Selden\, its first President. From the beginning\, its mission has been to Build Community through the Arts\, serving the community as an artistic and cultural hub and nurturing visual\, performing and literary arts in the greater Princeton area. Today\, The Arts Council fulfills its mission by presenting a wide range of arts and arts education programs including studio-based classes and workshops in the visual\, performing and media arts\, exhibitions\, performances\, and free community cultural events. Arts Council of Princeton programs are designed to be high-quality\, engaging\, affordable and accessible for the diverse population of Mercer County and beyond. Creating art and learning from working artists and performers in intimate artistic encounters directly addresses the Arts Council’s mission. For more information\, visit www.artscouncilofprinceton.org URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/9380/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/Watercolor-banner.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160122T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160122T210000 DTSTAMP:20240606T185550Z CREATED:20160108T163801Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T185550Z UID:9246-1453489200-1453496400@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2016 - Jan 22 @ 7pm - New Brunswick Art Salon: Photography feat. The Raritan Photographic Society DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Duration: January 12th – February 29th 2016 Opening Reception: Friday January 22nd\, 2016 from 7:00-9:30pm  \n \n  \nAlfa Art Gallery is pleased to announce collaboration for the second year in a row with The Raritan Photographic Society in the 2016 New Brunswick Art Salon: Photography Exhibition. Alfa is always enthusiastic about merging existing art clubs\, organizations\, and societies\, in order to give artists new exposure to the New Brunswick community. A specific focus will explore the experience of travel\, whether it’s cross country\, or capturing unknown landscapes outside the United States. This exhibition will give viewers a chance to escape their everyday sights and learn about alternative destinations. Join Alfa Art Gallery and The Raritan Photographic Society at our opening reception night on Friday January 22nd from 7:00-9:30pm. There will be music\, light refreshments\, and a brief informative curatorial introduction will be presented. \n  \nExhibiting Artists: \n\nBarbara Eggermann\nPaul Eggermann\nSusan Powell\nJamie Shombert\nRichard Doerr\nEdward Hughes\nHilda DeSanctis\nCarol Buinno-Petscavage\nWilliam Petscavage\nEllen Reardon\n\n  \nAbout the Raritan Photo Society\nRPS originally started in 1929 with a small group of photo enthusiasts regularly meeting in each other’s homes. At present\, the society has 50 paid members and many more regular visitors who attend the lectures\, which occur twice a month. RPS has witnessed the amazing evolution of photography from glass plates to today’s powerful digital photo technology.  \nThe society’s photographers are united in a mutual love of photography\, but maintain their individual aspirations as to what they want to achieve with that love. There are members who are professional photographers as well as members working towards achieving professional status. Its members choose to work in a wide spectrum of styles from photo realism to abstraction as well as members who are still looking to find their own style. The members hold a common passion for photography and a desire to become better photographers. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBarbara Eggermann\nPaul Eggermann\nSusan Powell\nJamie Shombert\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRichard Doerr\nEdward Hughes\nHilda DeSanctis\nCarol Buinno-Petscavage\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\nWilliam (Bill) Petscavage\nEllen Reardon\n  URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/new-brunswick-art-salon-photography-feat-the-raritan-photographic-society/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/Melissa-Egues-RPS-Banner-small.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151113T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151113T220000 DTSTAMP:20160801T182645Z CREATED:20151104T225514Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160801T182645Z UID:9144-1447443000-1447452000@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2015 - New Brunswick Art Salon\, Fall 2015 - Oil and Mixed Media Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Duration: November 1st – December 30th\, 2015 Opening Reception: November 13th at 7:30 pm \n \n(New Jersey\, November 2015) Alfa Art Gallery is pleased to announce the third and final New Brunswick Art Salon of 2015: The Oil and Mixed Media Exhibition. Alfa is excited to introduce new artists\, as well as previously exhibited artists: John Hawaka\, Sean Carney\, and Merrille Drakulich. A wide variety of mediums include oil\, lacquer\, wood stain\, relief\, and acrylic. The contrast of styles\, from abstraction\, to surrealism and more traditional realism\, gives the show a dynamic eye of contemporary fine art. These carefully selected twelve artists bring to Alfa their unique spin on the artistic process and a new take on universal concepts. \nThe exhibition has no admission fees and is open to the public. An Opening Reception will be held Friday\, November 13th @ 7:30pm. There will be a live musical performance by the New Brunswick Chamber Orchestra and refreshments will be served. Musicians: (Elizaveta Laskova: Violin ; Nina Vieru: Violin; Ana Tsinadze: Viola; and Jordan Enzinder: Cello) \n  \nExhibiting Artists: Curatorial Notes \nAdel Strauss: She uses a variety of mixed media as a way to reinterpret themes from the past through today’s visual and cultural lens. The unique frames in conjunction with collaging magazines give these materials a new meaning and purpose. \nBarry Altman\, M.D.: He was previously a surgeon who began painting after retirement. Although most of his work is abstract\, he also includes representational objects that are highlighted through his use of collage and relief artistry. His subject matter varies from tigers to naturalistic diorama scenes\, all bearing interesting Latin titles. \nJan ten Broeke:  His work incorporates biomorphic objects\, shapes and forms that resemble those which are found in nature. His use of color combined with the round\, natural forms of these objects\, evokes a balance between organism and structure. \nJane Zamost: Her work is driven by emotions and dreams\, which are captured at the moment of their formation. She uses a variety of colors and different forms of applying paint to display the emotion she wishes to capture. \nJohn Hawaka: He uses lacquer as his primary medium because of its reaction to water\, resulting in an explosion of forms across the canvas. Hawaka is inspired by life\, his subject matter is capturing the burst of color in an aesthetically pleasing manner\, as it expands towards the edges. \nSean Carney: He received a BFA with a focus on Portrait and Figure Painting from New Jersey City University\, and has also studied at the School of Visual Arts and The Fashion Institute of Technology in NY. Carney uses wood stain and dremel for his work. He experiments with water based stains as to expand his palette and texture. The overall tone of his work embodies some variance of shades and color. \nSarah Smith: She works with mainly oil\, in an attempt to focus on endangered species that she considers to be works of art themselves. She hopes to achieve a sense of protection within the canvas as to help the viewer reconsider their relationship with wildlife. When painting a person\, nature tends to be her central focus rather than the figure. \nRitch Gaiti: He primarily works in oils with mixed media like sand to give a sense of the setting and time. Focusing on western themes\, he attempts to capture not only movement but also the heart and soul of the subject. He includes a strong use of impasto to add dimension as well as the use of yellow and orange to add an antiquated feeling. He juxtaposes the time and culture from the far past with shades of blue. \nRia Glassman: She studied studio art at Drew University and is inspired by her life drawing classes at the Fashion Institute of Technology in NY. Focusing on the female nude\, she practices the discipline approach working best with structured pre ordained forms. She uses dark colors juxtaposed with skin tones\, giving little visibility to the face by the portrayal of hands over the woman’s face or turning her body away from the viewer. \nPia de Girolamo: She grew up in NYC yet traveled to Italy to study paintings privately and continued to explore fine arts in college. However\, she became a physician and shortly after leaving the practice began to experiment with large spaces of color. She works mainly with large charcoal marks as well as working with drawing and painting to characterize the movement of lines and swirls. The dark violent lines juxtapose to the soft color. \nMiriam Stern: She works with highly abstracted versions of objects\, places\, and people from the photographs she takes. These photographs include places the artist has visited\, becoming a new place with each manipulation. She begins with photography and uses a combination of digital manipulation\, traditional printmaking\, and painting. After creating unique prints\, she uses oil paint to give a more abstract feel. \nMerrilee Drakulich: Attaining both a BFA and an MA in studio art\, Merrilee uses large portions of color to approach the subject matter. With a high contrast of light and dark\, she uses a loose application of paint adhering to prominence of her brushwork. She works with close views of objects\, striving to avoid a full view in its entirety. Much of her influence derives from Caribbean and French landscape. URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2015-new-brunswick-art-salon-oil-and-mixed-media-exhibition/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/Exhibition_Web_Banner.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150508T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150508T210000 DTSTAMP:20240606T185533Z CREATED:20150427T131145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T185533Z UID:8534-1431108000-1431118800@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2015 - May 8 @ 6:30pm - New Brunswick Art Salon\, Spring 2015 - Watercolor and Mixed Media Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Duration: May 2nd – June 30th\,  2015 Opening Reception: Friday\,  May 8th\, 2015 at 6:30pm \n  \n  \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Karen Starret \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Jazz Genome Project \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rudy Martin \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Hana Aviv \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Indrani Choudhury \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Judy Koo \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n  \nAbout this Exhibition\nAlfa Art Gallery will be hosting its seasonal New Brunswick Art Salon Exhibition featuring local artists within the watercolor medium. The opening will be held on Friday May 8th\, 2015 at 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ. \nOriginating in Paris in the 18th century\, art salons were the most anticipated annual and biannual events\, celebrating the farthest advances in academia and the arts. These salons provided artists with the opportunity to exhibit their work alongside their contemporaries while received critical as well as public response. Inspired by the Parisian Salons\, Alfa Art Gallery holds Salons four times a year in different artistic mediums and endeavors to showcase the talent of local artists to the New Brunswick public. \nThe gallery is excited to introduce new and well established watercolor and mixed media artists to show in the exhibition. Many of these works range from the beautiful simplicity of realism to the thought-provoking questions of abstraction. While a majority of the artists work in watercolor\, some choose and more extensive approach and add mixed medium to their pieces including: digital imaging\, collage\, charcoal\, and ink. \nThe exhibition has no admission fee and is open to the public. There will be a live musical performance and refreshments will be served. \n  \nExhibiting Artists\nCuratorial Notes by Bari Kaplan \nAida Birritteri is a watercolor artist who draws inspiration from natural settings and human figures.  She creates her works from working off of photographs\, or paints her scenes directly in the open air (en plein air).  Each work expresses a celebration of life through the use of fresh and vibrant colors. \nChris Carter uses her art to express human archetypes\, rhythms\, patterns of life\, and energy that pulses through the universe.  Each work incorporates her other two loves:  math and science. \nDavid Glasofer has had a strong passion for photography his entire life\, and he has practiced the art for the past thirty-five years.  He experiments with the various technological advances that computer imaging offers.  After he prints his images he typically enhances them by incorporating other media such as paint\, pencil\, or chalk. \nHanna Aviv paints a plethora of scenes that inspire her from day to day.  These can range from vast outdoor landscapes to simple objects such as fruits or vegetables.  In each work\, Hana’s main goal is to provide an essence of harmony and tranquility. \nJudy Koo works involve the process of translating impulsive thoughts into drawings and then through painting.  Her subjects entail trivialities that are part of her daily routines; they can be complex or as simple as eating a meal.  Each painting is chaotic\, lyrical\, and playful. \nKaren Starrett uses art as a conduit that connects her inner and outer world.  She sees artistic expression as a means of confidence to express her voice as an individual.  Each of her paintings starts with arbitrary forms that are later transformed and given color. \nLibby Ramage’s works are very abstract and avant-garde.  She incorporates new types of media such as newspaper that add a variety of texture.  Each work is created from a collage of materials that come together and create a cohesive and beautiful image \n Steven Cavallo is a watercolor artist who focuses on images of human figures.  Each painting is infused with emotion that radiates into the souls of viewers. Steven plays with light and shadow\, which highlights the detailing in his paintings. \n Tania Sen draws her inspiration from mythology\, pop culture\, advertisements\, and signage.  Her abstract works incorporate deep meanings as she explores traditional symbolism through personal interpretation for subject matter \n Victoria Kulikowski is a watercolor and botanical artist. Flowers are a constant presence in her works.  She looks for organic shapes and recurring patterns in nature when crafting her paintings \n Mark de Mos is a watercolor artist who uses painting as a means to capture realism through movement\, color\, lights\, and centers of interest. His works communicate his inner emotions or narratives from within. \n Rudy Martin has had a passion for art since early childhood. In 2003 he was diagnosed as legally blind and he continues to paint with this condition. His key purpose of painting is to bring joy to others. Each work combines feelings and motion to create organic and geometric forms\, colors\, and dimensions. \nIndrani Choudhury  is a self-taught artist who takes watercolor to new limits. She manipulates the texture of her paintings in such a manner that her watercolors appear as different media such as acrylics or oils. The landscapes that she paints range from her local New Jersey home to her homeland of Calcutta. \nErica Velasco is a photographic artist with an interest in painting. Her goal with her works is to create aesthetically pleasing visuals through the use of color and texture. The inspiration behind her art derives from the natural world and human body. \n  \n  URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/nbas-watercolor-and-mixed-media-exhibition/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/watercolorbanner.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150220T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150220T210000 DTSTAMP:20240606T185549Z CREATED:20150213T165412Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T185549Z UID:7801-1424458800-1424466000@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2015 - February 20 @ 6:30pm - New Brunswick Art Salon\, Photography 2015: Raritan Photographic Society DESCRIPTION:February 19th – March 11th\, 2015 Opening Reception: Friday\, February 20th\, 2015\, 6:30-9pm \nAlfa Art Gallery will be hosting the seasonal New Brunswick Art Salon\, Photography 2015 exhibition featuring the Raritan Photographic Society (RPS). The opening will be held on February 20th 2015 at 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ. \nThe gallery is pleased and excited to introduce the Raritan Photographic Society and its members’ works into the New Brunswick community. The exhibition continues to support Alfa’s initiatives to promote art organizations such as RPS. Working with RPS and its diverse members\, the gallery is able to continue to give new talented artists a place of exposure as well as provide tangible products of expression to expand the perspectives of individuals in effort to grow the unity and cultural heritage. \nThe exhibition features works by Barbara Eggermann\, Hilda S. DeSanctis\, Carol Biunno-Petscavage\, Bill Petscavage\, Susan Powell\, Paul Eggermann\, Julie Barlasov and John Cregar. \nVesselin Kourtev\, the gallery’s owner spoke about the new exhibition with enthusiasm\, “The decision to present the society to the local community is part of Alfa’s dedication to promote many new and emerging artists and their works.” \nBarbara Eggermann the RPS Coordinator\, shared Mr. Kourtev’s enthusiasm over the new found partnership\, “It is an opportunity to introduce RPS to a broader audience. It is also a chance for the exhibiting members to have their work seen and to attract new people to become involved in RPS and their activities.” \nThe exhibition will be from 6:30-9pm promptly\, and refreshments will be served. The exhibition has no admission fee and is open to the public. \n  \nAbout the Raritan Photo Society \nRPS originally started in 1929 with a small group of photo enthusiasts regularly meeting in each other’s homes. At present\, the society has 50 paid members and many more regular visitors who attend the lectures\, which occur twice a month. RPS has witnessed the amazing evolution of photography from glass plates to today’s powerful digital photo technology. \nThe society’s photographers are united in a mutual love of photography\, but maintain their individual aspirations as to what they want to achieve with that love. There are members who are professional photographers as well as members working towards achieving professional status. Its members choose to work in a wide spectrum of styles from photo-realism to abstraction as well as members who are still looking to find their own style. The members hold a common passion for photography and a desire to become better photographers. Regular RPS lectures and critiqued competitions conducted by professional photographers help to improve the members’ skills\, to grow their knowledge of photography and to make new friends who share their interest. \n \nContact: Sean Fallon\, PR Intern\, sean@alfaart.org \n  \nThis program is sponsored in part by: \n \n  \n  \n  URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/nbas-photograph-exhibition-raritan-photographic-society-feb-2015/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/RPS-Banner_2015-Feb-11-CORRECTED-VERSION-960x380-pi.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141114T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141114T220000 DTSTAMP:20160731T222242Z CREATED:20141029T160657Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160731T222242Z UID:7544-1415995200-1416002400@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2014 – November 14 @ 8pm – New Brunswick Art Salon\, Fall 2014 DESCRIPTION:Exhibition duration: November 4th  –November 24\, 2014Opening Reception: Friday\, November 14th @ 8pmAlfa Art Gallery Hosts 5th Annual New Brunswick Art Salon \n \nAbout this Exhibition\nOriginating in Paris in the 18th century\, art salons were the most anticipated annual and biannual events\, celebrating the farthest advances in academia and the arts. These salons provided artists with the opportunity to exhibit their work alongside their contemporaries while received critical as well as public response. Inspired by the Parisian Salons\, Alfa Art Gallery holds Salons to showcase the talent of local artists to the New Brunswick public. \n2014 will mark the 5th year of these juried exhibitions. The featured pieces will be in either watercolor or mixed media and from a variety of emerging and professional artists. Through exhibiting the work of local artists\, the New Brunswick Art Salon seeks to bridge the gab between artists and their communities. \nThe opening reception of the New Brunswick Art Salon runs from 8-10pm on Friday\, November 14th\, following the “End of Summer Nights Dream” Alfa Gala Benefit Event\, which is taking place at Crossroads Theater from 6-8pm. \nThis exhibition with include watercolors and mixed media works by the following artists: \n\nDustin Garafolo\nEdwin Santiago\nGinny Nagy\nJoanne Amantea\nJoel Rudin\nJuana Rodriguez\nKaren Terry\nLynn Varga\nMarilyn Rose\nRita Herzfeld\nRita Koch\nSam Caponegro\nSean Carney\nSteve Zazenski\nTeriz Michael\n\nMuch like the various media with which these artists create\, the works in this exhibition are highly multifaceted in form and style. From the familiar nature scenes painted by Marilyn Rose to the harlequin-like colors and figures of Ginny Nagy\, the pieces in this exhibition explore a wide range of themes. The thematic diversity of the exhibition is coupled with its stylistic variety. While Dustin Garafolo’s paintings are bound together by their photorealistic undertones\, Rita Herzfeld’s pieces resonate with an abstract quality. Joanne Amantea also embodies this abstraction through the alluring composition of each of her watercolors. Juana Rodriguez’s creates a similarly enticing effect through the raw emotion of her subjects. Emotion is also portrayed in Karen Terry’s ink on paper works\, although this artist does so without the help of color. \nNot only do these artists differ from one another in style\, but there is also variation in form among each artist. Sean Carney and Terez Michael\, for instance\, do not adhere to one particular style of painting\, but\, rather\, excel in many media and forms. Although all the works in this exhibition are diverse\, the pieces balance one another to create the unique identity of the collection. \nAlfa Art Gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information about the gallery\, see https://www.alfaart.org/. URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2014-november-new-brunswick-art-salon-fall-2014/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/NBASbanner2.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141114T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141114T210000 DTSTAMP:20160731T221429Z CREATED:20141020T182406Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160731T221429Z UID:7286-1415988000-1415998800@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2014 - November 14 @ 6pm - Crossroads Theater Gala & New Brunswick Art Salon\, Fall 2014 Opening Reception DESCRIPTION:Date: Friday\, November 14th 6-8 p.m. Tickets: $10 donation \nNEW BRUNSWICK\, NJ— On Friday\, November 14th\, Alfa Art Gallery will hold its fundraiser\, “End of Summer Nights Dream” at the Crossroads Theater at 7 Livingston Avenue in New Brunswick. \nThe gala will feature live music by Conrad Herwig\, the renowned jazz trombonist. Herwig has earned three Grammy nominations and has twice been voted Number One Jazz Trombone in the Downbeat International Jazz Critic’s Poll. He is also a well-respected educator\, currently serving as Area Coordinator of Jazz Studies at the Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts here in New Brunswick. Herwig will be accompanied by Craig Handy on saxophone\, Bill O’Connel on piano\, Ruben Rodriguez on bass and Robby Ammen on drums. \nFor the showcase\, artists will spontaneously paint on canvas\, rendering inspiration that they feel from the music. Pieces by various artists from the New Brunswick Art Salon Fall’ 2014 will also be exhibited at this event. \nWith the assistance of the Middlesex County Cultural Heritage Commission\, Alfa Art Gallery successfully secured a grant from Johnson and Johnson. \n“End of Summer Nights Dream” takes place from 6-8pm\, right before the opening reception of the New Brunswick Art Salon\, which will open at Alfa Art Gallery at 108 Church Street in New Brunswick from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. \nAlfa Art Gallery holds four Salons per year to showcase emerging and professional artists in different mediums. This fall’s Salon will feature watercolor and mixed media artists. Inspired by Parisian art salons of the 18th century\, the New Brunswick Art Salons’ goal is to bridge the gap between artists and their communities\, as well as unify the diverse city of New Brunswick through art. \nThe Alfa Art Gallery is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the discovery and support of emerging and well-established artists. The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. \nFor more information about Alfa Art\, visit https://www.alfaart.org. For more information about this event\, contact Allie Smith at alexandra@alfaart.org. URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2014-november-14-crossroads-theater-gala-new-brunswick-art-salon-fall-2014-opening-reception/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/Crossroads-banner2.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140411T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140411T200000 DTSTAMP:20240606T185549Z CREATED:20140405T205506Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T185549Z UID:6148-1397241000-1397246400@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2014 - April 11th @ 6:30 - New Brunswick Art Salon\, Spring 2014 - "Eclectic Aesthetics" DESCRIPTION:Opening Reception: Friday\, April 11th from 6:30pm to 9:30pm Exhibition Duration: 4/1/14 to 4/30/14 \nThe Alfa Art Gallery is excited to unveil “Eclectic Aesthetics” rendered with the mediums of oil and mixed media.  This exhibition is Alfa’s biannual New Brunswick Art Salon.  Alfa Art Gallery presents this diverse exhibition which engages the beauty of a collective work of artists.  This highly selective exhibition celebrates a variety of artists portraying their unique abstract thoughts\, meaningful still life paintings and drawings\, portraits and vividly imaginative sculptures. \n“Eclectic Aesthetics” houses aesthetically pleasing compositions\, geometric shapes\, art that speaks for itself\, vibrant color\, muted colors\, gold leaf and powerful spiritual abstraction.   Alfa visitors will be inspired\, as these artists lure the viewers into their personal portrayals of life\, a feeling\, a moment\, nature\, a deity\, a figure in geometric space and more.  Featured are works with ephemeral renderings\, illustration\, superb portraits\, mixed media including portraits on an elaborate concoction of electronics and found objects\, different perspectives within and without. \nThis exhibition will feature works by the following artists: \n\nDustin Garafolo\nErica Velasco\nHerbie Pabst\nJosé M. Fontaiña\nJoseph Lawrence\nKaren Starrett\nMarla Fasano\nMichael Price\nPatricia Millen\nSheila Grabarsky\nVadim Levin\nVincent Salvati URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2014-april-11th-630-eclectic-aesthetics/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/Eclectic-Aesthetics-Banner.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140110T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140110T210000 DTSTAMP:20160801T182339Z CREATED:20131019T234940Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160801T182339Z UID:4959-1389378600-1389387600@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2014 - January 10 @ 7pm - "New Brunswick In The Eyes of Photographers" - New Brunswick Art Salon\, Winter 2014 - Photography DESCRIPTION:Exhibition: January 10- January 29 Opening reception: January 10th – 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm \nThe Alfa Art Gallery is proud to present its fourth annual Photography exhibition\, “New Brunswick in The Eyes of Photographers”\, in cooperation with New Brunswick City Market. This Photography Exhibition is a part of the New Brunswick Art Salon series\, in which Alfa invites established and emerging artists to present their works as a tangible presentation of their artistic expression. This winter\, we invited photographers to open the audience towards their images of New Brunswick\, a cultural and diverse city with various perspectives and viewpoints. \nPhotography as a medium is especially powerful. A photograph holds nothing but the truth\, images that can only be tampered with so much. These series of photographs\, dedicated to the city of New Brunswick\, provide a different perspective to a city that is enriched by the citizens that inhabit it. While some photographs do not particularly feature New Brunswick\, these photographs are just a small example of the artistic integrity that emerges from a city that harbors such diversity. \nWe are proud to include an eclectic mix of artists\, new and experienced\, local and international. This salon will feature a “Best in Show” award along with 2nd and 3rd place prizes. Jurors this year will include seasoned art critics Greg Ritter and Nat Clymer. Artists featured in this year’s photography exhibition are: \n\nAndrew Darlow \nCasey Shaw\nChristine Anderson \nChristopher Sztybel\nFrank Villafane\nGina Delia\nKarissa Gannon\nLauren Curtis \nNeil Larsen\nSean Coban\nParvathi Kumar\nTom Maugham URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/new-brunswick-art-salon-photography-2014-call-for-artist/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/NBAS-photography-web-banner-CJ.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR