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Do you have what it takes to join the Artworks Board?
For 24 years, Artworks, a non-‐profit, 501c3 tax exempt organization, has improved the lives of residents in the greater Trenton region through arts related programming and advocacy. Located adjacent to Mill Hill Park, the unique and inspiring Artworks building is Trenton’s downtown visual art center. Our mission statement reads: Artworks promotes artistic diversity by fostering creativity, learning, and appreciation of the arts. Our classes, exhibitions, and events make art an accessible experience for all.
We’re looking for a few special individuals to join the Artworks Board of Trustees for a three-‐year term starting on July 1, 2012.
If you believe that art is transformational to communities, have a passion for Artworks, for supporting artists and the works they create, or want to bring change to under-served communities through arts and culture, then consider joining the hard-‐working volunteers on our board.
We’ve hired an amazing Executive Director and completely revamped our board structure in the past year to help make our organization even better. Board members have an exciting opportunity to help advance Artworks’ impact on the greater Trenton community in a meaningful way. They meet new people, learn new skills, stretch and grow their leadership, governance and management abilities, become involved in something big, exciting and creative, and significantly give back to the community.
If you would like to join the diverse and dynamic people on the Artworks Board of Trustees and have a few hours a month and some organizational, social, management, financial, legal or non-‐profit skills to bring to the table, let us know! For more information or to send your resume and a cover letter indicating your interest, contact info@artworkstrenton.org
Previous board experience is valuable, but not required. Applications accepted until June 1.
Artworks Trenton presents Not Just Pulp an exhibit of The Guild of Papermakers, May 5 through June 9 at Artworks, Trenton, NJ.
Opening reception May 5, 4-7pm.
Whether it’s called paper, fiber or pulp The Guild of Papermakers strive to share their diversity of artistic expression in paper as an exciting art form as it is informed by the sensibilities of artists migrating to paper from printmaking, photography, ceramics, sculpture and other disciplines.
Not Just Pulp embraces both large and small 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional works, including artist books. Some of the pieces incorporate other media such as printmaking and photography, while other work may be purely artist-made paper.
In conjunction with the Guild of Papermakers, Artworks will be offering two workshops:
Paper Making: Nature’s Palette
Instructor: Winnie Radolan
May 12
10am-2pm
$60 +materials fee
At the end of the growing season our gardens provide us with a wealth of plant materials which can be processed into papermaking fibers, useful for creating beautiful handmade papers. Using my recent harvests, learn how to prepare iris and day lily leaves, canna stalks and other plant materials to make beautifully textured and colored paper for your art or correspondence. No experience necessary, just a love of the natural world.
More Information, Materials List and Regisitration: Click Here
Cast Paper Vessels
Instructor: Winnie Radolan
May 19
10am – 2pm
$60 +materials fee
Create personal and unique “story vessels” by using hand-cast paper pulp and including your own memorabilia. Bring a clear plastic bowl with high sides to act as a mould. Learn to embed flat inclusions as you form colorful paper vessels, which can commemorate some special occasion or simply be handsome receptacles for your special collections of shells, dried plant materials or other knick-knacks. No experience necessary for this meditative process.
More Information, Materials List and Regisitration: Click Here
ABOUT THE GUILD OF PAPERMAKERS:
The Guild of Papermakers, established in 1991, is a gathering of artists who work in and with handmade paper, with the common goal of sharing their artistic and technical experience, and increasing public awareness surrounding paper as an art form. The group holds meetings every other month, offers master classes, and holds an annual members’ exhibit.
The Guild consists of approximately 75 members, some living as far away as Washington state and Idaho, but mostly from the tri-state area. In addition to a well established and exhibiting membership, the Guild of Papermakers welcomes newcomers who are just beginning their paper journey.
Guild of Papermaker membership is open to anyone who is interested in exploring the diversity of handmade paper as an art form. More information on the Guild of Papermakers can be found at www.guildofpapermakers.com
The Art All Night-Trenton 2012 Iron Pour once again reunites the forces of Art All Night – Trenton with the AbOmInOg Intl. Arts Collective, who first worked with Art All Night in 2010. That year, the crew from AbOmInOg Intl. amazed spectators by forging steel live throughout the night, as one-story-high orange flames enveloped Trenton’s urban backdrop. This year’s Art All Night-Trenton festival marks the second historic collaboration between these two dynamic art forces as they once again bring the mesmerizing art of a live iron pour to inner-city Trenton.
Your donation to this Kickstarter campaign will ensure AbOmInOg Intl. can once again thrill onlookers with their unique craft at Art All Night-Trenton 2012. Those who pledge, will walk away with an incredible, newly-forged and fresh-from-the-flames commemorative medallion that will actually be created at Art All Night – Trenton as you, and thousands of onlookers, watch it all happen right before your eyes.
Click Here to Support This Project
Big Top Summer Camp – Art, Theater and Technology
Create the Smallest Show on Earth and Put Yourself In It!
July 16-20, 2012 9am – 3pm (extended care available)
Be prepared to amaze your friends and Family as you and a team of campers construct a miniature circus ring and fill it with trapeze artists, clowns, and little animals. Magically put yourself into the ring.
You will construct a miniature circus using a variety of art techniques, get into the “character of the circus performers, and then use digital photography and other technology to recreate a miniature circus performance with you as one of the stars.
Every camper will receive documentation of this unique experience.
Meet our Instructor:
Beth Daly is an artist/teacher who has worked in innovative educational artistic endeavors throughout the United States and internationally. Beth has developed special programming to integrate the arts into many subject areas through multi-sensory learning. These programs have been used in the theatre, schools and camps in various locations through the country. Some of her programs have been featured in New York City in the educational departments of Lincoln Center and the Guggenheim Museum.
Register for Summer Camp- $150 !
Register for Extended care (must be registered for Summer Camp first)- $40
Don’t have any art to submit for Art All Night?
Create something at Artworks!
Join us on Saturday, May 5, from 10am to 2pm .
Volunteer art teachers will help you create a piece you can submit to Art All Night.
All ages and skill levels welcome!
Free materials provided!
Sponsored by I Am Trenton Community Foundation and Artworks.
This year Art All Night is Saturday June 16, 3pm to June 17, 3pm
Art All Night and Art All Day are Coming!
Art All Night June 16 – 17
To visit the Art All Night website, click here
Art All Day – November 10
Showcasing Creativity Throughout the City of Trenton
Saturday, November 10, 2012 11am – 5pm
Art All Day Exhibit and Reception 5pm – 8pm at Artworks’ 19 Everett Alley space.
You’ve experienced the magic of Art All Night, Artworks’ round-the-clock
art extravaganza in June. Now mark November 10th on your calendars, when
Artworks’ latest event aimed at bringing Trenton’s diverse creative
community together — Art All Day — will take place. Art All Day will
showcase creativity within the borders of Trenton, in all its myriad
forms, with artist studios, creative community spaces, non-profits,
businesses and other venues throughout the city opening their doors to
participating attendees all day.
Come see Trenton spaces where art, music, dance, theater, literature,
crafts, and much more is created and presented. Speak with artists and
engaged members of the Trenton community, and witness the exciting
potential our city offers. Then, after a day out, be Artworks’ guest at
our expansive gallery space for a reception and Art All Day exhibition,
featuring work by Art All Day participants.
To participate in or volunteer for Art All Day, contact Artworks:
info@artworkstrenton.org
Artworks is renting again!
Artworks is a unique space that offers the perfect canvas for creating unforgettable events, from a fashion photo shoot to a product launching ceremony, from a different kind of board meeting to a special sort of party.
Surround your guests with an artful ambiance in our stylish and sophisticated venue and create an extraordinary experience that will be talked about for months to come.
For information about rental rates and requirements, please click on the links below or email our rental manager rentals@artworkstrenton.org
Rental Rates (PDF)
Rental Agreement Form (PDF)
Current Classes
*ALL START DATES ARE SUBJECT TO A MINIMUM ENROLLMENT OF 5 STUDENTS.
Session 2: Oct 22 – Dec 9
A Fall Harvest For Papermaking
1 day workshop
Instructor: Winnie Radolan
Learn how to harvest garden waste materials, then process them into beautiful fibers for making sheets of paper with unique character.
Saturday, October 22, 10am – 2pm $60 Register For This Class
Alla Prima Painting
6 week class
Instructor: Larry Chestnut
While working from a still life setup, complete a painting in 3 hours .
- First class will consist of demo and discussion of material needed.
- Each week the participants will work on a different subject.
- review of work at the end of each class.
- teacher will answer questions and offer suggestions during class
- 6 classes at 3hrs per class
Session 2 Oct 24-Nov 28: Mondays, 6pm – 9pm $150 register for this class
Art Law 101
2 Day Workshop
Instructor: Stephen Slusher
Art and law often intersect. When can you incorporate an image by someone else into your work? What can (and should) you do if someone copies your work? What’s a derivative work? What rights do you have in an image once you’ve sold the actual piece of art? Should you think about copyright, trademark or patents? What’s the difference? Artlaw 101 will address these and other issues, with the objectives of helping artists avoid legal conflicts and maximize economic potential.
Saturday Nov 19 and Saturday December 3, 10am – 1pm $85 Register For This Class
Cast Paper Vessels
1 day workshop
Instructor: Winnie Radolan
Create personal and unique “story vessels” by using hand-cast paper pulp and including your own memorabilia.
Saturday, November 19, 10am – 2pm $60 Register For This Class
Drawing and Painting with Pastels
6 week class
Instructor: Norman Simms
Pastels are a unique painting medium in that the colors are mixed on the paper by overlaying or blending, rather than on a palette. Here you’ll find helpful tips, essential techniques, and step-by-step demonstrations on pastel painting. You will learn about the manufacturing, history, health and safety hazards of pastels and many more useful tips that will help you create beautiful pastels drawing and painting.
Session 2 Oct 22 – Nov 26: Saturdays 12pm – 3pm $150 Register For This Class
Fabric Design
5 week class
Instructor: Gabrielle Kanter
Don’t let your creativity be limited by someone else’s ideas of patterns and textures…add interest and uniqueness to your fabrics with your own designs.
Session 2 Oct 22- Nov 22: Tuesdays, 6pm – 9pm $125 Register For This Class
Found Object and Collage in Encaustic (An Introduction)
6 week class
Instructor: Joanna Platt
Found objects and collage in encaustic (an introduction) will be an exploration of different techniques for embedding objects and printed materials in encaustic medium.
Session 2 Oct 25 – Dec 6: Tuesdays, 6pm – 9pm $150 Register For This Class
FUNctional Quiltmaking
6 week class
Instructor: Kate Graves
In a world in which consumer goods are mass produced and impersonal, the importance of resisting mediocrity by creating utilitarian objects imbued with resonance and beauty is the objective of this class.
Session 2 Oct 24 – Nov 28: Mondays, 6:30pm – 9:30pm $150 Register For This Class
Painting in Oil or Acrylic
6 week class
Instructor: Karen Titus Smith
Painting in Oil or Acrylic using traditional painting media and techniques.
Session 2 Oct 26 – Nov 30: Wednesdays, 6pm – 9pm $15o. Register For This Class
Papermaking Sampler
1 day workshop
Instructor: Winnie Radolan
Try your hand at papermaking as an art form! Splash about in beautifully colored vats of cotton/abaca pulp. Create unique marks through techniques of layering, stenciling and pulp painting. Resulting papers are wonderful for printmaking, collage, calligraphy, cards and journals, or as stand-alone “paintings in pulp!” No experience necessary, just a spirit of adventure!
Saturday, November 5, 10am – 2pm $60 Register For This Class
Watercolor Anarchy
5 week class
Instructor: Gail Bracegirdle
Once titled “Watercolor, Independent Study, this supportive and inclusive group quickly evolved and became known as “Watercolor Anarchy”.
Session 2: Saturdays, Oct 22, 29, Nov 5, 12, 19 10am-1pm $125. Register For This Class
Monsters Ball 2011, October 29th.
monster (n.)beast, behemoth, brute, centaur, chimera, colossus, demon, devil, dragon, fiend, freak, gargoyle, ghoul, giant, goliath, hippogriff, hulk, monstrosity, ogre, villain
ball (n.)1.a party for social dancing
Halloween is the one night out of the year when it’s socially acceptable to be a monster and dance ‘til the wolves howl!
Monsters Ball – Ticketing
Tier 1 (Premium): $75 – Includes food, free drinks*, 2 door prizes. Costume optional but encouraged.
Tier 2: $45 – Includes food, free drinks*, 1 door prize. Costume optional but encouraged
Tier 3: $10 – Includes food and one free drink*. Costume Required.
One entrance per ticket. * ID required
Buy Your Tickets Now!!
Live Music featuring The Cryptkeeper Five
Costume Contest
Fire Performances by Adamo Ignis
Body Painting by Leon Rainbow
Portrait Photographs by David Cajio
South Jersey Paranormal Research Presentation (What did they find at Artworks?)
Belly Dancing by Tehani Mid East & Polynesian Dance Troupe
Tarot Readings
Classic Silent Horror Flicks
Thank you to our sponsors!
All proceeds support Artworks’ programs, classes, exhibitions and events that make art an accessible experience for all.
Entering the Event
Online ticket buyers may simply present their ID’s to enter the event. A volunteer will check you in against our list of those who purchased tickets online.
Artworks is a 501c3 non-profit organization and as such your ticket purchase to our Halloween Fundraiser may be tax deductible. The Internal Revenue Service has indicated that the amount of a charitable contribution is limited to the excess of the amount of cash contributed by the donor, over the value of any goods or services received by the donor in connection with the contribution. Please note the following ticket levels and their respective values.
|
Ticket Level |
Value of Party |
Tax Deductible Contribution Over Value |
|
$10 |
$10 |
0 |
|
$45 |
$20 |
$25 |
|
$75 |
$30 |
$45 |
Artworks “A La Carte” Art Classes start July 16!
Busy summer? Don’t have time for a six week class because the beach is calling you?
Get a taste of what Artworks Art Classes are all about. Specially priced $45* Single day and $90* two-day workshops available.
Register online for classes by July 8.
Color Theory
Intro to Precious Metal Clay
Wet Binding Journal Making
Intro to Wire Sculpture
Intro to Painting
For more information and registration visit:
http://artworkstrenton.org/class-description-schedules/
