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Thursday, September 23, 2010

school of violin and fine arts

Studio 676 on Bergen Ave  has wonderful instruction for children and teens by
a very gifted teacher, Muhammad  Bilal, also on the Cultural Arts Council of JC.
Violin and piano lessons most afternoon/evenings, drop in
 possible.



email  studio676@hotmail.com
phone 201 988 0690

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

artist reception

   2 landscape artists with paintings and charcoal drawings    sept 1 - 30  2010
at Sawadee restaurant   137 Newark Ave

Me-Mey Lim and  Anita Gladstone


opening reception  sept 22,  6 - 9 pm

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

7th annual 4th street Art and Music Festival

Bands, Artwork, Food, Kids Korner, Photo Booth, Interactive Installations, body art , Screen Printing, Murals, Creative Grove lounge   and Beer.
4th street, JC Village section, near Newark ave intersection,
noon till 10 pm, free..

Drum seminar at JC Studios

JC STUDIOS Drumming Seminar :
Curtis Watts/Jimmy Lopez/Dan Britt/John Donovan


sunday sept 26,   1- 3pm

...http://www.jc-studios.net/

143 Christopher Columbus Drive

JC Craft Mafia, handmade arts event

Art House Productions
presents

JERSEY CITY CRAFT MAFIA
Handmade Arts Event with Live Demos
...and an Artisan Spotlight

Artwork by
KAYT HESTER

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2ND AND SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3RD
12PM – 6PM FREE!

PART OF THE
2010 JERSEY CITY ARTISTS STUDIO TOUR

Sponsored by Bust Magazine, Burda Style, and The Stockinette Knitting Cafe

Art House Productions
Hamilton Square
1 McWilliams Place, 6th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07302
(SE Corner of Hamilton Park near Erie St./8th St.)

ABOUT THE EVENT
Art House Productions, a leader in collaborative events within the arts community and organizer of JC Fridays, will be hosting the Jersey City Craft Mafia stop on the Jersey City Artists Studio Tour with a two-day handmade arts event with tutorials, demos, and other initiatives geared towards bringing crafts out of the home and forefront into the public's hands.

The event will feature 20 artists with the best in local handcrafted wares, in mediums that include jewelry, accessories, clothing, and soap. Shop the wares of Metal, Cloth and Wood, Damaged Wear, Lady Lucas, Bennyville, Cecile Raley Designs, Kiva Ford, Pink Velvet Bird, Lollibomb Beauty, and more!

Learn how to make pop-up cards, transfer images onto canvas, make your own earrings, and discover high fashion tie-die techniques with interactive tutorials led by participating artists Katherine Ramos, Joanne Simmons, Damarys Cuevas, and Anjelika Krishna.

The event will also include the Artisan Spotlight, with framed photos of local crafters at work in their studio space alongside their handmade story. Framed photos and story will be shared on the walls of Art House Production for the duration of the Jersey City Artists Studio Tour.

The work of Kayt Hester will be showcased for the duration of the show with her latest surreal creations made entirely of hand-ripped masking tape.

space is the place

part of Jersey City Artists Studio Tour
Wells Fargo Lofts, 299 Pavonia Avenue, Loft, 3-9
Jersey City, NJ
Robert Piersanti studio

JCOpens upthemic

sept 30,   7.30 - 10.30
Come out and share in the 3rd installation of the creative collaboration that Jersey City has been craving!

Featured artists from various open mics and performance venues come out in force.

We're making the rounds in Jersey City. The next stop on the map is at the Port-o Lounge* 286 First Street(at Newark Ave) Jersey City NJ


More details to come!

Open mic too! So bring those new pieces and share them!

This is a free event!

LITM.tv video wall launch party

thursday sept 30th  8pm - 1 am,
LITM 140 newark ave x grove

LITM.tv is a new television network that brings you content to love.
...
Thursday September 30th at 8:30 & 10:30pm:
LITM.tv invites you to kick off studio-tour with our first live broadcast of original programming, on three HDTVs. The new video gallery is located at LITM, so you can watch while dining and lounging with friends.

LITM founder Jelynne Jardiniano and United Divas founder Jan Tompkins have partnered up to bring work from respected and emerging filmmakers, video artists and animators to a hip and popular exhibition space. Primarily a night to show off the new video wall behind the bar, the venue also provides dining, entertainment and a variety of Van Gogh vodka art cocktails.

The month of October features:

Musician, W.Y.M.E. – http://reverbnation.com/theaudiobodies (Jersey City)
Writer, Middlepoet - http://www.middlepoet.com/ (Jersey City/Los Angeles)
Director & Animator, Lady Jay - http://ladyjay.net/ (Jersey City/Los Angeles),
Illustrator & Animator Choz Belen – http://www.chozbelen.com/ (Jersey City)
Writer, Jelynne Jardiniano – http://www.restaurantfromscratch.com/
Director & Animator, Kathy Lajvardi – http://specialblend.tv/ (Los Angeles)
Writer, Alissa Walker – http://gelatobaby.com/ (Los Angeles),
Animator, Eric Dalimarta - http://the2457design.com/ (Queens NYC/Jakarta, Indonesia)
Director, Jeff Snell - (Harlem NYC)
Director, David Sams - http://web.mac.com/dubzero/ (Santa Cruz, CA)

Music will be provided by DJ Choz Belen.

List of confirmed works for the September 30th release event:
October’s works include a variety of screen-works from around the globe.

Documentary:

David Sams
Jalan Bali
single channel video
2 weeks after 9/11 i left for 10 weeks in Indonesia traveling and surfing, this is the 45 min documentary of the trip I created from 8 hours of tape.
http://web.mac.com/dubzero/dubzero/jalan_bali.html

Poetry in Motion:

Lady Jay & Kathy Lajvardi, poem by Alissa Walker
Bioluminescence
2-channel video dyptich
An experimental collaboration which is shown on two televisions as one unit. Based on the poem “Bioluminescence” by Alissa Walker. Motion Graphics and Editing by Jan Tompkins & Kathy Lajvardi. Sound Score by Bluetech, “Triangle (retriangulated)” (original track written by Jones/Wolfson). Filmed throughout Los Angeles.
http://www.ladyjay.net/bioluminescence-video-diptych/

Music videos by:

Middlepoet
“I’m Tired” single-channel video
Directed by Jan Tompkins and Melissa Pulicare
Edited by Anthony Hinds
Starring: Middlepoet & Jersey City, NJ
I’m Tired” is a hip-hop inspired down-tempo track based on Middlepoet’s poem “Things that are getting on my nerves”, which relates to the thoughts of American’s who are fed up with the constant struggle just to get by. This music video takes place in Hudson County, New Jersey, one of the most densely populated regions of the United States. Take a closer look, and it’s an homage to downtown Jersey City as well as a commentary on modern urban America. http://www.youtube.com/user/middlepoet#p/a/u/0/cT3x-S85bRU

W.Y.M.E.
Set Your Watch to the Sun
single-channel video
Directed by: C.Mahe
Produced by: Niroshima
Set your watch to the sun is a song that speaks about the fact that no one really knows the truth about creation. We are forced to adopt philosophies and ideals that are based on a system of thinking that is dwindling. By setting our watches to the sun, do we get in tune with a higher sense of self and being?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz0RND0sBoY

Choz Belen
Group: Deep Foundation, “Sleep”
Beats produced by Incise
Featuring Jay Legaspi
"An emotionally in-depth look into some of the everyday struggles people go through for the sake of their loved ones. We follow a day in the life of a soldier, a drug mule and a taxi cab driver as they each make life-altering sacrifices. We also discover that they have more in common than just having the drive to do whatever it takes so that their families can sleep at night."
http://www.youtube.com/user/illpoetik#p/u/3/5vVu-UXotZY

Christen Lien
“Unabi” single-channel video
Directed by Geoffrey S. George.
Edited by Derek Swanson.
Director of Photography Katie Barkel.
Produced by X10.
From the album Vol. I: Battle Cry, this features violist Christen Lien. The mural featured in this work is the “Detroit Industry” fresco painting by Mexican muralist Diego Rivera (1886-1957), which is a four-walled mural showcased at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Rivera completed the twenty-seven panel work in eleven months, from April 1932 to March 1933. It is considered the finest example of Mexican mural art in the United States, and the artist thought it the best work of his career. The abandoned factories that you see are actual factories of Detroit, Michigan in their current state. http://itsnotaviolin.com/videos/unabi/

Computer Graphics by:

Eric Dalimarta
“See Feel Believe” series
single-channel video
I want to share what I see, feel and believe about the world. The world, which gives a disorienting glimpse that could be interpreted differently, will always be viewed differently based on people’s point of view, what they see, feel, and believe.
http://new.the2457design.com/?p=1337

Short film by:

Jeff Snell
Hypothetically
single-channel video
Two friends have a conversation about a hypothetical situation with a funny little twist to it.

CREATIVE GROVE under siege

sept 24, Grove street PATH Plaza, 2 - 8 pm
This is our LAST CREATIVE GROVE UNDER SIEGE for the year 2010
and we miss you all already! There were so many great moments this season & so much talent that came to join us, we are so grateful to everyone that made this a success. We will be back next season eager to continue the movement and all the FUN!


Join Sirelo Entertainment, Grassroots Community Space & Friends as we take over the circle space outside of Grove St. Path. ...Vending tables surround the circle, where performances will be going on throughout the day!

FRIDAY - SEPTEMBER 24, 2010
2 - 8 PM

Sounds by DJ TOOLMAN!

Percussion: Pat Catino (JC STUDIOS) & many more
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Special Musical Performance by SIRENA
http://sirenamari.com/
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Hoola Hooping by ROBYN MARTIJENA!!!

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Hamilton Park BBQ Festival

saturday sept 25th,   12 - 8pm
Hamilton Park
Pavonia Avenue & McWilliams Place
 

A day of music and BBQ
Featuring restaurants serving their house specialties
Plus Fizzy Lizzy natural sodas, Jeremiah Weed Sweet Tea Vodka, and beer on tap.

Sponsored by Fizzy Lizzy, Smith & Chang General Goods, Jersey City Independent, and Hamilton Square- Jersey City.

Proceeds to benefit the Hamilton Park Conservancy

"Free game" a new very short play

Art House Productions
presents

FREE GAME
a very short new play

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2010
1pm * FREE

Part of the HAMILTON PARK BBQ FESTIVAL!

About FREE GAME
As the season ends, a man returns to redeem his free game of miniature golf. Course Attendant, Rickie Lee, reluctantly agrees and ends up getting a lesson on marshmallows, squirrels, and the HISTORY OF MANKIND.

STARRING
Katherine Damigos, Amy Elise, and Jack Halpin

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY
Richard Kirkwood and Jack Halpin