fore/closure

October 1 at 8:30pm ,October 2 at 8:30pm  Grace Church Van Vorst

The anchor piece of the Confessions exhibit is Fore/closure—an original one-woman stage show by Gabby Creery based on her blog and popular column in the Jersey City Independent. Telling the riveting true account of a family’s turbulent journey down the rabbit hole of unemployment, poverty and the threat of homelessness, Gabby paints an intimate portrait not just of the devastating effects of the financial crisis on a family and a marriage, but also the ways in which community and joy can be found.
$5 suggested donation at the door. Proceeds will go to Grace Community services, who generously helps programs like this.

call for art, 22nd annual cathedral arts festival

“Something New for Something Old”

The Cathedral Arts Festival, the largest and longest-running celebration of artists and the arts in Hudson County, proudly embraces tradition in 2011. For over twenty years, the loyalty and creative gifts of our ever-growing pool of submitting artists, and the dedication and hard work of tireless and passionate art supporters, both behind the scenes and in the crowds, have helped to make Cathedral Arts Festival a treasured cultural institution in the county, and a crown jewel in the cultural fabric that is historic, downtown Jersey City. It all sounds so familiar, doesn’t it? But read on ...

Our gallery venue is, itself, a work of art. The beautiful, 158-year-old sanctuary of Jersey City’s beloved Grace Church Van Vorst is the permanent home for this annual exhibition and festival. Our traditional champagne gala will officially open the visual art gallery on Saturday, November 12th and the exhibition will remain open throughout the fall holiday season. The festival will end with the closing of the gallery on Friday, December 2nd. Tradition and celebration define community life at Grace Church; it reveals our spirit and informs our identity. That’s not going to change!

We now reach out to our local art community and beyond to find the artists and work that will be CAF 22, but this year we are looking for the unexpected! As always, artwork in all media and encompassing all subject matter will be considered, but in 2011 we are seeking surprise; something new from the familiar. As you consider your body of work, and what you’d like to contribute to the show, challenge your creative palette; excite and inspire us! The curatorial team asks that all submissions be new to CAF and our gallery space, not recently exhibited locally, physically available to CAF from drop-off weekend through the close of the festival, and reasonably priced so that visitors to the gallery might be encouraged and able to purchase original art of exceptional quality. All work is for sale with 60% of the sale going to the exhibiting artist and 40% to Grace Church.

Please submit up to six JPEGS (preferred) or prints of your work. JPEGs/prints should be of good quality, true to color, and named so as to be easily identifiable to the artist and for content. Please submit JPEGs that are 72 dpi.

For each submission please clearly note/provide the following:

• Artist name and contact information (address, phone(s) and email)
• Title of Work
• Medium of Artwork
• Dimensions (height x width x length)
• Price
• One-Page resume

We encourage all artists who can to submit work via email by forwarding all materials and info to: caf-art@gracevanvorst.org.​ You may, however, mail your submission or drop it off at the church. All submissions, however, must be received on or before September 17th to be considered. If you choose to submit by mail, send all information to Grace Church Van Vorst, Attention: CAF 22 Artwork Submissions. Decisions regarding accepted work are expected in mid October.

Accepted artwork must be delivered (ready to install; hardware included) to Grace Church Van Vorst on Friday, October 28th from 6pm-9pm or on Saturday, October 29th from 9am to 11am.


GRACE CHURCH VAN VORST – 39 Erie Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302
Phone: (201) 659-2211 / www.gracevanvorst.org

Grace space teen open mic

 

 June 17, 7 - 9 pm,  Grace Church Van Vorst, 39 Erie street

Calling all teens. Here's your chance to take over the mic. Do you sing, write act, dance? Come on over to Grace and strut your stuff.

Spring Photography show, Grace Church

Friday May 6th
Grace Church Spring Photography Show

6pm - 8pm
Grace Church, 39 Erie Street, Jersey City

garden(ing) party

at Grace Church, saturday 3/19/2011
Garden Party!  Got a green thumb?  Come help Garden Guru Donald Gallagher get our garden into tip-top shape for spring!  We'll be working from 1pm to 4pm on Saturday afternoon.  Join us!

green teen music and arts festival

at Grace Church (39 Erie street)  april 1st, 7 - 10 pm

The 2nd Annual Green Teen Music and Arts Festival is an opportunity for teenagers from all over Jersey City to showcase their musical and artistic talents in an eco-friendly community event. The Festival will feature live music and artwork by teens, which will be for sale along with refreshments and snacks.

All proceeds will go toward planting trees locally and around the country with the charities Friends of Liberty State Park and American Forests. Last we raised over $2100, more than double our goal, and this we hope to raise even more!

$5 suggested donation.

art eat up 2011

 this friday, 1-14 at Grace Church,  7pm until..
You can come in and vote for $5, vote and drink for $10, or vote, drink and eat for $20

 Art Eat-Up is a food, drink and entertainment event with a twist; for a small donation, guests eat a delicious meal, enjoy good company and musical entertainment, and vote for the most worthy art proposal on the menu that night. All profits collected go to the winning artists to realize their project, which will be displayed at the next Art Eat-Up event. It is a great way to network, meet new people, have fun and provide support for a local art project.

Meet the local  active art shakers, (vote for Creative Grove artist market, our suggestion..)

YULE - Celebration of the Winter Solstice 2010

Tuesday December 21st · 7 - 11:30pm

Bring something to Eat or Drink to share.
Bring a candle to light with a hope or a prayer for this new year.
Have a song or a poem or a dance to perform (brief) if possible focus your song, poem, dance on one of the directions:

East, Spring, Air  - the spirit of Communication
South, Summer, Fire - the spirit of action, passion
West, Fall, Water - the emotions
North, Winter, Earth - a time of contemplation, study

Wear something Fabulous (there will be a place to change & do makeup).
There will be Faerie chants & Spiral dances as well as other surprises...

A $5 donation for the use of the space, no one will be turned away for lack of funds.

Grace Church Van Vorst
39 Eerie St.& 2nd.

Cathedral arts Festival Gala

 21st annual Cathedral Arts Festival  Gala Celebration

Saturday, November 13 · 7:30pm - 11:00pm

Grace Church Van Vorst

39 Erie Street (Enter on 2nd Street)

 

Champagne, music, silent auction, live auction and fabulous art!
Don't miss the largest and longest-running celebration of artists and the arts in Hudson County!

Studio Tour -Kick Off Celebration at Grace Church

Friday, October 1st  6-9pm
The 2010 Jersey City Artists' Studio Tour
 Kick Off Celebration @
Grace Church, 39 Erie Street