From Amy Tan and Marcel Proust to pole dancers and pinup girls, Bonnie Gloris does it all. This Jersey City-based fine artist and illustrator works on both sides of the much-discussed art/commerce divide, with her work appearing both in galleries and in commercial venues like magazines.
Artists or groups of artists who live and/or have studios in Jersey City are invited to submit work to be considered for A Splendid Energy, the Jersey City Museum’s upcoming show that will be part of the 2010 Jersey City Artists’ Studio Tour (October 2 and 3) and stay up at the museum through the [...]
Clockwise from top left: Students Fatoumata Camara, Olivia Green, Simone Inmann and Calvin Laforte; teacher Kimberly Wiseman
There’s a new splash of color at the MLK HUB shopping center, as a mural project undertaken by students and teachers from Snyder High School was unveiled earlier this month. The project was conceived by Robert Antonicello, the [...]
For the first time in nearly half a year, the beleaguered Jersey City Museum last night hosted a number of artists, who were gathered there for an Artists’ Studio Tour mixer.
That simple fact, combined with the museum’s recent re-hiring of at least one staff member and this week’s announcement of a $77,211 state grant, [...]
The New Jersey Council on the Arts today awarded more than $15 million in grants to nearly 800 organizations, artists and projects, including the troubled Jersey City Museum and four other institutions based in Jersey City.
The council awarded the following grants to local institutions for Fiscal Year 2011:
Jersey City Museum: $77,211 for general operating [...]
The Jersey City Art School is asking for help from artists, art students or beginners in painting three murals that will serve as backdrops at this year’s 4th Street Art & Music Festival.
“Whether you have been painting for years or have only painted your apartment, consider this an opportunity for artistic growth, while beautifying [...]
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Newport Centre Mall should be chock full of tweens this afternoon, with a “Youth Rock Live” concert featuring Six Volt and Whitney Kelly scheduled for 5 pm. [...]
Jersey City artist Billy Miller is a bit of a modern-day renaissance man. He not only exhibits at venues like P.S. 1 and Deitch Projects and writes for magazines like Vice and Butt, but he also edits and publishes independent publications. We caught up with him for a chat about the two exhibitions he curated in Berlin this summer and a lot more.
- Apparent Murder-Suicide on Storms Avenue: A recently engaged Jersey City couple was found dead in an apparent murder-suicide yesterday morning — and the woman’s 15-year-old son made the bloody discovery.
- Medical Contract at Jail Hits Another Snag: Approval of a new five-year medical services contract at the Hudson County jail stalled once again last [...]
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The Jersey City arts collective _gaia is kicking off a new monthly exhibition in its _gaia gallery space on 3rd Street tonight with a show by Melissa [...]
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