Gallery Hours:
Wednesday, Friday, Saturday: 1 to 4 p.m.
Thursday: 1 to 5 p.m.,
Tuesday afternoons by appointment
Fermin Martinez —
The Return of Spring
Upper Gallery
Friday, May 2 – Friday, May 31
Artist reception Sunday, May 4, from 1 to 4 p.m.
Fermin returns to the Watchung Art Center, presenting recent work which includes still life, landscapes, flowers, and for the first time, watercolors. This show is a feast of vibrant colors and light.
Fermin is a well-known Watchung Artist with a career lasting almost thirty years, 24 of which he spent teaching. His art work is currently being displayed in galleries in Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and Florida, as well as overseas. He brings a beautiful blend of Carribean and North Eastern style and colors to his work.
Coming in June...
”Bleeding Drapes” — Art from and for Darfur
Artists Reception: Sunday, June 15, 1 to 3 p.m.
In an effort to bring about awareness and to raise money to aid those caught in the violence in Darfur, the Watchung Arts Center and the Darfur Rehabilition Project present Bleeding Drapes, Art from and for Darfur, by Khalid I. Kodi, Adjunct Professor, Fine Arts Department of Boston College, and a single performance of Chamber Music by Ridge High and Summit Junior High School students.
Khalid Kodi is a member of the board of the Darfur Rehabilitation Project and an award-winning graphic designer, illustrator, painter and sculptor with an international reputation. Kodi’s work is well respected in every genre he chooses as a means of expression, including installations which are sometimes startling but clearly communicate the horror of the on-going tragedy in his homeland, Sudan. His art is often political; yet, hopeful, as he records the mundane moments when we may simply enjoy each other’s company despite the cruelties that would force us to live in fear.
Still, Kodi forces us to consider the alternatives to that which is serene. He says, “By not looking, we abandon the child, the man, the woman and indeed, the nation. It’s like the Nazi’s in the 30’s and 40’s; people knew what was going on but they didn’t speak out. By being quiet, they’re contributing to genocide, and I have no problem calling it that.”
Miguel Angel Urosa —
Flowers, Dreams, and Memories
Lower Gallery
Friday, May 2 – Friday, May 31
Artist reception Sunday, May 4, from 1 to 4 p.m.
Miguel Angel Urosa will introduce digital collages of colors, textures and photography. “Images like dreams, from a distant past. Memories like dreams are formed in layers. They have textures and lines that connect them in time and keep them alive.”
Miguel Angel Urosa is a Venezuelan artist who has been a resident of New Jersey for the past five years. He likes to work with different media (oil, painting, wood, ceramic) but has made photography his main media.
Forms for Exhibitors
If you would like to exhibit at the Watchung Arts Center, you may download the following documents in Adobe PDF format:
If you have any questions or comments, please contact Sean Quinn, VP Visual Arts, Watchung Arts Center, 908-377-7058, e-mail sean@squinn.com.