“UNEMERGED” OPENS AT THE NEW JERSEY ARTS INCUBATOR GALLERY

Passion and Process: 8 Artistic Visions

West Orange, New Jersey, January **, 2011 – “Unemerged,” an exhibition of paintings, sculpture and photography, will be the newest exhibit on display the New Jersey Arts Incubator Gallery starting January 22nd. Curated by Larry and Jane Dell, “Unemerged” presents the work of 8 artists whose artistic achievements are the result of a lifetime of observation and thought about artistic process, subject matter, the nature of creativity process and the role of the artist in contemporary culture. The artists exhibiting are: Pam Cooper, Robert Coto, Larry Dell, Jane Dell, Susan Lisbin, Robert Lobe, Carol Radsprecher, and Walter Zimmerman.

“Unemerged” will be on display from Saturday, January 22nd through Sunday, February 26th at the New Jersey Arts Incubator Gallery located at 495 Prospect Avenue, Essex Green on the Courtyard. Just ‘follow the art’ down the walkway to the AMC Cinema entrance and turn right at the beautiful mural. Opening reception will take place on January 22nd from 1pm- 4pm. The gallery is open Saturday and Sundays 1pm – 4pm and by appointment.

The exhibition includes paintings, sculpture, photography and mixed media. Pam Cooper’s sculptures, prints and works on handmade paper address her inner most emotions: fear, dread, insecurity and anxiety. Robert Coto’s process driven reductive paintings explore expressive potential of color and surface within a 20” x 20” format. Larry Dell’s central sculptural work is a response to a recent startling discovery about his birth. Jane Dell’s expressionist paintings and mixed media work are an elegy to the natural worlds losing battle against the forces of development and urbanization. Susan Lisbin’s spare paintings and sculpture are an affirmation of herself as a woman and as a valuable presence to others. Robert Lobe’s “urban still lifes” uncover the visual and rhythmic poetry of everyday surroundings. Carol Radsprecher’s thought-provoking Photoshop drawings/prints refer to the human body, specifically the female body, in both subtle and brazen ways. And Walter Zimmerman’s sculpture uses inorganic materials to create and literally capture visceral animal like forms that come alive and inhabit the space between the natural and the manmade.

The Incubator Gallery presents a year-round schedule of changing exhibitions devoted to contemporary arts. The mission of the Incubator Gallery is to curate and present the work of emerging and established artists with a commitment to providing exhibition programming with depth and relevance to multiple disciplinary perspectives and a diverse community audience.  In particular, the gallery strives to provide an environment dedicated to inspiration and culture enrichment.

The New Jersey Arts Incubator’s mission is the economic development of artists and arts organizations through technical assistance, employment, marketing, programming, performance, and education in an effort to support, sustain, and promote viable arts agencies to act as economic drivers in communities across the State of New Jersey.

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Contact

Christine Wolff-Strassman NJAI, Press cwstrassman@comcast.net 917-554-2462

Larry Dell Curator/artist larrydell@comcast.net 973-986-1433

www.incubatorgallery.com
www.njai.org

“Buttons” by Larry Dell. Foam rubber, acrylic paint, wire and buttons.

South Mountain Poets

South Mountain Poets will celebrate the publication of their 2010 anthology, Off Line, with a poetry reading at the NJ Arts Incubator on Sunday, December 5, 2010, at 2:00 p.m. The anthology features the work of 56 New Jersey poets, many of whom will be present for the reading. An open reading will follow, time permitting, and refreshments will be served. Please join us at the New Jersey Arts Incubator 495 Prospect Avenue, West Orange, New Jersey, 07052 (Essex Green Shopping Center on the courtyard). For more info, email southmountainpoets@gmail.com or visit www.njai.org.

West Orange Film Society Hosts 7th Annual “YOU BE the JUDGE” to open 2010-2011 season.

The seventh season of film events of the West Orange Film Society at the Essex Green Shopping Center was announced today by Kenneth Mandel of West Orange Film Society.

The season commences on Sunday November 21st with the annual “You Be the Judge,” event from 2-5 PM at the New Jersey Arts Incubator. Attendees will judge real entries in this year’s Black Maria Film Festival.

“We are proud of West Orange Film Society programs like the ‘You Be the Judge’,” said Ken Mandel. “It is fitting because West Orange is where the movies began just a century ago at Thomas Edison’s laboratory,”

“I hope film lovers will come out for a fun afternoon at the movies and see some innovative and provocative work.

The Black Maria Film Festival, founded in 1981 by West Orange resident John Columbus, is internationally recognized as one of the important venues for independent film and video.

Future West Orange Film Society events include the annual Black Maria Film Festival winners scheduled for February co-sponsored by the Friends of the Edison National Historic Site, and the New Jersey Young Film and Video Makers Festival planned for May or June of 2011.

The West Orange Film Society is a part of the West Orange Arts Council.
Contact: Kenneth Mandel, wofilmsociety@aol.com (973)-723 9115

“Evening at the Coffee House” at NJAI

“Evening at the Coffee House” at NJAI
Wednesday, November 24th – 7pm – 10pm
$7

Enjoy the night before Thanksgiving at the New Jersey Arts Incubator as its transformed into a ‘coffee house.’ The evening will kick off with an open mic followed by a performance by New Jersey based musician Kathy Moser. Kathy is a songwriter, performer, teacher and social artist, working to bring positive change to the world through music. Known for her poetic lyrics, driving guitar style and goofy stage presence, her songs confront a variety of topics ranging from world peace to lawn mowers, dysfunctional families to shopping malls, drug addiction to the wisdom of trading in your car for a horse. Audiences leave her shows entertained and uplifted, thoughtful and motivated. Her new album Some 1 Like U features 11 original tracks and covers of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Peter Meyer and Death Cab for Cutie.

So come with your poem, story, musical instrument in hand and join in the fun at NJAI’s first “Evening at the Coffee House” event.
Refreshments, and coffee, will be sold.

www.kathymoser.com
www.njai.org

CONTEMPORARY TRIBAL MARKINGS A PORTRAIT SERIES AT THE NEW JERSEY ARTS INCUBATOR GALLLERY

West Orange, New Jersey, November 1, 2010 – The New Jersey Arts Incubator is proud to present Contemporary Tribal Markings. The newest exhibit, curated by Lorena La Grassa, is an on-going collaborative effort between photographer Tony Cordoza and visual artist Gina Rivas-Velasquez. The first edition of the exhibit debuted this past summer at the Iron Works Gallery in Orange, NJ as part of Valley Arts’ 6th Art Loop to rave reviews.

The Contemporary Tribal Markings exhibit will be on display from November 13 – January 8, 2011 at the New Jersey Arts Incubator Gallery located at 495 Prospect Avenue, Essex Green on the Courtyard. Just ‘follow the art’ down the walkway to the AMC Cinema entrance and turn right at the beautiful new mural. Meet the artists reception Saturday, November 13th from 5pm – 8pm. The gallery is open Saturday and Sundays 1pm – 5pm and by appointment.

In April of 2010, Tony was preparing to shoot a new portrait series when his wife Judy mentioned that her friend Gina had just added “Face-Tag,” or face and body painting, to the list of services her company offered. Judy suggested that they work together. Gina’s daring and dramatic artwork is heavily influenced by her rich Mexican and Creole heritage so a tribal theme for the series was undisputed. She was to design a collection of face art and Tony was to capture it as she brought it to life.

Gina researched tribal markings from Africa, South America and Australia looking for inspiration and visualizing what her subjects would look like. Tony gave Gina creative license, but had one specific request… black and white paint only. No color, no glitter, no sparkles. As the models were transformed, it became clear how each person brought something different to the series. They became warriors, evoking inner grit and charm. Some snarled and growled at the lens while others cried or simply stared. For some the experience was comical, for others cathartic.

This is the evolution of the portrait. Since the artwork is inspired and not historical, the series was entitled Contemporary Tribal Markings. Each tribal design is indicative of how one might identify oneself. The face we put on changes simultaneously with our moods, and our tribes are formed based on our relationships, our lifestyles and the roles we play. An artist’s tribal marking is different than the lawyer’s, whose marking is different from the teacher’s, whose is different from the student’s.

Contemporary Tribal Markings…. what tribe are you in?

For this Incubator Gallery exhibit Gina Rivas-Velesques will also bring a series of her original paintings inspired by the same theme.

The Incubator Galley presents a year-round schedule of changing exhibitions devoted to contemporary arts. The mission of the Incubator Galley is to curate and present the work of emerging and established artists with a commitment to providing exhibition programming with depth and relevance to multiple disciplinary perspectives and a diverse community audience. In particular, the gallery strives to provide an environment dedicated to inspiration and culture enrichment.

The New Jersey Arts Incubator’s mission is the economic development of artists and arts organizations through technical assistance, employment, marketing, programming, performance, and education in an effort to support, sustain, and promote viable arts agencies to act as economic drivers in communities across the State of New Jersey.

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Contact:
Christine Wolff-Strassman
NJAI, Press
917-554-2462, cwstrassman@comcast.net

www.incubatorgallery.com
www.njai.org
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In the Gallery

The Art Incubator Gallery opens this season with an exhibit dedicated to the Incubation concept. Opening event, meet the artists Saturday, Sept 11th 5-8PM.

The Incubator Galley presents a year-round schedule of changing exhibitions devoted to contemporary arts. The mission of the Incubator Galley is to curate and present the work of emerging and established artists. We are committed to providing exhibition programming with depth and relevance to multiple disciplinary perspectives geared towards a diverse community. The gallery strives to provide an environment dedicated to inspirational and cultural enrichment.

For more information visit www.incubatorgallery.com

The Incubator Gallery Presents: INCUBATION

West Orange, New Jersey, August 30, 2010 – The Incubator Gallery is proud to present its annual signature art exhibition: INCUBATION curated by Lorena La Grassa. This annual signature art exhibition will be on display in the Incubator Gallery at the New Jersey Arts Incubator, 495 Prospect Avenue, Essex Green on the Courtyard, from September 11 – October 30th. Just ‘follow the art’ down the walkway to the AMC Cinema entrance and turn right at the beautiful new mural.

Opening reception Saturday, September 11 from 5pm – 8pm.

INCUBATION exhibit gives an opportunity for NJAI member artists to create and submit artwork related to the theme of the NJAI mission. Every year this event will showcase a variety of selected pieces that incorporate the concept of incubation with its many interpretations. This year artists from all New Jersey are embracing this theme using different media from oil on canvas, drawing, installation, mixed media and sculpture. Artists participating in the exhibit include Monika Piatkiewicz, Daniel Malinsky, Doreen Valenza, Carol Black-Lemon, Tim Folzenlogen, Robert Lach, Bonnie Shanas, Julie Joy Saypoff, Esther Tanahashi, Heidi Sussman, vanOs, Paul DiZefalo, Larry Dell, Lorena La Grassa, Aimee Hertog, Rosalia Verdun and more.

As part of the New Jersey Arts Incubator, the Incubator Galley presents a year-round schedule of changing exhibitions devoted to contemporary arts. The mission of the Incubator Galley is to curate and present the work of emerging and established artists. We are committed to providing exhibition programming with depth and relevance to multiple disciplinary perspectives geared towards a diverse community. The gallery strives to provide an environment dedicated to inspirational and cultural enrichment.

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Peripheral Field at NJAI

The New Jersey Arts Incubator is proud to present its fourth art exhibition, and first in its new studio at the Courtyard on Essex Green, Peripheral Field.

The contemporary exhibit, curated by Lorena La Grassa, will be on view from Sunday June 6 –through Saturday July 10th at the New Jersey Arts Incubator Gallery located in its new space at 495 Prospect Avenue, Essex Green on the Courtyard. Just ‘follow the art’ down the walkway to the AMC Cinema entrance and turn right at the beautiful new mural. Meet the artists at a reception Sunday, June 6th from 4pm – 8pm.

Open Saturday and Sunday 1pm to 5pm and by appointment.

The peripheral field is a portion of our visual perception, part of the visual field that is not at the center of gaze. A space that is often lost in the path of our lines of focus/attention. The Peripheral Field exhibit challenges artists to use photography or photography techniques, installation and video art to reveal the aspect of this lost reality. Emphasizing the idea of a dimension that lays on the border of the non-existence within the perception of our life. Artists investigate this subject literally, as a personal matter, perhaps as an analogy for a social issue, or even as a paradox.

Artists showing in Peripheral Field include Robert Lach, Robert Pre, Robert Greco, Robert Langdon, Bill Westeimer. Terry Boddie, Elaine Schenkel, Paul Jach, Jen Somma, Kevin Cooke, Andrea De Felice, Heidi Sussman, Stan Sudol and Lorena La Grassa.

The Incubator Galley presents a year-round schedule of changing exhibitions devoted to contemporary arts. The mission of the Incubator Galley is to curate and present the work of emerging and established artists with a commitment to providing exhibition programming with depth and relevance to multiple disciplinary perspectives and a diverse community audience. In particular, the gallery strives to provide an environment dedicated to inspiration and culture enrichment.

The New Jersey Arts Incubator’s mission is the economic development of artists and arts organizations through technical assistance, employment, marketing, programming, performance, and education in an effort to support, sustain, and promote viable arts agencies to act as economic drivers in communities across the State of New Jersey.

View Peripheral Field Video