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SUMMARY:2022 — March 24 @ 6:30pm — “Phantasia: Expressions of Love\,” 2022 Vesselin Kourtev Solo Exhibition Virtual Reception Opening
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition on Display: March 15th\, 2022 – April 23th\, 2022  \nVirtual Opening Reception: March 24th\, 2022  \nVIP –In-Person Reception: March 19th\, 2022  \nOn Tuesday\, March 15th\, the walls of Alfa Art gallery will be gracefully displaying Vesselin Kourtev’s solo exhibition “Phantasia: Expressions of Love.”  \nThe themes of fantasy and allure are staples in the artwork of Bulgarian-born artist Vesselin Kourtev.  In the selection of artworks on view in his upcoming solo exhibition\, Kourtev draws from both the realm of reality (from his own personal and emotional experiences) and the realm of fantasy. \nExperimenting with otherworldly colors\, abstract symbols\, and dream-like imagery\, Kourtev’s art allows viewers to enter into his imagination and to access realms of their own fantastical imaginings.  Throughout his artwork\, Kourtev utilizes a vibrant palette of pastel colors that work to transport viewers into technicolor worlds of their imagination. In each of his individual canvases\, Kourtev overlays meticulously-drawn abstract human figures over lighter pastels and darker colors. The hints of darker colors and shadows in his work recall the darker emotions of turmoil and sadness\, while the brilliant rainbow of pastels recall the joys and pleasures of human connection. \nIn these selected artworks\, Kourtev manipulates oil paint to make it look transparent and to develop his own one-of-a-kind style that is a blend of different painterly techniques. Unlike the usage of collage as seen in Kourtev’s previous exhibitions\, “Phantasia: Expressions of Love“ focuses on the artist’s mastery of the technique of embedding figures into color schemes formed by dark and pastel shades\, as well as focuses on showcasing his skill in rendering emotion through capturing human facial expressions that prompt us to guess at the unknown stories of the abstract characters illustrated. This exhibition also features a collection of Kourtev’s smaller brightly colored canvases entitled “Noise in the Ear”\, which are further explorations in abstraction and surrealist colorism. Kourtev’s artworks are intended to be open-ended\, and are subject to much interpretation: Ultimately\, Kourtev wants the viewer to determine their own interpretation of his art and take what meaning resonates with them. Kourtev has an immense amount of experience as a professional fine arts artist\, and has participated in countless one-man shows and exhibitions.  His travels throughout both America and Europe and his cross-cultural identity have influenced both the way he views the world as well as how he perceives his artistic practice. We invite you to walk through Vesselin Kourtev’s collection\, and to take a voyage into the whimsical world of his artworks that blur the lines between reality and fantasy.  \n  \nAlfa Art Gallery is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. \nTopic: Vesselin Kourtev\, “Phantasia: Expressions of Love” Virtual Reception Opening\nTime: Mar 24\, 2022 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81181368103?pwd=WWZJU3Qva2FRM2pLSHdWZ1pDR2xodz09 \nMeeting ID: 811 8136 8103\nPasscode: 266303\nOne tap mobile\n+16465588656\,\,81181368103#\,\,\,\,*266303# US (New York)\n+13017158592\,\,81181368103#\,\,\,\,*266303# US (Washington DC) \nDial by your location\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\nMeeting ID: 811 8136 8103\nPasscode: 266303\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcdLEHVsC \n   \nGallery Opening Reception:    \nConsidering our new norms as a country\, the in-person opening reception is a VIP and invitation-only event which efficiently limits the capacity for the gallery. However\, Alfa Art Gallery will be holding a virtual opening reception that is an open event.  The links to this opening can be found on Alfa Art Gallery’s Website and all social media closer to exhibition opening.   \nAlfa’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.   \n 
URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2022-march-24-630pm-phantasia-expressions-of-love-2022-vesselin-kourtev-solo-exhibition-virtual-reception-opening/
LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception
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SUMMARY:2022 — March 19 @ 6:30pm — "Phantasia: Expressions of Love\," 2022 Vesselin Kourtev Solo Exhibition In-Person Reception
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition on Display: March 15th\, 2022 – April 23th\, 2022  \nVirtual Opening Reception: March 24th\, 2022  \nVIP –In-Person Reception: March 19th\, 2022  \nOn Tuesday\, March 15th\, the walls of Alfa Art gallery will be gracefully displaying Vesselin Kourtev’s solo exhibition “Phantasia: Expressions of Love.”  \nThe themes of fantasy and allure are staples in the artwork of Bulgarian-born artist Vesselin Kourtev.  In the selection of artworks on view in his upcoming solo exhibition\, Kourtev draws from both the realm of reality (from his own personal and emotional experiences) and the realm of fantasy.  \nExperimenting with otherworldly colors\, abstract symbols\, and dream-like imagery\, Kourtev’s art allows viewers to enter into his imagination and to access realms of their own fantastical imaginings.  Throughout his artwork\, Kourtev utilizes a vibrant palette of pastel colors that work to transport viewers into technicolor worlds of their imagination. In each of his individual canvases\, Kourtev overlays meticulously-drawn abstract human figures over lighter pastels and darker colors. The hints of darker colors and shadows in his work recall the darker emotions of turmoil and sadness\, while the brilliant rainbow of pastels recall the joys and pleasures of human connection.  \nIn these selected artworks\, Kourtev manipulates oil paint to make it look transparent and to develop his own one-of-a-kind style that is a blend of different painterly techniques. Unlike the usage of collage as seen in Kourtev’s previous exhibitions\, “Phantasia: Expressions of Love“ focuses on the artist’s mastery of the technique of embedding figures into color schemes formed by dark and pastel shades\, as well as focuses on showcasing his skill in rendering emotion through capturing human facial expressions that prompt us to guess at the unknown stories of the abstract characters illustrated. This exhibition also features a collection of Kourtev’s smaller brightly colored canvases entitled “Noise in the Ear”\, which are further explorations in abstraction and surrealist colorism. Kourtev’s artworks are intended to be open-ended\, and are subject to much interpretation: Ultimately\, Kourtev wants the viewer to determine their own interpretation of his art and take what meaning resonates with them. Kourtev has an immense amount of experience as a professional fine arts artist\, and has participated in countless one-man shows and exhibitions.  His travels throughout both America and Europe and his cross-cultural identity have influenced both the way he views the world as well as how he perceives his artistic practice. We invite you to walk through Vesselin Kourtev’s collection\, and to take a voyage into the whimsical world of his artworks that blur the lines between reality and fantasy.  \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. Since starting the program in 2010 Alfa Gallery has made a point to include a salon dedicated to singularly to photography. 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. 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.       \n   \nGallery Opening Reception:    \nConsidering our new norms as a country\, the in-person opening reception is a VIP and invitation-only event which efficiently limits the capacity for the gallery. However\, Alfa Art Gallery will be holding a virtual opening reception that is an open event.  The links to this opening can be found on Alfa Art Gallery’s Website and all social media closer to exhibition opening.   \nAlfa’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.   \n  \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 
URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/phantasia-expression-of-love-2022-vesselin-kourtev-solo-exhibition/
LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception
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SUMMARY:“Interchangeable Lens: Frame of Mind\,” NBAS Photography Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition on Display: January 18th – March 12th 2022  \nVirtual Opening Reception: January 27th\, 2022\, from 6:30pm to 9:30 pm  \nOn Tuesday\, January 18th the walls of Alfa Art gallery will be gracefully displaying the group photography exhibition “Interchangeable Lens: Frame of Mind.” This exhibition features an oeuvre of works of artist living and working in the tri- state area of New Jersey.  \n“Interchangeable Lens: Frame of Mind” is a fantastic photography exhibition that explores the world around us in a diverse and unified way. The three-month-long collection gives form to fine art photographers that have unique perspectives and approaches to the medium of photography.  Alfa Art Gallery encourages visitors to investigate the powerful visual stories bestowed within our facility.  “Interchangeable Lens: Frame of Mind” will showcase talented artists like Lee Day\, who brings his viewers into the complexity of technological advancement\, and Linda Sandow’s exploration of the portals of the world. Each artist in this exhibition shows techniques of abstract expressionism and traditional process such as Cyanotype.   \n“Interchangeable Lens: Frame of Mind “will be documented as one of many countless successes of Alfa’s New Brunswick Art Salon (NBAS) program since 2010.  Alfa Art Gallery invites you to join us for another eye-opening exhibition. “Interchangeable Lens: Frame of Mind” can be viewed from Tuesday through Saturday\, 11 am to 6 pm at Alfa Art Gallery.  \n  \nFeatured Artists:Alan Chimacoff\, Alyssa Rose\, Bob Leonard\, Danielle Austen\, Josephine McCoy\, Lauren Curtis\, Lee Day\, Linda Sandow\, Parvathi Kumar\, Ron Wyatt\, Samuel Vovsi \nAlfa Art Gallery is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. \nTopic: Interchangeable Lens: Frame of Mind\,” NBAS Photography Exhibition (Virtual Reception)\nTime: Jan 27\, 2022 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82976653783?pwd=TzhoODcyMXB1RzA4SGZ4cVJyb05tQT09 \nMeeting ID: 829 7665 3783\nPasscode: 202256\nOne tap mobile\n+16465588656\,\,82976653783#\,\,\,\,*202256# US (New York)\n+13017158592\,\,82976653783#\,\,\,\,*202256# US (Washington DC)Dial by your location\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\nMeeting ID: 829 7665 3783\nPasscode: 202256\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kftBwUqzH \n“Interchangeable Lens: Frame of Mind\,” NBAS Photography Exhibition Virtual Opening Reception \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. Since starting the program in 2010 Alfa Gallery has made a point to include a salon dedicated to singularly to photography. 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. 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.       \n  \nGallery Opening Reception:    \nConsidering our new norms as a country\, the in-person opening reception is a VIP and invitation-only event which efficiently limits the capacity for the gallery. However\, Alfa Art Gallery will be holding a virtual opening reception that is an open event.  The links to this opening can be found on Alfa Art Gallery’s Website and all social media closer to exhibition opening.   \nAlfa’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.   \n   \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 
URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/interchangeable-lens-frame-of-mind-nbas-photography-exhibition/
LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon
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SUMMARY:2021 — December 10th @ 6:30pm — “Mirror to the World”\, NBAS Fall Watercolor and Mixed Media Exhibition VIP In-Person 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: December 10th from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm  \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.   \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 \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.   
URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2021-november-12th-630pm-mirror-to-the-world-nbas-fall-watercolor-and-mixed-media-exhibition-vip-in-person-opening-reception/
LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon
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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
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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. 
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LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States
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SUMMARY:“Bonds Beyond Time” - NBAS: Oil and Mixed Media
DESCRIPTION:This Spring\, Alfa Art Gallery is proud to host the New Brunswick Art Salon’s “Bonds Beyond Time” Exhibition. This exhibition showcases works from artists who work with oils and mixed media. The NBAS and the artists displayed are a vital part of the local art scene and culture. Past artists will have the opportunity to showcase their latest works\, their creative evolution\, and their overall growth as artists since their past NBAS nomination. This season’s exhibition includes several renowned artists including Afreen Fatima\, Jesús Núñez\, Jamison Eckert\, June He\, and many more! \nAs per our nation’s new normal\, the Alfa Art Gallery is equally excited to include a virtual version of our exhibition. Visitors will be able to view and interact with works through a fully interactive online experience\, allowing all to enjoy the gallery as if in person from the comfort and safety of their homes. International artists will be displayed exclusively in the digital version of the exhibition\, so be sure not to miss it! Hosted by artsteps.com\, the NBAS “Bonds Beyond Time” Exhibit will be available virtually and physically from May 11th through July 3rd. \nExhibition duration: May 11th through August 28th 2021 \nVirtual Reception: Friday\, May 14th\, 2021 at 6:30pm \nFeatured Artists: Afreen Fatima\, Alex Bigatti\, Andrea Epstein\, Ann Vollum\, Aprajita Lal\, Beatrice Stenta\, Cecilia Martinez\, Christina MacKinnon\, Donna Rega\, Drew Griffiths\, Emily Arenberg\, Eric Reid\, Grace Modla\, Isabell Villacis\, Jamison Eckert\, Jan Kathleen Reyes\, Jane Dell\, Jennifer Malone\, Jesús Núñez\, Jodi Oster\, June He\, K Brown\, Kimberlyn Falk\, Lauren Curtis\, Laurie Harden\, Martin Dull\, Mitchell Rosenzweig\, Sarasvarthy TK\, Steven Patton\, Wendy Born \n  \n  \nAfreen Fatima’s motto is ‘’I crave so I create’’ and her art reflects is quite well. Afreen is experimenting with different techniques\, styles\, color patterns always striving to create something new and innovative. She is showing us visions of what she sees after she’s closing her eyes. Every of her paintings is a trace of memory of her emotions and experiences from her life. She is taking us to a journey to her inner world. Afreen works are rich in structures and gestures. They are dynamic and full of movement and this is what they require viewers to do\, to follow the directions created by the lines and brush traces\, colors and patterns. Our eyes are guided to move across the paintings rather than have just one quick look at them as a whole.  Afreen is sending us an invitation to interact with her art\, to take time and to enjoy her creations. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAlex Bigatti holds a degree in Architecture from the School of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina. She lived and worked as an architect in Southern California for several years before relocating to New Jersey. She creates in a variety of media: watercolors\, acrylics\, ink and oils\, as well as sculpting in clay and plasticine. Her intention is to capture the essence of a subject in a way that is constantly evolving and inviting the viewer to animate the painting by exploring it through a visual journey.  She is a member of the Center for Contemporary Art\, ARTsee (Annual Open Studio Tour) and Farmstead Arts. Her work has been in juried and non-juried shows and is in private collections in the USA and abroad. At the Alfa Art Gallery’s Exhibition she presents her series ‘’Flower of the Quarantine’\, which is a series of paintings of the flowers from her garden. \n  \n  \n  \nAndrea Epstein has been always driven to develop images focused more on the process itself and allowing images to emerge without a preconceived notion of the outcome. As she says herself she is seeking a journey into uncharted territory with her creations which results in rich textures and complex arrangement of shapes\, forms\, and colors. With her paintings\, collages and prints Andrea is trying to show what is hidden beneath the surface\, making the layers to overlap and expose the image. She is working in various techniques: oil based printing inks\, acrylics and mixed media on paper\, utilizing a variety of printmaking techniques\, both planographic and relief. She holds a B.F.A. from The Rhode Island School of Design and an M.F.A. from The Yale School of Art. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAnn Vollum is a contemporary stitch artist based in New Jersey. Her unique techniques include natural hand dying\, appliqué\, acrylics\, Inktense pencils and lace boarders. She worked as a graphic designer in London and New York. Over years her artistic journey progressed through painting\, line drawing\, book making\, fantastical and detailed “paper cuts” to hand stitched textiles and sculptures. She is inviting the viewers into her unique world where everyone can have their own interpretation of what is seen. She leaves viewers the choice to decide what her art is. Ann developed her own visual language that is full of repetitive motifs and characters\, put together in her fantasy tableaux series. Now she is working on the two contrasting bodies of work\, a series portraits and sculptural pieces She has architectural and graphic orientation and reproduction educational background. She graduated from Newcastle University and London College of Prints. \n  \n  \nAprajita Lal floods her canvas with hues of joy\, serenity\, and solace as she depicts the beauty of nature. Her work is a doorway to a world that allows viewers to press pause on their busy lives\, take a moment\, and appreciate the stillness of the world. In moments of quiet\, viewers can listen to the voice of the rain\, the reveries of the ocean\, and the rustling of autumn leaves. She prides herself in masterfully harnessing the enigmatic forces of nature\, with its infinite existential possibilities\, and transcribing them beautifully on the canvas for all to enjoy. The transparency and spontaneity of watercolors are particularly appealing to her\, but she is also accomplished using acrylics and oils. In her opinion\, an artist’s true responsibility is to share the gift of knowledge with others\, which inspired her to teach art as well as create it. Her work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions and featured in the Summer 2020 issue of Creative Artist Magazine. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nBeatrice Stenta is creating her unique stories with each of her works\, by the careful manipulation of the materials by the use of colors\, movement and textures. Her technique is collage and mix media\, she often uses citrus solvent soaked National Geographic pages as the base of her works. It is a process of dissolving the image\, to the point when we can see the blurred picture. It creates the atmosphere of a mystery and other\, undefined world. Beatrice’s inspiration comes from her home’s ocean view as well as from her past memories and present events. She is sharing with us her very own\, unique stories depicted in her images. Beatrice graduated with BA at Youngstown State University. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nCecilia Martinez is an established and published writer and poet\, with her work being recognized all over the world\, from New York to the Philippines. Art was her way of coping with the loss of her father\, it was a form of therapy. Her work has been exhibited in more than 30 venues since she began showcasing her art in October 2016. She graduated college with a Bachelor of Arts in English/Journalism\, and soon after became a reporter/editor for a local newspaper. Then hit with the tragedy in her personal life she turned to visual arts. Then hit with the tragedy in her personal life she turned to visual arts. She is a self-taught artist\, she is constantly developing her visual language. Her biggest inspiration is her father\, this is her way to keep memories of him. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nChristina Sorace MacKinnon probes the dynamics of line\, color\, mark-making\, and fluctuation through her abstract works. The process is a derivative of how she navigates as a woman and mother in an ever-changing social landscape. She surrenders to the dialogue of process when she develops surface\, then moves to create fields of heavily saturated and multi-layered congestion. As she paints\, she connects discord with harmony\, formulating an interplay of acrylic\, spray paint\, paint pens\, and other mediums as a metaphor for the paradoxical ways life unfolds. By informing the work with frayed notions and complexities of anxiety\, misconceptions\, stigmas\, and patriarchal narratives\, she steers through the messiness and struggle until she finds peace and resolve\, both within herself and her work. She has been featured in group and solo exhibitions throughout the tri-state area\, been published in numerous publications\, and has works in private collections in the United States\, Canada\, and Greece. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nDonna Rega transmits her emotional spirit into an observable manifestation\, her paintings a crystallization of feeling that transcends spoken language and can only be achieved through visualization. Abstraction is a personal journey of perseverance. Color\, texture\, line\, movement\, and artfulness are the elements found in every work\, all put together like a puzzle solved before the viewer’s eye. Much of her process involves flurries of willful strokes\, splashes\, and drips\, followed by a gradual synchronization of her emotional presence and what is revealed upon the canvas. In the end\, the canvas itself was a menor\, aiding in her self-reflection. She hopes that the paintings she creates are inspirational\, with their emotional touch recognized by the viewer who\, too\, is touched by the melody of feeling captured in the work. Donna received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from New Jersey City University and is currently working on her Master of Fine Arts from William Paterson University.  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nDrew Griffiths’s works are literally set on fire\, this is how artist create his magnificent art pieces using many layers of wax and colors which are later burnt with fire\, creating texture and depth and provoking the viewer to look more closely and to see all of the processes and results. Drew is a visual artist and a writer. His early inspiration came from comics and books\, especially from the emotional capacity of bold colors used in comics to express emotions therefore the transition from writing to visual arts in his case was inevitable.  Artist is building a contemplative experience for a viewer where we can reflect on the current state of our society\, economy\, environment\, relationship with technology and our desire for beauty based on materialism. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nEmily Arenberg is a Brooklyn based artist who works primarily in oils and watercolors. She draws her inspiration from nature\, the ocean and the mountains. With her works she tries to grab the masterpiece of the universe itself. She is creating oil and acrylic paintings as well as raisin paintings. She graduated from Marymount Manhattan College in New York with a Bachelor of Fine Arts concentration in painting\, and a minor in Art History. Her influences are: Jenny Saville\, Lisa Yuskavage and Jenn Mann. \n  \n  \n  \nEric Reid redefines the connections between mediums\, employing unorthodox materials to create masterful works. His series “Textured” prioritizes form over color\, playing with the boundaries between what constitutes ‘painting’ and what compromises ‘sculpture’. Crackle paste\, vinyl spackling\, and joint tape are used alongside more traditional acrylics and charcoal. The grayscale palette keeps viewers focused on the patterns; every work is centered on its study of material complexity. The series itself is a line of questioning\, asking the viewer how they see the work\, what they consider it\, and what each texture inspires in as they gaze upon it. The precise focus of the series gives viewers a chance to fully contemplate what is in front of them without distractions. A Deputy Attorney General in Trenton\, he has experimented with art since his law school days\, proving himself accomplished both in the legal field and the artistic domain. \n  \n  \n  \nGrace Modla chooses hope and resilience rather than cynicism and surrender when viewing the challenges haunting our world. To her\, creating works saturated with rich color and populated with uplifting subjects is an ultimate act of hope. Her works are meant to counter balance against the hardships and ugly realities that occur within the viewer’s life\, giving them a gentle reprieve and touch of vibrance. In her studio\, nothing is tossed or lost; everything ends up being reused and repurposed. In her series “Wild Garden\,” she dips sticks from her garden in ink and then uses them as stamps\, then uses her father’s masonry trowels to apply paint\, paying homage to the sprawling beauty of nature. Born in Northern Italy\, her experiences as a young immigrant taught her how art bridges all language barriers. \n  \nIsabell Villacis consistently illustrates compassion and love for all people in her paintings\, her writing\, and her choreography. Her abstract works are populated with meticulously placed elements\, each conveying a message in their own right as they work together to make a statement overall. She has tried almost every tool and material available to her\, never turning down a chance to integrate something new into her pieces if they help her meaning. Even at a quick glance\, the viewer can see the level of consideration put into each piece\, which is animated with vivid colors and intriguing shapes. They pop and seize the viewer’s attention\, longer looks encouraging deeper contemplation. In addition to being an accomplished multi-faceted artist\, she is an advocate for greater inclusion of people with disabilities in the art world. She has been a member of Art Access since 2011 and has worked extensively on altering mainstream social and cultural perceptions of peoples with different levels of ability.  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nJamison Eckert’s process is more akin to controlling chaos\, nothing ever planned out in full. When he found art school unrewarding\, he pursued tattooing\, which in turn affected his painting. While the tattoo craft demands perfection\, no margin for error with something permanently etched on another’s skin\, painting was a way to relieve his exhaustion and abstractly express himself with not pressures or constraints. He has since stepped away from tattooing to pour all his focus into exploring his personal artistic journey\, creating freely and without hesitation. His literal and representational pieces focus on form and light\, challenging himself to be accurate in his depictions without losing his own voice. His abstract works\, meanwhile\, are imbued with personal meaning and intent that viewers can parse out themselves. He is highly interested in the viewer\, feeling their reactions\, thoughts\, and feelings cannot be understated in the relationship between artist and spectator. \n  \n  \nJan Kathleen Reyes embraces fully the freedom to create art purely for self-expression. This collection is a reflection of her growth from self-acceptance to self-love\, emulating the flourishing beauty and perpetual goodness within herself and her surroundings. Painting is a natural\, intuitive\, and spiritual process for her. By employing a range of other materials—fabric\, wallpaper\, decorative stationary\, and dried flowers—she sought to delve into the relationship between the paint and the mixed media\, its harmony and its tension. Emotion guides her process\, with warm and vibrant colors embodying the emotions she feels. Her childhood spent in the sunny Philippines and move to the US during her early teen years encouraged her to explore themes of belonging and memory. She is a student at Rutgers University-Newark\, double majoring in Graphic Design and Fine Arts in Painting with a minor in Art History\, and is slated to graduate in May of 2021. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nJane Dell is a painter and mixed media artist. Her inspirations are environmental challenges\, plants and animal fantasies\, hybrids and the effects of lunar phases on the earth. Her works are metaphors of the world often referring to the world of nature and surrealistic visions. Jane creates tension by juxtaposing elements of the recognizable imagery with invented abstract forms. Jane employs a wide range of materials that includes acrylic and acrylic mediums\, cold wax\, watercolor inks\, photo collage\, glitter\, fiber\, paper\, and the occasional found object on canvas\, wood boards and archival paper. She graduated with BFA from Pratt Institute and complemented her studies at Parsons School of Design and The School of Visual Arts in New York. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nJennifer Malone contemplates empathy in each of her works\, always seeking a connection with her subjects. She presents structures\, figures\, and objects to express their significance in the context of the moment. Her current focus is inanimate objects\, her vibrant still life pieces paying careful mind to light and shadow. She preserves moments worth commemorating\, considering\, and lamenting over. Some works share the horror\, fear\, sadness\, and embarrassment encapsulated in her view of the United States’ present state of affairs. Form\, lines\, and color emote on her behalf\, resulting in a carefully planned composition where every single detail matters immeasurably. Much of her art is influenced by where she has lived\, from her upbringing in New York City to her time in Philadelphia\, London\, Hoboken\, Jersey City\, and a lifetime of summers on the Shore.\n \n  \nJesús Núñez demonstrates how everything coexists in a delicate balance. A careful use of color unifies the contrasts of different contours and shapes. He uses a unique acrylic brushstroke technique to maintain fluid curves attained through a single continuous motion. Every color is carefully selected for the specific piece\, ensuring that they are elevated to their full potential. He began as a street artist in his native Madrid\, then moved to the culinary arts. He relocated to New York\, gaining more renown through restaurants\, creating edible art comparable to surrealist Salvador Dali. His art is not only a reflection of his time as chef\, but also an expression of his daily inspirations\, all while keeping his work genuine both to his life and his process. \n  \nJodi Oster believes art should make people feel good. She creates art to make people happy\, as laughter is the best medicine. Humor is at the heart of her works\, motivated to create art that makes people smile or giggle\, the viewer’s joy her measure of success. Her works playfully incorporate a plethora of materials\, ranging from acrylic\, air dry clay\, dish glass\, beads\, and other found objects. Her use of light and bright colors keeps her pieces light-hearted\, with many of their compositions channeling a sense of happiness. The handmade quality is put to the forefront\, the folksy feel indicative of something made with Tender Loving Care. As a stay-at-home mother\, she taps in well with the aura of homeliness while equally capturing a sort of childlike delight in her works\, whether two- or three-dimensional. Everything is stylized to the point that a viewer needs only a brief glance before going “Yup\, that’s Jodi Oster.” Her work has been featured in craft shows in the tristate area.  \n  \n  \n  \nJune He’s works are a tribute to the covid 19 pandemic victims\, her paintings and collages are her way to cope with the harsh reality of 2020 and with not having the possibility to go back home anymore\, which in her case is China. Artist’s perception of the world has changed and we can observe it in her art pieces which are very accurate observations of the reality we live in and have to cope with now. June’s works can bring a ray of light and some relief in these difficult times. She is letting us know that we are not alone\, we go through this together and we will get out of this mess stronger as humanity. As the artist is saying herself she is recording history\, exploring emotions and seeking the truth. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nK Brown‘s story mirrors that of the Little Mermaid\, entering the fairy tale world of fashion at the cost of her voice. What broke her spell\, though\, was not the kiss of a handsome prince\, but the freedom of expression found in making art. Her old self was constricted by the expectations and judgement of ‘the industry’\, but now she has torn those pieces to shreds and used those shards to compose incredible collages that embody her new life\, her true life. Her works embody their own magic\, with patterns and textures overlaying one another to form worlds that draw viewers in further and further\, like their own enclosed tale. Above all else\, she hopes that in showcasing her own creations she can also elevate the works of other women and femmes who are transcending beyond ideals and presumptions others frame them in. Her art is more than a reckoning; it is a liberation from an archaic world that exists in what is now fiction. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nKimberlyn Falk takes a fluid approach both to life and to her art. The unpredictable nature of her alcohol ink works represents the uncertainty and flow of life itself. Journeys never go exactly as planned\, but each and every outcome is unique and beautiful. She often gravitates towards a bright color palette\, which compliments the nuances created through her effective use of tints and shades. Her flair for shimmering metallics gives her works an especially effervescent quality\, as the shines change throughout the date with the natural course of daylight and moonlight\, creating different effects depending on when one happens to view it. She earned her Bachelor’s from Franklin University Switzerland in Lugano in 2017. An emerging artist\, she began pursuing art full time in 2020 and has since been a featured artist at GRND Coffee Shop in Chicago since January 2021 and was a featured artist at Queen City Coffee Roasters in March & April 2021. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nLauren Curtis’s works speak to her true loves\, nature\, femininity and spirituality. Her use of symbolism within her pieces blend ideas old and new\, formulating odes to her favorite things within her mixed media works. Lauren creates her artistic masterpieces using a blend of photography and other mediums such as oil\, ink\, charcoal and pencil to depict her deeply inspired collages about stories interwoven into her life’s journey\, whether those be experienced or observed. The human experience remains tied to nature’s spirituality providing consistent ideas and inspirations for Lauren Curtis’ works\, the symbols within her works making her source of inspiration obvious. Lauren’s visual journey is all about depicting femininity in the frame of natural spirituality that’s found all around us. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nLaurie Harden endeavors to capture people and places in the moment. At the core of her works are the emotions and concerns found in every culture and society\, showcasing similarity alongside difference. Her portraits do not simply depict facial features in high fidelity\, but mindfully include the moods passing through expressions\, the atmosphere surrounding her subject\, and the aura they radiate. The person’s essence is not their appearance but what they exude\, as one’s presence is the totality of their persona\, which she tries to faithfully preserve as she puts her brush to her canvas. She studied at the Kansas City Art Institute and earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). She has been exhibited in group and solo exhibitions throughout the tri-state area and has received numerous awards for her artwork. Along with being an illustrator and painter\, she teachers art classes to those of all ages. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \nMartin Dull uses abstraction to communicate the contemporary zeitgeist. By conflating personal narrative\, poetry\, mythology\, and iconography in curated environments\, he seeks to rattle viewers’ preconceptions\, opening them to broader questions of humanity\, spirituality\, and the role of art in fostering meaningful dialogue. He raises questions about the efficacy of appropriation within art\, religion\, and politics\, without taking a particular standpoint ethically or rhetorically. His deliberate distance enables viewers to develop and interpret the content on their own terms\, offering a forum for democratic discussion. He studied at the Pratt Institute\, Marywood University\, and the New York Studio School of Drawing\, Painting\, and Sculpture where\, in 2015\, he received his MFA. He worked as a guest speaker at numerous New York universities\, co-curated exhibitions in the New York Metropolitan Area\, and co-founded the curatorial collaborative JMN Artists. His work has been in group and solo exhibitions throughout the United States. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nMitchell Rosenzweig’s works speak to the true chaos of life\, being beautifully captured and illuminated in a permanent visual depiction. His works are mixed media\, using a multitude of different tools in order to create this sense of chaos within all of his works\, employing oil\, acrylic\, enamel\, and spray paint on repurposed billboard pieces\, often already filled with visuals and text. The purpose of Mitchell’s works is to create depth via his impactful color relationships. His process being defined by his removal and addition of color as he moves along in each piece. Mitchell Rosenzweig’s works have been consistently and heavily exhibited across the northeastern United States\, standing as a true testament to the beauty he creates through his art. \n  \n  \n  \nSarasvathy TK’s works take heavy inspiration from still life paintings completed by Dutch artists in the Baroque period who ascribed to this style. However\, their artistic passion did not begin immediately for Sarasvathy\, focusing on engineering and computer science before 2008\, after this point she threw herself into the artistic world. Following this transition Sarasvathy gravitated towards larger-than-life depictions of still objects as well as landscape scenes. She uses her detail oriented and focused nature to create crisp\, vivid realistic portrayals of what she observes around her. Sarasvathy’s works hold an international presence that speaks to the true impact of her works. \n  \n  \nSteve Patton always comes back to portraiture. While he has dabbled in other areas\, like landscape and abstract\, the face and its range of emotion always beckons him back\, demanding he study further complexity and mystery. He sees the world in sets of three\, and thus extends this perspective to his examination of faces as well. First\, is the physical structure maintained from the skull. Then\, there is the mask\, or the projected façade that a person puts on. The final layer is more nebulous\, a hidden spiritual dimension. His goal as an artist is to unite the two visible parts as well as the more subtle inner one into a singular manifestation the viewer can appreciate. To achieve this goal\, he employs deft use of color\, line\, and nuanced spaces. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a Minor in Media from the College of New Jersey. He has participated in several exhibitions in the New Jersey area and is featured in private collections in New Jersey and Maryland. \n  \n  \nWendy Born views art as a metaphor for living. She invites viewers to linger over rich\, saturated colors and detailed\, patterned surfaces\, noting all the people and animals inhabiting her inspired worlds. While her favored themes are the passage of time and evolution of seasons\, she has recently focused on recording how the pandemic has changed everyday life. In covering a more somber subject\, her palette has darkened\, but still retains a sense of vibrance\, which only highlights the urgency in some of her weightier pieces. She mixes her own paints\, allowing her to explore dense applications and textural surfaces. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Teaching and Fine Arts Education from Montclair State University\, and earned a Master of Elementary Education with Waldorf Teacher Certification from Antioch University New England. Along with being a fine artist\, Born is also a teacher and illustrator for children’s books and the apparel industry.  \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.
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SUMMARY:"Resonant Becoming" - NBAS: Winners' Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:This Spring\, Alfa Art Gallery is proud to host the New Brunswick Art Salon’s “Resonant Becoming” Exhibition. This exhibition showcases works from artists who have won or been nominated for the NBAS\, which the Alfa Art Gallery has hosted for a decade. The NBAS and the artists displayed are a vital part of the local art scene and culture. Past artists will have the opportunity to showcase their latest works\, their creative evolution\, and their overall growth as artists since their past NBAS nomination. This season’s exhibition includes several renowned artists including Charity Henderson\, Michael Price\, Sajal Sarkar\, Wes Sherman\, and many more!   \n   \nAs per our nation’s new normal\, the Alfa Art Gallery is equally excited to include a virtual version of our exhibition. Visitors will be able to view and interact with works through a fully interactive online experience\, allowing all to enjoy the gallery as if in person from the comfort and safety of their homes. International artists will be displayed exclusively in the digital version of the exhibition\, so be sure not to miss it! Hosted by artsteps.com\, the NBAS “Resonant Becoming” Exhibit will be available virtually and physically from March 30th through May 8th.  \n  \nExhibition duration: March 30th through May 8th\, 2021  \nVirtual Reception: Friday\, April 2nd\, 2021 at 6:30pm  \nDrop-off Dates: March 23rd through March 28th\, 2021  \n  \nFeatured Artists: \nCharity Henderson explores psychological states emoting on the human face through blurred edges and textured strokes. Her portraiture series presented here uses oils and graphite on Dura-Lar\, depicting precise details that become fragmented as the view expands beyond the face. Her use of a translucent medium for a background evokes obscured sensibility\, one of Henderson’s signature techniques\, as the sharpness of the subjects’ features demand notice. The eyes lock with the viewers’\, establishing a deep sense of intimacy as spectator and spectacle share an unspoken story\, lacking full explanation yet consuming full attention. Henderson received her BFA in Painting from SUNY Brockport and her MFA from University of Massachusetts Dartmouth on a Distinguished Artist Fellowship. \n  \n  \n  \nEthan Patrick Sherman is questioning the significance of authenticity and identity in his works. He was born in Philadelphia\, and currently resides and works in New Brunswick\, New Jersey. His paintings are connected to the places where they come from. He uses bold colors\, different materials\, textures\, elements of architecture to tell the story of each unique object.   \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nJim McKeon is constantly inspired by those he comes across as he journeys through life. His passion for the performing arts and involvement with theatrical set design plays into how he paints backgrounds of his scenes. The simple\, geometric forms are hint and movement\, anticipating players on the stage of his works. The concept of the individual is at the forefront of his work\, celebrating what it means to be human in each and every one of his pieces.   \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nKaren Terry is a painter inspired by her love of nature. Her greatest inspiration comes from the change of seasons\, and her daily interactions with nature. She paints what she takes in of the natural world\, using a painting technique that emulates visual and sensory memory. The result is low light images without hard lines. They are an exploration of space and form\, ambience and energy\, using the traditional east Asian medium of Sumi ink and acrylic painting.  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nKarissa Gannon hopes her works create a pause that signals everyone to collectively stop and take a breath. Her series employs alcohol ink to create compelling petri dishes as paintings. Her work is reflective of this past year—2020—which Gannon characterized as overstimulating in many facets. She has used her work as a way to soothe herself\, and by extension provide a sense of relief to her viewers\, whom she hopes can walk away with that feeling fully absorbed. Gannon received her BFA from Mason Gross School of Arts at Rutgers University. She displayed in several solo and group exhibitions\, primarily in the New Jersey area. Along with creating art\, she has a taught cartooning\, drawing\, other art\, and English.\n \n  \n  \n  \nLibby Ramage is transforming the scraps of life into poems of wide range of visual emotions by using abandoned children’s drawings. Her technique is to use charcoal\, watercolors and acrylics on her collages and handmade papers. She has been teaching art for over 20 years therefore her inspirations come from her students – children\, their excitement and boldness in creating.  Ramage biggest guides as she calls them herself form the art world are Paul Klee and Robert Rauschenburg.   \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nMichael Price questions the psychological relationship between imagination and reality\, fixating on the archetypes of myths and religions. He seizes on the quintessential imagery that transcends cultural barriers\, seeing these trends as the spark of inspiration. His pieces use natural pigments hand-ground from rocks and crystals\, his palette reminiscent of the Renaissance painters. In his reliefs\, figures burst from the picture’s plane to highlight the tension between illusion and materiality\, while triptychs and paneled works investigate the functionality and limitations of the poetic narrative. He graduated from Stoke-on-Trent College of Art with a pre-degree Foundation Course and earned a BA with honors from London Central School of Art and Design (now Central St. Martins). Along with exhibiting his works in the US and Europe\, Price contributed to and published research on mineral pigment production.  \n  \n  \n  \nMiriam Stern is a painter\, printmaker and installation artist. She works with the series of photographs and collages constructing layers of abstraction with elements of reality which then she uses in her paintings. With each piece produced the original elements from her prints become more and more abstract. The themes of her works are often connected to values and ideas prominent in Jewish philosophy.  In 2016 a monograph of her art was published titled Miriam Stern.  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSajal Sarkar uses his art to change the world\, orienting trajectory away from needless violence and instead towards peace and stability. Deeply impacted by the story of his family\, who fled from ethnic riots to India from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) in 1947\, Sarkar themes his works around socio-political issues that persistently foment conflict in all corners of the world. His recent works toy with the notion of the multiverse\, a belief that our universe exists amongst a myriad of parallel ones. These works express sadness and loss\, conveying the nuances of risk and uncertainty plaguing people’s lives. Sarkar received his post graduate diploma in Graphics from Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda and Graduated from the Government College of Art and Craft in Kolkata.  \n  \n  \nSteve Cavallo examines the human figure in his works\, drawing viewers to both find beauty in fellow beings and ponder weighty subjects within human rights. A graduate of the School of Visual Arts\, Cavallo uses watercolor to paint victims of human trafficking—a majority of them women—with great respect and overwhelming empathy. As colors emphasize the difficult reality of those impacted by cruel and brutal practices\, while the forms manifest memories and dreams of what and who they wanted to be before inhumanity twisted them. In 2010\, Cavallo designed the United States’ first memorial to Comfort Women\, sexual slaves of Imperial Japanese soldiers in World War II\, in Palisades Park\, New Jersey. His striking works compel viewers to connect with victims of intense trauma and ponder what it means to be human. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSusan Ward is not only an artist but also a mother\, wife\, sociologist\, and insurance broker. Her inspiration comes from nature’s awesome patterns and mysterious rhythms. Her detailed graphite drawings and vibrant acrylic paintings convey the relaxing\, stress-free atmosphere offered by the forests she hikes through. Her series “Ice Forest” is based on minute ice formations that covered a small wooden bridge she and her dog passed over daily during the pandemic. Her bold colors and abstract shapes act as escapism\, yet a careful viewer can discern their real-life sources. Equally\, as the viewer gazes upon the products of many months’ laborious effort\, one can think of how nature creates these forms effortlessly every day.   \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nWes Sherman seeks to understand humans’ conflicting relationship with nature\, as people desire control over the unconquered yet crave a retreat into its tranquility. He believes painting is one of the earliest acts of human beings\, deepening his interest in history and illustrating his view on art’s impression on humanity. His love for abstraction and landscape is evident in his works\, as painting defines life and contextualizes people as a part of nature. He begins his work by drawing to refine and capture the composition\, then painting to broaden the narrative and tell a story. Sherman received an MFA from Mason Gross School of Arts at Rutgers University and currently serves as Chair of Exhibitions at the Center for Contemporary Art in Bedminster\, New Jersey.   \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 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   \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 
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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 
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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
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SUMMARY:2020 - October 16 - "Lifted" - John Hawaka and Vesselin Kourtev Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Duration: October 2\, 2020 – November 28\, 2020  \nOpening Reception: Friday\, October 16 @ 6:00 PM \nAlfa Art Gallery invites you to the exhibition “Lifted” which features two prominent artists: John Hawaka and Vesselin Kourtev. Not only will this show exhibit the work of two skilled artists with prolific careers\, “Lifted” is in honor and in memory of John Hawaka\, and will celebrate his art and his life. This two – person show will also be a commemoration of the artists’ long-time friendship and their admiration for each other’s art work. “Lifted” will encompass a physical exhibition of Vesselin Kourtev’s work and a virtual exhibition of John Hawaka’s pieces\, run simultaneously from October 2\, 2020 through November 28\, 2020.  \n  \nLifted: Vesselin Kourtev & John Hawaka Virtual Exhibition\n \n\nClick on the images (artwork and graphics) to bring up an information text box (the “wall label”).\nClick different areas of the floor to “walk” around. Footprints will appear on the ground to show where you will move to.\nClick\, hold\, and drag your mouse to rotate or “turn your head”.\nUse the arrow keys on your keyboard to move forward\, backwards\, and side to side.\n\n  \nThe Space Between Interactive Gallery\n \n \n  \nJohn Hawaka began painting one day when he was forced to stay inside Kilmer Job Corps Center in Edison due to a snow storm. He picked up a paintbrush to pass time\, and never put it down since then. Over the years he experimented with different techniques and mediums such as acrylics. Soon enough\, he discovered his talent with rare lacquer painting techniques and became one of the few artists in North America who use them. Most of the time\, Hawaka did not prioritize a specific subject for his paintings. First\, he would choose a color and focus on the design. He typically preferred to paint vertically rather than horizontally. His inspiration arose from the classical and jazz music that would always be playing in the background. Hawaka was a creative and prolific artist and many of his paintings and prints are in the collections of companies and private owners across the country. One of his paintings is even being used as the logo for The New Brunswick Jazz Project. Hawaka has also been part of many one-man shows such as: Rapid Graphics Gallery\, DeLann Gallery\, and Hyatt Regency Hotel. His top award would be the “Nature in Abstraction”\, from Black Diamond Arts Council. \nVesselin Kourtev\, the Founder and Artistic Director of the Alfa Art Gallery\, was born in Bulgaria where he started his successful and international career in the arts. Kourtev has been described as a “unique neo-symbolist in abstract disguise” as his paintings often depict allegorical landscapes framing a relevant cause or interaction such as climate change or other environmental issues. He primarily works in oil paint and watercolors\, which allow him to design illusionistic backgrounds to his narrative themes. Because he studied at a traditional art school and academy\, he developed a unique and distinguished style. Along with studying the work of old masters\, Kourtev admires the art of ancient Egyptians and their architectural achievements. Kourtev has had many solo exhibitions since the Alfa Art Gallery’s founding in 2007. Prior to the opening of his own gallery\, Kourtev was featured in various solo and group exhibitions throughout Bulgaria\, Switzerland\, Germany\, Greece\, France\, Malta\, Turkey\, the Netherlands\, and the United States–specifically in New Jersey and New York. Many of his works are still featured by galleries and private collectors in the aforementioned locations. \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 its establishment\, Alfa has conducted numerous shows featuring local\, national\, and international artists that explore a variety of media: oil color\, watercolor\, mixed media\, sculpture\, photography\, crafts\, and glassworks. Exhibiting artists are granted the opportunity to demonstrate their creative process in Alfa’s open studio and gallery\, thus affording collectors and visitors the ability to learn about and follow the artists’ techniques\, styles\, and motivations. Additionally\, Alfa plays a vital role among local and national visual arts organizations by supporting and presenting artists’ works\, and functions as a space for interdisciplinary art and art criticism. Each season\, Alfa invites professional art curators to provide criticism and guidance to artists and artworks on display to help collectors and patrons identify works that express their particular vision or purpose.
URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2020-october-16-lifted-vesselin-kourtev-john-hawaka-exhibition/
LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200811
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200927
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SUMMARY:2020 - August 11 @ 6:30 - "The Space Between" - Women's Caucus for Art New York City Chapter
DESCRIPTION:“The Space Between: Questions of Place in Times of Uncertainty\,” an Alfa Art & WCA All-Media Exhibition and Collaboration  \nVirtual Exhibition Duration: August 11 – September 26\, 2020 \nPhysical Exhibition Duration: September 5 – September 26\, 2020 \nAlfa Art Gallery is excited to host an all-media exhibition\, “The Space Between: Questions of Place in Times of Uncertainty” for the Women’s Caucus for Art New York Chapter (WCA NYC) commencing August 2020.    \nFeatured Artists: Aileen Bassis\, Amy Brooks\, Colleen Sweeney Gahrmann\, Donna Grande\, Heidi Hodgen\, Helaine Soller\, Hillary Raimo\, Joan Gantz\, Kalee Appleton\, Covectors: Katherine Gibson and Emily Van Walleghen\, Laura Domencic\, Linda Stein\, Lisa Ficarelli-Halpern\, Marcene Glover\, Mary Alice Orito\, Maryann Riker\, Maureen Bennet\, Nan Ring\, Nicole Shivers\, Nishiki Sugawara-Beda\, Noreen Dean Dresser\, Patti Jordan\, Rita Marie Cimini\, Sarah Nguyen\, Undine Groeger  \nAbout the Exhibition \n“The Space Between” explores the relationship between female identity and the environment\, evaluating women’s perceptions of place amidst a complex social climate through a myriad of perspectives. By compiling works of women artists from a variety of backgrounds\, demographics\, and authentic experiences\, the exhibition allows audiences the opportunity to identify patterns between women’s circumstances and surroundings on both individual and collective levels. In an effort to build bridges between certain regions and locations\, the exhibition focused on women artists currently living in New Jersey\, New York\, and Pennsylvania. WCA NYC encouraged submissions from a diverse female audience to enable underrepresented voices to participate whilst highlighting the inherent values that women hold concerning concepts of dwelling and place. “The Space Between” sought multiple interpretations on the theme\, including two and three-dimensional works and audio-visual installations to create connections within an admixture of mediums. “The Space Between” is juried by Jeanne Brasile\, Director of the Walsh Gallery at Seton Hall University\, South Orange\, New Jersey.    \nAbout Women’s Caucus for Art \n“The Space Between” is organized by The Women’s Caucus for Art New York City Chapter (WCA NYC). The Women’s Caucus for Art (WCA) is a national networking organization for women in the arts whose mission is to create community through art\, education\, and social activism. WCA provides women with leadership opportunities and advocates for arts equity for all.   \nJuror’s Statement – Jeanne Brasile \nAbout Alfa Art Gallery \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 its establishment\, Alfa has conducted numerous shows featuring local\, national\, and international artists that explore a variety of media: oil color\, watercolor\, mixed media\, sculpture\, photography\, crafts\, and glassworks. Exhibiting artists are granted the opportunity to demonstrate their creative process in Alfa’s open studio and gallery\, thus affording collectors and visitors the ability to learn about and follow the artists’ techniques\, styles\, and motivations. Additionally\, Alfa plays a vital role among local and national visual arts organizations by supporting and presenting artists’ works\, and functions as a space for interdisciplinary art and art criticism. Each season\, Alfa invites professional art curators to provide criticism and guidance to artists and artworks on display to help collectors and patrons identify works that express their particular vision or purpose. 
URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2020-august-4-630-the-space-between-womens-caucus-for-art-new-york-city-chapter/
LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States
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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
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200425
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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
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191101T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191101T213000
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SUMMARY:2019 – November 1 @ 6:30pm - "Ephemeral Visions" New Brunswick Art Salon – Water Color and Mixed Media
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Duration: October 29\, 2019 – December 22\, 2019 \nOpening Reception: Friday\, November 1\, 2019 @ 6:30pm  \nAlfa Art Gallery is glad to announce the New Brunswick Art Salon 2019 Watercolor and Mixed Media Exhibition. This year we will be featuring work covering a wide range of subjects\, from traditional landscapes\, to masterful still lifes\, to vibrant portraits\, and engaging abstractions.   \nWatercolor\, as a translucent medium\, is wonderful for capturing the fleeting\, flickering qualities of light\, emphasizing not only the beauty of light\, but also the transience. Yet it is a remarkably versatile material\, equally capable of clear colors and muddy textures. The continued use of watercolor speaks to its enduring beauty and utility. To make art today\, and to do so with a medium as ancient as watercolor\, is to engage in conversation with humans\, theories and practices from millennia ago. Each artist must grapple with the question of what it means to make art today and what it means to make modern art. Art\, and especially watercolor art\, captures not only the passing moment of whatever is depicted\, but the moment of history we occupy.   \nWe invite you to please join us for the opening reception on Friday\, November 1\, 2019.  We will give a brief introductory presentation of the featured artists and their works\, as well as provide light refreshments.   \nOur featured artists include: Alaiyo Bradshaw\, Angela Barbalace\, Ann Calandro\, David Obi\, Deena S. Ball\, Deirdre Sheean\, Elisaveta Stoilova\, Elizabeth Oberman\, Hana Aviv\, Indrani Choudhury\, Jeffery Cohen\, Joan Iaconetti\, Judith Hummer\, Lauren Curtis\, Maria Payer\, Mark de Mos\, Melissa Ruffino\, Nick Savides\, Tiago Segundo\, Valerie Patterson \n  \nAbout New Brunswick Art Salons  \nThe Alfa Art Gallery is a non-profit organization dedicated to the discovery\, growth\, and support of emerging and established artists. Since opening our doors in 2008\, we have worked to achieve this goal through exhibitions and events held at our gallery throughout the year. Among our most successful events have been the New Brunswick Art Salons. Drawing inspiration from the traditional art salons of the 18th and 19th centuries\, we have used these events to connect talented artists with the New Brunswick public.  At its inception\, the Art Salons consisted of a spring exhibition of watercolor and mixed media and a fall exhibition of oil color and mixed media.  The success of these early salons and with of our sponsors and patrons we have been able to add a winter photography exhibition\, and more recently\, an all media exhibition in the summer. We believe that visual art is a universal form of expression capable of bridging cultural gaps and providing a forum where diverse perspectives can be shared and appreciated. We hope you will join us for this upcoming melding of the minds.
URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2019-november-1-630pm-ephemeral-visions-new-brunswick-art-salon-water-color-and-mixed-media-2/
LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190906T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191026T170000
DTSTAMP:20210824T184011Z
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SUMMARY:"A Serrated Disposition" September 6 @ 6:30pm- Vesselin Kourtev Solo Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Opening: Friday\, September 6 @ 6:30pm \nExhibition Duration: September 3\, 2019 – October 26\, 2019 \nExhibiting Artist: Vesselin Kourtev \nAlfa Art Gallery invites you to “A Serrated Disposition\,” Vesselin Kourtev’s Solo Exhibition\, featuring representative works from his numerous explorations in oil\, watercolor\, drawing\, and mixed media.    \nBoasting a display of works in a variety of exhibitions all over the world\, Vesselin Kourtev has been perfecting his art since 1987. In Bulgaria\, where he was born and raised\, Vesselin earned a high school degree in Fine Art from the Fine Art School in Kazanlak as well as a Master’s Degree in Fine Art from the University of Veliko\, Turnovo. Applying the skills and knowledge he has gained throughout his training in Fine Arts\, Vesselin has worked at the National School of Stage and Film Design in Plovdiv\, Bulgaria. Finally\, through a compilation of his previous work and experiences\, Vesselin founded the Alfa Art Gallery in 2007\, where he currently works as Head Art Director and Resident Artist with his wife Galina Kourteva\, as they go to great extents to ensure the success of the artists and interns associated with the gallery. Today\, the Alfa Art Gallery is known as a cultural hub described by Home News Tribune writer Richard Khavkine as “transcending visual art’s boundaries” that features a variety of local and international artwork of a variety of mediums\, offering a warm and welcoming atmosphere to its New Brunswick community. \nVesselin’s portfolio of work is an arsenal full of abstract and illusory pastels often framing figural scenes. The juxtaposition of abstract landscapes with human figures ultimately coalesce to promote allegorical and playful images that assert notions of unity and the inner\, more contemplative side of humans. The narrative of each image is presented through a well thought out composition bursting with color and mystification\, his works described as a “formidable achievement\,” by Maurice Taplinger of 1GALLERY&STUDIO. \nWith honorable mentions in a variety of articles\, websites\, and books\, Vesselin continues to make a lasting impact on both his local and global community through his personal artwork as well as the innumerable hours and efforts he devotes to the Alfa Art Gallery. In April 2008\, he donated one of his personal masterpieces to the local Saint Peter’s Hospital in honor of the care and attention he received from them. He has also collaborated with best-selling author Virginia DeBerry and her partner Donna Grant to depict a variety of scenes representative of the essence of their novel\, once again highlighting and negotiating connections between various mediums of expression\, in this case writing and visual arts. In 2009\, Vesselin and Galina were recognized by the Home News Tribune for using The Alfa Art Gallery as a platform to raise awareness of environmental issues and promote positive change through art. Beyond just his local community\, Vesselin is recognized worldwide as an individualized artist with a unique style that has created and continues to create a lasting impact on everyone he touches with his art and contributions to the global community. \nAbout Alfa Art Gallery \nThe Alfa Art Gallery is a non-profit organization devoted to the discovery\, growth\, and support of emerging and established artists. Since we opened our doors in 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 from 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 our 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. \nContact Us \nGalina Kourteva\, Assistant Director and President – Galina@AlfaArt.org \nAlfa Art Gallery Phone: 732-296-6720
URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/september-6-630pm-solo-exhibition-vesselin-kourtev-new-brunswick-art-salon/
LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190621T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190621T213000
DTSTAMP:20240606T185534Z
CREATED:20190427T171304Z
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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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190426T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190426T213000
DTSTAMP:20210225T212452Z
CREATED:20210225T200715Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210225T212452Z
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SUMMARY:2019 - April 26 @ 6:00pm - “Transcendent Impressions” - New Brunswick Art Salon\, Oil and Mixed Media
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Duration: April 23\, 2019 – June 15\, 2019\n Opening Reception: Friday\, April 26\, 2019 @ 6:30pm \nAlfa Art Gallery is pleased to announce the New Brunswick Art Salon 2019 Oil & Mixed Media Exhibition. We will be featuring work from various artists with themes of impressionism\, abstraction\, and interpreting the surreal. The exhibition is titled “Transcendent Impressions” \nTo create art is to harness the power of expressing the experience of moving through the world. Our senses and understanding of life are enhanced by the traits that make us inherently human: emotions\, memories\, dreams. The inevitable incorporation of complex ideas into the creation of art takes our impressions of the world to a deeper and more conceptual level. In this way\, we transcend the mundane and see the world not only as it is\, but also as it is experienced. This exhibition features art that ranges from moody landscapes to complete abstractions\, revealing the ways that art can be defined as transcendent impressions of the world. \nWe invite you to please join us for the opening reception on Friday\, April 26\, 2019 which will feature a brief informational presentation about the exhibited works and their artists. Some light refreshments will also be provided. \nFeatured Artists: Brittany James\, Carole Jury\, David Derr\, Diane Revels\, Bob Sullivan\, Sandy Drob\, Vadim Levin\, Vincent Buchinsky\, Wayne Freitag\, Sara Slee Brown \nAbout New Brunswick Art Salons\nThe Alfa Art Gallery is a non-profit organization dedicated to the discovery\, growth\, and support of emerging and established artists. Since we opened our doors in 2008\, we have worked to achieve this goal through exhibitions and events held at our gallery throughout the year\, the most successful of which have been our New Brunswick Art Salons. Drawing inspiration from the traditional art salons of the 18th and 19th centuries\, we have used these events to connect talented artists with the New Brunswick public. The success of this program since its inception in 2010 has allowed it to grow and expand. Originally consisting of a Spring exhibition of Water Color and Mixed Media and a Fall exhibition of Oil Color and Mixed Media\, through the support of sponsors and patrons alike\, we have been able to add a Winter photography exhibition and more recently a Summer All Media exhibition. 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/19055/
LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190308T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190308T213000
DTSTAMP:20210225T212732Z
CREATED:20210225T205726Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210225T212732Z
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SUMMARY:2019 - March 8 @ 6:30 - "Art of Diplomacy" - group exhibition featuring the New Brunswick Sister Cities Association (NBSCA)
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Duration: March 5\, 2019—April 20\, 2019  \nOpening Reception: Friday\, March 8 @ 6:30 pm  \nAlfa Art Gallery is pleased to announce the New Brunswick Sister Cities Association (NBSCA) Exhibition: “The Art of Diplomacy”.   \nThis upcoming collection will display a wide variety of hand-picked artwork from the NBSCA art collection. These pieces have been collected over the last 30 years as submissions to Sister Cities International Young Artists and Authors Showcase (YAAS). Although differing in ages\, techniques\, and perspectives\, these young artists portray the beauty of unity and the art of diplomacy through their work. With uplifting and celebrative themes of internationalism\, the works featured in this exhibition give viewers a glimpse of our sister cities and embrace diverse histories and experiences. This year’s theme\, “The Art of Diplomacy”\, highlights the goals of President Dwight Eisenhower\, who in 1956 founded Sister Cities International to encourage citizens to respect and honor countries throughout the world\, their languages\, histories\, and culture\, helping to lead a path to world peace. Motifs such as country flags\, the earth\, and holding hands commemorate the peace and joyfulness that accompanies cross-cultural relationships as well as the importance of human interaction in the achievement of peace. In “The Art of Diplomacy”\, Minori Sakamo a student from New Brunswick’s Sister City Fukui\, Japan\, is the international grand prize winner from the 2018 NBSC Young Artists and Authors Showcase\, her work titled is “The Diary of 1000 Years”.    \nAbout the Young Artists and Authors Showcase  \nEach year the Sister Cities International holds a Young Artists and Authors Showcase (YAAS)\, a contest encouraging young artists to express the mission of Sister Cities International through original artwork\, literature\, and photography. There is a new theme each year for the artwork to be based around and the submissions are judged based on originality\, composition\, and interpretation of the given theme. This year’s theme was “The Art of Diplomacy”\, showcasing the importance of citizen diplomats and the innovative ways in which they can help achieve peace through personal interactions across nations. Submissions can come from any Sister City program that is a member of Sister Cities International. The Grand Prize Winners win a cash prize and get to have their work displayed in Sister Cities around the US in a year-long tour. This showcase is a great opportunity to get students and teachers alike involved in the Sister Cities program.  \nAbout New Brunswick Sister Cities  \nThe New Brunswick Sister Cities Association (NBSCA)\, a member of Sister Cities International\, is a nonprofit organization founded in 2000(from the 1970’s until May 2000 the New Brunswick Sister Cities program operated informally as a committee)\, focused on forming cross-cultural relationships around the world. The association helps to foster cultural and historical education and connections between participating cities Debrecen\, Hungary\, Limerick\, Ireland\, and Fukui and Tsuruoka\, Japan.  Volunteer members can get involved in many of the organization’s sister cities programs\, which include various educational\, cultural\, municipal\, health\, technical\, trade\, economic development\, and youth projects. Over the years\, New Brunswick and her sister cities have participated in many arts and culture exchange projects including an “Images of my Community” photography exhibit which showcased photography from students across all of the sister cities\, as well as participating each year in the Sister Cities International Young Artists and Authors Showcase. For more information\, visit their website at www.nbsca.weebly.com \nAbout Alfa Art Gallery”s New Brunswick Art Salons (NBAS) \nFor over a decade\, Alfa has held annual Art Salons inspired by those held during the 18th and 19th century. Designed to bridge talented artists with the New Brunswick public\, these Art Salons feature exhibitions dedicated to photography\, oil and mixed media\, watercolor and mixed media\, as well as one for a combination of all media. Each year\, esteemed juror Rocco Scary judges the exhibition submissions and chooses three winners from each Salon. With support from organizations like New Brunswick City Market\, Middlesex County\, Magyar Bank\, Amboy Bank\, Johnson & Johnson\, and others; the winners from each exhibition are presented with an award as well as a monetary prize.  The winners for the 2018 NBAS exhibitions\, as well as some honorable mentions\, will be announced at the Opening Ceremony for the New Brunswick Sister Cities Exhibition.  \nNew Brunswick Sister Cities presents: Art of Diplomacy
URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2019-march-8-630-art-of-diplomacy-group-exhibition-featuring-the-new-brunswick-sister-cities-association-nbsca-2/
LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190308T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190308T213000
DTSTAMP:20210907T184219Z
CREATED:20190302T022437Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190111T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190111T213000
DTSTAMP:20240606T185544Z
CREATED:20210225T210225Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T185544Z
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SUMMARY:2019 - Jan 11 @ 6:30 pm - New Brunswick Art Salon 2019 – Photography: “Sightings“
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Duration: January 8 – March 2\, 2019\nOpening Reception: Friday\, January 11\, 2019\, 6:30pm – 9:30pm\nExhibition juror: Andrew Darlow \nAlfa Art Gallery is pleased to announce the New Brunswick Art Salon 2019 Photography Exhibition: “Sightings”. This year’s collection includes a wide range of printed photographic work\, from abstract imagery\, to breathtaking seascapes\, to urban landscapes presented in exquisite detail. \nThe show’s title\, “Sightings” can be taken literally: Seeing things\, capturing them with a camera\, and presenting them so that they look similar in print to what the photographer saw. Or\, “Sightings” can describe the process of drawing more from the “mind’s eye\,” of the image-maker\, whether created in-camera or by utilizing post-processing tools. This year’s juror is Andrew Darlow\, an award-winning artist\, author and renowned arts educator. Darlow said this about the show: “I’m honored to again have the opportunity to be the juror for the New Brunswick Art Salon 2019 at Alfa Art Gallery. There are few things I enjoy more than seeing a diverse collection of photographs on the walls of the gallery. Through the work\, I always enjoy learning about the artists\, as well as the incredible world we all share.” \nThe exhibition will be open to the public from January 8 through March 2\, 2019. \nPlease join us for the opening reception on Friday\, January 11\, 2019.  \nFeatured Artists: Alan Chimacoff\, Arik Gorban\, Austin McCaffrey\, Brass Rabbit\, Carl Geisler\, Conny Jasper\, Darina Bout\, David Anderson\, George Mattei\, Lauren Curtis\, Nate Tuvera\, Nestor Gonzalez\, Plamen Petrov\, Samuel Vovsi\, Vanessa Rowan Whitfield\, Yonah Paley \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 more than 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. \nAbout Andrew Darlow (Juror\, New Brunswick Art Salon 2018 Photography Exhibition) \nAndrew Darlow is a New Jersey-based photographer\, educator and consultant. Over the past 20+ years\, he has taught photographers and other artists how to improve their photography\, workflow and digital print output at conferences\, industry events\, and educational institutions\, including the PDN PhotoPlus Expo\, the Arles Photo Festival (Arles\, France)\, Columbia University\, and the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York. His work has been included in many solo and group exhibitions\, and his prints are held in numerous private collections. \nDarlow’s articles and images have been included in many publications\, websites\, books and TV programs\, including Animal Planet\, People Magazine\, USWeekly\, NJ.com and CBS News. He’s the editor of imagingbuffet.com and the author of four books\, including his newest book\, Focus and Filter: Professional Techniques for Mastering Digital Photography and Capturing the Perfect Shot (Ulysses Press). An Amazon Hot New Release and No. 1 Best Seller\, Focus and Filter was chosen as an award-winning finalist at the 2018 International Book Awards. To see more of Darlow’s work and to download a 25 page PDF excerpt from the book\, visit www.FocusAndFilter.com.
URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2019-jan-11-630-pm-new-brunswick-art-salon-2019-photography-sightings/
LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181102T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181102T213000
DTSTAMP:20240606T185552Z
CREATED:20180919T210255Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T185552Z
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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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180907T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180907T213000
DTSTAMP:20210910T214527Z
CREATED:20180619T184751Z
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SUMMARY:2018 - September 7 @ 6:30 - "Enrapture the Soul"  Vesselin Kourtev’s Exhibition Opening
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition duration: September 4 – October 27\nOpening reception: Friday\, September 7 @ 6:30pm \nVeteran Bulgarian artist Vesselin Kourtev invites you to a visual journey of color\, spirituality and emotion in the form of his 2018 Exhibition\, Enrapture the Soul. Renowned for his masterful use of flowing hues and textures to convey concrete moods and states of mind through the abstract\, lovers of visual art would do well not to miss this display of Kourtev’s latest works of art. Those passionate about impressionism and landscapes\, as well as those seeking a fresh and unique approach to the canvas that dares to marry the ethereal with the corporeal will find much in this exhibit to enjoy. Crafting his most recent series of paintings (Cycles) from his New Brunswick gallery\, Alfa Art Gallery\, Kourtev works tirelessly to innovate\, incorporate and improve upon visual and conceptual themes present throughout his past works. This results in a distinct yet inimitable visual aesthetic that serves to subvert the conventions of painting while honoring its untold complexity and emotional resonance. Reveries\, beliefs\, and passions coalesce on Kourtev’s canvases delivering a universal message that his viewers will feel deep within their very essence. Taking place inside a cozy and intimate environment\, Enrapture the Soul will be free for all to attend. Refreshments and live music will be present alongside community enrichment via the arts. Artistic connoisseurs will not want to miss this captivating display. \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			\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\n	 \n  \nVeteran Bulgarian artist Vesselin Kourtev showcases astounding artistic techniques to match an the intense emotions captured in the paintings of his exhibition entitled Enrapture the Soul. Making its debut on September 4th with an opening reception on the 7th\, the captivating display will be open the public for free throughout the 29th of October. \nThe five pieces of Kourtev’s “cycle” of paintings show an impressive and thoughtful cohesiveness while still managing to incorporate details and characteristics unique to each individual piece as well. Each one uncovers a new twist in the emotionally charged and visually stimulating collection\, carving out a unique voice in the world of art with clear mastery of technique. Ghoulish looking figures linger in each piece\, telling marvelous stories through vivid colors\, varied textures and stunning visuals. Different meanings of the cycle can be interpreted by each observer of the exhibition\, and everyone who stops by to immerse their mind and eyes into the captivating show will leave with a newfound appreciation for various artistic methods and the messages they carry flawlessly.
URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2018-sept-7-630-enrapture-the-soul-vesselin-kourtevs-exhibition-opening/
LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180519T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180519T230000
DTSTAMP:20210902T212325Z
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SUMMARY:2018 - May 19 - Bulgarian Education and Culture\, and Slavonic Literature Celebration at Alfa Art Gallery
DESCRIPTION:Bulgarian Education and Culture\, and Slavonic Literature Celebration at Alfa Art Gallery \nSaturday\, May 19th\, 2018 at 6:30 pm \nAlfa Art Gallery invites you to join us in celebrating May 24th – Bulgarian Education and Culture\, and Slavonic Literature Day. The event will take place at 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick NJ 08901 on Saturday\, May 19th 2018 at 6:00 pm. \nAlfa has the pleasure of presenting the dance group\, “Kopriva” performing Bulgarian folk dances and “Alfa BG” band who will perform a selection of Bulgarian music. \nThis event has no admission fee and is open to the public. Feel free to bring food and snacks to share with everyone\, and don’t forget your dancing shoes! \nWhy do we celebrate May 24th?\nThis day honors the Saint Brothers\, Kiril and Methody\, founders of the Slavonic Alphabet. Since 1857\, this day has been celebrated every year. May 24th is a holiday in itself\, a day of spiritual uprising overviewing Bulgaria’s cultural and scientific achievements. Looking upon the letters written by Kiril and Methody as well as their translations of the liturgical books\, shows the fight to protect the right to honor God in their own language. It is a historical significance to the development of the Bulgarian nation and becomes part of the general human idea for equality.
URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/5-19-2018-bulgarian-education-and-culture-and-slavonic-literature-celebration-at-alfa-art-gallery/
LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concert/Band Night,Other
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180427T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180427T213000
DTSTAMP:20240606T185552Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180309T183000
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180309T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180309T213000
DTSTAMP:20210902T210601Z
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SUMMARY:2018 - March 9 @ 6:30 - "Contemporary Realism" - exhibition featuring teachers and students from the "Princeton Academy of Art"
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition duration: March 6 – April 21\, 2018 \nOpening reception: Friday – March 9\, 2018 @ 6:30pm \nWe at Alfa Art Gallery are thrilled and honored to announce our upcoming “Contemporary Realism” exhibition featuring the exquisite work of teachers and students from the “Princeton Academy of Art“. Purveyors of this marvelous exhibition will have the opportunity to view the exceptional talent of students who have been immersed in the rigorous technical studies of painting and drawing at the “Princeton Academy of Art“. Using live models\, still lives\, antique plaster casts\, and landscapes for reference\, Princeton Academy students demonstrate an incredible capacity for producing realistic portrayals of their subjects through a unique contemporary lens. \nAs a result\, their work contributes to the dynamic contemporary art market but still has its roots in the European Classical Tradition. It is an exciting prospect to host such a talented group of artists for both the New Brunswick and Alfa Art Gallery communities to witness. Past exhibitions hosted by Alfa Art Gallery have seen collaborations with the “Arts Council of Princeton“. The gallery has proudly presented art instructors from ACP and provided a unique opportunity for the New Brunswick community to explore the talent that a school of such prestige can produce. It is fantastic that another school in the Princeton community has taken an interest in Alfa \nPrinceton Academy of Art places special emphasis on the intellectual growth of their students alongside their intensive technical training. Keeping this in mind\, viewers of this exhibition will be immersed into the atmosphere of a classical fine art atelier. \nFeatured  Artists and Instructors: Eileen Kennedy-Moore\, Victoria David Thune\, Yuan (Julie) Zhao\, Cathy Saksa-Mydlowski\, Jyoti Menon\, Pierre Bernay\, Liping Wang\, Lihua Huang\, Sridevi Srinivas\, Sheila A. Mahoney\, Dorothea Berkhout\, Kelsey L. Doherty – Instructor\, Iliya Mirochnik – Instructor\, Anna Neis – Director \nAbout Princeton Academy of Art \nThe Princeton Academy of Art presents a unique educational experience in the European Classical Tradition. Our curriculum merges the methods of classical atelier education and the Russian academic tradition. Following in these traditions\, instruction is a focused immersion into human anatomy\, perspective\, and tactile approaches to analyzing form. By rigorously studying these methods alongside concrete principles of value\, color and composition\, students are able to traverse various media and techniques to interpret the world around them in a way that suits their temperament and vision. \nAbout this exhibit \nThe opening reception will involve a brief introductory presentation of the exhibition and featured artists\, presented by the gallery’s curatorial interns. Alfa will provide light refreshments and a live musical performance.
URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2018-march-9-630-contemporary-realism-exhibition-featuring-teachers-and-students-from-the-princeton-academy-of-art/
LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180112T063000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180112T213000
DTSTAMP:20240606T185533Z
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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
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