Centro d'Arte Riverdale community brings contemporary

Last November, the Riverdale Art Center (RAC) opened its doors on Corner of Richard Victorian in Riverdale. Centuries ago, The Richards family in holding since then was sold to end mobile Bograd's next door. The incredibly polite Bograd were to donate using the rather spacious Victorian home and allow to become an Art Centre for the community.

For nearly a year now, the JRC has offered residents of Northern NJ a space to display their beautiful works of art, interact with like-minded people and share in art appreciation. Also Mayor William Budesheim has exhibited and sold, his photography there.In addition, has been constituted a distinct segment of RAC. Riverdale Artists ' cooperative Gallery was organized this summer and currently consists of 10 contemporary artists including sculptors, painters, photographers and printers.

Patricia Watson, Chairman of the Board of Directors and ceramic sculptor, is the woman responsible for the dream of bringing the art of this community beginning. diligent efforts have provided residents of the area with so many fantastic opportunity to bring beauty and deeper awareness of art in their lives.She believes "that the practice of art hands-on encourages a strong sense of well-being, and that sharing art can build communities".

The JRC offers courses of art for children, teens and seniors, as well as special events as guest artist lessons. Monthly opening receptions are held for each new exhibition that brings together art lovers from near and far to share eye-opening dialogue on art and create a strong sense of community, as MS. Watson dreamed. Special events Are also organized, as art impending Food Festival at the Glenburn estate which will include the food prepared by local chefs, live music, wine tasting and of course, lots of art. for more information about how to get involved with this community-oriented institution, please visit http://www.riverdaleartcenter.com.

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Chelsea-Center of the global art world

Walking down the street in Chelsea in New York City, visitors of the area are inevitably affected by the number of galleries that can be found in this one place. Art galleries and art are, of course, a common sight in a city with a rich abundance of artists, art lovers and museums, and that in itself played a significant role in the development of modern art and in the lives of some of the artists that have redefined the what is meant by the term «art.» Yet the Chelsea has something special, a unique atmosphere that can only come in an area that is full, also called the galleries that line the streets.

Varies from great outdoors to smaller rooms, more intimate, the District of New York arts can boast a wide variety of galleries, in terms of Gallery spaces themselves, to the lighting used for proprietary on which they focus. Some prefer a particular genre of art, or a specific mode of presentation.Some are focused on celebrating the work of artists who have already reached a level of international success, while others are more open to emerging artists in which work is yet become known. Some exist only in the form of mortar that you can walk in Chelsea, while others have extended their presence in the online world of the Internet, create online galleries like art-mine of Agora Gallery and bricks.

Explore this world of art can be a dream come true for those who love art and enjoy living creations and ideas of artists who may also have never heard of before. opening Evenings, art lovers go ' Gallery hopping ', moving from a new exhibit at next, examining the latest quotations, comparing notes, sipping wine and celebrate the vitality of the area and the joy of seeing the work. Hobby frequenting these occasions, hunting for the right piece for blank space on their wall, trying to guess the next new success or looking for something that takes away the breath.

Of course, it wasn't always this way. actually, Chelsea's artistic reputation, which is now internationally recognized and revered, is a relatively new phenomenon.Once and not long ago, another district of New York enjoyed a similar success.This was Soho, where many galleries set themselves up to exploit a market slightly differently than you expect to find elsewhere, and where an atmosphere well established early type that Chelsea enjoys today.

Unfortunately, the increasing value of the property in the area, which was quite central and served by a number of underground lines, meant by ninety galleries not that could justify the rent, be squeezed out of the shops and restaurants of high-end many have taken the plunge and moved to Chelsea, who then was filled with empty warehouse space, definitely not markets and economic. ten years later, the success of the movement had become clear, and continued to go from strength to strength, with thriving scene of art gallery is complemented by daring architecture similar to that of Frank Gehry wave of glass of the building and the high-speed opened recently, which gives the District of fitting space for relaxing and enjoying the outside world.

A visit to Chelsea is a must for any lover of art living in or visiting the city of New York.

Online art gallery-Art-mine.com provides art, paintings, drawings of established and emerging artists from around the world.

Weekly Update – old and new printing Center

Looking to the past and in future, the Print Center this fall celebration old school letterpress and culture-youth admired screenprinting.

Printing of Peter Hanley from displaying letterpress printing Center

The emergence of letterpress on the ground floor is a quick tutorial about typesetting 15th century invention of the Gutenberg and his recent position paper by artists as a tool for the paper and print-making. displaying, round up letterpress books and posters from the past 35 years from private collections around Philadelphia, demonstrates the nostalgic appeal of media-friendly text with the inky blacks and printing-plate embossment. Letterpress skews old definition, and Peter Hanley "gamma Digital" (2009) — print the title — shout some feelings about letterpress artists the unrelenting wave of the future.

Isaac Tin Wei Lin, installation details, Print Center

Above two solo shows, by Isaac Tin Wei Lin and Andrew Kozlowski, push the 95-year-old centre with a more modern instrument — screenprints. A "father" of modern screenprinting is wrote to you, OBEY and Fairey Obama glory. "When you I believe — that is, only up to and printing on the city walls — wheatpaste gave the DIY screenprinting and street cred time that appeal to many young artists.The Fairey combination old-fashioned technique, epic quantity and macho distribution facilities is now a traditional recipe.

Isaac Tin Wei Lin, each part of the collection is wallpapered, even the stairs to the attic.

Room 1026, where Lin was a member for many years, has original members who learned the art of the master installation Lin, "One of us" is a Commission from the Print Center, part of the new series "" Makeready on printmaking in contemporary art. ?Admittedly the type epic amounts plus unexpected installation, incorporating 600 pink and blue prints — meant to be, and you can wear glasses 3-d — wallpaper gallery walls and floor, turning the site into a cave dramatically psychedelic. ?

 In this cave, Lin has inserted a group clippings Painted and printed human-scale wood: cartoon cats.Walking through the big, friendly cats into the environment too, I thought the whole thing will move to the beautiful Museum Touch Note.I looked for some deeper meaning, but even with the print pattern bent corners bent lines as Islamic invocation script, the piece, while ambitious, is thin.

Andrew Kozlowski, screenprint, detail

In the back, Kozlowski forlorn prints mirror morbid fascination with young people with the trendy eco-train from oil spills, melting ice caps, deforestation and the reverse side of loneliness and hopelessness brings to any place that implied the future of a great Kozlowshi. Drawing artist and his works, such as "Triumph!," an image of a hand-built on a stick flag waving jauntily into a sky fuschia, ironic and passive.The triumph of them?And whose flag; For all printing beautiful colors and beautiful design, this flag may be a symbol of tradition, the bad guy WINS.Eco-topics work today is omnipresent art worldwide, but even if done tastefully, Kozlowski projects of irony-laced is nothing new to the discussion.

Andrew Kozlowski, issues of ecological wallpaper, details of the images of barrels of oil

And prints a specialist in the world of art, you're important, often providing an affordable entry point to aspiring art collector. If you have ever visited, this is a good time to visit the Print Center And be sure to spend time in the shop gift, a trove affordable prints from local artists.

Pulling from the history: Tin Wei Letterpress Isaac Lin: "one of us" Andrew Kozlowski: "Dear Tree Hugger …" Through November 20. Printing Center, 1614 Latimer St. printcenter.org 215.735.6090.

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