Two Art Receptions Friday

If you go to One Gallery, be sure to check out the mural near its entrance, at the back of the lower lobby of One Gateway Center, done in October 2004. It was created by European artists brought in by building management to create a refined artwork tied in to the concept of a Newark Renaissance.

This is a big weekend coming up. On Friday from 6-8pm, U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg hosts the opening of the art show "Inheritance" at One Gallery, on the Raymond Plaza West side of One Gateway Center. This free art show is described thus in the event listing of the Newark Pulse emailed newsletter.

Friday, February 04, 2011 To Sunday, March 06, 2011

Featuring the work of:
Alphonso Dunn
Armisey Smith
Delphine Diaw Diallo
Lanre Buraimoh
LogikOne
Sola Sawyerr
Whitney Newson
Will "KASSO" Condry

The reception is to honor Marshall Jones III & The Crossroads Theater Company. RSVP to Talia L. Young at Office_events@lautenberg.senate.gov.

Here's a progress pic.

I've never known of a need to RSVP to Guerilla Galleries' One Gallery events, but I did. If you want to attend, it would be prudent to RSVP, either by email to the address above or by fone to (973) 639-8700. As for the honorees, I know only what I found via Google.

Jones has 20 years of theater and live entertainment management experience in a wide variety of key executive positions at some of New York [C]ity’s most prestigious venues, including the Apollo Theater, Madison Square Garden, Radio City Entertainment, and most recently Disney On Broadway’s The Lion King.
[and]
Crossroads Theatre Company, recipient of the 1999 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre in the United States, is the nation's premiere African American theater [right here in New Jersey].

Here are the artists, from Germany, France, and Italy. I published these fotos here in 2004, but they disappeared when AOL closed all subscribers' online storage spaces. Now they're back.

Eight blocks and 2/3 of a mile away, at Halsey and New Streets, there is a second opening reception, at Art Kitchen from 7-10pm. The Newark Arts Council's newsletter describes that show thus.

Photo-Worthy ... February 4 through March 16, 2011. There are times when one encounters a situation that can be labeled as "photo-worthy." These are irreplaceable moments that may never happen again and you are the one that encounters it and then captures it. It’s a quick ten seconds. A blink of an eye. You are the lucky person with the camera that has documented this photo-worthy moment.

Saturday and Sunday are this month's free-museums weekend for Bank of America credit and debit cardholders, and the Newark Museum (a participant in BofA's "Museums on Us" program) has its Black History Month exhibits on display, plus the Black Maria Film Festival from 2-5pm on Saturday. Tune in tomorrow for more weekend info.

This last foto today is a closeup of one section of the mural in progress, showing the lines ("cartoon") that were laid down before the painted detail was added. Note the foto from which the artists were copying from a Renaissance-era artwork. For more information about the process used in this mural, see my post of October 20, 2004.