BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Alfa Art Gallery - ECPv6.17.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Alfa Art Gallery X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.alfaart.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Alfa Art Gallery REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20150308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20151101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20160313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20161106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20170312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20171105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201002 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201129 DTSTAMP:20210225T220831Z CREATED:20200723T212534Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210225T220831Z UID:17933-1601596800-1606607999@www.alfaart.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/Lifted-Banner-Fixed.png ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200811 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200927 DTSTAMP:20210225T221130Z CREATED:20200701T181606Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210225T221130Z UID:17697-1597104000-1601164799@www.alfaart.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/The-Space-Between-Banner-1366x768-v3.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200609 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200802 DTSTAMP:20210824T202613Z CREATED:20200525T220205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210824T202613Z UID:17074-1591660800-1596326399@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2020 - June 9 - "Encounters" - NBAS Oil & Mixed Media Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Virtual Exhibition on Display: June 9\, 2020 – August 1\, 2020    \n \nClosing Reception: July 31 \nAlfa Art Gallery is excited to announce the New Brunswick Art Salon 2020 Oil and Mixed Media Exhibition: “Encounters”.   \nThis virtual exhibition\, which is fully accessible through Alfa’s website\, will showcase the work of local and international artists. The compilation of various oil paintings demonstrates the versatility of this medium.   \nUsing oil paint as a vehicle\, the artists let us explore encounters they’ve had with the world around them\, their impressions of it\, abstractions of it\, and beyond. Because of the diverse display of oil paintings\, each viewer can find a work that they can connect with.  \nFeatured Artists: Dorothy Siclare\, Jamie Greenfield\, Ogunlesi Paul\, Patricia Hynes\, Paul Fuentes\, Stephanie Deshpande\, Todd Doney\, Kathleen Shaver\, and Allison Lewis. \nAbout the “New Brunswick Art Salon” Exhibitions: \n“New Brunswick Art Salon” aims to unite those who appreciate art and culture within the tri-state area and beyond\, providing a creative hub of guidance and encouragement for artists. Thus\, its exhibitions are always free and open to the public Tuesday through Saturday\, from 11 AM to 6 PM.  \nNBAS’2020 is sponsored by: \nWith the assistance of grants from organizations such as Amboy Bank\, Magyar Bank\, Johnson & Johnson\, New Brunswick City Center\, Middlesex Country Cultural and Heritage Commission\, Bristol Myers Squibb\, and Pfizer Inc. Alfa Art is confident that all who come to the 2020 Oil Painting New Brunswick Art Salon will leave with a greater appreciation of the arts and the gallery’s showcasing of a variety of artists.  \n  URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/encounters-nbas-oil-and-mixed-media-exhibition/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/Encounters–Banners-2020-01-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200303 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200425 DTSTAMP:20210831T185617Z CREATED:20191121T203459Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210831T185617Z UID:16388-1583193600-1587772799@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2020 - March 12 @ 5:00 pm - “LIFE DISTILLED”\, a three-person show with Meredeth Turshen\, Betty Jacobsen\, and Yvonne Skaggs DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Duration: March 3\, 2020 – April 25\, 2020 \nOpening Reception: Thursday\, March 12 @ 5:00 pm  \nAlfa Art Gallery invites you to “LIFE DISTILLED”\, a three-person show with Meredeth Turshen\, Betty Jacobsen\, and Yvonne Skaggs\, featuring representative works from their numerous explorations in watercolor\, drawing\, collage\, and mixed media.     \nThe three artists have shown their work in a variety of exhibition venues around New York\, New Jersey\, and Pennsylvania since the 1980s. Through the years that Betty\, Meredeth and Yvonne have known\, worked and exhibited together\, they have influenced each other in many subtle ways\, especially with their commitment and dedication to express their feelings and visions artistically.  \nMeredeth Turshen is an artist\, teacher and writer who lives in Hoboken and taught at Rutgers University in New Brunswick\, NJ\, for more than 25 years. Her art studies began at age ten at the Art Students League in New York and continued\, after majoring in studio art at Oberlin College\, in workshops and residencies at Pratt\, the Printmaking Council of NJ\, the Rutgers Center for Innovative Printmaking\, Vermont Studio Center\, and Moulin à Nef (VCCA France). She exhibits regularly in the New York metropolitan region and with Viridian Gallery in Chelsea. For this exhibition\, she was inspired by the challenge of incorporating images of household décor\, floral arrangements and potted plants into collages that are simultaneously representational and non-figurative.   The collages reveal familiar objects through the lens of a modern artist\, giving quotidian scenes a new twist.  \nMeredeth’s art turns combines scenes from nature\, landscapes and interior features to create abstract compositions. Her collages present recognizable objects and the perspective of a modern artist. In this exhibition she shares with viewers the challenge of creating a non-figurative image with familiar items such as flowers and household décor.  The result is an overlapping of textures\, pops of color and geometry that pull your gaze across the entire image to investigate further ad recognize the features in each panel.  \nBetty Jacobsen\, an artist and educator\, trained at NYU and Montclair State University. She teaches advanced art classes at Hunterdon Central Regional High School. Her passions are art and nature\, coupled with education\, with nature serving as a personal metaphor for the cycles of life. Starting from observations of nature\, her work flows from the unconscious; it is quietly intimate in size. Her small works can stand individually yet create a larger visual statement when viewed together.  The repetition and relationship among parts is exciting\, as each series explores an idea through consistency of size and media.  Humble materials such as paper\, watercolor\, sewing thread\, feathers and pen have worked their way into three-dimensional pieces through folding. For the work shown here\, called The Walk\, Jacobsen used tiny bird feathers to create 100 paper triptychs.   \nBetty is inspired by nature. For her\, nature serves as a personal metaphor for lifecycles.  With this in mind\, and a longing to bring viewers into a private world with the work\, she creates small artworks with soft strokes of watercolors\, thread\, feathers and pen. The result is a piece that can almost be felt by viewers. And\, in a way\, can be. Betty’s works can be held by viewers\, an interaction she hopes is like reading a book.  \n Yvonne Skaggs\, an artist who exhibits two- and three-dimensional work in various venues in New York and New Jersey\,studied at the University of Iowa School of Art and Art History and the Art Students League in New York. Her varied career includes producing maps and technical drawings and designing and preparing exhibits for small history and art organizations. With traditional artifacts being destroyed around the world by man and nature\, she has been considering what we mean when we preserve objects\, paintings\, and artifacts of all kinds. With the abstracted still life images shown here\, she thinks about the definition of style and culture and the objects we choose to save to record our time. She uses the technique of collage\, reassembling elements to sculpt\, build and construct images. The papers and fabrics come from many sources – magazines\, newspapers\, photographs and paper and fabric.  \nYvonne’s art is inspired by themes of preservation and culture. Her art seeks to sculpt still life images with familiarity\, but are not replications. The materials used in her collages come from a variety of sources\, she utilizes magazines and newspapers\, her own photographs\, and paper and fabric she textured and colored.  \n  URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2020-march-12-500-pm-life-distilled-a-three-person-show-with%e2%80%afmeredeth-turshen-betty-jacobsen-and-yvonne-skaggs/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/Banner-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200117T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200117T213000 DTSTAMP:20210831T191832Z CREATED:20191218T194838Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210831T191832Z UID:16414-1579285800-1579296600@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2020 - January 17 @ 6:30 - "Moments of Focus" - NBAS Photography Exhibition Opening DESCRIPTION:On display: January 14 – February 29\, 2020\nOpening Ceremony: Friday\, January 17\, 2020 6:30pm-9:30 pm \nAlfa Art Gallery is excited to host the New Brunswick Art Salon 2020 Photography Exhibition: “Moments of Focus”. This year’s collection includes a wide range of printed photographic work\, from abstract imagery\, to breathtaking environments\, to urban landscapes presented in brilliant detail. Photographers are artists who use their camera and a vision to create a lasting image. The photographs produced convey a message\, emotion\, idea\, etc. In contrast to representational photography.  \nFeatured artists: Alan Chimacoff\, Blaise Pena\, Danielle Austen\, Dorie Dahlberg\, Fredrick Ballet\, Gary Wiesner\, James Fitzgerald\, John Clarke\, Kay Kenny\, Paul Marvuglio\, Richard D. Herring\, Roberta Rose\, Samuel Vovsi and Guillermo Viera. \n“New Brunswick Art Salon” aims to unite those who appreciate art and culture within the tri-state area and beyond\, providing a creative hub of guidance and encouragement for artists. Thus\, its exhibitions are always free and open to the public Tuesday through Saturday\, from 11am to 6pm. \nWith the assistance of grants from organizations such as Amboy Bank\, the Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission\, Magyar Bank and the New Brunswick City Center\, Alfa Art is confident that all who come to the 2020 Photography New Brunswick Art Salon will leave with a greater appreciation of the arts and the gallery’s showcasing of local\, skilled artists. \nThe 2020 Photography New Brunswick Art Salon is sponsored by Frame Destination Inc. \n  \n \n \n  \n  URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2020-january-17-630-moments-of-focus-nbas-photography/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/photography_poster_01-copy2_YES-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191101T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191101T213000 DTSTAMP:20210831T191545Z CREATED:20210225T204835Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210831T191545Z UID:19069-1572633000-1572643800@www.alfaart.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/MCCHC-2019-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190906T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191026T170000 DTSTAMP:20210824T184011Z CREATED:20190613T192427Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210824T184011Z UID:15944-1567756800-1572109200@www.alfaart.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/a-serrated-disposition-banner-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190621T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190621T213000 DTSTAMP:20240606T185534Z CREATED:20190427T171304Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T185534Z UID:15706-1561141800-1561152600@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2019 - June 21 @ 6:30 pm - "Respective Space" New Brunswick Art Salon\, All Media DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Duration: June 18\, 2019 – August 30\, 2019 \nOpening Reception: Friday\, June 21\, 2019 @ 6:30-9:30 \nAlfa Art Gallery is proud to announce the New Brunswick Art Salon 2019 All Media Exhibition. Our gallery will feature art of different mediums from various artists in this exhibit. We will be displaying thought provoking pieces that will engage the viewers imagination and allow for interpretation. This exhibition is called “Respective Space.” \nThe All Media Exhibition will incorporate themes of empowerment\, exploration and transformation. Alfa Art Gallery will showcase artists who use many mediums including acrylic paint\, sheet metal\, crayon\, watercolor and ink. This exhibition allows New Brunswick Art Salon to bring artists form a variety of backgrounds together. “The gallery regularly features art salon holding\, three annually in addition to hosting musicians\, solo exhibitions\, authors and actors\,” said Mary Ann Koruth\, writer from New Brunswick Today. Koruth continued\, “As a result of an overwhelming response to a call for artists\, the exhibition was presented in two parts.” \nAlfa Art invites to join us for our All Media Exhibition on Friday\, June 21\, 2019. Where artists will bring new perspectives to the viewers. \nFeatured Artists: Alison Jones\, Anne Stagg\, Anthony Sienkiewicz\, Barbara Neibart\, Cedric van Eenoo\, Dario Silva\, Doug Rizio\, Ekaterina Abramov\, Elizabeth Amaral\, Elsie Sienkiewicz\, Haley Mosseri\, Kirill Abramov\, Kymba Nijuck\, Vadim Levin \nAbout New Brunswick Art Salons \nThe Alfa Art Gallery is a non-profit organization devoted to the discovery\, growth\, and support of emerging and established artistes. Since we opened our doors i 2008\, we have worked to achieve this goal through exhibitions and events held at our gallery over the years. Currently the most successful of which have been our oldest and most prestigious program\, New Brunswick Art Salon. Drawing inspiration form the traditional art salons of the 18th and 19th centuries\, we have used these events to connect talented artists with the New Brunswick public. Since the program’s inceptions in 2010\, the New Brunswick Art Salon has helped to enrich the community through its art. We attempt to spark a love and interest of the arts through our donations to the community including to the NJ Institute for Food\, Nutrition\, and Health in 2012. Thanks to the support of sponsors and patrons alike\, we have been able to expand our Art Salon. Originally\, it consisted of a Spring exhibition of Watercolor and Mixed Media and a Fall exhibition of Oil Color and Mixed Media. However\, now\, a Winter photography exhibition and more recently a Summer All Media exhibition has been added to out New Brunswick Art Salon Program. We believe that visual art is a universal form of expression which can bridge cultural gaps and provide a forum where diverse perspectives can be shared and appreciated\, and we hope you will join us for this upcoming melding of the minds. URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2019-june-21-630-pm-new-brunswick-art-salon-all-media-incl-sculpture/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/NABS2019-Banner-DoriannRhymes-01.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190426T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190426T213000 DTSTAMP:20210225T212452Z CREATED:20210225T200715Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210225T212452Z UID:19055-1556301600-1556314200@www.alfaart.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/0001-1-663x1024-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190308T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190308T213000 DTSTAMP:20210225T212732Z CREATED:20210225T205726Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210225T212732Z UID:19088-1552069800-1552080600@www.alfaart.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/Art_of_Diplomacy_POSTER-791x1024-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190308T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190308T213000 DTSTAMP:20210907T184219Z CREATED:20190302T022437Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210907T184219Z UID:15635-1552069800-1552080600@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2019 - March 8 at 6:30 - Ceremony for New Brunswick Art Salon 2018 award winners DESCRIPTION:Event Date: March 8\, 2019 at 6:30pm at Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick NJ. \nThe Alfa Art Gallery welcomes everyone to the Ceremony for the New Brunswick Art Salon 2018 Award Winners\, judged by Rocco Scary. This event will take place on March 8\, 2019. We will announce first\, second\, and third place award winners as well as all honorable mentions. \nThe New Brunswick Art Salons’ main aim is to build relationships and connections between local artists and the community. Talented artists from diverse backgrounds have been drawn into these exhibitions for the past eight years. \nThe New Brunswick Art Salons consists of three unique showings of oil color\, water color and mixed media artworks. \nThe Oil Color and Mixed Media exhibit\, “An Expanse of Expressionism” was held on April – June. The featured artwork boasted a wide array of visual aesthetics ranging from the impressionistic to the abstract style that expressionism is renowned for. \nOn June – August\, the “Visceral and Visionary” exhibition featured fine art from twenty artists specializing in all media. \nFrom October – December Alfa hosted “Transfiguration of the Form: Watercolor and Mixed Media” which featured nineteen local and international artists who specialized in the use of water color\, gel\, charcoal\, oil pastels and more. \nThe Alfa Art Gallery was delighted to have Rocco Scary as a judge of the New Brunswick Art Salon 2018 exhibitions. An active multi-disciplinary artist by himself\, Rocco Scary always brings exceptional perspective to the NBAS 2018 exhibitions. Rocco Scary is also an accomplished denizen of the art world accruing multiple awards and accolades from the New Jersey State Arts Council Fellowship to the Essex County Arts Council. URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2019-march-8-at-630-ceremony-for-new-brunswick-art-salon-2018-award-winners/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:New Brunswick Art Salon,Other ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/Alexa-Kuebler-2018-Award-Presentation-Banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190111T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190111T213000 DTSTAMP:20240606T185544Z CREATED:20210225T210225Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T185544Z UID:19096-1547231400-1547242200@www.alfaart.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/gMPABapo-663x1024-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181102T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181102T213000 DTSTAMP:20240606T185552Z CREATED:20180919T210255Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T185552Z UID:14629-1541183400-1541194200@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2018 – November 2 @ 6:30 – “Transfiguration of the Form” - New Brunswick Art Salon – Water Color and Mixed Media DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Duration: October 29th\, 2018 — December 22th\, 2018\nOpening Reception:  November 2nd\, 2018 @ 6:30pm \nBeginning on October 29th\, the Alfa Art Gallery will commence one of its flagship exhibitions\, the 2018 New Brunswick Art Salon for Water Color and Mixed Media. \nThis exhibit shows the multiplicity of techniques and imagery possible with the use of watercolors. Various mixed media pieces are also featured which compliment watercolor. These works cover a variety of artistic styles and subject matter. Viewers of all interests will find works that speak to them. Artists such as Allison Maletz and Indrani Choudhury take subjects directly from daily life such as wildlife\, people or landscapes and use delicate techniques and strong attention to detail to create works that resemble familiar life-scenes. Other artists like Agop Gemdijan and Christina Iacuzio create surreal works that are conjured up through their whimsical imaginations. Other featured artists such as Christina Argonish and Annie Liber use mixed media including collage and wire sculpture respectively in their artworks. Each artist in this exhibition uses watercolors to tell a story about how they experience the world. \nFeatured Artists: Agop Gemdjian\, Allison Maletz\, Christina Iacuzio\, Drew Maillard\, Edith Hillinger\, Hana Aviv\, Linda Laino\, Michael Price\, Hijo Nam\, Christina Argonish\, Eric Alexander Santoli\, Indrani Choudhury\, Jenna Inzetta\, Mary Ladd\, Melissa Cicero\, Tara LeGall\, Trisha Putkowski\, Annie Lieber\, Nicole Miritis \nAbout the “New Brunswick Art Salon” Exhibitions: \nAlfa Art Gallery possesses a great deal of reverence for the 18th and 19th century traditional art salons. During this era\, art salons were the single greatest annual or biannual melding of the artistic and intellectual minds of their time. For ten years\, Alfa has successfully emulated these  momentous events in its own unique way by bridging highly esteemed and talented artists with the New Brunswick public. The Winter offers a salon with exhibitions dedicated to photography while Spring hosts oil and mixed media. The Summer brings a collective consisting of all themes and the Fall presents a watercolor and mixed media exhibition. Alfa is dedicated to the discovery\, growth\, and support of emerging and established artists. We believe that visual art is a universal form of expression which can bridge cultural gaps and provide a forum where diverse perspectives can be shared and appreciated. Established in 2008\, Alfa Art Gallery has grown into New Brunswick’s Cultural Hub by exhibiting over five hundred artists and by hosting multidisciplinary community events in honor of the visual arts\, music\, poetry and dancing. \nNBAS’2018 is sponsored by: URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2018-november-2-630-new-brunswick-art-salon-water-color-and-mixed-media/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/Banner-Alexandra-Pietsch-Watercolor.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180907T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180907T213000 DTSTAMP:20210910T214527Z CREATED:20180619T184751Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210910T214527Z UID:14454-1536345000-1536355800@www.alfaart.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/Banner-Alexandra-Pietsch-Vessilin2-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180622T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180622T213000 DTSTAMP:20210910T210307Z CREATED:20180525T194807Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210910T210307Z UID:14040-1529692200-1529703000@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2018 - June 22 @ 6:30 - "Visceral and Visionary": New Brunswick Art Salon All Media\, Opening Reception DESCRIPTION:On display: June 19 – August 31 2018\nOpening Reception: June 22 at 6:30 pm  \nCommencing on June 19th\, Alfa Art Gallery will host one of its most exciting and diverse exhibitions as part of “New Brunswick Art Salon 2018”. Entitled “Visceral and Visionary”\, this showing is a melting pot of intriguing techniques\, media and visions that seamlessly unite to inspire the viewer in unexpected and exhilarating ways. The exhibition will last from June 19th to August 31st. \nArtists chosen to showcase their work include: Amanda Yoakum\, Chris Ernst\, Christine Parker\, Undress God\, Gene Tanta\, Agop Gemdjian\, Alphonse Lane\, NJ DeVico\, Edward Ruggieri\, Erica Velasco\, Lauryn Ahearn\, Manisha Em\, Merrilee Drakulich\, Rhonda Yanow\, Susan Winter\, Vera Genovese\, Lauren Curtis\, Minakshi De\, Susan Ward\, and Strahil Stanchev.  \nFrom oil paintings to ceramics to mixed media pieces\, the array of artwork carefully selected for this exhibition is sure to appeal to lovers of all kinds of artistic mediums. The exhibition showcases work that transcends aesthetic norms and prompts viewers to consider introspective ideas and compelling expressions. Each artist in this exhibition adopts their own style\, with pieces reminiscent ranging from portraiture to landscapes to three-dimensional works. While each artist has their own meaning and message behind their work\, viewers will have the opportunity to interpret and reflect upon each piece. Lovers of neo-expressionism\, impressionism\, and even primordial works of art will enjoy what each artist has to offer during this exhibition.   \nAn opening reception will be held for this showing at the New Brunswick gallery on June 22 at 6:30 pm. This event will include live music\, refreshments and plenty of networking opportunities.   \n“New Brunswick Art Salon” aims to unite those who appreciate art and culture within the tri-state area and beyond\, providing a creative hub of guidance and encouragement for artists. Thus\, its exhibitions are always free and open to the public Tuesday through Saturday\, from 11am to 6pm. As the most medium-inclusive exhibition of the year\, Alfa extends an open invitation to art lovers and local patrons alike to come and view the works of professional and emerging artists while submerging themselves in an awakening artistic experience. \nWith the assistance of grants from organizations such as Amboy Bank\, the Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission\, Magyar Bank and the New Brunswick City Center\, Alfa Art is confident that all who come to the 2018 All Media New Brunswick Art Salon will leave with a greater appreciation of the arts and the gallery’s showcasing of local\, skilled artists.  \n\nPhotos from the opening reception: URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2018-june-22-630-new-brunswick-art-salon-all-media-visceral-and-visionary-exhibition-opening-reception/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/BannerV2Amanda-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180519T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180519T230000 DTSTAMP:20210902T212325Z CREATED:20180505T201604Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210902T212325Z UID:14018-1526754600-1526770800@www.alfaart.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/3b9iPxVw-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180427T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180427T213000 DTSTAMP:20240606T185552Z CREATED:20180328T180429Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T185552Z UID:13697-1524853800-1524864600@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2018 - April 27 @ 6:30 - New Brunswick Art Salon 2018 - Oil Color and Mixed Media "An Expanse of Expressionism" Exhibition Opening DESCRIPTION:New Brunswick Art Salon 2018 – Oil Color and Mixed Media: “An Expanse of Expressionism”\n Exhibition Duration: April 24th\, 2018 — June 16th\, 2018\n Opening Reception:  Friday\, April 27th\, 2018 @ 6:30pm \nBeginning on April 24th\, Alfa Art Gallery will commence one of its flagship exhibitions\, the 2018 New Brunswick Art Salon for Oil Color and Mixed Media. This display\, celebrating the aesthetic mastery of gifted painters\, will be initiated with a cozy and intimate opening ceremony to be held on Friday\, April 27th at 6:30pm and hosted by Alfa. Attendees of this event will become familiarized with a diverse array of wondrous artworks spanning the colorfully abstract to the otherworldly and surreal. \nThough expressionism is a substantial theme of our Oil Color & Mixed Media Exhibition\, the featured artists at Alfa will boast a wide array of visual aesthetics ranging from the impressionistic to the abstract style that expressionism is renowned for. Charity Henderson’s body of work serves to explores various psychological states through mixed media impressionistic paintings of the human face. Similarly\, Debora Thedinga utilizes impressionism in order to manipulate light\, color and space thus crafting a landscape that can be viewed successfully through the small window of the canvas. In slight contrast to her fellow featured artists\, Tricia Miho offers a more surrealist aesthetic with paintings reminiscent of Salvador Dalí. Her work explores the progression of images and how such progression enables the transformation of metaphysical creations. \nAlfa’s Oil Color & Mixed Media Exhibition will also display artworks that are more consistent with expressionism\, particularly in the realm of the abstract. Colleen Lineberry’s works celebrate natural beauty as captured through her mind’s eye resulting in in vibrantly colorful motifs presenting near otherworldly landscapes. In a fashion akin to Lineberry’s abstract aesthetic\, Enrique Zaldivar utilizes color and inspiration from the natural world to illustrate issues inherent to human beings and satisfy his constant need to express himself. Kathleen Shaver’s artistry can be described as a quest for the beauty which lies within human impulse and the primal. Leona Tenebruso-Shultes similarly explores this primality by adorning her canvas with impassioned brushstrokes and expressive colors and finally. Pat Cresson utilizes multifaceted mediums of both digital and analog origin in order to craft texturally rich abstract pieces rich in complexity and exquisitely balanced hues. Incorporating drawing as a structural springboard\, Maurie Brooks endeavors to embody visual thinking and simultaneously facilitate the suspension of thought.  For her\, this can ultimately result in a freedom from the rational\, linear or observational\, a freedom that allows for a more intuitive approach\, even a turning toward the repetitive or meditative\, sometimes with surprising results.   \nDevotees to the likes of Salvador Dalí\, Wassily Kandinsky\, and Helen Frankenthaler will especially find a great deal to love scouring Alfa’s artwork adorned walls. \nDrawing inspiration from Parisian exhibitions from the Baroque era bearing the same name\, Alfa Art Gallery’s New Brunswick Art Salons are held a number of times each year always with the express goal of lessening the divide between artists and the community\, especially in the diverse city of New Brunswick. With the help of grants given by organizations such as Amboy Bank\, the Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission\, Magyar Bank and the New Brunswick City Center\, Alfa is confident that all attendees and viewers of 2018 New Brunswick Art Salon for Oil Color and Mixed Media will leave with a healthier interest and appreciation for the artistic contributions of talents spanning the New Brunswick\, the state of New Jersey and beyond. The exhibition and opening ceremony is free and open to the public. \nFeatured Artists: Charity Henderson\, Colleen Lineberry\, Debora Thedinga\, Enrique Zaldivar\, Kathleen Shaver\, Leona Tenebruso-Shultes\, Maurie Brooks\, Pat Cresson\, Tricia Miho. \nAbout Alfa Art Gallery’s Art Salons: \nAlfa Art Gallery possesses a great deal of reverence for the 18th and 19th century traditional art salons. During this era\, art salons were the single greatest annual or biannual melding of the artistic and intellectual minds of their time. For ten years\, Alfa has successfully emulated these  momentous events in its own unique way by bridging highly esteemed and talented artists with the New Brunswick public. The Winter offers a salon with exhibitions dedicated to photography while Spring hosts oil and mixed media. The Summer brings a collective consisting of all themes and the Fall presents a watercolor and mixed media exhibition. Alfa is dedicated to the discovery\, growth\, and support of emerging and established artists. We believe that visual art is a universal form of expression which can bridge cultural gaps and provide a forum where diverse perspectives can be shared and appreciated. Established in 2008\, Alfa Art Gallery has grown into New Brunswick’s Cultural Hub by exhibiting over five hundred artists and by hosting multidisciplinary community events in honor of the visual arts\, music\, poetry and dancing. URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2018-april-27-630-new-brunswick-art-salon-2018-oil-color-and-mixed-media-an-expanse-of-expressionism-exhibition-opening/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/ONTsBbxg-scaled.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180309T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180309T213000 DTSTAMP:20210907T201451Z CREATED:20180225T220057Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210907T201451Z UID:13582-1520620200-1520631000@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2018 - March 9 at 6:30 - Ceremony for New Brunswick Art Salon 2017 award winners DESCRIPTION:Event Date: March 9\, 2018 at 6:30pm at Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick NJ. \nThe Alfa Art Gallery welcomes everyone to the Ceremony for the New Brunswick Art Salon 2017 Award Winners\, judged by Rocco Scary. This event will take place on March 9\, 2018 and will announce first\, second\, and third place award winners as well as all honorable mentions. \nThe New Brunswick Art Salons’ main aim is to build relationships and connections between local artists and the community. Talented artists from diverse backgrounds have been drawn into these exhibitions for the past eight years. \nThe New Brunswick Art Salons consists of four unique showings. The New Brunswick Art Salon: Photography Exhibition was held on February – March. This exhibition was featuring nine artists from the Raritan Photographic Society\, New Jersey’s\, oldest photography club\, founded in 1929. They worked through a spectrum of styles from photo-realism to abstractions. The “Introspective Concepts of Reality” was a group exhibition hosted on May – June and exclusively showcased thirteen artists who could bring their awareness and artistic outlook to Alfa’s audience and the greater New Brunswick area. This exhibition focused on developing an opportunity to connect cultural gaps and explore diverse perspectives within the community with the use of mixed media. On June – July\, the “Summer Collective” exhibition featured fine art from nine artists specializing in all media. On November – December Alfa hosted “The DNA of Form: Watercolor and Mixed Media” which featured ten local and international artists who specialized in the use of water color\, gel\, charcoal\, oil pastels and more. \nThe Alfa Art Gallery was delighted to have Rocco Scary as a judge of the New Brunswick Art Salon 2017 exhibitions. An active multi-disciplinary artist by himself\, Rocco Scary always brings exceptional perspective to the NBAS 2017 exhibitions. Rocco Scary is also an accomplished denizen of the art world accruing multiple awards and accolades from the New Jersey State Arts Council Fellowship to the Essex County Arts Council. URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2018-march-9-at-630-ceremony-for-new-brunswick-art-salon-2017-award-winners/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/NBAS_Ceremony.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180309T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180309T213000 DTSTAMP:20210902T210601Z CREATED:20180115T185214Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210902T210601Z UID:12726-1520620200-1520631000@www.alfaart.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/8qu-bI2Q.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180112T063000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180112T213000 DTSTAMP:20240606T185533Z CREATED:20171213T202234Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T185533Z UID:12707-1515738600-1515792600@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2018 - Jan 12 @ 6:30 - New Brunswick Art Salon 2018 - Photography: "A Facility for Photogenia" exhibition opening DESCRIPTION:New Brunswick Art Salon 2018 – Photography: “A Facility for Photogenia“ \nExhibition juror: Andrew Darlow \nExhibition Duration: January 9 – March 3\, 2018.   \nOpening Reception:  January 12\, 2018\, 6:30pm – 9:30pm \n As part of its successful decade-long New Brunswick Art Salon\, Alfa Art Gallery is honored to announce the New Brunswick Art Salon 2018 Photography Exhibition: “A Facility for Photogenia” in which a group of talented photographers from the Tri-State area and beyond will be exhibiting their finest work. Epic sights from monochrome skyscrapers adorning the New York City skyline\, to images of a quaint\, weathered Asbury Park boardwalk will be available for both curious eyes and discerning collectors. Additionally\, photography delving into portraiture and a wide range of other enthralling visual concepts will grace the walls of Alfa Art Gallery.  \n“A Facility for Photogenia” is a juried exhibition sure to surprise\, entertain and enchant. Andrew Darlow\, an award-winning artist\, author and renowned arts educator who will be this year’s juror\, had this to say about the show: “It’s an honor to be asked to choose my favorite prints from the work of so many creative artists. I especially enjoy being ‘virtually transported’ to new and often exotic locations across our incredible planet through the artists’ images.” The exhibition will be open to the public from January 9 through March 3\, 2018. Please join us for the opening reception on Friday\, January 12\, 2018.  \nFeatured Artists: Amy Becker\, Barbara Eggermann\, Brayden Donnelly\, Carl Geisler\, Casey Shaw\, Chelsey Sinclair\, Christine Cuthbertson\, Craig Shofed\, Gina Petrecca\, Hannah Schrenzel\, Heidi Sussman\, Kedar Wani\, Nick Palmieri\, Patricia Bender\, Patrick Carroll\, Peter Aldrich\, Steven Yahr\, and Thomas Maugham  \nAbout Alfa Art Gallery’s Art Salons \nAlfa Art Gallery possesses a great deal of reverence for the 18th and 19th century traditional art salons. During this era\, art salons were the single greatest annual or biannual melding of the artistic and intellectual minds of their time. For ten years\, Alfa has successfully emulated these  momentous events in its own unique way by bridging highly esteemed and talented artists with the New Brunswick public. The Winter offers a salon with exhibitions dedicated to photography while Spring hosts oil and mixed media. The Summer brings a collective consisting of all themes and the Fall presents a watercolor and mixed media exhibition. Alfa is dedicated to the discovery\, growth\, and support of emerging and established artists. We believe that visual art is a universal form of expression which can bridge cultural gaps and provide a forum where diverse perspectives can be shared and appreciated. Established in 2008\, Alfa Art Gallery has grown into New Brunswick’s Cultural Hub by exhibiting over five hundred artists and by hosting multidisciplinary community events in honor of the visual arts\, music\, poetry and dancing. \n\nArtist Interviews \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2018-jan-12-630-new-brunswick-art-salon-2018-photography-the-facility-for-photogenia-exhibition-opening/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/Ew3q_mUA-scaled.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171117T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171117T210000 DTSTAMP:20190427T171432Z CREATED:20171005T142201Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190427T171432Z UID:12592-1510943400-1510952400@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2017 - Nov 17 @ 6:30pm - "The DNA of Form: Watercolor and Mixed Media" Opening Reception DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Duration: November 14th– December 31st\, 2017\n Opening Reception: November 17th\, 2017. 6:30pm – 9:30pm. \nAlfa Art Gallery invites you to join us for the opening of our New Brunswick Art Salon Exhibition\, Fall2017\, “The DNA of Form: Watercolor and Mixed Media”.  Our reception starts at 6:30 pm on Friday\, November 17th 2017. The Event will feature a brief introductory presentation of the exhibition and information about exhibiting artists. Refreshments will also be served. \nFrom November 14th to December 31st\, 2017\, Alfa Art Gallery will be displaying the work of 10 phenomenal artists specializing in the medium of watercolor and mixed media. At Alfa’s “DNA of the Form“ exhibition\, viewers will be treated to visual delights crafted from water color\, gel\, charcoal\, oil pastel\, flashe paint\, paper collages\, and more. Visual art from the electrifyingly abstract to the compositionally stunning will be available for everyone to see. Featuring both local and international names\, the pictorial artworks on display will compel attendees to conceive possibilities beyond the forms they are presented using their own imaginations and intuitions. Concepts ranging from the capturing of human forms within the vibrant worlds they inhabit to lively dances of color and texture will anchor this upcoming exhibition. The surreal will cohabitate with the sublime as the numerous artistic perspectives show the public a sampling of their bodies of their work.  \nAbout the artists:  \nPatricia Bender‘s work avoids timelessness\, using light and chemicals to cast her processed work back in time. Jonathan Horowitz approaches texture with similar intensity and brightness\, but with deeper variety across his two-dimensional surfaces. Carol O’ Neill and Leslie Sheryll  utilize an eclectic use of materials to highlight the variance of texture when used as a substitute for light. The work of watercolor artist Evgenia Klimenko\, features prominent use of human subjects in semi-surreal relation to the elements\, fragments\, and companions of daily life. Fragmentation of human artifacts is an equally important focus to the abstracted works of Ilona Sochynsky. Look quickly at one of Peter Arakawa‘s pieces and you might only see that chaos of daily life\, but look further to find the organized ballet of colors. Using watercolors to tell stories with targeted subjects and underlying subjective elements\, Robert Stetz paintings are impressive. Tracy Coons offers collages of natural forms overlain with dense text and unnatural geometric patterns of muddled color. Ken C. Hamilton strives to bring out beauty and dignity as the world around him presents a widespread dichotomy of fragile\, elusive and often conflicting tensions\, in a way that only watercolors can. \nAbout New Brunswick Art Salon (NBAS) exhibitions:  \nEvery year\, Alfa Art Gallery hosts a series of New Brunswick Art Salon (NBAS) exhibitions. This particular Art Salon will only showcase water color and mixed media pieces. The overall goal of the Art Salon installments is to lessen the divide between the artist and the community\, especially in the diverse city of New Brunswick. Alfa Art Gallery is a non-profit organization located at 108 Church Street\, in the heart of New Brunswick. The gallery is sponsored by the New Brunswick City Market\, through grants given by organizations such as Amboy Bank\, Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission\, and Magyar Bank. Alfa Art Gallery believes that visual art is the ultimate form of communication\, and aims to provide professional criticism and guidance to exhibiting artists. Alfa Art Gallery aims to create a cultural hub for fine painters\, sculptors\, actors\, and writers from New Jersey and beyond. URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2017-november-17-630pm-new-brunswick-art-salon-watercolor-and-mixed-media/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/11-14-Watercolor-and-Mixed-Media-GK.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171110T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171111T210000 DTSTAMP:20171117T191059Z CREATED:20171030T180901Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171117T191059Z UID:12613-1510311600-1510434000@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2017 - November 10 and 11 - Nikolay Panitcharov's solo exhibition at Alfa organized by Bulgarian Cultural Center of PA\, NJ & DE DESCRIPTION:Bulgarian Cultural Center of PA\, NJ\, DE and Alfa Art Gallery Present: Nikolay Panitcharov’s Solo Exhibition  \nExhibition Duration: November 10\, 2017 – November 11\, 2017; 11:00 am to 6:00 pm \nAbout the Artist: Mr. Panitcharov is an artist who has worked in creating contemporary artwork for over thirty years. Panitcharov has both studied and exhibited art in various locations such as Bulgaria\, Paris\, New York and Los Angeles. Before switching to artistic technique\, the artist often worked with metals. However\, after starting to use metals in his artwork\, Panitcharov found a variety of artistic outlets and expressions through his work. Specifically\, he has applied his aluminum techniques to plate form\, as well as many other forms. Panitcharov often explores the interaction between people and art\, and has therefore focused on ways in which the interactive experience between art and audience can be heightened. He emphasizes a strong connection between nature and the contemporary art form\, through different means and modes of expressions. Please join us in welcoming Nickolay Panitcharov to the Alfa Art Gallery and experience his unique style in his upcoming solo exhibition.  \nAbout the Bulgarian Cultural Center of PA\, NJ\, DE:  The Solo Exhibition of Nickolay Panitcharov is organized by the Bulgarian Cultural Center of NJ\, PA and DE. The Cultural Center serves to preserve both the culture and the heritage of the Bulgarian people\, as well as to educate audiences of all ages and backgrounds. The Center hosts many online forums and events gathering Bulgarians together\, such as “Nashe Selo”\, BG Euforia” and “Bulgarian Film Festival”.  Over the years\, the Bulgarian community has grown and has offered its time\, energy and talents to both the Bulgarian community and the outside community alike.   \nThe Alfa Art Gallery would like to thank the Cultural Center’s board and trustees\, with a special thanks to Ms. Dessislava Dimitrova for organizing Nickolay Panitcharov’s exhibition at Alfa. URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2017-november-10-and-11-nickolai-panicharovs-solo-exhibition-at-alfa-organized-by-bulgarian-cultural-center-of-pa-nj-de/ LOCATION:Bulgarian Consulate\, NYC\, 121 E 62nd Street\, New York\, NY\, 10065\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/22770501_10155358221342886_6638795333045529723_o.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171006T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171109T213000 DTSTAMP:20240606T185536Z CREATED:20170606T172729Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T185536Z UID:12386-1507314600-1510263000@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2017 - October 6th at 6:30pm - "The Matter of the Spirit" Exhibition Opening and Alfa's 10th Anniversary Celebration DESCRIPTION:Opening Reception: Friday\, October 6th\, 2017 at 6:30pm-9:30pm \n Exhibition Duration: October 3rd – November 11th\, 2017  \nLive performances: \n Michelle Lily – International Singer\n Estrada Branca – Jazz/World Music Band  \nUPDATE: Event video is now available! \n \nPlease join The Alfa Art Gallery for our 10th anniversary celebration featuring the work of gallery owner\, Vesselin Kourtev. Our special 10th anniversary exhibition will celebrate a decade of bringing the community together through culture and visual arts. \nTeeming with rich warm hues and fast flashes of vibrancy\, Vesselin Kourtev’s work is saturated in emotion and action. Utilizing abstract colors and provocative shapes\, his oil paintings are shrouded in mystery while his watercolors fill the canvas with soft shapes with bold backgrounds. Vesselin Kourtev is one of the co-founders of Alfa Art Gallery\, born and raised in Bulgaria – he has studied art for most of his life and currently serves as the artistic director of the gallery. His work is mostly oil and watercolor including a few collages. He has previously participated in numerous solo exhibitions across Europe and in New York City and New Jersey\, where he currently lives. \nWe invite you to come enjoy Vesselin Kourtev’s artwork at our special 10th Anniversary Celebration: A Decade of Culture and Creativity and live performance by Michelle Lily and Estrada Branca. \nAbout Michelle Lily \nPlease join The Alfa Art Gallery for an exciting musical performance from the internationally featured Michelle Lily. Comprising a variety of pop and hip-hop stylings as well as a formidable vocal range\, Michelle Lily’s musical presence has graced various fashion and gossip mags around the world from Oprah’s O Magazine to the cover of the New York Press to sold out stadiums and events all over the world. With albums and singles released around the world from Italy\, to France\, Spain\, Japan\, Dubai and America\, it is fantastic that such an exhilarating performer can be seen right here in New Brunswick! The performance will coincide with visual artist and Alfa Art Gallery owner\, Vesselin Kourtev’s “The Matter of the Spirit” solo exhibition.    \nAbout Estrada Branca \nThe Alfa Art Gallery is proud to present the exceedingly talented Estrada Branca. Formed in 2009 by a group of musical virtuosos with a shared love of Jazz\, American Popular Song\, Afro-Cuban and World Music\, Brazilian Music and\, in particular\, the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim\, Yolanda Digrius (vocals)\, Ken Lipman (Sax and Flute)\, Jaq Keenan (Guitar)\, Jerry Otero (Bass)\, Bob Ramos (drums) and Michael Lawton (keyboard) have entertained audiences in the local New Brunswick Music Scene\, Rutgers University\, and various Highland Park street fairs. No strangers to performing outside of the local scene\, playing in Puerto Rico\, The Dominican Republic\, The Caribbean\, Brazil\, England\, and South Africa\, it is wonderful to welcome this gifted collective back to New Brunswick! Experiencing Alfa Art Gallery is not quite the same without hearing the music of one of its talented regulars\, Estrada Branca! \nThe Alfa Art Gallery 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\, our organization has grown into New Brunswick’s Cultural Hub by exhibiting over five hundred artists and hosting multidisciplinary community events in honor of the visual arts\, music\, poetry and dancing. \nAlfa Art Gallery is sponsored by the following:   \n\nNew Brunswick City Market.\nAmboy Bank.\nMiddlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission.\nMagyar Bank URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2017-october-6th-at-630pm-vesselin-kourtev-solo-exhibition-exhibition-opening/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/VesselinSoloBanner-2.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170818T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170818T213000 DTSTAMP:20171027T191033Z CREATED:20170626T175536Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171027T191033Z UID:12504-1503081000-1503091800@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2017 - August 18th at 6:30pm - "Carolesque-Eclectic Art" - Exhibition Opening DESCRIPTION:“Carolesque-Eclectic Art” – A Carol O’Neill Solo Exhibition\nOpening Reception: Friday\, August 18th at 6:30pm \n Exhibition Duration: August 15th – September 30th\, 2017  \n \nPlease join The Alfa Art Gallery for “Carolesque-Eclectic Art“\, featuring the work of Carol O’Neill a local artist specializing in collages. Our exhibition will exclusively showcase her work to Alfa’s audience and the greater New Brunswick area. This public reception opening will create an opportunity for the audience to view the work of a celebrated artist within the community.   \nCarol O’Neill has been an artist for about 11 years\, who previously did woodwork which started with a class she took in Philadelphia. O’Neill worked in wood for about 10 years\, and created a series of combs out of wood. She also previously made abstract paintings using India ink. O’Neill now primarily creates collages\, using new and recycled materials. The materials vary from piece to piece and include embossed and decorative paper\, ribbons\, and paper from books and magazines. O’Neill draws inspiration for her collages from looking at different types of printed materials\, and is influenced by books from her childhood. When creating a collage\, O’Neill asks herself if the piece will make sense to the viewer\, what message will it convey\, and will the viewer understand this message as she does. While there is no one message which she is trying to convey in all of her art collectively\, there are individual messages for individual pieces. Ultimately her goal when creating a collage is to perfect the piece regardless of the color scheme or any specific messages that she is trying to convey. \nWe invite you to come enjoy the artwork of Carol O’Neill on August 18th\, 2017 at 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ 08901. Our Opening Reception will feature a brief introductory presentation of “Carolesque-Eclectic Art” and information about the artist herself. We will also provide light refreshments and a live musical performance.   \nThe Alfa Art Gallery 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\, our organization has grown into New Brunswick’s Cultural Hub by exhibiting over five hundred artists and hosting multidisciplinary community events in honor of the visual arts\, music\, poetry and dancing.   \nAlfa Art Gallery is sponsored by the following:       \n\nNew Brunswick City Market    \nAmboy Bank    \nMiddlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission    \nMagyar Bank   URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2017-august-18th-at-630pm-carolesque-eclectic-art-exhibition-opening/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/08-15-Carol-O-Neill-Solo-Exhibition.png ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170623T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170623T210000 DTSTAMP:20240606T185552Z CREATED:20170603T152330Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T185552Z UID:12357-1498242600-1498251600@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2017 - June 23rd at 6:30pm - "The Summer Collective" Exhibition Opening DESCRIPTION:Opening Reception: Friday\, June 23rd\, 2017 at 6:30pm-9:30pm \n Exhibition Duration: June 20th-August  12th\, 2017   \nPlease join The Alfa Art Gallery for The “Summer Collective” Exhibition Opening Reception\, featuring fine art by emerging and well-established artists working in all media. Our exhibition will exclusively showcase artists who can bring their knowledge and artistic vision to Alfa’s audience and the greater New Brunswick area. This public reception opening will create a unique opportunity to bridge cultural gaps and explore diverse perspectives within the community.   \nOur featured artists include: Brian McCormack\, NJ DeVico\, Ekoh Dubois\, Jason Stewart\, Lorraine Deprospo\, Sajal Sarkar\, Scott MacNeill\, Steve Coté\, and Terrill Warrenburg. \nArtist Brian McCormick incorporates humor and social awareness into his work\, while being influenced by composer\, Harry Partch\, and sculptors Alexander Calder\, and Jean Tinguely. Artist NJ DeVico feels liberation in doing abstracts\, and this is often a theme present in his artwork. Ekoh Dubois is a poet and artist\, using their work as a bridge between the thinker and the mystic. Painter\, sculptor\, and installation artist Jason Stewart is interested in negotiating the real with the fictive\, often studying places of personal significance and places of transience\, looking for connections between the two.   \nPainter Lorraine DeProspo\, is continually inspired by the sea and uses the ephemeral qualities of fog on the water to create abstract and minimalist works of art. Sajal Sarkar has been deeply impacted by her recent move from India to the United States\, which resonates in her work as she seeks to represent people struggling to find happiness within their own life. Scott MacNeill uses his eclectic and lighthearted style to render drawings that appear realistic from a distance but reveal a surface full of lively movement upon closer inspection. Steve Coté takes real-life situations and infuses them with irony\, sarcasm\, and dark humor through his quick execution style and thick implied line. Terrill Warrenburg is influenced by embracing the random chances around her and representing them through found materials\, she seeks to transform surfaces into multilayered and evolving two and even three dimensional surfaces.   \nWe invite you to come enjoy the artwork of these talented emerging and well-established artists on June 23rd\, 2017 at 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ 08901. Our Opening Reception will feature a brief introductory presentation of The “Summer Collective” Exhibition and information about exhibiting artists. We will also provide light refreshments and a live musical performance.   \nThe Alfa Art Gallery 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\, our organization has grown into New Brunswick’s Cultural Hub by exhibiting over five hundred artists and hosting multidisciplinary community events in honor of the visual arts\, music\, poetry and dancing.   \n  \nAlfa Art Gallery is sponsored by the following:  \n\nNew Brunswick City Market \nAmboy Bank \nMiddlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission  \nMagyar Bank \nJohnson and Johnson  URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/2017-june-23rd-at-630pm-the-summer-collective-exhibition-opening/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/Banner-PSD-Summer-Collective-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170528T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170528T230000 DTSTAMP:20240606T185552Z CREATED:20170526T143227Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T185552Z UID:12284-1495992600-1496012400@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2017 - May 27 @ 5:30pm - Bulgarian Education\, Culture and Slavonic Literature Day Celebration DESCRIPTION:May 28th\, 2017 at 5:30pm -11:00pm \n \nAlfa Art Gallery invites you to join us in celebrating Bulgarian Education and Culture\, and Slavonic Literature Day. Our reception starts at 5:30 pm on Sunday\, May 28th 2017. The event will take place at the gallery on 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901.   \nAlfa has the pleasure of presenting Kopriva the dance group performing Bulgarian folk dances and the band Alfa BG performing 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!  \nBulgaria celebrates May 24th as the day of the Bulgarian Education\, Culture and Slavic Script\, the official Day of Holy Brothers St. Kiril and St. Methody - the Byzantine scholars who wrote the first Slavic alphabet in 855 A.D.\, and translated into Old Bulgarian the Bible and the religious literature of Orthodox Christianity.   \nSince 1857\, May 24th is 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.  \n  \n  URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/celebration-of-bulgarian-education-culture-and-slavonic-literature-day-may-at-alfa/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Other ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/05-24-Bulgarian-Cultural-Day-Banner-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170505T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170505T213000 DTSTAMP:20171006T143209Z CREATED:20170214T165126Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171006T143209Z UID:11472-1494009000-1494019800@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2017 - May 5 @ 6:30pm - "Introspective Concepts of Reality"\, Group Exhibition DESCRIPTION:The “Introspective Concepts of Reality” Exhibition featuring oil color and mixed media artists\nExhibition Duration: May 2nd –June 15th\, 2017\n Opening Reception:May 5th\, 2017 at 6:30pm–9:30pm \nPlease join The Alfa Art Gallery for The “Introspective Concepts of Reality” Exhibition Opening Reception\, featuring artwork by oil color and mixed media artists. Our exhibition will exclusively showcase artists who can bring their knowledge and artistic vision to Alfa’s audience and the greater New Brunswick area. This public reception opening will create a unique opportunity to bridge cultural gaps and explore diverse perspectives within the community. \nOur featured artists include: Andrei Medvedev\, Agop Gemdjian\, Anna Johnston\, Caroline Morgan\, Dion Hitchings\, Dot Bunn\, Evgenia Klimenko\, Jim McKeon\, Joan Sonnenfeld\, Rita Herzfeld\, Steve Epstein\, Sumeet Girotra\, and Tania Ianovskaia. \nArtist Andrei Medvedev is a famous Russian artist inspired by mysticism\, psychology\, and Diego Velasquez’s painting “Las Meninas.” Tania Ianovskaia\, who has exhibited in Russia and Canada\, is inspired by the wonder of dreams and Lewis Carroll’s books. Artist Agop Gemdjian\, who is Armenian and Bulgarian\, combines bright colors\, the Slavic mentality\, and his views of the contemporary world in his artwork. \nArtists Caroline Morgan\, Joan Sonnenfeld\, and Rita Herzfeld are inspired by the natural world. As an abstract landscape painter\, Caroline Morgan is particularly inspired by the location of Victoria in Canada and the American Adirondacks. Prolific artist Joan Sonnenfeld expresses her intense concern for the fragility of nature through oil paintings and collages. Meanwhile\, Rita Herzfeld is concerned with constant change\, destruction\, and evolution in nature. \nPainter Sumeet Girotra has a fascination with human behavior and approaches painting as both a science and an art. Anna Johnston is a mixed media painter who focuses on self-discovery\, awareness\, and transcendence. Similarly\, painter Dot Bunn cares about themes of personal discovery and believes in making visual poems about real life experiences. Jim McKeon also paints portraits to celebrate the individuality and humanity of his subjects. \nPainter Steve Epstein is inspired by his observations of urban scenery\, artist Evgenia Klimenko works on the subject of figurative art within contemporary art\, and mixed media artist Dion Hitchings believes in breaking boundaries and deconstructing nontraditional media in order to encourages viewers to think outside of the box. \nWe invite you to come enjoy the artwork of these talented artists on May 5th\, 2017 at 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ 08901. The Opening Reception will feature a brief introductory presentation of “Introspective Concepts of Reality” and information about exhibiting artists. We will also provide light refreshments and a live musical performance. \nThe Alfa Art Gallery 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\, our organization has grown into New Brunswick’s Cultural Hub by exhibiting over five hundred artists and hosting multidisciplinary community events in honor of the visual arts\, music\, poetry and dancing. \nAlfa Art Gallery is sponsored by the following:   \n\nNew Brunswick City Market.\nAmboy Bank.\nMiddlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission.\nMagyar Bank URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/introspectiveconceptsofreality2017/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/IntrospectiveMoveBanner.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170317T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170317T213000 DTSTAMP:20240606T185641Z CREATED:20170223T221546Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T185641Z UID:11620-1489775400-1489786200@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2017 - Mar 17 @ 6:30pm - “Free Form” Group Exhibition Opening & Alfa's 9th Anniversary Celebration DESCRIPTION:“Free Form” Group Exhibition featuring professional artists and art educators of New Jersey \nExhibition duration – March 15 – April 29 \n Exhibition Opening Reception – March 17\, 2017 – 6:30 – 9:30pm \nMarch 17th Event Schedule:\n\nWelcoming Official Guests: 6:30 – 6:45 PM\nExhibition Opening Presentation: 6:45 – 7:00 PM\nNinth Anniversary Celebration Remarks: 7:00 – 7:15 PM\nAwards Ceremony for NBAS’ 2016 Winners: 7:15 – 7:30 PM\nLive Music and Refreshments at 7:30 – 9:30 PM\n\n  \nAlfa Art Gallery is pleased to present “Free Form” Group Exhibition featuring the professional artists and art educators of New Jersey\, including many artists from the Arts Council of Princeton (ACP). This exhibition will exclusively showcase these well-established artists who can bring their knowledge and artistic visions to the New Brunswick and Alfa Art Gallery audience. In the past\, Arts Council of Princeton has collaborated with Alfa Art Gallery to present art instructors at ACP and provide an unique opportunity for the New Brunswick community by exploring new ideas\, opportunities\, and art forms. \nOur featured artists include: Eva Mantell\, Libby Ramage\, Dorothea Berkhout\, Charles David Viera\, Scott Wright\, Joel Rudin\, Andrew Werth\, Krysia Kolodziej\, Karen Titus Smith\, and Arlene Milgram \nThe March 17th event will involve a brief introductory presentation of our current exhibition and featured artists\, presented by the gallery’s curatorial interns. In addition\, there will be Ninth Anniversary Celebration Remarks and Awards Ceremony for the winners of the 2016 New Brunswick Art Salon juried by Rocco Scary. \nThe Alfa Art Gallery is dedicated to the discovery and support of emerging and established artists. We believe that visual art is an universal form of expression which can bridge cultural gaps within our community and provide a forum for diverse voices to be heard. Alfa was established in 2008 and has exhibited over 500 artists and hosted multi-disciplinary artistic events such as music\, poetry\, and dancing and  became  a cultural hub of New Brunswick. \nWe invite you to please join us in our efforts to strengthen our community and positively impact the lives of local residents through the arts. Alfa will provide light refreshments and a live musical performance. \nThis program is sponsored in part by:  URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/free-form-2017-group-exhibition/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/2017-03-Banner.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170203T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170203T213000 DTSTAMP:20240606T185641Z CREATED:20170117T182420Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T185641Z UID:11137-1486146600-1486157400@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2017 - Feb 3 @ 6:30pm - New Brunswick Art Salon: Photography Exhibition by Raritan Photographic Society DESCRIPTION:Opening Reception: Friday\, February 3rd\, from 6:30pm – 10:00pm  \nExhibition Duration: February 1st- March 14th 2017 \nAlfa Art Gallery will be hosting the seasonal New Brunswick Art Salon: Photography Exhibition featuring the Raritan Photographic Society (RPS).  \nThe Raritan Photographic Society is New Jersey’s oldest photography club\, founded in 1929. The society’s members are united in a common passion for photography and a desire to become better artists. They are also members of the New Jersey Federation of Camera Clubs and the Photographic Society of America. This allows the group to attend lectures\, digital and print competitions to improve their technical and creative skills in photography. Both professional and amateur photographers choose to work in a wide spectrum of styles from photo-realism to abstraction as well as members who are still looking to find their own style. \nOur featured artists are Richard Doerr\, Barbara Eggermann\, Paul Eggermann\, Carol Petscavage\, Bill Petscavage\, Ellen Reardon\, Jamie Shombert\, Susan Powell and Kedar Wani. \nRichard Doerr the President of RPS is an annual artist for the New Brunswick Art Salon. He has developed a speakers program that has featured various photographers instructing their knowledge. His commitment and passion for the arts has inspired others to become more involved in the community. Barbara Eggermann and Jamie Shombert both members of the RPS and artists partaking in the annual exhibition assist with Alfa Art Gallery to ensure the event is better than the last. Photography allows Eggermann to express her emotions and fully convey her point of view through a story only she can tell. On the other hand\, Shombert’s photography is more vague which allows the viewer to create their own narrative using their imagination. \nJoin Alfa Art Gallery in the opportunity to celebrate the achievements and talent of the photographers. The wide varieties of genres include landscapes\, nature\, architecture\, abstract objects\, and figures. Each artist develops their own style and narrative through their pieces\, providing the viewer to be just as creative. Alfa Art Gallery is a non-profit organization determined to support emerging and well established artists and to give their work exposure and critical following within the art community. URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/new-brunswick-art-salon-photography-exhibition/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/Nicoles-Final-Banner-NBAS-v3.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161202T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161202T220000 DTSTAMP:20240606T185641Z CREATED:20161101T182804Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T185641Z UID:10976-1480703400-1480716000@www.alfaart.org SUMMARY:2016 - Dec 2 @ 7pm - Holiday Salon 2016\, "Tis the Season" DESCRIPTION:Alfa Art Gallery invites you to the 2016 Holiday Salon\, “Tis the Season“\, featuring representations  of reality through abstractions using mixed media\, oil work\, and water painting based art.  \nExhibition Duration: November 22nd- January 27th 2017 Exhibition Preview: December 1st@ 6:30-10:00pm Exhibition Opening: December 2nd@ 6:30-10:00pm Exhibiting Artists: Madeline Polymeropolous\, Michael Fenton\, Agop Gemdjian\, John Hawaka\, Vesslin Kourtev\, Andrei Medvedev \n  \nWe are pleased to invite you to Alfa Art Gallery’s Holiday Salon\, “Tis the Season”\, highlighting artists who excel in their work of capturing the true essence and beauty of art. The 6 featured artists are prominent local figures whom have exhibited their work in gallery shows throughout the greater New York area or have worked with Alfa Art Gallery in previous exhibitions. Through the exhibition\, you will witness local talents from the New Brunswick area\, and beyond\, whom reflect and inspire the rich artistic culture of the community.  \nThe pieces featured in Alfa Art Gallery’s “Tis the Season” Exhibition exemplifies a mastery of abstract expression. Relying on form\, color\, and concept\, our artists invite you to explore their worlds of expression. Representing reality through abstraction\, the six artists create exquisite works that find inspiration from figurative forms. Please join Alfa Art Gallery for a night of enjoying intricate artworks during the happy holiday time. \n  \nAbout the Artists:  \nAlfa Art Gallery’s “Tis the Season” features many talented artists. \n  \nMadeline Polymeropolous\, has resided in New Brunswick for the past 40 years.  Throughout her career\, she has experienced the variety of the world\, having traveled her hometown of Dallas\, Texas to Greece to Boston where she received her B.F.A. and M.F.A.  from Boston University with a concentration in Painting and Drawing. In addition to her outstanding resume\, Polymeropoulos has a MS from Parsons in Visual Arts and Museum Education.      \nPolymeropoulos finds inspiration from her experiences within the world.  Her works exhibit colorful and textured landscapes and figures through bold expression of geometric shapes.  Works are on paper constructed through mixed media of oil sticks\, acrylics\, pencil\, and collage.   \n  \nMichael Fenton\, a New Jersey artist\, was born and raised in upstate New York but has lived in New Jersey for the past 30 years residing in Morris Plains. He is a painter who works in a variety of different modes and sizes\, ranging from Korean folk painting to realism to near-impressionism. Working primarily from the memory and imagination\, he attempts to distill his images to a point where there is a powerful emotional resonance\, without being specific or didactic. He paints primarily in Korean Water Color\, oil and acrylic\, and the vast majority of his works involve the figure in one way or another. Fenton’s paintings comprise several distinct\, yet interrelated bodies of work. In addition to his studio work\, he also continues studying the ancient Korean folk art and drawing in a private capacity.  \nMichael focuses on portraits which should evoke emotions from the viewer. His subjects are painted naturalistically and show great detail. He focuses on detail by making use of lighting (light and dark colors) within the painting. The subject’s emotions can be seen by the body language. A perfect example of his work is his “Chet Baker” portrait\, the painting casts the subject in a dark area with a light illuminating the weathered details of the subjects face. \n  \nAgop Gemdjian accomplishes classical techniques of etching in his prints\, supplemented with the emotional atmosphere that he creates with sudden bright colored stresses\, odd surrealistic states\, and metamorphoses of figures and objects. There is a well-mastered combination of heterogeneous figurative components – images\, color spots with abstract impact\, embossed elements and even personal poetry entwined in the pictorial space. All of this creates an instinctual density and an active suggestion of the works these features manifest themselves especially in the plastic works of Agop Gemdjian. Compound works with six\, nine\, or twelve prints\, drawings and plastic collages\, combining real objects\, various matters\, light and words lead the feelings and the thoughts of the spectator into a complex picture of human states\, where the spirit tries to break away of the enormous heaps of the material world\, and to purify itself.  \n  \nJohn Hawaka paints for the sheer enjoyment of doing so because he loves the challenge. He enjoys being a studio with brush in hand\, facing a “blank canvas.” Over the years he has experimented with many mediums and techniques-from casein to oil to acrylic from wood to canvas to laminate. Currently\, he uses a mixture of lacquer and several other mediums on laminate. He uses the lacquer mixture for its fluidity and the laminate for its smooth surface\, which allows the paint to flow freely. Alfa Art Gallery is proud to announce that they are Exclusive Representatives of John Hawaka.   \n  \nVesselin Kourtev has over 20 years of experience as a professional fine artist. Born and raised in Bulgaria\, Vesselin Kourtev received a high school degree in Fine Art from the Fine Arts School in the historic city Kazanluk\, as well as his MFA degree from The Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Veliko Turnovo\, the capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire.  From 1989 until 2002\, Vesselin worked for the National School of Stage and Film Design in Plovdiv\, Bulgaria. In the years following\, he remained active within the Bulgarian art community and participated in a large number of national and international exhibitions and competitions. Vesselin was featured in The Good Living Magazine from Saint Peter’s University Hospital\, New Brunswick in 2008 and has exhibited his work in over a dozen shows across New Jersey and New York.  \n  \nAndrei Medvedev Graduated from the Department of Theatre Set Design at “Memory of Year 1905” Art College.  Medvedev’s works are now in Moscow Tretyakov State Gallery and in many high profile personal collections around the world. Andrei Medvedev has developed his own style\, which has close connection to his authentic personality and his insight into people’s souls and psychology. Without leaving beauty behind\, Andrei gives his paintings depth of thought\, and questioning of the main forces present in all of humanity: good and bad\, hope and fear. The Russian artist has been painting since the age of four\, when his grandfather first encouraged him to pursue and develop his talent. Now\, as an adult\, we can sense in his creations the strong influence and inspiration he found in artist Diego Velasquez\, Medvedev’s most favored artist. The resemblance is most clear in observing Medvedev’s work and Velasquez’ greatest creation\, Las Meninas. \n  URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/holiday-salon-2016/ LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.alfaart.org/wp-content/uploads/holiday-gallery-poster-banner-3.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR