River View Observer January 15-January 31 2022

January 15-January 31, 2022

Volume 26 No. 1

Est. 1998

Hudson County’s Bi-Weekly-Cultural, Lifestyle and Entertainment Publication In This Issue

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Art House Productions Saturday, April 30 , 2022 A Full Service Boutique and presenting sponsor from 7pm- 12am, with ART HOUSE PRODUCTIONS’ SILVERMAN’s 15th Company VIP beginning at 6pm, Piano Annual Snow Gala will at The Glass Gallery at SNOW BALL GALA POSTPONED now take place on Mana Contemporary - 10 TO APRIL 30, 2022 Senate Place, Jersey City, NJ 07306. This year’s theme is Into The Deep, creative black-tie attire is encouraged. All attendees must provide proof of full COVID-19 Vaccination at the door.

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HARDMAN AND Tickets are $150 in PECK advance ($175 at the door) and $250 for the CoolVines VIP Cocktail reception. $55 Tickets are available for Under 35, ADA, and Artists, as 300 Observer Hwy., 4th fl., Hoboken well as $100 Celebrate from Home tickets for aartinamerica@optonline.net patrons unable to join the event in-person. The CoolVines VIP Cocktail Reception includes a 6pm champagne toast with Snow Ball honorees Jack Halpin (co-founder of Art House Productions) and Marchetto Higgins Stieve Architects (the architects of Art House’s permanent future home at 184 Morgan St).

Proceeds benefit an ambitious season of performing and visual arts and arts education, and more original theater on the mainstage this spring. Tickets may be purchased at www. arthouseproductions.org.

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Initiated in 2013 and funded by a Clean Communities Grant, the Jersey City Mural Arts Program is a Mayor’s Office Initiative that links established and emerging local, national and international mural artists with property owners city-wide as part of an innovative beautification program that reduces graffiti, engages local residents and is transforming Jersey City into an outdoor art gallery.

218 Murals created The event is presented 152 Artist participated

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All students who wish to participate must be nominated by their school by Jan 28 at 5pm. For guidelines, please email culturalaffairs@jcnj.org or call 201-547-6921.

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JERSEY CITY CITY HALL ROTUNDA GALLERY “Image Pattern and Texture” designs and wanted to create them on canvas and make them permanent.

She also added “I am very excited about this first show of the year 2022 and it’s an in-person show, so it’s going to be extra special.

Cont’d from cover

A

group exhibition organized by the Office of Cultural Affairs, curated

by Event Planner/Curator Greg Brickey is on display at John W. Meagher Rotunda Gallery City Hall, 280 Grove Street, Jersey City, NJ, from now to January 31st.

Artist Reception will take place on Tuesday, January 25th, 6 – 8 PM. Participating Artists: are Joel Simpson, Louise Wheeler, Katelyn Halpern, Hema Bharadwaj, Marina Carreira, Mindy Gluck, Dhanashri Mahajan, Nancie Gunkelman, Susan Ward, Pranali Bharambe, Janhani Firke, E. Jan Kounitz, Alpana Mittal “Tejaswini”, Josef Zutelgte, Circe Dunnell, Grigory Gurevich, Anne Bascove, Barbara Seddon, Andrea Kroenig, Beth Bentley and others.

The above art pieces are by Alpana Mittal “Tejaswim” Board member/ Membership CoChair at Pro Arts, JC who explained her art this way, “The medium I am using for my artwork is a

Germany, Croatia, Slovakia, Switzerland and France.

Also on display works

by Artist Circe Dunnel

toy for children, they are beads. The story behind my work is, I bought an Art kit for my daughter as a Christmas present in 2008. While she was creating small birds and flowers with those beads I started visualizing different patterns on canvas.

Since then I am creating this art and it’s very satisfying, very relaxing and meditative.

The pattern I create they are based on art from India, called “Rangoli”. In India (Bhaarat), during the festive season, we make Rangoli designs on the floor with colored powder and after the festival is over we remove it. I am fascinated with those

Artist Katelyn Halpern Grigory Gurevich Also on display is an art piece show above by Grigory Gurevich well know Jersey City sculptor, painter, graphic artist, printmaker, and inventor who has had more than 400 exhibitions in the United States and Europe and conducted hundreds of sculpture workshops in Italy, Denmark, and U.S. His paintings, drawings and sculptures have won numerous awards and are in public and private collections in the United States, Russia, Denmark

Artist Joel Simpson If You Go John W. Meagher Rotunda Gallery City Hall 280 Grove Street Jersey City, New Jersey “Image Pattern and Texture” Now to January 31, 2022 Artist Reception

Tuesday, January 25,2022 Viewing appointments are suggested To schedule please contact Greg Brickey at BrickeyG@jcnj.org Call to artists for future Rotunda exhibits: •Black History Month Group Exhibition – February 20 Please send jpeg images, artist statement, and related info to brickeyg@jcnj. org. Reviewing submissions in all mediums until Friday, January 28th.

•Women’s History Month Group Exhibition – March 2022 Please send jpeg images, artist statement, and related info to brickeyg@jcnj. org. Reviewing submissions in all mediums until Friday, February 25th.

All art should be no taller than 48 inches (horizontal measurements can be any size).

All art must be ready to hang, preferably with a wire across the back of the piece.

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