May Exhibits at Artworks

May – June 2015

Main Gallery

Movis – Maverick Parallels

May 6– June 13  (Opening Reception – May 9, 6-8pm)

For this exhibition, the artists of MOVIS find expression in 2 and 3 dimensional works, as well as sound pieces, using a wide range of materials including paint, photography, bronze, steel, wood, video, knitted fiber, masking tape, hand-made paper and mesh.  John Goodyear offers a kinetic construction in which the images appear and disappear on rotatable parallel slats;  Margaret Johnson’s elegant prints show evidence of the hand moving in parallel gestures;  Eve Ingalls works across 2 and 3 dimensions in her large constructions that juxtapose the parallel prongs of a tuning fork and the scattered energy of the city;  Berendina Buist uses thread and fabric with parallels running across the rows and up and down the panels;  Rita Asch, MOVIS’ composer/musician, creates a lyrical sound piece inspired by the song of the thrush allowing the trills of the thrush to interact in parallel with the digitally-generated sound of the flute and the human voice;  photographer Frank Magalhaes creates a video stream of enhanced photographic images comprising a fantastical, parallel view of Umbria;  Susan Hockaday presents a parallel version of the Dymaxion World Map created by Buckminster Fuller, substituting botanical imagery for the usual land masses.; and Marsha Levin-Rojer offers a work from her Mandala series comprised of wooden beads suspended in parallel, as well as a tape installation where a set of parallel lines seems to remain constrained as long as it can before breaking out into a burst of energy.

Guest artists include Dana Stewart, whose carefully positioned animal sculptures create strong visual parallels; Jim Perry, whose tall wood totems gracefully and elegantly carry the parallel concept vertically from floor to ceiling; and Jerry Hirniak, whose photographic assemblages and video presentation offer parallel views of an historic 10 day period involving the civil rights movement.

Featured Artists

Rita Asch

Berendina Buist

John Goodyear

Susan Hockaday

Eve Ingalls

Margret Johnson

Marsha Levin-Rojer

Frank Magalhaes

Guest Artists

Jerry Hirniak

Jim Perry

Dana Stewart

e. pluribus Unum – Susan Hockaday

Community Gallery

VSA of NJ – Art Par Excellence

May 6 – June 13  (Opening Reception – May 9, 6-8pm)

Art Par Excellence statewide touring art exhibition featuring two dimensional artwork by students through age 21 with disabilities. All schools in the state were invited to submit two works. Selected artists will have their works displayed in the Community Gallery.

To find out more about VSA NJ, CLICK HERE.

ArtLab Gallery

Ede Sinkovics – Upcyled Art

May 16 – June 13

JUST ADDED! 

Ede Sinkovics, resident artist at TerraCycle, will be showcasing his upcycle artwork in the ARtLab.  Come see how our everyday trash can be transformed into something with value, like art!

2 opening receptions at Artworks Trenton this Saturday, May 10th 2014, 6 to 8pm.

A forest of large painted and individually collaged prisms will be literally hanging throughout ARTWORKS in Trenton May 10 to June 7.

This massive interactive installation is the centerpiece of a one man show featuring local artist Alan Goldstein. The show features work relating to 4 natural elements; Earth, Air, Fire and Water. Goldstein has based much of his life’s work on nature’s inventions and processes.

The forest was inspired by the trees the artist has studied for over 30 years walking to his Bucks County studio. “ My trees are a part of my life and I see them age and die like my friends, like myself.  Slowly they loose twigs, branches, leaves and bark until they stand like ghosts waiting to fall.”

Goldstein spent most of the 1960s in New Jersey.  He taught at St Bernard’s School for Boys, the Summit Art Center and the Morris County Art Association in Morristown.  An invited artist to the International Summer Seminar at Fairleigh Dickenson, Goldstein has been shown at the NJ Visual Arts Center and the Newark Museum.

His work was regularly shown at the Lacework Gallery in Lambertville, New Jersey and he has many works in the permanent collection of the Michener Museum in Doylestown Pennsylvania.

“Alpha Genesis” will be the first official exhibition for Allegory Lab Art Collective.

Allegory Lab Art Collective is comprised of four, self-representing artists: Melody Saccone, John A. Saccone, Bobby Bates, and Addison Vincent. The four artists decided to collaborate and form the collective in March of 2013.

“Alpha Genesis” is the first exhibition in a four year, four part series of works which will culminate into a massive body of works by 2017.
“Alpha Genesis” will showcase 5 works by each artist, and their personal styles for the 2014 season.
“Beta Genesis”, 2015 season, will showcase collaborative works as the artists pair off to create 8 works per pair.
“Omega Genesis”, 2016 season, will showcase 8 collaborative, large scale works of all four artists.
“The Genesis Series”, 2017 season, will be the culmination of the past three years, and will showcase a total of 36 works, ranging from personal works, to full collaborative works.

The purpose of working in yearly segments is to foster growth as artists through both personal and collaborative exploration and experimentation. Since each of the artist’s work in their own style and medium, the outcome of the collaborative works should be nothing short of spectacular.

Artworks Trenton, the amazing place where I work, has a matching fund challenge. Can you help us reach our goal of $5,000 by donating WHATEVER you are able using this link? Then message me to let me know (we’ve got some Board member and Staff competition going on here and you know how competitive I am). In return you will get the comfort of knowing that you’re helping an incredible small roots arts organization and possibly a foot massage from me.

Opening reception at Artworks Trenton this Friday, April 11th, 2014!

Artworks Trenton presents an exhibition of fresh work by advanced students from The College of New Jersey.  Entitled, “young galaxy,” this show will run from April 11 to May 3, 2014.  Meet the artists at the reception on April 11th, 6-8pm.

“young galaxy” is a free-wheeling, jostling, exuberant, compelling, and wild collection of fresh works.  As this cohort of advanced visual arts students at The College of New Jersey moves into artistic maturity, the results are a cocktail of newfound creative independence stirred with technical acumen. ‘young galaxy’ asks questions of how a young artist perceives the world around him/her and how do those perceptions become art.
 
The exhibition is a mash-up of drawing, painting, video, installation, sculpture and large-scale murals.  In each work, the young artist has taken on the task of creating something ‘new’, often by excavating the past or by exposing personal experience to the world.  To witness this point of creation is like witnessing the birth of a galaxy; it is explosive, and rapidly expands to fill the space around it.

The False Mirror – Surrealism Forward and Back
Curated by Frances Heinrich

Exhibiting in the Artworks Main Gallery from January 11, 2013 through February 22, 2014
An opening reception will be held on January 11, 2014  6-8pm (Snowdate Jan 18)

Almost a hundred years have passed since classical Surrealist works were first shown, and their irrational “snapshots” of the impossible were surely quite shocking back then.  Today, however, we appear increasingly attracted to similar oddities:  computer-altered talking babies, life-sized combative tacos, and flying cars probably now seem both plausible and trendy.

The False Mirror will present a wide variety of top works by a group of highly professional artists; Tom Bendtsen, John Goodyear, Benjamin S. Jones, Alan Kesselhaut, Paul Leibow, Jim and Lynn Lemyre, Adam Niklewicz, Sarah Petruziello, Frank Rivera, Anita Thacher, and Andrew Wilkinson.

Drawing, painting, sculpture, video, and installation will all be on display.  Some of these artists might deny being Surrealists, but their work demonstrates, for curator Frances Heinrich, the ideas, sensibilities, and visual freedoms originally granted by historical Surrealists and Dadaists.

At 6pm on the night of the opening reception, curator Frances Heinrich will also present a short Powerpoint talk which relates famous historical works to the current “special effects” now surrounding us in film, tv, advertising, and fashion. This will truly be an engaging event for anyone interested in their media environment.

Artworks Announces the Third Annual

10×10 Red Dot Benefit
Art Exhibit & Sale
December 7 – 28, 2013

Reception and Benefit, Saturday, December 7, 2013  5 – 8pm

Red Dot + Artwork = Support. The Red Dot shows support of Community Arts in Trenton. Come to the Artworks Red Dot Fundraiser and put your red dot on the art that you love.
Over 100 Trenton area artists created artworks on 10″ x 10″ canvas. The work is dynamic, diverse and all created especially for Artworks. Professional, teacher and student artists created works in oil, acrylic, mixed media, photography, pastel, watercolor and more.
Each artwork sells for $100 with the funds raised going to support Artworks.
It is a chance for the novice to test the waters of the world of original art and an opportunity for the collector to build their art collection.

Art All Day 
November 9, 2013  Noon – 5pm
 
Art lovers from around the region are invited to take a self-guided tour of the capital city’s artist studios, gallery spaces, grass roots art collectives, workshops, public art, and a host of breathtaking creative spaces largely unknown to the public. Special Art All Day trolley and guided bicycle tours will also take place.
Over 65 artists will participate, at open studios and creative venues throughout the city. This is an opportunity to not only see art, but to also talk to the artist about his or her creative process, watch them work, and see their workspace. Artworks is proud to offer an event that showcases the remarkable creative diversity of Trenton.”
How does it all work? Art All Day is FREE to attend and open to the public. The self-guided tour begins atArtworks Trenton (19 Everett Alley, Trenton, NJ), where guests can pick up a map/brochure and view a group exhibit featuring participating artists on the tour. Following the self-guided tour attendees are invited back to Artworks’ expansive gallery space for a celebratory reception.
Interested in participating as an artist, group studio or community partner ?  Click Here
 
Art All Day schedule on Nov. 9
Noon  to 8 p.m. – Exhibits (FREE)
Artworks Main Gallery: Participating Artists Show,
Community Gallery : To be announced
ARTLab: “Just For Kicks: Sneaker Art Exhibit”
Noon to 5 p.m. – Trenton self-guided open studios/public art tour (free)
All Day – Trenton Art Trolley Rides ($10 suggested donation)
12 noon and 3 p.m. – Special edition OnaRoll BikeCarts bicycle tour (free)
5 p.m. to 8 p.m. – Artworks Exhibits Reception (free)
 
Free parking is available all day and evening at Artworks, 19 Everett Alley, Trenton (off South Stockton Street, across from NJ Motor Vehicle Commission building)
 
Public Art is accessible in Trenton all year round!
 
2012 Map (2013 will be available on November 9)

 
Download the Art All Day Public Art Map! or pick one up Free at Artworks.
Keep up with the latest news! LIKE Art All Day on Facebook.

Monsters Ball – October 26, 2013
8pm – ’til the wolves howl
Buy Your Tickets Now!
 
“Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,
By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore.
Quoth the Raven “Party On!””

Art of Darkness Art Exhibit: 
Everything from the spooky to the spoofy, scary to hairy, funny to ghastly, humorous to ‘dead’ serious (you get the idea).

Live Music & Entertainment
Charles Laurita & the Mischief and Ghost Box Orchestra

Costume Contest with cash prizes:
(Come As You Aren’t!)

Creepy Creation Station:
foul frippery, repulsive and unfortunate baubles. Handmade stuff, using real hands in some cases. Monsters, join us as we have fun for the feebleminded…..and take home an extra body part or two…

Silent Horror Flicks
Portrait Photographs
Beer, Wine and Hors D’Oeuvres
 
Monsters Ball – Ticketing
Tier 1 (Premium):  Includes food, free drinks*, activities and special Poe CD**.  Costume optional but encouraged.
$75  Non-member, $65 Artworks Members
 
Tier 2: Includes food, free drinks*, one activity ticket. Costume optional but encouraged
$45 Non-members, $35  Artworks Members
 
Tier 3:  $10 – Includes food and one free drink*.  Costume Required.
One entrance per ticket.   * ID required
 
Buy Your Tickets Now!
 

** For Tier 1 ticket holders only.  Poe! A two disc CD of Poe’s creepy classic tales read by renown actors, including: “The Masque of the Red Death,” performed by Fionnula Flanagan (Transamerica); “The Pit and the Pendulum,”, performed by Stephen Lang (Avatar); “The Black Cat,” performed by Tony winner Rene Auberjonois (Boston Legal). Plus haunting readings of Poe’s best-loved poems, “The Bells,” “The Raven” and “Annabel Lee.”