Art in the Park this Sunday

Dear Artists,

The next session will be this Sunday, August 28 from noon to 4 at 121 Plainsboro Rd in Cranbury. The property is on the left side of the road if coming from Main St., and on the right side if coming in from the west. There will be limited parking in the driveway, so you can find street parking on Prospect St, between Main St. and the property. There is a sidewalk on the opposite side of the property on Plainsboro Rd. to safely walk to the location. You can cross the street at the corner of Prospect and Plainsboro, and then cross back over when you reach 121 Plainsboro. Please remember to sign in and we hope to see many of you there- the weather should be nice.

Best, Amy 

Winter Workshop & Four Seasons Watercolorists Group Show

Winter Workshop

&

Four Seasons Watercolorists

Group Show

September 11-23

Reception Sunday September 11 from 1-3 pm

The art will be a display of work from the artists who have participated in the Cranbury Arts Council's Winter Workshops and will include watercolors and collages, as well as a collection of watercolors from the Four Seasons art group of Cranbury.

The reception will be on Sunday September 11 from 1-3 pm in the Gourgaud Gallery located in Town Hall, Cranbury NJ and will run through Friday September 23.

“Celebration” A Creative Collective and HomeFront ArtSpace art exhibition

For August the Gourgaud Gallery announces

“Celebration”

A Creative Collective and HomeFront ArtSpace art exhibition

Reception Sunday, August 7  1-3 PM

Exhibit from August 1 – August 26

Poppies
Terry Farkas

Icy Taiwan's Mountains
Lynn Cheng Varga

Hours: Monday – Friday 9 AM – 4 PM

Sundays 1-3 PM

The Gourgaud Gallery is located in the Cranbury Town Hall, at 23-A North Main Street in Cranbury, NJ. The gallery will host an art exhibition featuring members of the Creative Collective and showcasing the artists of HomeFront’s ArtSpace. The exhibit celebrates the work of local artists and highlights the artists of ArtSpace, which aims to build self-confidence through therapeutic art. ArtSpace is a HomeFront program housed in Homefront's Family Campus, a center for homeless families in Ewing, NJ. HomeFront provides a holistic array of services for families who are homeless or at high risk of becoming so. The exhibition creates awareness for this amazing organization and the transformative power of art.

A variety of mediums including oil painting, acrylic paintings, photography, watercolor, stone carving, digital art and mixed media will be on display.

To learn more about ArtSpace, visit http://www.artspacenj.org/. Email inquiries to: artspace@homefrontnj.org or call 609-883-7500 ext: 316

To learn more about HomeFront visit http://www.homefrontnj.org/

Cash or a check is accepted as payment.

For more information for an article about the exhibit please contact:

Ellen Veden or Janis Blayne Paul - Creative Collective PR Team

ellen.veden@comcast.net or  jblaynepaul@comcast.net

347-712-1382  or 646-541-9275

July 10-July 29 2016 Exhibit at Gourgaud Gallery

“Allentown Art Guild Member’s Show”

At the Gourgaud Gallery, located at Cranbury Town Hall,

23-A N. Main Street in Cranbury, N.J. 

Reception Sunday, July 10  1-3 PM

Exhibit from July 10-29

Hours: Monday – Friday 9 AM – 4 PM 

Sunday 7/10 & 7/24 1-3 PM

Allentown Art Guild

    

The Allentown Art Guild was formed in 2006 by three local artists. They felt there was a need for an association of professional and non-professional artists. Currently the Guild is comprised of ~20 members from the Allentown and the surrounding areas. The Guild is a non-profit organization and it holds monthly meetings that include workshops, demonstrations and lectures by distinguished artists. The public is invited to attend many of these events since it is the Guild’s goal to encourage art appreciation in our community as well as to encourage artistic growth among its members.  To help encourage young artists in the community, the Guild has sponsored an annual art award of $500 to a graduating Allentown High School senior.  

Pictured below is a collaborative community project by the guild members that was on display in the Allentown Library.  This was originally a photograph of the old mill in Allentown that was divided into 27 pieces. Each member took a square and interpreted that square on the piece of canvas provided.  

       

      For more information, visit the guild website-http://allentownartguild.org

The artwork is for sale with 20% of each sale going to support the Cranbury Arts Council and its programs. Cash or a check made out to the Cranbury Arts Council is accepted as payment.For additional information see www.cranburyartscouncil.org.

For more information for an article about the exhibit please contact 

Karen Overbye karenoverbye@gmail.com

Places Traveled by Watercolorists Unlimited

Places Traveled by Watercolorists Unlimited

Exhibit from June 5-24

Reception Sunday, June 5 from 1-3 PM

Gallery Hours are

Sundays: June 5 & June 19 1-3 PM

Weekdays: Mon - Fri 9 AM - 4 PM
  

Each month this group of New Jersey artists has been meeting, for more than 25 years, to critique their paintings on a new subject. The twelve artists show their work throughout New Jersey and annually at the Gourgaud Gallery.

Artists will be available to share and discuss their work with the visitors at the reception on Sunday, June 5 from 1-3 PM at the Gourgaud Gallery, located in Town Hall, 23-A North Main Street in Cranbury, New Jersey. There will be light refreshments. 

The beautiful artwork is for sale with 20% of each sale going to support the Cranbury Arts Council and its programs. Cash or a check made out to the Cranbury Arts Council is accepted as payment. See www.cranburyartscouncil.org.

See Facebook: Gougaud Gallery for images

Colleen Cahill Original and Collaborative Work

The May exhibit at the Gourgaud Gallery, located at Cranbury Town Hall, 23-A N. Main Street in Cranbury, N.J. is art by

Colleen Cahill

Original and Collaborative Work

May 1-27, 2016

Reception, Sunday May 1 from 1-3 pm

Monday – Friday 9 AM – 4 PM 

Sunday 5/1 and Sunday 5/15  1-3 PM

 See Facebook:Gourgaud Gallery for picture and details

Colleen Cahill, a gifted artist, lived in Cranbury, NJ for many years. While raising her family, she worked at Nativity of Our Lord Church in Monroe Township as the Religious Education Director and was involved in many, many community organizations. She was a committee member of the Gourgaud Gallery, a part of Cranbury Arts Council, and volunteered her time and energy to promote and support the arts in the community, as well as exhibiting her artwork in many shows over the years. 

Born on May 18, 1956, Colleen passed away on May 6, 2014. Her friends and fellow artists have joined in celebrating her life and her art with the community appropriately this May by sharing her work to raise money to fund a memorial donation towards the renovation underway at the Nativity of Our Lord Church. 

Most of the artwork is original and a few pieces have been lovingly completed by her close artist friends with her family's blessing.

The exhibit will feature framed and matted pieces of her watercolors and pastels which are a true celebration of her talent, her love of art, and her dedication to her family, friends and community here in Cranbury. We hope to see many of her friends and fellow artists at the reception on Sunday, May 1 from 1-3 pm or visit through the month of May, and help to build funds towards a donation in her name to the church she so dearly loved.

The exhibit will run until Friday, May 27 and art can be purchased throughout the month. Cash or a check made out to the Cranbury Arts Council is accepted as payment. 

See www.cranburyartscouncil.org.

For additional information please contact:

Amy Alamico

alamico@aol.com

“Two Old Guys Painting”

During April the Gourgaud Gallery will be hosting an exhibit named

Old Tree
Marve Sitrin

Save One For Me
Dale Smith

“Two Old Guys Painting”

At the Gourgaud Gallery, located at Cranbury Town Hall,

23-A N. Main Street in Cranbury, N.J. 

Exhibit from April 3 to 22

Hours: Monday – Friday 9 AM – 4 PM

Sunday 4/3 and Sunday 4/17  1-3 PM

Opening Reception Sunday, April 3^rd from 1-3:30 PM

The two artists are displaying a variety of fabulous paintings in watercolor. Both have had an interest in art for many years and taken classes. The artists will be at the reception on April 3rd from 1-3 PM. Refreshments are served at the reception.

BIOs:

Marv Sitrin hails from Utica, New York. He earned his BS degree from Utica College of Syracuse University. While there he was a cartoonist for the campus humor magazine and art editor of the college yearbook. He continued on to the University of Pennsylvania, School of Dentistry where he again was art editor of the yearbook. In 1960, after two years in the Air Force, Marv moved to New Jersey.

               All his life he has had an active interest in the creative world of art. He has done cartooning, oil painting, sculpturing, wood working as well as watercolor. Marv has taken watercolor classes in Shrewsbury and Summit and since moving to Cranbury has had the good fortune of being in classes taught by Barbara Cox and Russ Johnson.

               He enjoys all aspects of the challenge of watercolor. It has been said that very often the influence of cartooning can be seen in his work. Marv now resides with his wife El in the Four Seasons at Cranbury where water painting classes are close at hand.

Although Dale Smith has called Cranbury home for almost 40 years, his roots lie in northern New York (Watertown).  He attended St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY, and Columbia University, graduating with degrees in chemistry and architecture.  His architectural career ran the gamut from commercial and residential in the private sector, and then, with the State of New Jersey, projects in corrections, housing, parks, historic restoration, and office construction.

               His interest in watercolor spans more than 20 years. He has enjoyed classes with Pietro Smith, Barbara Cox, Lisa Walsh, and Russ Johnson.  His focus has been on landscapes with an emphasis on color, attempting to achieve dramatic results using multiple layers of transparent tints.

The artwork is for sale with 20% of each sale going to support the Cranbury Arts Council and its programs. Cash or a check made out to the Cranbury Arts Council is accepted as payment. See www.cranburyartscouncil.org.