Historic Happenings Blog

Monmouth Museum https://monmouthmuseum.org/virtualgallery "R'emerged," a virtual exhibit by Monmouth Museum, is online through, with artwork available for sale.  Monmouth Museum also is posting full-length video interviews of artists featured in "R'emerged" on YouTube and abridged versions on Instagram at  @themonmouthmuseum. "Winter Beach," a painting by Natalie Barringer, at Riverfront Renaissance Center For The Arts in Millville.  (Photo: Courtesy of Riverfront Renaissance Center For The Arts) On  Facebook,  Monmouth Museum hosts storytime and craft sessions on Wednesdays, as well as special craft videos on Fridays.  The deadline has been extended until May 15 for the museum's annual New Jersey Emerging Artist Series. Details are on Monmouth Museum's  Instagram  and  Facebook  pages.

1 Teddy Bear Tea Monmouth Museum Middletown Navesink Country Club 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm REGISTRATION:  Yes AGE RANGE:  Preschoolers, Elementary COST:  $45 children, $65 adults CALL:  (732) 224-1994 WEBSITE Children 3-8 years old are cordially invited to enjoy an afternoon with their favorite furry friend for Polite Conversation, Lesson on Manners, Teddy Bear Parade, Gourmet Treats and Music Entertainment featuring Little Rockers! Whimsically designed for young guests and their families, the beloved Teddy Bear Tea will be presented from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm on March 29, 2020, at the Navesink Country Club, Red Bank, NJ. The Teddy Bear Tea menu features delectable treats of finger sandwiches, plus sliced fresh fruit, chef's selection of English tea pastries, chocolate chip and sugar cookies, brownies, mini scones, and macaroons. A choice of children's beverages includes scented and fruit-flavored teas, pink lemonade, assorted soft drinks and coffee and a cash bar for adults. ...

Member Miniatures: big ART in small packages 2020 January 18, 2020 – March 15, 2020 Opening Reception:   Saturday, January 18th, 2020 from 5 – 7 pm Museum Statement: Since 2015, the Monmouth Museum has celebrated our Artist Members by hosting an art exhibition in our Nilson and Hallway Galleries. The show has always been an excellent opportunity for our members to show off their talent and creativity in small formats. In 2020, we are continuing the tradition of exhibiting member artwork in an exclusive show once again. As a show of miniatures, we will be exhibiting artwork no bigger than 12″x12″ when framed. Hours Main Gallery & Nilson Gallery Tues.-Sat.  10 AM–5 PM Sunday  12 noon–5 PM Dorothy V. Morehouse WonderWing (children under 6 years) Tuesday-Thursday*  Hours subject to change Call for hours (732-747-2266) Fri. & Sat.  10 AM–5 PM Sunday  12 noon–5 PM Becker Children’s Wing (children 6-12 years and their families) Tues.-Sat.  10 AM–...

41st Annual Juried Art Exhibition January 18, 2020 – March 15, 2020 Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony : Saturday, January 18th, 2020 from 5:00 – 7:00 pm Museum Statement: Since the Annual Juried Art Exhibition was founded by the Monmouth County Arts Council in 1979, the exhibition has been presented at the Monmouth Museum. In 2011 the Monmouth Museum assumed complete sponsorship of the exhibition. The same year, the museum expanded the call for entries to be international. As a result, the Annual Juried Art Exhibition has become a refreshing representation of creative talent from around the world. Alongside local New Jersey artists, the Annual Juried Art Exhibition has included artists from Japan, Russia, Lithuania, Israel, and Germany. This year, the Monmouth Museum presents the 41st Annual Juried Art Exhibition. Artwork of all media and styles will be featured in our Main Gallery and will be continuing our tradition of showcasing diverse and international art. Juror:  Grace G...

Petopia too! In partnership with Arc of Monmouth County, and Monmouth County Parks Therapeutic Recreation December 20 – January 5, 2020 Opening Reception:  Friday, December 20th, from 1:00 – 3:00 pm Featuring the first-ever  AIMM: Arts Inclusion at the Monmouth Museum, Art Opening for  Petopia Too!!! If you have questions, ideas or would like to help support future AIMM Programs please contact dkessinger@monmouthmuseum.org The featured selected artwork is part of a new pilot program created at the Monmouth Museum in the Green Arts Studio in partnership with The Arc of Monmouth County, and Monmouth County Parks Therapeutic Recreation.

Opening Reception, Petopia Date/Time Date(s) - 11/24/2019 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Location Monmouth Museum Petopia Opening Reception on Sunday, November 24, 2019 from 4:00 -6:00 pm Admission is Free and refreshments served! Pets are a part of the family and should be cherished, especially at Holiday Time! The bond between a pet and owner/parent is something unique. Pet portraits attempt to capture that cherished bond. In this year’s Monmouth Museum Holiday Exhibition,  Petopia , the Main Gallery will be filled pet  paw-traits  of man’s best  fur-ends  as well as  en-deering  depictions of creatures big and small covered in fur, feathers and scales to celebrate the loving bond we have with our pets as well as the universal affection for the natural beauty and majestic power of all animals. Happy Howlidays from the Monmouth Museum! Gallery Hours are: Tuesday – Saturday, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm and Sunday, 12:00 – 5:00 pm Admission is $10 Address 765 Newman Springs ...

Winter Wonderland Model Trains Display November 24, 2019 – January 5, 2020 Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm & Sunday, 12:00 – 5:00 pm, Admission $10 Monmouth Museum Presents the Holiday Exhibition  Petopia!  and the  Winter Wonderland Model Trains Display  from November 24 – January 5, 2020, all throughout the Holiday Season! The bond between a pet and owner is something unique. Pet portraits attempt to capture that cherished bond. In this year’s Juried Holiday Art Exhibition,  Petopia! , in the Main Gallery, will be filled with pet  paw-traits  of man’s best  fur-ends  as well as  en-deering  depictions of creatures big and small covered in fur, feathers and scales to celebrate the loving bond we have with our pets as well as the universal affection for the natural beauty and majestic power of all animals. The Museum’s  Holiday Model Trains Display  features tiny people forever frozen in their eve...

The Kindness Project Monmouth Museum 1 Museum Drive Lincroft 07738 8/27/2019 - 12/31/2019 Weekly on Tuesday , Wednesday , Thursday , Friday , Saturday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm REGISTRATION NOT REQUIRED FREE CALL:  (732) 747-2266 WEBSITE MORE DETAILS:  The Kindness Rocks Project is a collaborative effort by all visiting guests of the Museum, both children and adults as we appreciate each other' € ™s contributions and unique artistic skills. When working together we can become effective artists and contribute to our Museum community These rocks will be placed in the Meyer Art & Nature Area and left for all to see and read. Each participant will take a rock in the Green Arts Studio and write words and/or draw pictures of kindness in their rock. The goal is to leave hopeful or encouraging thoughts for others who need a word to brighten their day. These creations will spread a little joy and inspiration to anyone who visits our garden.

Kate Eggleston: Still Deep October 18 – November 17, 2019 Opening Reception: October 18th, 6:00 – 8:00 pm, IMAGE:  Islands of Me Artist Statement: ” I am an interdisciplinary fiber artist focusing on hand-dyed textiles, soft sculpture, and stitch work.  Still Deep  is a sculptural exploration of adaptation. This collection of work, spanning the last two years, touches on the anxieties of balancing my home life and studio practice. I challenged myself to create work that is outside of my comfort zone. I experimented with concept of abstract sculptural landscapes while still maintaining my point of view. It began with  Islands of Me , a series of hand-dyed soft sculptures resembling abstract landforms dotted with spiky blue flora which calmly scud across the sky like indigo clouds. The pairing of traditional “women’s work” with the competing forces in my life irrevocably fuse my memories into each sculpture.” Gallery Hours : Tuesday – Saturday: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm | Fri...

Artworks Selected by Juror: Jenn Hampton Opening Reception: Sunday, September 15, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm This exhibition will feature work representing the breadth and diversity of expression in contemporary photography and includes a variety of photographic media, from traditional black and white images to color photographs, digital and manipulated prints, video/film and alternative processes. Gallery Hours:  Tuesday – Saturday: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm | Friday: 10:00 am – 9:00 pm | Sunday: 12:00 – 5:00 pm Admission to the Museum is $8.  The Museum is located at 765 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, NJ on the campus of Brookdale Community College, Parking Lot #1, off Museum Drive.

Artist Gallery Talk Kate Eggleston: Still Deep Wednesday, November 6, 2019, 7:00 – 8:00 pm Eggleston is an active member and volunteer with Artworks Trenton, Monmouth Arts Council, Hopewell Valley Arts Council, and the Monmouth County Park System. She received her BA in Visual Art and a K-12 New Jersey Art Teacher Certification from Ramapo College in 2005. She was awarded 1 st  Place for Textiles at Arts in the Park Highland Park in 2017, and 3 rd  Place for her  Indigo Sukkah  installation at Sukkahwood. She was a Student Mini Grant recipient of the Andrew W. Mellon Arts Common Good Grant from Drew University in 2014.

Susu Pianchupattana: Inseparable September 15 – October 13, 2019 Opening Reception: September 15th, 4:00 – 6:00 pm, Live Music by Johnny Nameless IMAGE:  King & Queen • Oil on round burlap, 2019 Artist Statement: “Moved by human beauty and the mysteries of nature, Inseparable explores interpersonal connections and the bonding of one person to another; unbreakable through the natural truth of inevitable separation. I paint and draw from both direct observation and my own invention. My process involves the grinding and mixing of pigments then layering these colors with varying degrees of abstraction and realism. This method progresses by continually adding weight and subtracting elements of the human form until the image starts to reveal itself. I sculpt the subject through the appli- cation and removal of multiple layers of paint to achieve a contrast and subtlety of value in the spaces between. Through the creation of my work I am continually trying to learn to understand and a...

Artist Gallery Talk  Susu Pianchupattana: Inseparable Wednesday, September 25, 2019 Susu Pianchupattana  was born and raised in Bangkok city, Thailand and came to New York to study painting in the Fall of 2002. After graduating from the New York Studio School, she was granted an O1 artist visa on the merit of her accomplishments and had her first solo show at the Robert Steele Gallery in Chelsea in 2008. The following years saw Susu split her time between Bangkok and the United States; continuing to establish her work while living in NYC, Los Angeles, CA and Nashville, TN. Awards include the Hohenberg Travel Grant (Italy), Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (Fellowship), Masur Museum of Art’s 35th Annual Juried Competition (Best Painting), VCCA Resident Fellow (Virginia Center for the Creative Arts), Award of Merit at the 18th Da Dun Fine Arts Exhibition of Taichung City (Taiwan). She enjoys a distinguished reputation as a painter among her peers and art connoisseurs a...

Divided States NJ EMERGING ARTISTS SERIES Stephen Barnwell • Capital Offenses Digital Prints with Mixed Media August 9 – September 8, 2019 Opening Reception: Friday, August 16th, 6:00 – 8:00 pm Gallery Talk: Wednesday, August 21st, 7:00 – 8:00 pm Two Books Signings at Opening Reception and Gallery Talk: Capital Offenses – A ten year retrospective of the political satire of Stephen Barnwell Moneyart – The only complete collection of Stephen Barnwell’ s Moneyart Gallery Hours: Tues – Sat, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm & Sun, 12:00 – 5:00 pm. Admission $8 Artist statement: The events of 9-11 awoke within me a political consciousness, and for almost twenty years I have been creating moneyart to comment on social and political events. I feel that artists should observe the world around them and speak the truth as they see it. Money is the Prime Mover of our culture. It dictates the world of business, determines government policy, and even drives our own behavior. Money is a powerful symbol in all ...

Monmouth Museum presents Woodstock at 50: Summer of Love June 8 – September 1, 2019 “By the time we got to Woodstock; We were half a million strong; And everywhere was a song and a celebration…” -Songwriter: Joni Mitchell Opening Reception: Saturday, June 8, 2019, 5:00 – 7:00 pm The Opening Reception is Free and Open to the Public Panel Discussion Fundraiser: Immediately following the reception, Saturday, June 8, 2019, 7:30 – 9:00 pm Preview Party: An Intimate Evening with Elliott Landy Friday, June 7, 2019 7:00 – 9:00 pm Presentation by Elliott Landy, Official Photographer of Woodstock, Live Music, Spirits and Lite Fare Museum Members: $50.00; Non Members: $65; Students: $25 For Tickets: call 732-224-1993, email: info@monmouthmuseum.org The Monmouth Museum’s Main Gallery’s summertime exhibition Woodstock at 50: Summer of Love, will journey through the explosive era that gave life to the 1969 Woodstock Festival, the pivotal outdoor summer music and art fair held 50 years ago on Max Yas...

Artist Gallery Talk and Book Signing Stephen Barnwell: Captial Offenses Wednesday, August 21, 2019 My technique for creating this body of work is digital collage. I assemble quite large collages in Photoshop from scans of original, public-domain engravings from my collection of hundreds of vintage books and periodicals from the late 19 th  century. My style of collage is one that does not look like a collage, but rather a seamless, unified image. This requires spending hours upon hours searching for each individual element in the work, which often comprises hundreds of elements, to find not just an appropriate image, but one that is compatible with the total collage. These elements are scanned at a very high resolution, cleaned, resized and manipulated, and then added to the final assemblage. They are printed on my own high-resolution color laser printer, one at a time, with unique serial numbers. I also like to add multimedia elements to the prints, such as stickers, stamps, seals...

Monmouth Museum’s NJ Emerging Artists Series presents: Andrew Bencsko III ex tempore May 31 – June 30, 2019 Opening Reception:  Friday, May 31, 2019 from 6:00 – 8:00 pm Artist Gallery Talk:  Wednesday, June 5, 2019, from 7:00 – 8:00 pm Both the reception and gallery talk are free and open to the public. Nilson Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm; Sunday, 12:00 – 5:00 pm. Admission $8 Artist Statement: My abstractions stem from observations of heaps of discarded materials and debris during my hectic daily commute through NYC’s streets and subways. References of these seemingly thoughtless piles are made through snapshots and thumbnail sketches and in such a moment, they become compositions. I seek to depict the unconventional relationships of different forms and maze-like formations. On the surface, they are excess pieces of lumber, steel frames, and miss-cut studs from construction sites along with broken gypsum board, plastic wrap, conduit, and empty coffee ...

Monmouth Museum’s NJ Emerging Artists Series presents: Veronica Juyoun Byun Tactile Memories April 26 – May 26, 2019 Opening Reception:  Friday, April 26, 2019, from 6:00 – 8:00 pm Artist Gallery Talk:  Wednesday, May 22, 2019, from 7:00 – 8:00 pm Both the reception and gallery talk are free and open to the public. Nilson Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm; Sunday, 12:00 – 5:00 pm. Admission $8 Artist Statement: I want my work to be a gateway, to touch the viewer more viscerally. What is felt then is both concrete and atmospheric. Furthermore, I believe in the notion that art is a language that can deliver a meaning of what is felt or sensed, but remains invisible. What is invisible is always there in a work; it is a message that is mysterious and profound. For myself, working in clay allows me the opportunity to offer “tactile pictures” and a range of impressions that I have gathered over time. These include memories and the questioning of my own Korean ide...

Art & Healing: expressions of trauma and gratitude March 16 – May 19, 2019 Opening Reception: Saturday, March 16th, 4:00 – 6:00 pm Artist Panel Discussion: Sunday, April 14, 2019, 2:00 – 3:30 pm Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm; and Sunday 12-5pm. The Monmouth Museum is pleased to present,  Art & Healing: expressions of trauma and gratitude . This exhibition highlights the role of how making art can be part of the healing and recovery process after a diagnosis of cancer. The paintings, sculptures, photography, and mixed media work of the eight artists in this exhibition embody their individual response to their cancer experience. As part of the exhibition, each artist tells, in brief statements, how their diagnosis affected their artwork. The Monmouth Museum invites the community-at-large to share the artist’s experience of cancer; an experience that affects one in four people. There will be a panel discussion with the artists on Sunday, April 14 at 2:00 pm. Art ...