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If These Quilts Could Talk Queen of the Atlantic Ocean,  by Myra Nevius of the Friendly Quilters IF THESE QUILTS COULD TALK A juried exhibit featuring the Sankofa Stitchers and the Friendly Quilters January 17 – April 19, 2020 Opening Reception:  Sunday, January 19; 1:30 pm IF THESE QUILTS COULD TALK A juried exhibit featuring quilts by the Princeton Sankofa Stitchers Modern Quilt Guild and the Friendly Quilters of Bucks County CURATED BY DIANE CICCONE AND JANE MALLOY Opening Reception Jan. 19 ♦ 2 pm On view through April 19, 2020 See a video of the exhibition going up. Read articles by  US1  and  Trenton Daily.   An array of quilting styles and color schemes will fill our first-floor galleries with African American artistry, creativity, and storytelling. The Friendly Quilters of Bucks County and Princeton Sankofa Stitchers Modern Quilt Guild keep the traditions of quilt-making alive with works of art that tell stories and strengthen historical and communit...

Trenton City Museum The Trenton City Museum Ellarslie in Cadwalader Park Trenton, New Jersey Phone: (609) 989-3632 Fax: (609) 989-3624 Email:  info@ellarslie.org Museum Hours Wednesday – Saturday: Noon to 4 PM Sunday: 1 to 4 PM Closed Monday, Tuesday and Municipal Holidays

Ellarslie Open 36 – Call Thom Montanari,  Dick’s Beacher,  Best in Show – Painting, 2018 Attention Artists! Intake for all media – Friday, March 15 – Sunday, March 17, 2019 9 am – 4 pm Call for Art Ellarslie Open 36 Juried Exhibit Awards and Prizes in 10 Categories Download Prospectus Now On Display May 4, 2019 – July 7, 2019 New Jersey’s Premier Annual Juried Show Over the years, the Ellarslie Open has become a significant exhibition, drawing on the work of professional artists from the tri-state region and beyond, while encouraging and recognizing emerging artists. Today, the Ellarslie Open serves as New Jersey’s premier annual juried exhibit, with acceptance into the show being highly coveted by area artists.  Once again, 2018 broke all records for submissions. From these, the juror created a show with remarkably diverse styles, from abstract expressionism to Delaware Valley impressionist landscapes to boldly painted still lifes to Cubism and more. Liz Kelton Sheehan, ...

Sunday, January 26 – Mercer County Trenton Eclectic:  An Exhibition of Art, Objects & Artifacts from Three Hundred Fifty Years of Trenton History     Join us for a lecture by  Allen Linkchorst,  duck hunter, decoy carver, decoy collector and decoy historian.     Mr. Linkchorst is an editor and a contributing writer for  Decoy Magazine  and has written over 80 decoy-related stories for the magazine. March 2020 marks the 31 st    anniversary of his publications for  Decoy Magazine.   Free to members - $5.00 nonmembers. January 26, 2020 - 2 pm. Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Mansion Cadwalader Park, Trenton, NJ as part of our Trenton Eclectic exhibit.

Young Visions “Young Visions highlights the dichotomy between traditional and commercial art represented through the interpretation of emerging artists. Working across a variety of disciplines, these artists engage in visual dialog within their own conceptual parameters. Meanwhile, they challenge the preconceived notions of what it is to be young and an artist.” — Jennifer Rubin Garey, Guest Curator Young Visions November 16, 2019 — January 12, 2020 Opening Reception Saturday, November 16, 2019 Artists and Members 6-7 pm General Public 7-8:30 pm Jennifer Rubin Garey, Guest Curator As young artists find their voice and establish their reputations, the Trenton Museum Society is pleased to highlight ten of them in YOUNG VISIONS. Their  interpretations will be on display as they balance the line between traditional, industrial, and contemporary work. Several of the artists have shown recently in Ellarslie Open 36 as up-and-coming artists to watch. Among them were prize winners Patrick ...