Events Calendar: September – November 2011

September 12–October 14, 2011
The Way, The Truth, The Life: Sacred Artifacts from the Seton Hall Collections
Reception: Thursday, September 15th, 5-9pm

Co-curated by Museum Professions Graduate Candidates Danielle Shimkus and Pam Schwartz, the exhibition will present a magnificent array of sacred artifacts, long tucked away in Seton Hall University’s collections. From beautifully handmade chalices to elaborate religious vestments, these artifacts show the marriage of function and beauty in items designed for devotion. The objects on display will share the important stories and events from the university’s history.

The artifacts in the exhibition are culled from the Immaculate Conception Seminary, The Department of Archives and Special Collections, The Archdiocese of Newark, The Judeo-Christian Institute and the university’s fine art collections. Curators Pamela Schwartz and Danielle Shimkus note, “The collections demonstrate the richness of Catholic history with objects spanning from Renaissance manuscripts to contemporary painting. We are proud to present this selection to the community at large.” 


The Walsh Gallery
400 S. Orange Avenue
South Orange, NJ 07079

September 16–September 24, 2011
Monsters, Saints and Cool Summer Dresses
Amy Young
Reception: Friday, September 16th, 7-10pm

Inspired by the social connectivity of the Street Art movement, social media, the work of photographer Walker Evans and a desire to free art from it's function as commodity, artist Amy Young has conceptualized a series of works nestled on the art of giving and sharing titled  seemetellme. Since June 2010, Amy Young has placed hundreds of tinyseemetellme street art in New York, London and Paris. Using low-art materials and a strict time limit (an important part of her process), Young creates each piece in less than five minutes. Anonymity is not part of her working concept as Young identifies herself by putting her website address or QR code on each piece before she places it in public view. The complete record of these works and the comments of those who collect them are noted at seemetellme.blogspot.com.

The artist will distribute FREE, pieces from her seemetellme projects to visitors during her September 16th opening thru to September 24th. Those wishing to receive a free seemetellme artwork are encouraged to help support the seemetellme project with a suggested donation of just $10 per pair.


Kedar Studio of Art
585 Broad Street, 2nd Floor
Newark, NJ 07102
973-985-4284
http://www.kedarstudio.com

September 16–October 7, 2011
Seed Bomb
Haris Ahmad, Alyssa E. Fanning, Samantha Fricano, Michelle Orsi Gordon, Klimentina Jauleska, Christopher Luongo, Miranda Maher, David Oquendo, Caleb Prewitt, Ashli Sisk, Kristen Sweeney, Sook Ja Yoo

Reception: Friday, September 16, 7-10pm

The exhibit will feature work by twelve Master of Fine Arts candidates fromMontclair State University, Montclair, NJ.  SEED BOMB introduces work considering it in its ‘germ’ stage, proposing the idea of viewing the art as ‘seeds’, which will develop throughout the candidates’ growth in the masters program and beyond.  Works include painting, sculpture, print, photography, and mixed-media selections. 


Index Art Center
585 Broad Street
Newark, NJ 07102
862-218-0278
http://www.indexartcenter.org

September 25, 2011
Organ works of Bach, Dupre, Franck, and Hindemith
Premiere of Spiritual Variations III by Christian Carey
Joseph Arndt, Organist
3 pm.

http://www.rider.edu/faculty/christian-carey
Two Sacred Songs by Anton Heiller, featuring Jennifer Bates, soprano Four Hymns by Vaughan Williams, featuring Jennifer Bates, soprano, and Peter Kenote, violist http://nyphil.org/meet/orchestra/index.cfm?page=profile&personNum=86
A free-will offering will be received.

Grace Church
950 Broad Street
Newark, NJ
07102
973-623-1733
http://www.gracechurchinnewark.org/
Handicapped accessible

October 5–December 31, 2011
2011 Hispanic Heritage Celebration
Journey from Aztlán:  Mexican Heritage New Jerseyans
Opening Reception: Wednesday, October 5, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

The three–month exhibit, Journey from Aztlán: Mexican Heritage New Jerseyans, explores how this evolving community is part of the rapidly changing demographic–economic face of NJ, and showcases original artwork by contemporary Mexican–heritage artists in the tri–state area, as well as original prints from celebrated Mexican artists (Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros and Rufino Tamayo among others) from the Newark Public Library’s Special Collections. The exhibit was co–curated by Darius Echeverría, Guest Historian, Rutgers University and Ingrid Betancourt, NJ Hispanic Research & Information Center at The Library, in collaboration with a Mexican Community Advisory Committee.

Newark Public Library
5 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102
(973) 733-7791 
http://www.npl.org/index.html

October 9, 2011
Montclair State University faculty recital
Renee Anne Louprette, organist
3 pm.

http://www.reneeannelouprette.com/

A free-will offering will be received

Grace Church
950 Broad Street
Newark, NJ
07102
973-623-1733
http://www.gracechurchinnewark.org/
Handicapped accessible

October 23, 2011
João Kouyoumdjian, classical guitarist
3 pm.

http://joaokouyoumdjian.com/

A free-will offering will be received

Grace Church
950 Broad Street
Newark, NJ
07102
973-623-1733
http://www.gracechurchinnewark.org/
Handicapped accessible

November 20, 2011
The Choir of Grace Church
Joseph Arndt, Director

Celebrating the Anniversaries of Tomas Luis de Victoria and Jehan Alain Missa O magnum mysterium and motets by Victoria Choral and organ works by Alain.

A free-will offering will be received

Grace Church
950 Broad Street
Newark, NJ
07102
973-623-1733
http://www.gracechurchinnewark.org/
Handicapped accessible