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From Dürer to Digital and 3-D The Metamorphosis of the Printed Image Eric Avery,  Paradise Lost March 8 – April 28, 2019 Opening Reception Friday, March 8 Artists and Members 6- 7 pm General Public 7 – 8:30 pm Talk by Curator Judith K. Brodsky 7:15 pm Sunday, April 14, 2019 at 2 pm — Artists Panel Discussion Eileen Hohmuth-Lemonick, Hair and Eye Artists: Diane Burko with Anna Tas Judy Gelles Eileen Hohmuth-Lemonick N-e-r-v-o-u-s S-y-s-t-e-m, I-n-c Anne Spalter Wendel White Evan Wolarsky Helen Zajkowski Judy Gelles, The Fourth Grade Project, South Africa Artists from the Brodsky Center at PAFA Eric Avery Willie Birch Frank Bowling Willie Cole Maria Gutierrez Barkley Hendricks Margo Humphrey Kiki Smith Printmaking in the Western World came into existence in the 15 th  century when Gutenberg invented movable type. His invention transformed the way in which we acquire knowledge. Instead of the oral tradition by which cultures were transmitted, books and reading became the means of...

Saturday, February 23 – Sunday, March 3 – Mercer County Mark Twain in Trenton Posted in  Education ,  Events ,  Exhibits ,  Featured , Upcoming Events ,  Upcoming Exhibits Young Mark Twain in Trenton: A week-long commemoration of Twain’s visit to Trenton in 1869 150 years ago, on February 23, 1869, a young Samuel Clemens, better known by his pen name “Mark Twain,” came to Trenton. He drew a crowd to the Taylor Opera House on South Broad Street where he gave a speech on the topic of his then-recent trip to Europe and the Holy Land. At age 34, Mark Twain was just beginning to make a name for himself at the start of his great literary career. Exhibit: Twain and Trenton’s Gilded Age Ephemera and artifacts related to Mark Twain and to the years 1870 – 1900 in Trenton Events: Saturday, February 23, 2019, 2 pm Mark Twain and the Gilded Age with urban historian and raconteur David Bosted Sunday, February 24, 2019, 2 pm The Unknown Early Mark Twain with urban historian ...

Through January 13 – Mercer County Trenton’s Christmas Past Featuring historical photos of downtown Trenton during the holiday shopping period On display now – January 13, 2019 Second Floor From Trenton Magazine, Curator Karl Flesch has compiled images of advertisements from dozens of Trenton stores with their suggested gift ideas. The exhibit brings back memories of the Christmas decorations put up by the city in the 1940s, 50s and 60s and the many department and other stores that people came from all over to visit and shop in for the holidays. Gift boxes found under many an area Christmas tree are included in the display from stores such as R.A. Donnelly, Mason’s, Dunham’s, Lit Brothers, Nevius Voorhees, Arnold Constable and others. The exhibit also features a ventriloquist doll made by Trenton doll manufacturer Horsman and a 60th anniversary edition Slinky that was made originally with Roebling wire. Nostalgic, vintage Christmas decorations complete the display. On the first floor a...

September 15-January 11 – Mercer County The Trenton Museum Society and FVHD Architects - Planners Present Changing Face/Changing Place A Look at the Architectural History of the Trenton Area on display, second floor galleries  September 15, 2018 - January 11, 2019  Opening Reception,  Sunday, September 16, 2-4 pm The Trenton Museum Society and FVHD Architects - Planners are proud to announce an exhibit celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the full service architectural design firm founded in Trenton by PL Fowler in 1918.  The exhibit, displaying historical and architectural photographs, drawings and artifacts from the FVHD - Architects Planners firm's history is on view in the second floor galleries at the Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie in Cadwalader Park from September 15, 2018 through January 11, 2019.   The firm is proud of its long history of design excellence in the Trenton area starting in 1918 and continuing today as FVHD Architec...