Trenton Works (TCNJ’s downtown center for community engaged learning) in collaboration with Arc Mercer (the largest, oldest, and leading non-profit organization in Mercer County serving families and individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities) is currently holding an art workshop. TCNJ students will have the opportunity to engage in community with their artwork and become more…
Faculty News
(Un)governed Spaces
(Un)governed Spaces, an exhibition by Professor Gregory Thielker, opened at Bennington College’s Usdan Gallery on Tuesday, October 28. This exhibition focuses on the Bagram region in Afghanistan and is a collaboration with anthropologist Noah Coburn.
Prof. Michelle Nugent
* Exhibiting alumna in TCNJ’s Art Alumni Exhibition * Recently assumed position as TrentonWorks’ Gallery Co-director and Steering committee member Responsible for structuring educational programs and gallery exhibitions for community and Trenton-area student engagement. This position also serves as a faculty liaison involving the TCNJ BFA students, to work on course integration alongside the…
Prof. Jordan Rathus Performs as Lenny Bruce
Prof. Jordan Rathus is participating in a program called “THE CREW 2,” which features performance art, music, installation, video, sculptures, drawings and experiments. She’ll be performing as LENNY BRUCE on Sunday, 9/14 at 8pm. In collaboration with Tiny Rothko (Andrew Adolphus and Jordan Rathus), Jordan Rathus performs a compilation of Lenny Bruce stand-up routines…
Recapturing the Wilds-Liselot van der Heijden
September 6 – December 7, 2014 The opening reception: Saturday September 6 at 2-4:30PM Inspired by the naturalist legacy of Theodore Roosevelt, a former resident of Wave Hill House and lifelong proponent of specimen discovery and collection, Recapturing the Scenic Wilds investigates and complicates the notion of the natural history display. Comprising the work of…
Jordan Rathus – Upcoming Exhibitions!
SOLO EXHIBITION: FERNWEH (FARSICKNESS) @ UPFOR GALLERY, Portland, OR (Opening May 1st, 6pm) Jordan Rathus brings from New York to Portland mementos from her travels to Panama and the Arctic Circle. Playing with false exoticism and the tourism industry’s infrastructure of mutual exploitation, Rathus takes the familiar and renders it perverse. Acting as both tourist…
Last week to view Prof. Liselot van der Heijden’s exhibition!
Last weekend to view “In Plain Sight” at Smack Mellon and “Revisiting Histories” at Kent Fine Art featuring TCNJ Department of Art and Art History Prof. Liselot van der Heijden. www.smackmellon.org www.kentfineart.net Les Uns et Les Autres, video still, © Liselot van der Heijden 2011 “In Plain Sight” Curated by Sarah Lookofsky
Gregory Thielker
Research visit to Afghanistan during summer 2013 Solo exhibition entitled “(Un)governed Spaces” at Republic Gallery, Paris Solo exhibition entitled “Highway” at Flashpoint Gallery, Washington DC MUSE summer research with selected students at TCNJ
Anita Allyn
Collaborative Project with Anita Allyn and Mauro Zamora (PLM Associates) at Soma Contemporary Gallery, Waterford City, Ireland September 2013 Exhibition at Photo/Synthesis, Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA, 2013 Guest Speaker, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA, 2012
Ken Kaplowitz
International Art Festival Competition in Jersey City By the Book at Arts Guild New Work at Gallery 14 in Hopewell, New Jersey