http://www.hunterdonartmuseum.org/ The Hunterdon Museum of Art offers exhibitions and education programs to enjoy and share across generations. Founded in 1952, the Museum is located on the riverbank in Clinton, NJ, in a beautiful four-story stone mill listed on the National and State Historic Registers. In this historic setting, the Museum presents exhibits of modern and contemporary art, featuring established as well as emerging artists. We also offer children's and adult art classes, workshops, lectures, exhibition tours, and other interpretive experiences. en Copyright 2008 Wed, 07 May 2008 16:34:26 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
Ask your elected officials to restore state cultural funding that contributes over $2 billion each year to NJ's economy. Visit www.artpridenj.com and TAKE ACTION!]]> http://www.hunterdonartmuseum.org/news/#000332 http://www.hunterdonartmuseum.org/news/#000332 News Wed, 07 May 2008 16:34:26 +0000 Explore, create and learn about an art that has been around for centuries. Express your own individual creativity while learning the steps of how fused glass art is made. Learn how to safely cut and break glass to design your own piece of fused glass art from start to finish. You will be taught about glass compatibility, firing times, temperatures, the different types of fusing that can be done in a kiln and how to properly prime a glass-fusing mold. You will also gain the knowledge of fascinating techniques to expand the design of your piece. All materials and supplies will be provided. Nancy DeVincenzo Sunday, July 27th, 1:00 - 3:00pm Tuition: $50; member: $40 http://www.hunterdonartmuseum.org/education/#000330 http://www.hunterdonartmuseum.org/education/#000330 Adult Education Education Thu, 01 May 2008 16:59:28 +0000 Age 10 and up Discover the fascinating world of fused glass! Spend time designing your very own piece of fused glass art while learning the important steps it takes from beginning to end. You will be taught how to safely cut and break glass to create beautiful pieces of art. Learn about the other forms glass can take, from stringers to noodles and liquid glass - the possibilities are endless! Create one of a kind works of art while gaining insight into important techniques of color and design. Have a ton of fun while exploring the art and science of glass fusing. It truly is magical! All materials and supplies will be provided. Nancy DeVincenzo Tuition: $45; member $35 A. Sunday, July 14th, 1:00 - 3:00pm B. Sunday, August 3rd, 1:00 - 3:00pm http://www.hunterdonartmuseum.org/education/#000329 http://www.hunterdonartmuseum.org/education/#000329 Classes for Children Education Thu, 01 May 2008 16:53:53 +0000 Pick your favorite medium and set aside Tuesday evenings for building your drawing and painting skills. In this relaxed, intimate class, beginning and intermediate students are invited to work at their own level with guidance from the instructor using a variety of subject matter, including still life subjects and photographs. Projects are adapted to student skill level. Beginners start with drawing. 4 Tuesdays, 7:00 - 9:30pm, August 5 - 26 Lena Shiffman Tuition: $100, member $80 http://www.hunterdonartmuseum.org/education/#000328 http://www.hunterdonartmuseum.org/education/#000328 Adult Education Education Thu, 01 May 2008 16:50:23 +0000 This intensive course offers students at all levels the opportunity to learn aspects of figure and portrait painting. After introductory drawing sessions, students work in the color medium of their choice. Instruction in proportion, color theory as it relates to flesh tone, elements of human anatomy, and creating a likeness are all included via group and individual critiques along with principles of figure painting. Bring drawing materials and a $20 model fee (no nude models) to first session. Charles David Viera 6 Mondays, 6:30 - 9:00pm, June 30 - Aug. 4 Tuition: $150; member: $130 http://www.hunterdonartmuseum.org/education/#000327 http://www.hunterdonartmuseum.org/education/#000327 Adult Education Education Thu, 01 May 2008 16:47:19 +0000 Take a mid-week break and embrace your creativity! Offering a friendly and supportive atmosphere, this class is open to students working at any level. Beginning to advanced instruction in drawing, composition, and color theory is offered through group and individual critiques. Bring drawing materials and $5 model fee to first session. Charles David Viera 6 Wednesdays, 6:30 - 9:00pm, July 2 - Aug. 6 Tuition: $150; member $130 http://www.hunterdonartmuseum.org/education/#000326 http://www.hunterdonartmuseum.org/education/#000326 Adult Education Education Thu, 01 May 2008 16:44:54 +0000 Capture the summer morning light at picturesque sites in Clinton and surrounding areas. Instruction in drawing, composition, color theory, and the proper use of materials is offered through group and individual critiques. Open to adults at all levels, working with any medium. Students will be notified of location of first session. Charles David Viera Monday - Friday, July 14 - 18, 9:00am - 12noon Tuition: $150; member $130 http://www.hunterdonartmuseum.org/education/#000325 http://www.hunterdonartmuseum.org/education/#000325 Adult Education Education Thu, 01 May 2008 16:42:00 +0000 Congratulations to the artists who have been accepted into the 52nd Annual National Juried Print Exhibition: Tom Baker Barbara Bell Katherine Binder Barbara Brewton Deborah Bryan Berendina Buist Jean Burdick Karen B. Butler Jase Clark Patricia Cudd Christine Dengel Eduardo Fausti Eileen Ferara Beth Ganz Yuji Hiratsuka Dave Hoke Will Hubscher Kenneth Kaplowitz Philip Laber Evan Lindquist Marian Magarik Stephen McKenzie Mary Ann Miller Lew Minter James M. Mullen Thomas Nawrocki Brian Oakes James O'Neill Paula Praeger Ross Racine Jon Rappleye Carol Rosen Ilene Steglitz Emily Stokes Angela Young http://www.hunterdonartmuseum.org/juried_print_exhibition/#000324 http://www.hunterdonartmuseum.org/juried_print_exhibition/#000324 Juried Print Exhibition Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:53:20 +0000

UNcommon clay
4/6/08 - 6/15/08

Hildreth York, Curator
Ingrid Renard, Assistant Curator

close encounters: The Art of Bonnie Berkowitz 4/6/08 - 6/15/08 Mary Birmingham, Curator Learn more about this exhibition

ken ross: where men hide 4/6/08 - 5/4/08 Ellen Siegel, Curator Learn more about this exhibition

]]> http://www.hunterdonartmuseum.org/exhibits/#000313 http://www.hunterdonartmuseum.org/exhibits/#000313 Exhibits Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:30:03 +0000 Read the review. ]]> http://www.hunterdonartmuseum.org/news/#000321 http://www.hunterdonartmuseum.org/news/#000321 News Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:18:47 +0000



1/13/08 - 3/30/08
Cuba: Artists Experience Their Country
Kristen Accola, Curator
Opening Reception, Sunday January 13, 2-4
Panel Discussion 4pm

1/13/08 - 3/30/08 Nancy Moore Bess: Extraordinary Baskets Hildreth York, Curator Opening Reception, Sunday January 13, 2-4 See Education Department listings for workshop by artist

Nancy Moore Bess: Extraordinary Baskets is funded by a generous grant from The Coby Foundation. ]]> http://www.hunterdonartmuseum.org/past_exhibits/#000320 http://www.hunterdonartmuseum.org/past_exhibits/#000320 Past Exhibits Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:36:23 +0000




Waldy's Workbench, 2008
Pigmented inkjet print
16 x 20 in.

These striking black and white photographs take the viewer on a tour of various places and spaces--the basements, garages and attics--where men retreat to get away from it all. Ken Ross creates telling portraits in the absence of his subjects by recording men's most private sanctums. His photographs are at once muscular and tender, a tribute to the essential nature of men. This revealing exhibition by the New Jersey based photographer will undoubtedly strike a familiar cord with men as well as women. Ross's photographs also provided the inspiration for Where Men Hide (Columbia University Press, 2006), a collaborative work with James Twitchell.

Rick's Basement Office, 2008 Pigmented inket print 20 x 24 in.

Duck Blind, 2008 Pigmented inkjet print 8 x 10 in.

Pop-Pop's Pegboard, 2008 Pigmented inkjet print 24 x 30 in.

Chick's, 2008 Pigmented inkjet print 24 x 30 in.

Al's Car Barn, 2008 Pigmented inkjet print 24 x 30 in.

Shannon's Fly & Tackle, 2008 Pigmented inkjet print 16 x 20 in.

Dad's Recliner, 2008 Pigmented inkjet print 20 x 24 in.

Lap Dance Room, 2008 Pigmented inkjet print 20 x 24 in.

Dick's Train Room, 2008 Pigmented inkjet print 20 x 24 in.

Matt's Room, 2008 Pigmented inkjet print 16 x 20 in.

Deer and Beer, 2008 Pigmented inkjet print 16 x 20 in.

Dick's Tools, 2008 Pigmented inkjet print 20 x 24 in.

]]> http://www.hunterdonartmuseum.org/exhibits/#000318 http://www.hunterdonartmuseum.org/exhibits/#000318 Exhibits Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:22:36 +0000 The idea for Where Men Hide was initiated a number of years ago when my then ten-year-old son suggested we set up a basement shop for our Scout projects. This seemed like a pretty good idea, and as we began planning, I thought it might be wise to visit the home shops of some friends to check out their set ups. My family and I live in Mountainville, a tiny village of 19th century houses in northern Hunterdon County. Most of the residents have converted their barns or carriage houses to alternative uses. So to visit our first home shop we walked down the road to a neighbor's place. The owner was a middle-aged elementary school teacher who was highly regarded as a scoutmaster and woodsman. His shop was devoted to his real passion--restoring antique canoes. The place was amazing, a living testament to function and form, with a vintage pin-up overseeing the whole works. Matt and I took home lots of great ideas for our shop that day and I got the notion that "guy places" might make an interesting series of pictures. I returned a couple of days later, and after a few false starts eventually came away with what I wanted. I have been working on and off on this project ever since. The series had grown to forty or so images, ranging from a home slaughterhouse to my Dad's recliner, when I got a call from Jim Twitchell, and Where Men Hide was born. My original title for this series was "Men's Rooms." This phrase still accurately describes the subjects of my pictures. The places are all exclusively male in function, sometimes private yet often communal, and they are surely visited as it becomes necessary. Ken Ross, 2008 ]]> http://www.hunterdonartmuseum.org/exhibits/#000319 http://www.hunterdonartmuseum.org/exhibits/#000319 Exhibits Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:49:54 +0000 In the past a man's home was his castle; not anymore. In the contemporary home even the man's study has been turned into the family room. Women now take the responsibility for the decoration and upkeep of the home, and we do it to our standards. So where do men go to get away from us? About ten years ago I was talking with Ken Ross about a series of photographs that he was making. He called them "Men's Rooms." They chronicled those exclusive places where men went to be alone--dark, secretive, rooms, purpose specific, no "girls" allowed. The gate crashing voyeur in me was hooked. I wanted a glimpse into their world. James Twitchell, professor of English and advertising at the University of Florida was having his hair cut when he picked up a March 1999 issue of Esquire magazine. The headline read, "Where We Go: Portraits of the Places Men without Women Inhabit." It caught his imagination. He and Ken Ross forged a collaboration that culminated in the book Where Men Hide, published in 2006 by Columbia Press. The subject matter was extended to include places where men congregate, but when I made my selections for this exhibition I found myself mostly drawn to those solitary rooms. Ken Ross is not only a talented visual artist, but also a gifted story teller. He takes his photographs on film, scans the negatives, and does digital darkroom manipulation. The results are rich tones and complex values, teasing and tempting the border without ever dipping into the muddy. The rooms are brooding and dingy. The whiff of citrus cleaner or the roar of a vacuum cleaner has never invaded these spaces. The photographs narrate the stories of his subjects and serve as portraits of the men even in their absence from the image. We women thought we knew these men. Through Ken Ross' work we learn we only knew them in our world, not theirs. Ellen Siegel, Curator ]]> http://www.hunterdonartmuseum.org/exhibits/#000322 http://www.hunterdonartmuseum.org/exhibits/#000322 Exhibits Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:49:50 +0000

Ruth Borgenicht
Forrestal Village: Brown Tree
(detail), 2007
salt-fired stoneware
Photo: Joseph Painter



Clay is ubiquitous. If you gathered it all up and spread it evenly over the surface of the earth like peanut butter, you would create a mud layer a mile in thickness.

Suzanne Staubach in Clay (NY: Berkley Books, 2005) p. xi

The artists in this exhibition have each found a way to make clay, one of the most ancient and common materials known to artists, "uncommon." The malleability of unfired clay offers infinite shaping possibilities. Its transformation through fire creates one of the world's most durable materials. Each of these artists is a master of the medium and the many physical, technical and chemical processes that turn earth into art. Yet what they share, aside from the fact that all are New Jerseyans, is their "uncommoness," the distinct personality of each artist's body of work. That all are residents of this State is deliberate on our part, and reflects the Hunterdon Museum's intention to highlight and bring to attention examples of outstanding creativity in our midst. Each of the artists has an impressive resume of prestigious exhibitions; all have made their knowledge and talents available through teaching and workshops.

Bennett Bean

Jim Jansma

Ruth Borgenicht

Taesik Song

Ka Kwong Hui

Mikhail Zakin

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