You are Invited Thursday, September 25th, 2008, 6-8pm

"Deliverance" The Art of Ben Jones 1970-2008 The first major retrospective of the work of the African-American artist and educator features works dating from the mid 1970s through his most recent paintings, and delves deeper into the works' relationship to religions of the African Diaspora. Organized by guest curator Edward S. Spriggs, who worked with Ben Jones in the 1970s as Director of the Studio Museum in Harlem and was a major force in the Black Arts Movement, "Deliverance" and its accompanying catalogue* document and preserve the creative output of this important artist. *Purchase the catalogue online or from our Gift Shop on the night of the opening for the special price of $40. After 9/25/08, catalogue will be available for the list price of $50. "Deliverance" is made possible by a lead grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional funding provided by The Joan Mitchell Foundation, Inc., the Lucius and Eva Eastman Fund, The Puffin Foundation, Ltd., and other generous individual donors. This program was selected by the New Jersey Council on the Arts as part of the American Masterpieces Series in New Jersey. American Masterpieces is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts.		Ben Jones, High Priestess of Soul, 1972, Newark Museum Collection
A Community Collects This exhibition pays tribute to the visionary eye of art connoisseurs by bringing together significant artworks on loan from our region's most active collectors. Among other highlights, visitors will see for the very first time, a recently discovered and conserved masterwork by Severin Roesen, the 19th century American master known for his lush still lifes. A Community Collects also marks the first time the museum will exhibit the art of the African, Asian and European continents, thanks to the generosity of JCM Board Chair, Nathan Sambul and his wife, Nancy, Jersey City Council President, Mariano Vega, Jr. and his wife Sonia Zayas, Marshall and Caroline Mount and Congressman Frank Guarini, among others. A Community Collects is presented by Bank of America The Boudoir Be sure to stop by The Boudoir, the museum's second period room installation to see objects and furnishings from the permanent collection, including the museum's charming and eclectic collection of dolls from the 19th and early 20th centuries.		(top) Severin Roesen, Still Life with Fruit (after restoration), c. 1855, Private Collection (bottom) Edward Henry Potthast, Who's Who at the Seashore?, Museum Collection
RoCa: Jersey Style Take a closer look at the work of NuJeRICAN artist Rodriguez Calero and her colorful cast of characters. With an inimitable, impulsive style, RoCa creates collages that fill the Project Gallery with a mix of high fashion, pop culture and hip-hop aesthetics, spun through high and low glamour and a neo-Cubist edge. Rodriguez Calero Slam Master 2007 Collage, Courtesy of the artist
Garc?a Gallery: The Gift Jersey City Museum inaugurates a second-floor exhibition space devoted to works-on-paper, thanks to a generous gift from Ofelia Garc?a, a longtime Trustee of the museum's Board and Chairperson Emerita. The Gift features a representative selection of gifts that Ms. Garc?a has made to the museum over the last decade, which have helped to enlarge the museum's holdings in American works on paper. Dennis Corrigan Queen Victoria....Troubled by Flies 1972, Gift of Ofelia Garc?a
1x1 Projects Agitators Collective: Be Wary (The Evil Eye) Nyugen Smith: Bundle House Worldwide 1x1 MediaWorks Papo Colo: Performeos Sound Station Damian Catera: The End of History V. 3 Also on view: JCM @ the Columbus Windows: Sculpture Satellite Keungsuk Kim Sexton: Natural Artifice At the Mack-Cali building windows located at Christopher Columbus Drive between Washington and Greene Streets.		Keungsuk Kim Sexton, Natural Artifice, 2007, Courtesy of the artist
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Jersey City Museum remains grateful to the City of Jersey City, Mayor Jerramiah Healy, and the Municipal Council for their continuing major support. The museum also receives major funding for its exhibitions and programs from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs, Thomas A. DeGise, County Executive, and the Board of Chosen Freeholders, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, JPMorgan Chase, BLDG Management/The Athena Group, Bank of America, and the Turrell Fund. Additional funding is provided by many other generous corporate, foundation and individual donors, and our museum members.

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