AN ARTISTIC TRIBUTE TO PERTH AMBOY’S 325th ANNIVERSARY 

JULY 13-SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

OPENING RECEPTION:

With a lecture given on sunday July 27, 2008 by Joan Seguine-LeVine author of book Images of America,Perth Amboy and multi-media presentation Storefronts and Smokestacks and Perth Amboy Neighbors; The Danish Cycle, 1860-1935.

Artists attended Opening reception:Bill Bonner,Rose L. Pennyfeather, Eduardo Santos, Joan Turner and Danuta Wyszynski.Also Agnes Jesperse Hagmueller; Director of the Danish Home, Newton LeVine, who designed panels in exhibition and Jack Kjersgaard in research for panels.Thanks from a generous loan of Historical panels called “Storefronttts and Smoskestacks and Perth Amboy Neighbors”from the Danish Archive.More participants of this celebration inclded Curator Olga Bautista, History Coordinator Issa Vyas, from Middlesex Counry and Heritage Commission attended exhibition as well as Cathy Depow, Former Perth Amboy Historian.

 

FACES OF PERTH AMBOY MURAL IN EXHIBITION IN THE GALLERY UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30, 2008 BY BILL BONNER

 

What you see in this mural is an snapshot of the people who live in or live or visit Perth Amboy. Most of the faces you see were photographed between Memorial day, 2008 and the present. If you see yourself you can claim the photograph, signed by Bill Bonner and pick it up after September 30, 2008.

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

FESTIVAL DE LOS ANDES

 

SATURDAY JUNE 27, 2009   12:00-6:00 P.M. 

 

                     

 

 

FESTIVAL DE LOS ANDES. 

PERTH AMBOY CELEBRATES AND MAINTAINS THE ANDES CULTURE.

 

The Perth Amboy Gallery Center for the Arts is celebrating the fifth anniversary of the Festival en Celebration of the Culture and Heritage of the Andes on Saturday June 28, 12:00-6:00p.m. at Fink Park Smith Street and Madison Avenue. This event is free and is part of the Urban Enterprise Zone’s, First Fridays event series held throughout the summer and will feature continuous folk music, folk dancing, arts and crafts an native clothing of Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Colombia and Chile. We are looking for vendors, artists, musicians and dancers interested in participate in this festival. For more information call 732-826-8083.

 

This program has been made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency on the National Endowment of the Arts; through a grant provided by the Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission/Board of Chosen Freeholders. 

OPEN MIC,POETRY AND MUSIC at the GALLERY

Join us for  an evening of spoken word and music 

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2008

starting at 3:30 p.m.

Perth Amboy Gallery Center for the Arts

211 Front Street, Perth Amboy, NJ

 

Book Presentation and Book Signing

“Sueno Recien Cortado”

By Alfieris Bonilla

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2008

starting at 5:00 p.m.

 

    

SEE PERFORMANCE IN  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HCVHwBAKDs

 

Alfieris Bonilla (Alfieris D’Antonio Bonilla) nació en Navarrete, República Dominicana en el año 1969.  Es escritor, poeta y gestor cultural. Ha publicado los siguientes libros: Ensayo Sobre el Descanso (1994), Los Ecos de la Sangre (2003), Sueño Recién Cortado (2007). 

Fue incluido en la antología “Maestros Emergentes de la Poesía Contemporánea Hispanoamericana” (2002). Participó - por más de 10 años- en el Movimiento Popular-artístico como director de teatro. Es el fundador y director de Revista Libre Internacional, Reside en Perth Amboy desde 1989.

The author of Los Ecos de la Sangre, Ensayo Sobre el Descanso talks about his new book Sueno Recien Cortado that takes readers into the enchanting world of poetry with great sensiblity for human emotions. Alfieris was born in Dominican Republic and resides in Perth Amboy.

PAST ACTIVITIES: 

FAMILY DAY IN THE GALLERY, 

FRIDAY APRIL 4, 2008 , 5:30-6:30 P.M. SHARE WITH YOUR CHILDREN AND CREATE A CRAFT ACTIVITY FREE REGISTRATION IS NECESSARY BY CALLING, 732-826-8083 CHILDREN MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT.

 

WOMEN ART AND POETRY 

SUNDAY MARCH 9, 2008, 2:00-4:00 P.M.

Share a day of poetry and art work by participating in a tour of exhibition TRADITION-TRANSITION-TRANSCEND 

with four inspiring female artists from different generations. Free and open to the public.

 

FAMILY DAY IN THE GALLERY, 

THURSDAY MARCH 20, 2008 , 5:30-6:30 P.M.

SHARE WITH YOUR CHILDREN AND CREATE A CRAFT ACTIVITY FOR EASTER.

FREE REGISTRATION IS NECESSARY BY CALLING, 732-826-8083

CHILDREN MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT.

 

FREE GUITAR CLASS IN PERTH AMBOY GALLERY CENTER FOR THE ARTS

February 15, 5:00-6:00 p.m.

Bring own guitar, learn how to play the guitar and enjoy a family day in the gallery.

Pre-registration necessary by calling 732-826-8083.

ANNUAL POETRY READING IN THE GALLERY WITH PERTH AMBOY HIGH SCHOOL YOUNG POETS.

THURSDAY JANUARY 24, 2008 6:00-8:00 P.M.

AS PART OF THE 21 st CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNERS CENTERS