River View Observer October 1st-October 15th, 2023

HUDSON HAPPENINGS

The Toulouse-Lautrec in Jersey City

Hudson County Community College is the new home of four lithographs by the renowned Post-Impressionist.

You no longer have to go to the Met to see art by Henri de ToulouseLautrec. In fact, you can see four of the famous artist’s works right here on Sip Avenue in Jersey City at Hudson County Community College (HCCC).

Donated by the Carol Adler Trust, the ToulouseLautrecs are not only the newest additions to the 1,882-piece Collection, but they are also among the most important given the artist’s stature and prominent place in art history. The best known of the four pieces is May Belfort, an 1895 lithograph in color depicting

its namesake, an Irish singer who rose to fame in Parisian nightclubs in the 1890s. The other pieces include Le Tocsin La Depeche, another 1895 lithograph in color, and two 1898 black-andwhite lithographs, Yvette Guilbert dans la Gluem, and Linger Longer, Loo.

Toulouse-Lautrec was a prominent figure within the Post-Impressionism movement that arose in France in the late 1800s and early 1900s as a reaction to Impressionism. The movement included other prominent artists like Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Cezanne. He is best known for his depictions of the bohemian

scene that thrived on the fringes of respectable society in late 19th century Paris.

Andrea Siegel, Ph.D., the Collection’s curator, called Carol Adler “A great friend of the Collection, and someone who dedicated her life to art and philanthropy.” Siegel also discussed Adler’s heroic work helping musicians, oppressed by the Soviet regime in the 1970s, to escape to the United States for artistic

freedom. Carol Adler came from a family of activist philanthropists. Most notably, in the early 20th Century, her ancestor Julius Rosenwald worked with Booker T. Washington to quietly fund over 5,000 schools for African American children in the South. The effort has been called “the most important initiative to advance Black education in the early 20th Century.” Honoring that legacy, the Carol Adler Trust donated 12 important works to the college, including the Toulouse-Lautrecs.

A community college is perhaps not the type of location one would typically expect to be home to works by world-class artists, so you could be forgiven for being surprised to find works by artists like Toulouse-Lautrec in the Hudson County

Community College Foundation Art Collection. But while the ToulouseLautrecs instantly find themselves in the conversation as some of the most important pieces in the collection, they are hardly the only works by world-renowned artists.

Last week, the HCCC Foundation Art Collection received a donation of a Renoir lithograph and a Pissarro drawing, which will be installed near the Toulouse-Lautrecs, right outside the College’s art history classroom.

Other pieces that have historical resonance include landscapes from the Hudson River School, a movement of American painters that thrived in this area in the mid-19th century. Looking for something a bit more contemporary? Cont’d on page10

Bayonne To Hold Health Fair On Wednesday, October 4; Rain Date is Thursday, October 5

Mayor Jimmy Davis announced that the City of Bayonne will hold a health fair on Wednesday, October 4, from 11:00 a.m. until

3:00 p.m., in Fitzpatrick Park, which is located on Avenue C, between 26th and 27th Streets.

The fair will offer Bayonne residents the opportunity to receive health screenings, health information, and other

services.

Participating organizations include healthcarerelated organizations, public agencies, and non-profit services. Up to thirty groups are expected to participate. Participation is subject to municipal approval.

Mayor Davis said,

“The 2023 health fair will provide our residents with a great opportunity to receive health services and information in one convenient location. This will be the first municipal health fair in Bayonne since 2019. The event did not take place during the Coronavirus pandemic. The City of Bayonne is very happy to bring back this important health fair for our residents.”

In the event of rain on Wednesday, October 4, the health fair would take place on Thursday, October 5, at the same hours and location. Mayor Davis concluded, “I would like to thank the Bayonne Health Division, our Clinic Nurses, and all of the participating organizations, agencies, and services for coming together for this event. I urge Bayonne residents to drop by the health fair and take advantage of this great opportunity to improve your health.” For more information, please call the Health Division Clinic Nurses at 201-858-6140 or 201-858-6139.

Jersey City Art Week, October 12 to 15, 2023

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Art Fair 14C announces the inaugural Jersey City Art Week, a citywide visual arts event to be held October 12 to 15. The event brings together Art Fair 14C, the Jersey City Art and Studio Tour, Mana Contemporary’s Fall Open House, and the International Sculpture Center’s annual conference. Announced in February, Jersey City Art Week is poised to be the premier visual arts event of the fall and will cement Jersey City as northern New Jersey’s visual arts destination.

Executive Director Robinson Holloway says, “The Art Fair 14C team has been working incredibly hard since last winter to ensure that these amazing visual artists will be seen, and that art lovers will have an extraordinary week of art to view - and buy!”

The 5th Edition of Art Fair 14C will be held October 12 to 15 at the CRRNJ Terminal Building (1 Audrey Zapp Dr.) in Liberty State Park. This year, 33 esteemed New Jersey artists were selected for The Showcase, including returning artists Tim Daly (Hoboken), Kathleen Beausoleil (Little River), local favorites Joe Waks (Bayonne), DISTORT (Jersey City) and Clarence Rich (Hampton), and early career artists Teena Soni (Somerset) and Jennifer Martinez (Jersey City).

The Showcase will also pay tribute to Jersey City artist Robert Kogge (1953-2023).

Hundreds of local and international artists are slated to participate at Art Fair 14C over 80 exhibition spaces. Exhibitors BARC the Dog and Camp Tokar will present an installation in the center of the fair entitled “Wonder Bunker,” being “the last creative outpost in a doomed world, established far beyond the boundary that separates the real from the unexplained.’’

The 34th Annual Jersey City Art and Studio Tour, the signature arts event that celebrates the vibrancy and creativity of Jersey City’s visual arts community, will be held October 13 to 15. This year, Art Fair 14C took over operations of JCAST from the City of Jersey City, which is facing budget cuts.

Although the event remains citywide, there is a renewed focus this year on walkability and the majority of exhibitions and open studios will be downtown. There are five official JCAST group shows that range from the highly conceptual to the epitome of accessibility.

●I Would Prefer Not To” — curated by Mana Contemporary director Kele McComsey at Art 150 (157A First St)

●“u_titled” — curated by Kristine Go at Art 150 (157A First St)

●“No Judgments: An Uncurated Show” —

— curated by no one at Brunswick Center (189 Brunswick St.)

●“Tickled Pink” — at Newport Centre (30 Mall Dr. W)

●“Beyond Conflict: Veterans & Peacetime Art” — Curated by Greg Brickey at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Community Center at Pershing Field (201 Central Ave.)

Participating galleries include: Novado Gallery (110 Morgan St),Art House Gallery (345 Marin Blvd), SMUSH (340 Summit Ave) and Deep Space (77 CornelisonAve). Artists across the city will open their studios to the public on Saturday and Sunday from 12 to 6 PM. Mana Contemporary will also host its fall open studios on Sunday, October 15, 12 to 6 PM. Select walking and bus tours will be offered throughout the weekend. The online maps with participating artists, galleries, and venues and tour schedules will be available on www.artfair14c.com/jcast and www.jerseycityartweek. com

About Art Fair 14C: New Jersey’s art fair with a nonprofit mission. Art Fair 14C works annually to increase opportunities for artists, expand public access to fine art, strengthen careers in the visual arts and activate underrecognized arts areas.

www.artfair14c.com @ artfair14c

Throughout the summer, JCAST Director Tina Maneca has spearheaded a show #2000Bananas, a fundraiser show for the studio tour. The exhibition’s title is a tongue and cheek nod to the grassroots scrappiness of the arts scene in Jersey City. With the support of ceramicist Beth DiCara of Evening Star Studio, local artists including Dylan Egon, Robert Piersanti, Gail M. Boykewich, Stephanie Romano, Frank Ippolito and many more, painted ceramic bananas. #2000Bananas will be on view and available for purchase at Art Fair 14C.

The International Sculpture Center (ISC), based in Hamilton Township, brings their 30th annual conference to its home state for the first time. The conference, October 10 to 15, will feature a group exhibition at Nimbus Arts Center (329 Warren St.) during the studio tour and an exhibition space for ISC members at Art Fair 14C. Additional public programming will be announced.

About the Jersey City Art and Studio Tour (JCAST): Established in 1990, JCAST began as an invitation to visit artists’ studios, retailers and other downtown spaces, including the historic 111 First Street art collective and has been re-imagined several times over the ensuing decades. JCAST has become a celebrated event showcasing art and the creative process every year. Last year, JCAST featured more than 650 artists at over 125 locations spanning the entire City. www. artfair14c.com/jcast @ jc_artandstudiotour

About the International Sculpture Center (ISC): The International Sculpture Center (ISC) is a member-supported, nonprofit organization founded in 1960 to champion the creation and understanding of sculpture and its unique, vital contribution to society. Members include sculptors, collectors, patrons, architects, developers, journalists, curators, historians, critics, educators, foundries, galleries, and museums— anyone with an interest in and commitment to the field of sculpture.

www.sculpture.org @ intsculpturectr

Jersey City Art and Studio Tour - photo by Jennifer brown for the city of Jersey city

HUDSON HAPPENINGS

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Toulouse-Lautrec

The collection features works from renowned artists like Shephard Fairey (the artist behind the Obey Giant and Barack Obama’s iconic “Hope” campaign poster) and photographer William Wegman (even the most self-professed philistine has likely seen his famous compositions of his pet Weimaraners). There are also works by Robert Rauschenberg, Joyce Kozloff, New Jersey’s own Willie Cole, and many more. Look carefully enough in the Gabert Library, located at 71 Sip Avenue, and you’ll even find a Picasso lithograph. In addition to pieces by these renowned artists, the College’s ac quisition strategy has increasingly focused on strengthening its collection of works by modern and contemporary American and New Jersey artists. As a result, HCCC’s Foundation Art Collection is becoming a hotspot for donations of works by established artists with New Jersey roots like

Doug + Mike Starn, Kiki Smith, Ben Shahn, and Joan Snyder.

The HCCC Foundation Art Collection also features extensive collections of works by African artists and art of the African diaspora, Asian and Asian-American artists including large numbers of pieces by Japanese and Filipino artists, Hispanic and Hispanic American artists, and Middle Eastern artists. There is also a collection of works by and about Native Americans, and a collection of prehistoric artifacts and stone tools from the local Lenne Lenape people. Philanthropists Benjamin J.Dineen III and Dennis C. Hull, for whom the Dineen Hull Gallery on the top floor of the Gabert Library is named, were instrumental in helping the HCCC Foundation Art Collection become what it is today, as it grew from just 25 pieces to over 1,800 installed across ten campus buildings just ten years later. Mr. Hull and the late Mr. Dineen amassed an impressive and extensive art

collection in their home over the years, with a special focus on New Jersey artists ranging from paintings by Jon Rappleye to tire sculptures by Chakaia Booker. They viewed themselves as stewards of these hundreds of works before passing them on to the College to share the gift of art appreciation with future generations of students. Mr. Dineen, who was heavily involved in the College’s Art Committee during his lifetime, compared donating his collection to the College to seeing one’s children go off into the world, and found it very rewarding.

Unlike some college collections, the HCCC Foundation Art Collection isn’t under lock and key in a dusty storage area. Under the leadership of long-time curator Dr. Andrea Siegel, the entire Hudson County Community College campus has evolved into a living art museum, fulfilling a goal dear to the heart of former HCCC President Dr. Glen Gabert. The stewardship and growth of the collection

endures today thanks to the support of current HCCC President Dr. Christopher Reber, a staunch arts advocate. Students walk through a curated collection with pieces by Miriam Shapiro, Fritz Scholder, Faith Ringgold, Jaune Quick-toSee Smith and more on their way to class each day, fulfilling Mr. Dineen’s vision of great art for all.

Studies show that art makes the most social impact where economic inequality is greatest. Hudson County Community College serves more at-risk students than any other community college in New Jersey. Two-thirds to three-quarters of HCCC students report facing issues such as food insecurity, housing insecurity, and even homelessness. In this sense, the art collection is wellplaced to have a significant impact on the lives of students who stand to gain the most from exposure to it. Hudson County Community College is laser-focused on removing the barriers to success that these students face, and the art collection

is a small but powerful way that the college inspires its students and enriches their college experiences as they work towards a brighter future. Each year, Hudson County Community College serves 20,000 students, with over 90 degree and certificate programs and a wide range of Continuing Education and Workforce Development certificate programs and courses. The college is committed to promoting student success and upward socioeconomic mobility through academic pathways that lead to transfer to major four-year institutions, and workforce development that empowers students to embark on fulfilling and sustainable career paths.

With this growing treasure trove, Hudson County Community College’s Foundation Art Collection is a destination worth visiting.

To arrange a tour of the Hudson County Community College Art Collection, please email Andrea Siegel at asiegel@hccc.edu to visit the collection online, visit www.hccc.edu/ FoundationArt/Collections

Art House Productions

Presents “Tracy Jones” A Play by Stephen Kaplan

Art House Production proudly presents the New Jersey premiere of Stephen Kaplan’s play Tracy Jones, directed by Alex Tobey.

The show runs October 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, and 29. November 2, 3, 4, and 5, 2023, at Art House, 345 Marin Boulevard (between Morgan and Bay Streets) in Jersey City. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm. Sundays at 3pm. Cast announcement coming soon.

For tickets and further information, please visit https://www.arthouseproductions.org/

Tracy Jones is a touching comedy of individual connection in an increasingly busy world. The main character, Tracy Jones, rents out the back “party room” of Jones Street Bar and Grill: The Place for Wings and Things to throw a party to which she’s invited every woman in the area who is also named Tracy Jones.

Tracy sits for over an hour alone, nursing her Diet Coke, waiting for any other Tracy Joneses to show up, and help alleviate her epic loneliness. Through her encounters with the

limited guests that attend, this hilarious play challenges the audience to question loneliness, connection, and why we do the things we do. Tickets for Tracy Jones are now available on www.arthouseproductions.org.

Nimbus & Riverview Jazz

Present: An Evening with Walter Parks

Friday, October 28, 8 pm

Walter Parks and The Unlawful Assembly featuring Ada Dyer and Steven Williams

Swamp blues guitarist Walter Parks and drummer producer Steven Williams unite as The Unlawful Assembly to take a modern look at historic southern U.S. spirituals, hollers, reels and work songs all of which are prefaced with relevant stories. This inspiring and rare performance celebrates the return of vocalist Ada Dyer, who’s on a very short pause from touring worldwide with Bruce Springsteen and The E-Street Band. Parks was the longtime sideman to Woodstock legend Richie Havens. Williams played with Sade and Digable Planets.

The Nude Party White Eagle Hall

October 11, 2023

By Aaron Irons

Battling out of Boone, North Carolina, where the band earned its name (and reputation) performing au naturel, the Nude Party landed a stiff right with its 2018 eponymous debut that offered Stones-y,

garage-heavy tunes that stuck to the ribs and banged around the skull. The follow-up, 2020’s “Midnight Manor,” like its predecessor, exploited the sweet spot between vintage rock n’ roll of the filthy-toned variety

and ripe 21st Century perspective.

“Rides On,” the Nude Party’s latest effort, is a glorious leap in the same direction– higher octane, self-reliant, and tough to ignore -- just the tamperproof formula of rock n’ roll resistant to banality and hearty enough to thrive beneath the ice until called.

“We put out the previous record, and then we didn’t tour it because touring was kind of impossible at that time, so we were at home a lot,” Nude Party frontman Patton Magee recalled in a recent interview. “We all live in the same house, so I think

we were getting pretty antsy about doing something. We’d been building the studio and at a certain point, it was just like, ‘Okay, it is time to make a record.’”

Though they had the space, time, and inclination, what the band didn’t have was the necessary equipment. So enter Tampa-based engineer Matt Horner.

“We called my friend and engineer way down in South Florida to come up and bring a bunch of cool gear, and we just set up in [the barn] for 14 days and all the songs that anyone had been kicking around, we just made a big ol’ pile

of them,” said Patton.

Mixing country honk, British Invasion-filtered blues, and transitional late ‘60s/early ‘70s psychedelia that threatens allout punk, “Rides On” is evocative, but nevertheless revels in immediacy.

“We’d write songs and add them to our set during the touring of that first album. When we came to do the second album, we’d already been playing those songs a lot together, so it was a lot easier to just set up, hit record, and do it the way we did it [on stage],” Magee said. “This process was a lot more broken down to base elements because none of us had heard each other’s ideas. It was all new to everybody. There was no falling back on what you were used to playing, you had to figure it out on the spot. I think in a lot of ways, that makes it stand out from the previous records... It’s a little bit of an outlier. It doesn’t sound as much like a set. It sounds more like an album to me.”

If You Go:

The Nude Party

Wed Oct 11 with Old Lady, Jonny Couch

Doors: 7:00PM / Show: 8:00PM

201-885-5166

info@wehjc.com

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