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SUMMARY:Metamorphosis: Works by Nanci France-Vaz
DESCRIPTION:Metamorphosis: Life is all about transitions from one time in life to another. Artists of any art from have dreams of becoming a master in their genre\, successful in their career\, and recognized to the masses. The models in the paintings are artists in music\, art\, and performing art  based on a moment in their life or a narrative Nanci has created from film\, literature or poetry. Figurative storytelling is infused with light\, patterns\, and human presence to that have visual impact and make the viewers ponder over the meaning and left to their interpretations. France-Vaz is known for her Imaginative Portraits that render allegorical symbols combined with story and imagination. Most of the work is of female artists that never give up hope or their dreams of becoming a reality. \nArtist Demo: March 9 from 3-6\nThere will be a live demo of The Imaginative Portrait with Pam McCoy. Click here to RSVP to the FREE DEMO\n\nArtist Reception: April 26 from 6 -8 PM \nThis exhibition is in conjunction with the concert Metamorphosis: Portraits of Song on April 26 at 8 pm. The opening reception is FREE to the public\, however tickets are required to attend the concert. \nBio: \nNanci France-Vaz is a modern renaissance artist that uses allegorical symbolism to create visual stories on canvas. France-Vaz draws inspiration from the Pre-Raphaelite and Naturalist periods of art\, poetry\, and classic literature\, and film. She combines her strong foundation in life painting with imaginative backgrounds fusing classical with contemporary realism. \nThe artist was born in Brooklyn\, NY and moved to the UWS in Manhattan in 2002 to study portrait and figurative art. She was the recipient of the Rhodes Scholarship Award and earned a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in 3D Computer Animation for Film and Special Effects. \nFrance-Vaz has exhibited at the Dacia Gallery NYC\, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art\, Museum of Modern European Art for ModPortrait and first round of Figurativas\,  Abend Gallery\, Principle Gallery\, Lovetts Gallery\, Eisele Gallery\, Butler Insitute of Fine Art\, National Arts Club NYC\, and Salmagundi Club NYC. She has had 3 solo shows. Her solo exhibit at DaciaGallery\, NYC will be in October 2023 dates TBA. \nNanci France-Vaz has won  of many notable awards nationally. She is the recipient of the ARC Salon Purchase Award in Imaginative Realism for the 16th Annual ARC Salon\, Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize Honorable Mention\, Best in Show Wausau Museum\, 2nd Place Southwest Art Artistic Excellence\, Len G Everett Memorial Award\, Joseph Hartley Memorial Award\, John Collins Award\, Colonel George J Morales Award\, PSOA 3rd Place \, ARC Salon\, International Artists People & Figures 2021\, and Best in Show Portrait Award\, Petite Gallery. \nThe concepts of her works are based on a moment in time\, classical literature\, film\, and poetry\, introducing a modern subject or twist to her story. Her intent is to combine hope\, spiritual beliefs\, and the human condition. Most of her models are professional musicians\, artists\, actors\, and dancers.  The spiritual\, the mystical\, and the mythical have underlying tones and meanings left for the beholder to ponder and engage psychologically. Having studied film and Stanislavski Method Acting allows for a spiritual connection to her subjects expressing emotion and mood. Her study of lighting and movement\, through acting\, dance\, and theater is the catalyst for creating a still image from a cinematic process.  France-Vaz’s patterns of life express a life experience or moment of thought in time. \nFrance-Vaz has been published in Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine\, ModPortrait 2020/2021\,  American Art Collector\, Southwest Art Magazine\, \, ARC Salon\, International Artists\, Realism Today\, and Leonardo Guide Artelibre 2021\, \nHer paintings and commissions hang in private collections.
URL:https://www.monmouth.edu/events/event/metamorphosis-works-by-nanci-france-vaz/
LOCATION:Pollak Gallery
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibitions,Arts at Monmouth,Free
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SUMMARY:Jacob Landau: The Frances Cycle 
DESCRIPTION:Monmouth University Galleries opens an art exhibition that features the important series of drawings: The Frances Cycle\, created by the American artist\, humanist\, and teacher Jacob Landau. \nReception: Monday\, April 1\, 2024\, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.  \nBorn in Philadelphia in 1917\, Landau launched his career as an illustrator\, winning national prizes at age 16 and a scholarship to the Philadelphia College of Art. He went on to have over sixty one-person shows\, featuring a wide range of drawings and paintings. The recipient of numerous awards\, including Guggenheim and National Arts Council grants\, many of his works are featured in permanent collections\, such as the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. A master teacher\, he retired as professor emeritus at New York’s Pratt Institute. In 1996\, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts by Monmouth University. \nThe exhibition features the important series of drawings\, The Frances Cycle\, in dedication to his wife that died from Alzheimer’s disease. In 1999\, Landau finished a limited-edition book\, The Frances Cycle: Some Motions of the Earth.  He used his own art and the poetry of\, former President of the Jacob Landau Institute\, and writer/poet\, David Herrstrom\, to give voice to the words his wife spoke as she dealt with the effects of Alzheimer’s disease.  The completes series (14)\, and books\, are all from Monmouth University’s extensive collection of Jacob Landau’s work\, comprising over 300 prints\, drawings\, and paintings. The collection was gifted to Monmouth University in 2008 by the Jacob Landau Institute of Roosevelt\, NJ.
URL:https://www.monmouth.edu/events/event/jacob-landau-the-francis-cycle/
LOCATION:Guggenheim Memorial Library\, Room 101\, 400 Cedar Ave\, West Long Branch\, NJ\, 07764\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibitions,Arts at Monmouth,Film
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SUMMARY:Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Tuesday Night Book Club! Hosted by Monmouth University’s Ken Womack. This month’s novel is Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five. Slaughterhouse-Five\, an American classic\, is one of the world’s great antiwar books. Centering on the infamous firebombing of Dresden\, Billy Pilgrim’s odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we fear most. \nWhen you register you will be provided the meeting link to join the conversation.
URL:https://www.monmouth.edu/events/event/kurt-vonneguts-slaughterhouse-five/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Alumni,Arts at Monmouth,Current Student,English,Free,Lectures,Lectures/Workshops/Symposiums
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SUMMARY:Hernan Diaz
DESCRIPTION:Hernan Diaz is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of two novels translated into thirty-four languages. He is the recipient of the John Updike award from the American Academy of Arts & Letters\, given to “a writer whose contributions to American literature have demonstrated consistent excellence.” \nHis first novel\, In the Distance\, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award\, and it was the winner of the Saroyan International Prize\, the Cabell Award\, the Prix Page America\, and the New American Voices Award\, among other distinctions. It was also a Publishers Weekly Top 10 Book of the Year and one of Lit Hub’s 20 Best Novels of the Decade. \nTrust\, his second novel\, received the Pulitzer Prize for fiction and was a New York Times bestseller\, the winner of the Kirkus Prize\, and longlisted for the Booker Prize\, among other nominations. It was listed as a best book of the year by over thirty publications and named one of the 10 Best Books of the Year by The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, NPR\, and Time magazine\, and it was one of The New Yorker’s 12 Essential Reads of the Year. One of Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of 2022\, Trust is currently being developed as a limited series for HBO. \nHernan Diaz’s stories and essays have appeared in The Paris Review\, Harper’s\, The Atlantic\, Granta\, The Yale Review\, Playboy\, McSweeney’s\, and elsewhere. He has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship\, a Whiting Award\, and fellowships from the New York Public Library’s Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers\, and The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center. \nDiaz holds a PhD from NYU\, edits an academic journal at Columbia University\, and is also the author of Borges\, between History and Eternity.
URL:https://www.monmouth.edu/events/event/hernan-diaz/
LOCATION:The Great Hall Auditorium
CATEGORIES:Arts at Monmouth,English,Free,LatinXConnect,Lectures,Lectures/Workshops/Symposiums
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SUMMARY:Dear England
DESCRIPTION:a new play by James Graham\ndirected by Rupert Goold \nJoseph Fiennes (The Handmaid’s Tale) plays Gareth Southgate in James Graham’s (Sherwood) gripping examination of nation and game. The country that gave the world football has since delivered a painful pattern of loss. Why can’t England’s men win at their own game? With the worst track record for penalties in the world\, Gareth Southgate knows he needs to open his mind and face up to the years of hurt\, to take team and country back to the promised land. \nFilmed live on stage at the National Theatre\, Rupert Goold (Judy) directs this spectacular new play.
URL:https://www.monmouth.edu/events/event/dear-england/
LOCATION:Pollak Theatre
CATEGORIES:Alumni,Arts at Monmouth,Broadcast in HD,Current Student,Theatre
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