Past 2000
2001Gallery Events
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Come see what our artist Members are doing Exhibit Your Artwork on the Member’s WallArtists' Circle meets on the 3rd Sunday of every month from 2-4pm at the WAC |
Classes feature a live
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May 2003 | |||||
New show, "So American"; photographs by Coleen Marks
Artists
reception, Sunday, May 4, 2003, 1 to 4 PM, Gallery hours are Tue, Wed, Fri & Sat 1 - 4 PM, Thu 1 - 7:30 PM "So American" is a cultural portrait that explores our uniquely American relationship with our country's flag and depicts some of the fascinating ways we hang it, wear it and even remake it. This photographic journey began about ten years ago and grew out of an observation made after returning home from traveling in Europe when I was suddenly struck by how different and much more involved our relationship is with our flag. Of the now hundreds of images I have captured of this icon I have chosen twenty, which are for me, the more evocative of the displays of red, white and blue that I have come upon; a kind of metaphor for American individualism and freedom of expression. What we choose to photograph is also always a personal portrait of the artist. I want this show to express a sense of humor; for my hope is we can look at these images, see ourselves and smile. Biographical Information Coleen Marks is an emerging NJ photographer, who began to seriously exhibit her work about four years ago. She has won an ASMP-NJ Best in Show, a Mercer County Purchase Prize, a Watchung Arts Center One Person Show and numerous prizes at NJ Art Associations. Marks has had one person shows at the Barn Theatre, Montville; George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick, Sherry Rubel Gallery, Kingston and at the Roxbury and South Brunswick Libraries. As well as the ASMP show, her work has been included in NJ juried shows at the Ellarslie Museum and the College of NJ, Trenton; Grounds for Sculpture, Mercerville; Photography Forum, Watchung; Stony Brook Gallery, Pennington and Phillips Mill, New Hope, PA. She has also participated in shows at the Extension Gallery, Johnson Atelier, Mercerville, NJ and Greensboro Artist League in North Carolina. She is a member of Gallery 14, in Hopewell, NJ. Her photographs are in several corporate and many private collections. Coleen Marks is also an accomplished poet, editor and publisher of poetry. She has given readings at numerous book stores, libraries and slams. Contact
Artist: Coleen Marks, W-609-890-7777 |
Egisto Mercarino“What a Relief Art”The Watchung Arts Center is proud to present, for the first time ever, Egisto Mercarino’s Relief Art Exhibit, which boggles the mind when you look at it. Egisto’s technique is original and unique, using materials made from plastic or plaster. “The still life pieces including flowers and other arrangements, are very pretty, using the most beautiful colors,” stated Heinz Otto, Watchung Arts Center Curator; “We have never exhibited anything like this at the WAC before!” The usual impression produced by an artistic relief is that about one-half of the actual proportions of the object are being seen in their third dimension of depth. The actual piece includes sculptured art in a self-contained frame. Average size of the artwork is approximately 24 x 36 each and prices are very affordable. Definitely mark your calendar for this spectacular Relief Art Exhibit! |
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Artist Reception: Sunday, June 8, 2003
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ASMP-NJ's 9th Annual Juried Photo Competition
Join us at the Watchung Arts Center on June 8th from 1-4pm for an Artist’s Reception. The New Jersey Chapter of the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP-NJ) is holding their Ninth Annual Juried Photo Competition. The images will be on display at the Watchung Arts Center from June 1st through June 30th. The Gallery is open on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday 1-4pm, Thursday 1-7:30pm. On Thursday, June 19th at 7:00pm ASMP-NJ and Cannon will present guest lecturer Duane Michals who will speak about his photographic style. ASMP-NJ is a Chapter of the American Society of Media Photographers a national organization established in 1944 to promote professional and artistic standards and ethics in photography and to further the professional interests of its members by disseminating information on a range of subjects and concerns. This competition was started as a way to expose the public to the “fine art” works done by professional commercial photographers. The competition is juried by a Museum Director, a Director of an Advertising Agency and a Professional Photographer. Past competitions have been juried by notaries such as Zolton Buki, and Alejandro Anreus, Museum Directors, Ari Kopelman, Ian Summers, Directors of Advertising Agencies and Photographers Joyce Tenneson, Lilo Raymond and George Tice. Many of the images in the competition will be for sale and represent the work of some of the best photographers in the State.
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Visual Artist Lisa MacPherson
Ms. MacPherson’s works combine drawn, painted, and collaged elements evoking images as far flung as her upbringing in the wide open spaces of Montana and many years spent in Asia. Feminine images of lace, sewing patterns, and fruit combine with work gloves, tools and an order imposing map-like composition to create multilayered works evoking remembrance and experience. A native of Montana, Ms. MacPherson received her BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York and lived in Hong Kong and Tokyo for 11 years. Her work has been shown in private galleries in New York as well as corporate and group exhibitions in New Jersey. After many years teaching in local after school programs, Ms. MacPherson now teaches art at the South Orange Middle School, NJ. Gallery Hours:
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Twelfth annual Children’s juried art exhibitionJune 14, 2003One of the goals of the Watchung Arts Center is to encourage artistic appreciation among children of various ages, and to provide an opportunity for the display and appreciation of their work outside of home or school. From June 8 – June 21, the Twelfth Annual Children’s Juried Exhibition will be held at the Watchung Arts Center. The recognition of budding talents and creative potential will be a positive experience for the children. We therefore, hope to elicit the support of the respective schools and parents in our communities to promote the children’s participation in this exciting event. Reception: Saturday, June 14, 3-4pmAwards Ceremony and refreshments Best of Show Awards will be presented in each of the following age categories:4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15, 16-17Entry Requirements: Open to all children 4-17 residing in New Jersey. All media including sculpture accepted. No entries done in crayons, markers or photography. Original work only! Open theme. Entry Fee: $12/$10 (non-member/WAC member) for one – three entries per child. Checks made payable to the Watchung Arts Center. Maximum size of work including frame 16 x 20 inches. 3-D work not to exceed 18 x 18 inches. 2-D work should be matted or framed for display. Delivery of work: Thurs, May 29 – Wed, June 4, 1-4pm (Thurs till 7:30pm & Closed Sun/Mon) Pick-up of work: Tues, June 24 – Sat, June 28, 1-4pm (Thurs till 7:30pm) |
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Artist Reception: Sunday, April
6, 2003 1-4pm
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Artist Reception: Sunday, March 9th, 2003 1-4pm
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Irving Fishman
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January 2003 | |||||
NJ State Teen Arts Touring Art ExhibitArtist Reception: Sunday, January 12th, 2003 1-4pm
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Renaissance Group (Words and Images)Artist Reception: Sunday, February 9, 2003 1-4pm
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September | |||||
Local Artists Lorrie Baldwin and Johnathan Haklik |
Artist Reception:
Sunday, September 8th, 2002 1-4pm Exhibit Dates: September 3rd – 28th, 2002 |
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Join us at the Watchung Arts Center on September 8th, 2002 from 1-4pm for an Artists Reception with Lorrie Baldwin and Jonathan Haklik. Their works will be on exhibit from September 3rd through the 28th. The Gallery is open: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday 1-4pm, Thursday 1-7:30pm. Lorrie Baldwin’s show, Menagerie, will include works in several mediums - acrylics, colored pencil, pen and ink, pastels and digital. Self taught, Lorrie has won awards in local art shows; Second Place at South Plainfield Art Show; Honorable Mention at Kenilworth Art Show; Honorable Mention at Bernardsville Art Show; and most recently Third Place at The Watchung Art Center Members' Show. Lorrie’s work has also been published in The Colored Pencil Society of America's newsletter. Jonathan Haklik’s show, Floral Fantasies, will feature his beautiful watercolor floral landscapes and his newest watercolor abstracts. While Jonathan paints he is thrilled to watch as an image appears out of the dense fog, he claims that there is magic in the air and he can feel it crackle all around him. Jonathan, a self taught artist, was recently awarded First Place at the Plainfield Arts Festival. |
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Annual Members Show-October 1-31, 2002 - Reception, Sunday October 13, 2002 1- 4pmThe Watchung Art Center will be having its annual members juried art show this October.. Art Center members are asked to submit their work for this show. All work in all mediums, shapes and sizes is acceptable. Sculpture is welcome as well. Members may submit up to 2 pieces. There is no fee. The rules are simple. Artists must be art center members. All art must be labeled with name, medium used, and title of the work. All pictures must be framed and suitable for hanging. Pieces are to be submitted from 1 to 4 pm starting Saturday, September 21 and continuing through Saturday, September 28, 2002. The judges are yet to be named at this time. The criteria the judges will use to determine the winning works is left to their discretion. The work will be displayed and judged the first weekend in October, (Saturday, October 5 and Sunday, October 6). At this time, First, Second and Third place winners will be chosen. These 3 winners will be awarded Solo Shows in the lower gallery in the year 2003. For additional information call the Art Center at 908-753-0190, 1-4pm. |
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Artist Reception: Sunday, June 9th 2002 1-4pm Exhibit Dates: June 3rd – 29th 2002 |
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Maxine King is a practicing artist with over ten years experience, who is most recently focusing on the sumi ink technique. Her subject matter, the human figure, is revealed through emphasis on design with added watercolor. With a keen eye the observer may find psychological interaction between the human being portrayed in the composition. Her favorite artists are Max Beckman and George Grosz. Partners in Nature by Maxine KingMs. King has her Master of Arts degree from Rutgers University and her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Iowa. She has many additional credits in Creative Arts at the doctoral level, Rutgers University. Maxine is a newly retired elementary school art teacher, having practiced teaching for the past thirty years in the New Jersey and Massachusetts school systems. Maxine spent her formative years in The Berkshires of Massachusetts. She has additionally lived in Nevada and Kentucky. Last fall, she traveled to Paris, France, to see the museums and sights. Her numerous awards are from The America Artists Professional League, Art Alliance, Somerset Art Association, Watchung Arts Center, and The Westfield Art Association. This display at the Watchung Arts Center is her third one-person show. She has numerous articles and photographs of her work published in/by The Daily Record, The Home News, Insight (Montclair State University), The News Tribune, The Printmaking Council of New Jersey, The Star-Ledger, and Two River Times. |
Pamela Moulton’s exhibit “Summer Daydreams of France and Maine” is a body of work that includes a number of semi-abstract landscapes and still lifes and some larger scale purely abstract oil paintings. Each piece shares a love of color and brush strokes. Ms. Moulton is most inspired when working directly from nature with its infinite moods and drama and that is where her perception of color and light are the keenest. While summering off the coast of Acadia, Pamela spent long hours fascinated by the microcosms of tidal pools, which inspired “tidepool” a series of paintings dealing with three of natures worlds: water, earth and air. Each element is independent and resists joining with the other elements. A leaf, for example, is alive, sensual, and appears to float on the tidepool surface. But a closer look reveals that the leaf repels the water, barely touching the surface. Ms. Moulton now lives in France where she has been working on a large body of work, preparing for an exhibition called “WABI-SABI”. It is based on the Japanese concept, “The beauty of thing imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete, the beauty of things modest and humble. It is the beauty of things unconventional.” |
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May 2002 |
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Rebirth
between Love and Hope-Ceramic Art of Lien Pao-Tsai
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Partners in NatureLisa Brown and Fermin Martinez Show: May 3 - 31,
2002 (Reception: May 5, 2002 1pm to 4pm) |
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Reception: Sunday, July 7th 2002 1-4pm “Transformation”- The Art of Diana Hsu Kung |
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Join us at the Watchung Arts Center on July 7th from 1-4pm for an Artist Reception with Diana Hsu Kung. “Transformation” will be on exhibit from July 2nd through July 21st. The Gallery is open: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday 1-4pm, Thursday 1-7:30pm. Artist, Diana Hsu Kung will tell you that in the Eastern mind, nature is irrefutable; it is the ultimate source of all things. Kung’s paintings capture the essence of living in each moment. Her large-scale, acrylic and oil, abstract works are derived in spirit from the loose, elegant qualities of traditional Chinese ink painting and calligraphy, in which she is formally trained. Her explosive imagery derives its expressive power and compositional strength from Western abstract expressionist art, and speak immense volume of her evolution (transformation) over the past ten years. The exhibit will include pieces from two of Ms. Kung’s series, Universe Series and Metamorphosis Series. Many of the paintings have traveled from Taipei, Taiwan where they had been successfully exhibited last year. Her Universe Series is derived intuitively from nature. These lush and colorful paintings are an interpretation of each transient moment. They are notes in the music of life. Ms. Kung notes: “The abstract concept liberates me from many constraints that representational work presented. Suddenly, the possibilities for expressing myself increased immensely.” Paintings in the Metamorphosis Series are inspired by the Ms. Kung’s memory of the imagery created by animal fossils and natural rock. The artist was also inspired by x-rays of her father, which she came across after his death in 1997. In this group of works, Ms. Kung uses a limited palette consisting mainly of sienna, blue, and black. There is an emphasis on the formal qualities of shape, line, and movement. In her “Rebuild I & II”, she juxtaposed the x-ray film with vigorous black lines and undertones of blue, suggesting a fountain spring that is the life force or rebirth of her father’s spirit. These paintings have a mysterious and haunting beauty. Diana Hsu Kung graduated from Taiwan National College of Arts. She obtained a Master of Art degree from both New Rochelle College in New York and Montclair State University in New Jersey. She is a long time resident of Warren township in New Jersey. She also teaches Chinese brush painting to adults and children in the Murray Hill Chinese School at her leisure.
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Reception – Sunday, April 7 1-4pm
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Visual Artist Stephanie NatielloBeginning April 1, 2002, selected works by the accomplished visual artist Stephanie Natiello will be on display at the Watchung Arts Center. Natiello works mainly in oil and graphite, although her skillful hand and training allow easy mobility into the use of a variety of other media. Her paintings and drawings are firmly grounded realism, a direct result of her pursuit for the most precise manner in which to communicate visually. Moreover, Natiello feels a realistic artistic approach to “ordinary” objects and habitations allow the artist the unique opportunity to explore psychological undertones in items where they may have been overlooked, simply because these articles have become so recognizable to us. Her intention is to have one look freshly upon these things which we have viewed so frequently, whether it be a face or a pepper, and to ponder what these articles can or do represent emotionally, mentally, theoretically, etc.
Natiello, a cum laude graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, is a practicing freelance illustrator and is continuing her education at NJ’s Fairleigh Dickinson University in paralegal studies.
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Juan DuikThe work of Argentinean artist, Juan Duik, will be on exhibit at the Watchung Arts Center during the month of April. Born in Uruguay and presently living in Buenos Aires, Argentina, artist Juan Diuk started an amateur photographic career in 1973 by earning several international prizes mainly on the Photographic Society of America circuit. He won gold medals in international exhibits at Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota; Anaheim, California; Denver, Colorado; and Salt Lake City, Utah. He became a judge, teacher, lecturer and an organizer of seminars and workshops on subjects such as photo techniques, Gestalt, virtual perception, and color interpretation. Duke studied drawing and painting with Hermenegildo Sabat, one of Argentina’s greatest artists. From 1993 on he started to investigate the use of photography in printing techniques, mainly screenpainting. He developed a vast collection of collages composed from prints, photos, and painting. He has had several solo and group exhibits in Buenos Aires and New York City.
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