Clinton Township Newsletter

2 1 d e c e m b e r 2 0 2 0 o u t d o o r d a n C e o P e n t o t h e P u b l i C ! Calling All Participants from the Public! On December 5, and also December 20 at 1:00 pm, the internationally renowned fiber artist Cynthia Alberto will be on the Hunterdon Art Museum's Toshiko Takaezu Terrace, for an outdoor dance open to the public for participation and observation. In this event, entitled, Techno Love Activation, Alberto will allow children who would like to volunteer the opportunity to wear her woven fiber artworks called "Cocoons." The artist will also teach a short, simple dance choreographed specifically for the "Cocoons" – heavy, blanket-like textiles which drape over the body, covering the head, but allowing partial sight through the loose warp and weft of thick cotton and synthetic cables. The artist describes the intense liberating experience of being inside each "Cocoon" as like wearing "a mask from the surrounding environment…[such] that users are able to let go and move more freely without the fear of judgment. The result is an inclusive wearable piece of art which evokes a sense of playfulness, reflection, peace, and escape." The artist reclaimed the material used to make the "Cocoons" from a MoMA PS1 installation, Weaving the Courtyard, by Studio Escobedo Soliz, thereby suggesting a conversation with that installation. As such, Alberto's "Cocoons" invoke the categories of installation, dance, social art, fiber art, and fashion, but explode and overlap their boundaries. Pre-registration is NOT required for this event series. This is a first-come-first-serve opportunity. F r e e V i r t u a l a r t i s t l e C t u r e s ! In conjunction with the Fall 2020 exhibition, "From the Ground Up: Peters Valley School of Craft," Hunterdon Art Museum will hold free virtual artist lectures featuring each of the resident artists who will be in our first floor galleries Gallery Hours: General Public – Thur 12 – 5 pm; Fri – Sun 11 am – 5 pm Seniors and Immunocompromised Visitors: Thur 11 am – 12 | $7/person, Members Free, NARM Members Free Seniors/Military/Students: $5 Children 12 and under FREE! through December. The artists will discuss their connection with the renowned craft institution and their work, followed by an in-depth dialogue with HAM's Curator of Special Projects Jason Vartikar, Hunterdon Art Museum's Curator of Special Projects, and a Ph.D. candidate in Art History at Stanford University. Janine Wang is a native New Yorker with an architectural background, turned Philadelphia-based furniture maker. She holds a BArch from Cooper Union and an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design. She has exhibited at many schools and galleries including the Center for Art in Wood, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Rhode Island School of Design, the American Association of Woodturners Gallery of Wood Art, AAW International Turning Symposiums, Appalachian Center for Craft, Peters Valley School of Craft, and the State Museum of Pennsylvania. Please note: this lecture will be held virtually using Zoom Webinar. Pre-registration is required. b e C o M e a M e M b e r / r e n e W y o u r M e M b e r s h i P ! Membership at all levels makes exhibitions and education programs possible year-round. All members receive the following basic benefits: Free unlimited admission to the Museum's exhibitions • Member-only discount on classes and workshops • Member-only 10% discount on items in the lobby shop • Member-only discount on yoga classes • Invitations to exhibition openings, the annual ArtParty and other special events at HAM • Opportunity to submit work to the Annual Juried Members Exhibition • Receipt of the Museum's e-newsletter • Two guest passes each year • Reciprocal Museums Program: Hunterdon Art Museum's participation in the North American Reciprocal Museums program means that HAM's Contributor, Sponsor, Patron and Benefactor members receive significant benefits at over 1,100 museums throughout the United States and elsewhere. For more information, visit: www.HunterdonArtMuseum.org, and thank you for your support!

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