Pick up the Sept. 27th Jersey City Reporter (free.) It has a very informative and easy to understand supplement regarding all the artists participating in the studio tour.
The 2009 Jersey City Artists' Studio Tour and Jersey City Museum invite YOU, October, 2-4, 2009.
The 2009 Jersey City
Artists' Studio Tour
October 2-4, 2009
Jersey City Museum invites you to join us for the 2009 Jersey City Artists' Studio Tour! Check out a complete list of Jersey City Museum events during the Studio Tour below, including a rockin' closing party featuring the traditional Indian dance of Rimli Roy and Surati, guided tours in our galleries, and scrumptious refreshments.
For a complete list of all Studio Tour events,
please click HERE.
For information on free guided tours of the Studio Tour, including a visit to Jersey City Museum, click HERE.
All studio tour events are free and open to the public.
About The 2009 Jersey City Artists' Studio Tour
Now in it's 19th year, the Studio Tour continues to expand throughout the city, showcasing more than 600 artists in more than eighty venues. This year's three-day citywide celebration begins Friday evening, October 2, during the kick-off party at Grace Church and concludes Sunday, October 4, with a closing party hosted by Jersey City Museum, from 6 to 8pm.
The Jersey City Artists' Studio Tour is co-organized by the City of Jersey City, Pro Arts, and Jersey City Museum and is considered New Jersey's premier arts and cultural event.
Jersey City Museum Events
for The 2009 Jersey City Artists' Studio Tour
Jersey City Museum's galleries are open with free admission throughout the Studio Tour weekend!
OFF-SITE EVENT
Jersey City Art Fair at the Beacon Sneak Preview Reception:
Thursday, October 1, 2009, 6-8pm
On view: October 3 & 4, 2009, 12-6pm
Location: The Beacon
4 Beacon Way (at Montgomery Street)
Jersey City, NJ 07304
Please join Jersey City Museum, Victory Arts Projects and the Jersey City Cultural Affairs Office for the Jersey City Art Fair at the Beacon. This event, the first art fair in the city's history, will feature cutting-edge artworks from more than forty of the city's finest artists.
A Sneak Preview Reception kicks-off the art fair in the Great Hall of the Beacon on Thursday, October 1, 6-8pm. Guests will have the opportunity to enjoy a wine and cheese reception, get a sneak preview of the artwork, and mingle with nationally and internationally recognized artists, curators, gallery owners, and the arts community.
The Jersey City Art Fair promises to be a wonderful opportunity for serious collectors, art connoisseurs and the general public. This event allows everyone the chance meet new people and to discover latest developments in contemporary art. It's not to be missed!
Artwork on view will be available for purchase during the kickoff reception, and throughout the Studio Tour Weekend. Jersey City Museum Docents will be onsite during the reception and throughout the weekend to answer questions and guide guests through the art fair.
The opening reception of Ann Flaherty's new series of fantastical landscape paintings, Land of Light and Shadows, will help jumpstart this year's Studio Tour. Wine and refreshments will be served. The celebration will continue down the street at Grace Van Vorst Church for the official studio tour kickoff party.
The Nesting Tree (detail), 72in x 162in, Oil and acrylic on canvas, Courtesy of the artist
Art21 Access '09
Double Feature: Fantasy and Compassion
Saturday, October 3, 2009, 2-4pm
During a busy day of studio hopping, kick back for a bit in Jersey City Museum's comfy theater and watch 2 brand-new episodes of Art21, the PBS award winning series about contemporary art. These two episodes from season 5 feature artists Jeff Koons, Mary Heilmann, William Kentridge, Doris Salcedo and more. Families are welcome!
Preview clips of episodes at Art21's youtube channel.
Studio Tour Closing Party at JCM
Sunday, October 4, 2009, 6-8pm
Jersey City Museum is proud to host the closing party for this year's Studio Tour!
At the party, be sure to visit our new fall 2009 exhibitions. Current 1 x 1 artists Natalie McKeever, Jason Burch, Priscila De Carvalho and Brian Gustafson will be available in the museum's atrium throughout the evening to discuss their work. In addition, Rimli Roy and Surati, A Performing Arts Company, will present traditional Indian and Bollywood-inspired dance performances in the museum's theater.
Refreshments generously provided by China Spice, Madame Claude, Atomic Wings, Jersey Wine and Spirits, Palace Drugs, Sushi Tango, and Palisade Wine and Liquor.
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, the County of Hudson, Thomas A. De Gise, County Executive, the Board of Chosen Freeholders, and the Hudson County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs/Tourism Development, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, and Bank of America. Additional funding is provided by many other generous corporate, foundation and individual donors, and our museum members.
