Karl J. Kuerner (b. 1957), Pennsylvania Farmer, 1996.
From January 27 to May 19, 2024, the Brandywine Museum of Art will be spotlighting Andrew Wyeth’s artistic connection and inspiration that he drew from the Kuerner family and their farm. During his lifetime, Wyeth painted numerous masterful studies of the Kuerner Farm, which sat adjacent to his own property. more
This year’s Sauce for the Goose holiday art market is back and better than ever! On Saturday, November 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., browse high-quality handmade gifts from local artisans and crafters.
The one-day sale will be held next to the Arts Council of Princeton’s building at 102 Witherspoon Street. This is the 29th year for this market, which draws people from around the region in search of holiday gifts. more
Healing art instructor and artist Jane Zamost will lead a workshop entitled “What Makes You Special?” on Thursday, November 9 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Arts Council of Princeton. The cost to attend is $50 per person. Attendees will be provided with a mat board to work on, glue, paint brushes, crayons, pastels, and colored pencils. more
Watercolorists Unlimited will be showcasing their artwork at the Gourgaud Gallery in Cranbury during the month of November. The exhibit, titled “Watercolor Gifts for the Holiday,” will feature paintings that make the perfect holiday gift, including wintery scenes, still lifes, and plenty of local Cranbury scenes. The work of 11 watercolor artists will be featured. more
Bucks County Playhouse will hold a ceremony on Thursday, October 19 at 10:30 a.m. to officially reopen and rededicate New Hope’s historic Parry Barn as the Bill Harris and Jay Manas Playhouse Barn.
There will be a special performance by Ashley Blanchet, accompanied by Bob Egan, who created the Cabaret of Odette’s, the famed New Hope nightclub where he entertained for 21 years. more
The new book from Mira Nakashima, daughter of George Nakashima, one of the leading innovators of 20th century furniture, takes a behind-the-scenes look at the Nakashima furniture-making process and how he became a household name. more
The “94th Juried Art Show” at Phillips’ Mill is set to open on September 23 and run through October 29 at the historic mill on River Road just north of New Hope, Pa. Among the works on display is Pamela Miller’s Phillips’ Mill Party Cat, which was selected as the 2023 Signature Image. Over 100 framed canvases and sculpture will be featured as well as an abundant array of unframed portfolio pieces. Art enthusiasts and collectors are encouraged to spend an afternoon browsing the eclectic array of businesses and dining options within the 25-mile radius surrounding the mill. more
The Gourgaud Gallery, located in Town Hall, 23A Main Street in Cranbury, has announced that its October exhibit will be “All Around the World.” A reception will take place on Sunday, October 8 from 1 to 3 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. more
The Cotsen Children’s Library, a unit within Princeton University Library’s Department of Special Collections,
Has been featured on a segment of PBS’ Craft in America.
The library is the benefaction of Lloyd E. Cotsen, ’50, and Charter Trustee, Emeritus. The curatorial division administers the research collection of illustrated children’s books, manuscripts, original artwork, prints, and educational toys, hosts academic conferences on children’s books and publishes their proceedings, and sponsors fellowships for research. The outreach division of Cotsen serves children of all ages, families, librarians, and educators. more
Located in Lambertville, Green Building Center is a firm specializing in the most environmentally responsible materials and methods of building and design. Their space at 67 Bridge Street shares an array of these products and the showroom also displays the work of local artists. The current exhibit features contemporary landscape paintings by artist Michelle Farro. more
The Newark Museum of Art and Newark Arts have announced that “Cross Cultural Perspectives” will be the signature exhibition of the 2023 Newark Arts Festival, a free, four-day celebration running September 27 through October 1. The exhibition opens on September 27 and features works by a roster of more than 90 New Jersey artists. It will be on view through October 29. more
The Liu Shiming Art Foundation (LSAF) and Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University have announced the opening of a new exhibition, “Liu Shiming: Life Gives Beauty Form.” The exhibit is on view through September 22 at Mason Gross School of the Arts, 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick. more
Based on the success of last year’s art show “Celebrating Old Trees,” Terhune Orchards’ Art Show and Sale will return September 9 through December 10 with the theme of barns. Barns of any kind, anywhere may be depicted in this art show. Furthermore, all media is accepted, so artists should not feel limited to painting or drawing. more
An unveiling of Seward Johnson’s Monet, Our Visiting Artist will take place on the banks of the Delaware River in Washington Crossing State Park of New Jersey on Sunday, July 16 at 3 p.m.
The Washington Crossing Park Association (WCPA) and Washington Crossing State Park are happy to be a part of the Hopewell Valley Arts Council efforts to place 10 of Seward Johnson’s life-sized statues all around the Valley. They are also proud to welcome “Monet,” who, through the magic of the Johnson Atelier, will be painting his own version of Washington Crossing the Delaware at the site of the historic event. more
The Princeton Senior Resource Center will be offering an informative day trip to the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia on Thursday, August 10 from 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Art collector Albert C. Barnes (1872-1951) chartered the Barnes in 1922 to teach people from all walks of life how to look at and view art. Over three decades, he collected some of the world’s most important impressionist, post-impressionist, and modern paintings, including works by Renoir, Cézanne, Matisse, and Picasso. more
On Thursday, April 20 from 5:30 to 7 p.m., the Arts Council of Princeton invites the community to partake in a Downtown Princeton Gallery Crawl to celebrate and enjoy the current exhibits now on view in downtown Princeton and in the Taplin Gallery of the Arts Council of Princeton. more
“Barns” by Louise Palagyi
During the month of April, the Gourgaud Gallery in Cranbury will host a watercolor exhibit entitled the “Four Seasons” by Louise Palagyi. The show will run from April 3 through April 26 and will be open to the public Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Palagyi is a local artist, gallery board member, and Cranbury resident. more
The Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market’s annual Spring Fling shopping experience returns on April 1 and 2 to the Cure Insurance Arena in Trenton. This is the largest and most unique shopping experience in Central New Jersey. Over 500 small businesses, artists, makers, and crafters from nearly 25 states will be present. The 40,000-square-foot-arena will also be occupied by food trucks, live tattooing, live music, celebrity guests, punk rock karaoke, and a huge scavenger hunt filled with prizes. Guests can also sign up for the VIP area, which is limited to 100 people and includes perks and goodies. more
Grounds For Sculpture (GFS) is partnering with Madhusmita Bora, a folk and traditional artist, teacher, and trained journalist, as she gathers oral histories to present a wide range of diverse and uniquely personal stories within the Indian American community in “Local Voices: Memories, Stories, and Portraits,” opening April 23. more
The highly acclaimed Philadelphia Flower Show will return indoors at the Pennsylvania Convention Center this March 4 through 12. The event is the largest and longest-running horticultural event in the U.S. and features stunning displays by the world’s premier floral and landscape designers. more
On view through April 2, the after-hours, multi-sensory light and sound exhibit “Night Forms: Infinite Wave” is back for a second season.
Designed to engage and highlight the horticultural collections at Grounds For Sculpture, “Night Forms” uses lighting, sound, video, and projection mapping, a process which artistic group Klip Collective pioneered. Building on the success of the first season, some popular works, such as Frog Head Rainbow have returned. The Main Loop path leads visitors through the grounds as more than a dozen installations punctuate the dark. Patterns of light are syncopated to original soundtracks while glitches appear out of the corner of the eye, reminding us that behind every dreamlike visual is an invisible array of computer code. In this way, visitors will be able to analyze what they truly see in unique ways. more
Philadelphia Zoo now presents Lumi Nature — a celebration of plants, animals, and the natural world highlighted by more than a million twinkling lights across 14 illuminated zones throughout the Zoo grounds, on view through January 7. Recognized as the brightest holiday show in the greater Philadelphia area, the Lumi Nature event takes place from 5 to 9 p.m. on select days. more
Get ready for the creatively charged Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market (TPRFM) and annual Wreck the Halls Holidays event on December 10 and 11 at the Cure Insurance Arena in Trenton. This is one of the most unique shopping experiences in the tristate area where over 500 small businesses, artists, makers, and crafters will gather across 40,000 square feet of shopping space. The event will also feature a large food truck selection, live tattooing, live music, and celebrity guest appearances. more
Walk among the dinosaurs on December 17 and 18 when Jurassic Quest, North America’s most popular dinosaur show, stomps through the Pennsylvania Convention Center. This show will excite the whole family with life-like dinosaurs, some of the largest rideable dinosaurs in North America, live dinosaur shows, interactive science and art activities including a fossil dig and real fossils like T-Rex teeth, a triceratops horn, a life-size dinosaur skull, a “Triceratots” soft play area for the littlest explorers, bounce houses, and photo opportunities. more
This holiday season, the Monmouth Museum Train Display will make its much anticipated return, brought to the public by Hackensack Meridian Health – Jersey Shore University Medical Center. The nostalgic display opens November 19 and runs through January 8. It features four Lionel trains winding through an over 30 foot exhibit of towns, mountains, cities, and more. Alongside the trains, the Main Gallery hosts the 20-foot holiday tree and Pat Brentano’s show, “Consider the Trees.” The Nilson Gallery will showcase artwork available for purchase from museum members. more
Kick off your holiday shopping at the Art’s Council of Princeton’s outdoor Sauce for the Goose Art Market. This one-day event on Saturday, November 12 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Paul Robeson Place (directly next to the Arts Council of Princeton) is a unique opportunity to purchase handmade gifts directly from local artisans and crafters working in ceramics, textiles, jewelry, fine art, and more. more
The Philadelphia Museum of Art now presents “Matisse in the 1930s,” on view through January 29, 2023.
This colorful exhibit explores changes in the artist’s work across multiple formats, including easel and decorative painting, sculpture, printmaking, drawing, and the illustrated book. The artwork also addresses the methods of working that renewed Matisse’s style, as well as his modern renderings of mythological themes from antiquity, his depictions of female models in the studio, and his partnership with his studio manager and model, Lydia Delectorskaya. more
Founded by the Monmouth County Arts Council in 1979, the “Annual Juried Art Exhibition” has been presented at the Monmouth Museum since its inception. In 2011, the museum assumed complete sponsorship of this annual exhibition. That year, it opened the call for entries to an international audience. As a result, the “Annual Juried Art Exhibition” has become an exceptional representation of the creative talent and contemporary art trends across the United States and the world. more
Vibrancy and imagination abound at the Chrysanthemum Festival at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pa. On view through November 13, visitors will observe thousands of carefully nurtured and trained flowers in Longwood Gardens’ Conservatory, including the Thousand Bloom Chrysanthemum, a single plant bearing more than 1,000 fiery colored blooms on a single stem. more
Tyler Park Center for the Arts, located at 10 Stable Mill Trail in Richboro, Pa., will host the Crafts in the Meadow Juried Invitational Fine Art and Crafts Show on October 15 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and October 16 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. General admission is $10 (free for members and children under age 12). Pets are not allowed. This event will take place rain or shine. more
