Welcome Neighbor: Sharing Cultural Art Traditions They left their native homelands to escape religious persecution, political unrest, oppression, economic hardship and famine, among other reasons. At times, sadly having no choice but to leave loved ones behind. They endured unfamiliar and dangerous conditions in passage, but courageously remained steadfast and undaunted in their desperate quest for a new life and freedom. In Commemorating the 350th Anniversary of New Jersey, and recognizing the many diverse ethnic groups that have made New Jersey their home through the years, the Somerset County Cultural & Heritage Commission welcomes the public to this celebratory art exhibition rich in indigenous art traditions by talented NJ artists who have enriched our lives and our communities statewide by sharing their heritage through their indigenous art traditions. Photo Credit: “Immigrants Landing at Ellis Island”, by Brown Brothers, New York, NY, ca.1900 National Archives and Records Administration Welcome Neighbor: Sharing Cultural Art Traditions Public Exhibition of Indigenous Art Somerset County Cultural & Heritage Gallery Somerset County Administration Building 20 Grove Street, Somerville, NJ 1st Floor Gallery & 3rd Floor Display Cases December 8, 2014 - January 16, 2015 FEATURED ART TRADITIONS / ARTISTS • • • • • Monday-Friday 8:30a.m.-5:00p.m. Wednesday until 6p.m. except holidays • EXTENDED EXHIBITION • • through • as follows: • Friday, February 27, 2015 3D Indigenous Crafts Somerset County Administration Building • 3rd Floor Display Cases (remains in the same location) & 2D Indigenous Art 40 North Bridge Street, Somerville, NJ • Lobby Gallery (corner of High and North Bridge Streets) • Traditional Chinese Landscape Painting Jocelyn Wong, North Plainfield, NJ Scherenschnitte / German Paper-cutting Ursula Hamann, Chester, NJ Hungarian Felt Making Piroska Toth, Princeton, NJ Celtic Interlace Patrick Gallagher, Warton, NJ European Tapestry Mary Davies Roth, Somerset, NJ Chinese Paper-cutting Hou-Tien Cheng, Freehold, NJ Reverse Glass Painting Phyllis Fitttipaldi, Warren Twp., NJ Japanese Raku Pottery Ann Tsubota, Pittstown, NJ Russian Bone & Wood Carving Samuel Sinelnikov, Flemington, NJ Nanticoke Leni Lenape Crafts Denise “Bright Dove” Dunkley, Odessa De Ukrainian Pysanky Stephanie Hryckowian, Woolwich Twp. NJ Promotion for this NJ350 commemorative art exhibition is made possible, in part, by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, administered by the Somerset County Cultural & Heritage Commission for Somerset County through the State/County Partnership Local Arts Program Grant.
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