Visual

Women's group brings 'Timeless Views' to H.P. library
Valeri Drach Weidmann
Wednesday, December 14, 2011

The Vietnam War was finally ending. Richard Nixon was in the White House, the Civil Rights and Feminist movements had taken to the streets, and a group of young mothers who just wanted some time to talk began meeting at the Unitarian Society in East Brunswick.

Some are still meeting today (though all the kids have grown), and through the month of December they will be exhibiting Timeless Views: A Mixed Media Show at the Highland Park Public Library.

Painter's pastels transport you to a highland del sur
Valeri Drach Weidmann
Wednesday, October 19, 2011

For eight summers, while Cynthia Walling was an Elizabeth High School teacher, the Highland Park artist lived, studied and painted in San Miguel de Allende.

She painted the fountain at the Instituto Allende, where she took classes and captured the great green tree behind it. She sketched women doing laundry in a primitive launderette, a curve of a line indicating who was old and who was young.

Raritan River friends seeking original logo design
Thursday, April 7, 2011
The Sustainable Raritan River paddling initiative is hosting a design contest to craft a graphic logo for river signage throughout the Raritan River region. The winner will receive a $50 gift certificate to Old Man Rafferty's, and the adulation of thousands (mostly ospreys and perch, but hey...).

Buck Art festival brings a dime bag of fun to February
Celeste Compton
Wednesday, February 2, 2011

If you're in the habit of turning to A.C. Moore, Michael's or Pearl for your art supplies, the Highland Park Artists' Collective is challenging you to approach your artwork a little differently.

The Buck Art Contest, going on now through February 17th, asks artists to compose a work of art made entirely of items found at Highland Park's store 'The Buck Stops Here.'

Window art project will blossom on Raritan Avenue
Contributed wire/staff report
Saturday, January 22, 2011

Main Street Highland Park invites visual artists to submit work for WINDOW ART for HIGHLAND PARK 2011. Selected work will hang in the windows of Highland Park businesses and empty storefronts on Raritan Avenue (Route 27).

Alfa Art Gallery strikes a responsive chord in anniversary fete
Monday, February 1, 2010

Alfa Art Gallery kicked off its second year anniversary on January 29 with “The Caged Bird Sings,” a jam session featuring six musicians in a cage – for 24 hours with only meal and bathroom breaks.

Dancers added a visual aspect to the music at the opening, and juxtaposed it to the works of the rest of the artists, which they used as props in their routines.

The unifying idea was Albert Einstein's claim that "everything in life is a vibration," as interpreted by local experimental musician Michael Durek.

Quiet Dialogue: Highland Park blends a weaver and a painter
Valeri Drach Weidmann
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
As a child, Susan Edmunds remembers weaving on a small hand loom. It wasn’t until 1996 that the retired test developer, picked up another small loom and needed to find out how to change the waft.
“I visited my friend’s shop in French Town and found myself in a room surrounded by spinning wheels and looms,” Edmunds said. “I felt so at home.”
Edmunds got the same feeling of being at home during the Arts Commission’s open studio this year when she visited artist Marsha Goldberg.

Visual installation unleashed on the Avenue
Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Starting October 18, in conjunction with the annual Highland Park Open Studios day, storefronts along Raritan Avenue will collectively form an outdoor gallery for artworks by 20 local artists.  This "Window Art" will stretch literally from A to Z (visit A Garden Party, 60-A Raritan Ave. at Cedar Ave., and finish up at Zeina Restaurant, 441 Raritan at North Fifth Ave.) The exhibition will remain on view through November 22, featuring installations of sculpture, ceramics, photographs and paintings. 

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