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An up-close look at one of the art pieces from the Soul and Steel exhibition. This piece is called "Light My Fire I". Want to see it in person? Come to the Alfa Art Gallery while the exhibition is still here! Or stay tuned for more posts.

Thank you from the Alfa Art Gallery to everyone who came into the Soul and Steel exhibition! Seeing everyone come in and have fun brought pride and joy to the gallery. We hope to see everyone visit again soon!

Come join our Photography Exhibition from January 14 - February 29! Thanks to the donations from numerous organizations, such as, Amboy Bank, the Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission, Magyar Bank and the New Brunswick City Center, we hope viewers will be encouraged to come out and see the beautiful photographic and abstract work. 

Every year, Alfa Art Gallery hosts a series of New Brunswick Art Salon (NBAS) exhibitions. This particular Art Salon will only showcase Watercolor & Mixed Media pieces! Submission Requirements: 1. An artist can submit any number of pieces—the more the better! 2. Students and faculty members of Rutgers University and neighboring schools are encouraged to participate. 3. We consider both professional and emerging artists submissions!! 4. Water Color and Mixed Media only please!

DEADLINE: OCTOBER 5 th, 2018 To enter for consideration, please fill out our “Portfolio Submission Form” on our website (Link is below this post) and follow the submission instructions listed in it!

New Brunswick Art Salon 2018 – Oil Color and Mixed Media: “An Expanse of Expressionism” Exhibition Duration: April 24th, 2018 — June 16th, 2018 Opening Reception:  Friday, April 27th, 2018 @ 6:30pm

FREE ADMISSION

Beginning on April 24th, Alfa Art Gallery will commence one of its flagship exhibitions, the 2018 New Brunswick Art Salon for Oil Color and Mixed Media. This display, celebrating the aesthetic mastery of six gifted painters, will be initiated with a cozy and intimate opening ceremony to be held on Friday, April 27th at 6:30pm and hosted by Alfa. Attendees of this event will become familiarized with a diverse array of wondrous artworks spanning the colorfully abstract to the otherworldly and surreal.

Though expressionism is a substantial theme of our Oil Color & Mixed Media Exhibition, the featured artists at Alfa will boast a wide array of visual aesthetics ranging from the impressionistic to the abstract style that expressionism is renowned for. Charity Henderson’s body of work serves to explores various psychological states through mixed media impressionistic paintings of the human face. Similarly, Debora Thedinga utilizes impressionism in order to manipulate light, color and space thus crafting a landscape that can be viewed successfully through the small window of the canvass. Sue Barrasi also explores the capabilities of impressionistic painting styles through the creation of still life works portraying the innate beauty of nature. In slight contrast to her fellow featured artists, Tricia Miho offers a more surrealist aesthetic with paintings reminiscent of Salvador Dalí. Her work explores the progression of images and how such progression enables the transformation of metaphysical creations.

Alfa’s Oil Color & Mixed Media Exhibition will also display artworks that are more consistent with expressionism, particularly in the realm of the abstract. Colleen Lineberry’s works celebrate natural beauty as captured through her mind’s eye resulting in in vibrantly colorful motifs presenting near otherworldly landscapes. In a fashion akin to Lineberry’s abstract aesthetic, Enrique Zaldivar utilizes color and inspiration from the natural worlf to illustrate issues inherent to human beings and satisfy his constant need to express himself. Kathleen Shaver’s artistry can be described as a quest for the beauty which lies within human impulse and the primal. Leona Tenebruso-Shultes similarly explores this primality by adorning her canvasses with impassioned brushstrokes and expressive colors and finally, Pat Cresson utilizes multifaceted mediums of both digital and analog origin in order to craft texturally rich abstract pieces rich in complexity and exquisitely balanced hues.     

Devotees to the likes of Salvador Dalí, Wassily Kandinsky, and Helen Frankenthaler will especially find a great deal to love scouring Alfa’s artwork adorned walls.

Alfa Art Gallery opening ceremonies feature complimentary live music, hors d’oeuvres, and wine. Drawing inspiration from Parisian exhibitions from the Baroque era bearing the same name, Alfa Art Gallery’s New Brunswick Art Salons are held a number of times each year always with the express goal of lessening the divide between artists and the community, especially in the diverse city of New Brunswick. With the help of grants given by organizations such as Amboy Bank, the Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission, Magyar Bank and the New Brunswick City Center, Alfa is confident that all attendees and viewers of 2018 New Brunswick Art Salon for Oil Color and Mixed Media will leave with a healthier interest and appreciation for the artistic contributions of talents spanning the New Brunswick, the state of New Jersey and beyond. The exhibition and opening ceremony is free and open to the public.

Exhibition duration: March 6 – April 21, 2018

Opening reception: Friday – March 9, 2018 @ 6:30pm

FREE ADMISSION

We at Alfa Art Gallery are thrilled and honored to announce our upcoming “Contemporary Realism” exhibition featuring the exquisite work of teachers and students from the “Princeton Academy of Art“. Purveyors of this marvelous exhibition will have the opportunity to view the exceptional talent of students who have been immersed in the rigorous technical studies of painting and drawing at the “Princeton Academy of Art“. Using live models, still lives, antique plaster casts, and landscapes for reference, Princeton Academy students demonstrate an incredible capacity for producing realistic portrayals of their subjects through a unique contemporary lens.

As a result, their work contributes to the dynamic contemporary art market but still has its roots in the European Classical Tradition. It is an exciting prospect to host such a talented group of artists for both the New Brunswick and Alfa Art Gallery communities to witness. Past exhibitions hosted by Alfa Art Gallery have seen collaborations with the “Arts Council of Princeton“. The gallery has proudly presented art instructors from ACP and provided a unique opportunity for the New Brunswick community to explore the talent that a school of such prestige can produce. It is fantastic that another school in the Princeton community has taken an interest in Alfa

Princeton Academy of Art places special emphasis on the intellectual growth of their students alongside their intensive technical training. Keeping this in mind, viewers of this exhibition will be immersed into the atmosphere of a classical fine art atelier.

Featured  Artists and Instructors: Eileen Kennedy-Moore, Victoria David Thune, Yuan (Julie) Zhao, Cathy Saksa-Mydlowski, Jyoti Menon, Pierre Bernay, Liping Wang, Lihua Huang, Sridevi Srinivas, Sheila A. Mahoney, Dorothea Berkhout, Kelsey L. Doherty – Instructor, Iliya Mirochnik – Instructor, Anna Neis – Director

About Princeton Academy of Art

The Princeton Academy of Art presents a unique educational experience in the European Classical Tradition. Our curriculum merges the methods of classical atelier education and the Russian academic tradition. Following in these traditions, instruction is a focused immersion into human anatomy, perspective, and tactile approaches to analyzing form. By rigorously studying these methods alongside concrete principles of value, color and composition, students are able to traverse various media and techniques to interpret the world around them in a way that suits their temperament and vision.

About this exhibit

The opening reception will involve a brief introductory presentation of the exhibition and featured artists, presented by the gallery’s curatorial interns. Alfa will provide light refreshments and a live musical performance.

We hope you're as excited as we are for our next exhibition: "Contemporary Realism" exhibition featuring teachers and students from the "Princeton Academy of Art" on March 9 @ 6:30pm!

The artwork included in the poster is by Iliya Mirochnik . We are very thrilled to have her work featured in this upcoming exhibition! For my info about Iliya Mirochnik, visit her website: http://www.alfaart.org/our-artists/iliya-mirochnik

Exhibition duration: March 6 – April 21, 2018

Opening reception: Friday – March 9, 2018 @ 6:30pm

We at Alfa Art Gallery are thrilled and honored to announce our upcoming “Contemporary Realism” exhibition featuring the exquisite work of teachers and students from the “Princeton Academy of Art“. Purveyors of this marvelous exhibition will have the opportunity to view the exceptional talent of students who have been immersed in the rigorous technical studies of painting and drawing at the “Princeton Academy of Art“. Using live models, still lives, antique plaster casts, and landscapes for reference, Princeton Academy students demonstrate an incredible capacity for producing realistic portrayals of their subjects through a unique contemporary lens.

As a result, their work contributes to the dynamic contemporary art market but still has its roots in the European Classical Tradition. It is an exciting prospect to host such a talented group of artists for both the New Brunswick and Alfa Art Gallery communities to witness. Past exhibitions hosted by Alfa Art Gallery have seen collaborations with the “Arts Council of Princeton“. The gallery has proudly presented art instructors from ACP and provided a unique opportunity for the New Brunswick community to explore the talent that a school of such prestige can produce. It is fantastic that another school in the Princeton community has taken an interest in Alfa

Princeton Academy of Art places special emphasis on the intellectual growth of their students alongside their intensive technical training. Keeping this in mind, viewers of this exhibition will be immersed into the atmosphere of a classical fine art atelier.

Featured  Artists and Instructors: Eileen Kennedy-Moore, Victoria David Thune, Yuan (Julie) Zhao, Cathy Saksa-Mydlowski, Jyoti Menon, Pierre Bernay, Liping Wang, Lihua Huang, Sridevi Srinivas, Sheila Mahoney, Dorothea Berkhout, Kelsey L. Doherty – Instructor, Iliya Mirochnik – Instructor, Anna Neis – Director

About Princeton Academy of Art

The Princeton Academy of Art presents a unique educational experience in the European Classical Tradition. Our curriculum merges the methods of classical atelier education and the Russian academic tradition. Following in these traditions, instruction is a focused immersion into human anatomy, perspective, and tactile approaches to analyzing form. By rigorously studying these methods alongside concrete principles of value, color and composition, students are able to traverse various media and techniques to interpret the world around them in a way that suits their temperament and vision.

 About this exhibit

Alfa Art Gallery invites you to “Waves of Illumination:Vesselin Kourtev’s Solo Exhibition” featuring representative works from the artist’s various cycles of exploration in oil, watercolor, drawing, and mixed media.