Posts Tagged ‘58 Gallery’

Slideshow: Wyldlife Performs at 58 Gallery’s New Year’s Eve Party

By • Jan 4th, 2012 • Category: Arts, Blog

A crowd turned out for the New Year’s Eve at 58: Twenty 12 Hour Party at 58 Gallery, which included performances by Shayfer James, Wyldlife (pictured in slideshow), Thomas Francis Takes His Chances and American Watercolor Movement. Photos by Daniel Morteh & T.M.X. Media



Artists React to Jersey City’s Designation as 10th Most Artistic US City

By • Dec 21st, 2011 • Category: Arts, Featured

How did Jersey City, population 250,000 — a city without a museum, music venue or dedicated bookstore — manage to edge out the likes of Boston and Philadelphia by placing tenth on The Atlantic magazine’s list of the top artistic cities in the United States?



Thursday Morning News Roundup

By • Dec 1st, 2011 • Category: Blog, News

Jersey City Tenth on List of Most Artistic Cities in US: Jersey City for the first time made the Atlantic’s list of top artistic cities in America, placing tenth. Jersey City Rallies Against School Vouchers: Some 50 people rallied yesterday at a Jersey City school against proposed state legislation that would use public money to [...]



From Anime to Internet Voyeurism: A Conversation with Hiroshi Kumagai

By • Nov 30th, 2011 • Category: Arts, Featured

Tokyo native Hiroshi Kumagai moved to Jersey City in 1999, left for Brooklyn, and came back in 2001. This “artist-at-large” is currently best known for his vinyl-based work, which will be on display in Near Sighted, a solo exhibition inspired by roadside billboards opening this weekend at 58 Gallery. This is Kumagai’s third solo exhibition at 58 and his first since 2009, and is viewed as a homecoming of sorts for the artist.



As 58 Gallery Faces Another Court Date, Orlando Reyes Says its Days in Jersey City May be Numbered

By • Oct 7th, 2011 • Category: Arts, Featured

Orlando Reyes of 58 Gallery says he is closer than ever to ceasing to operate the art space as we know it. Asked by the city once again to file extensive paperwork so the gallery can operate legally, Reyes — echoing comments he made to JCI last summer — says he’s had enough and that [...]



Graffiti Artists NTEL and Then One Bring the Street Inside with New Show at 58 Gallery

By • Apr 1st, 2011 • Category: Arts, Featured

Is it possible for graffiti to crossover from the illicit underground to mainstream acceptance and respectability?



‘Art Strike’ Fundraiser Raises Over $3K for 58 Gallery and Creative Grove

By • Mar 28th, 2011 • Category: Arts, Featured

Music, bowling, booze, and good vibes: that’s a recipe for a perfect Saturday night, and when it all helps raise money for two important neighborhood initiatives, it’s easy to see why such an eclectic and excited crowd turned out for the Art Strike benefit at Jersey City’s historic Barrow Mansion on Saturday.



58 Gallery Raising Money to Apply for Zoning Variance

By • Dec 2nd, 2010 • Category: Arts, Blog, News

As we’ve reported over the past few months, Downtown Jersey City’s 58 Gallery has once again been having some troubles with the local authorities, who shut down a September event because there was live music, issuing two tickets — for “maintaining a nuisance” and operating without an entertainment license — to promoter Tony Susco as [...]



Jersey City’s Entertainment Ordinance Claims Another Victim; City Says Revision is in the Works

By • Oct 15th, 2010 • Category: Arts, Featured, News, Politics

As the Downtown cafe Made with Love pulls the plug on live music for fear of running afoul of the city’s entertainment ordinance, the administration looks to make substantive changes to the oft-maligned law.



58 Gallery Merging Art & Activism with ‘Public Nuisance’ Show

By • Oct 1st, 2010 • Category: Arts, Blog

Earlier this month, 58 Gallery had to wrap up a closing reception after the Jersey City Police Department (JCPD) stopped by and issued two tickets — for “maintaining a nuisance” and operating without an entertainment license — to promoter Tony Susco. The scene was a familiar one to Susco and 58 Gallery owner Orlando Reyes, [...]

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