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SUMMARY:Into the Wild\, Art Exhibit by Eileen Kennedy
DESCRIPTION:Artist Reception: Friday\, Sept. 26\, 6-8pm \nGallery Exhibit: September 1 – October 25\, 2025 \nEileen Kennedy’s narrative art explores the relationship between contemporary humans and the natural world. The artist holds a BFA from Pratt Institute. She also studied at the Arts Students League of New York\, the Hartford Art School\, and numerous workshops. \nKennedy emerged from Pratt in 1977 as an abstract painter; however\, within a few years the narrative urge brought her back to figurative work. She enrolled in night classes at the Art Students League to refresh her drawing skills and for the next two decades made life-scale\, figurative oil paintings and drawings influenced by the Flemish school\, especially Jan van Eyck and Rogier Van der Weyden. \nIn 2009\, she took some time out to explore egg tempera\, a medium that had enchanted her since she discovered the work of George Tooker while still in art school. She completed several workshops with contemporary egg tempera master\, Koo Schadler. Kennedy found this medium perfectly suited her linear style and love for detail. She soon gave away her oil paints and brushes. \nKennedy has exhibited throughout the mid-Atlantic region and beyond including the Brooklyn Museum\, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art\, Monmouth Museum\, Widener University Art Museum\, Attleboro Arts Museum\, Painted Bride Art Center\, AIR Gallery\, Blue Mountain Gallery\, Monmouth University\, Williams Center for the Arts\, Manifest Center for the Arts\, Dacia Gallery\, Lore Degenstein Gallery and others. Her works have been featured in the New York Times\, Philadelphia Inquirer\, Newark Star Ledger\, American Art Collector Magazine\, Fine Art Connoisseur Newsletter\, Create Magazine and other publications. \nIn 1995 and 2022 Kennedy was awarded artist fellowships from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. In 2022 her work was included in the Lunar Codex Project\, which sent images of art from all over the world to the moon in 2024. Her work is included in the collections of the Yuko Nii Foundation\, Riverview Medical Center\, Pratt Institute and numerous private\ncollections. The artist lives and works in Toms River\, New Jersey. When not making\nart\, she plays mandolin in the Celtic trio\, The Kilkenny Cats. \n 
URL:https://www.monmouth.edu/events/event/intothewild-kennedy/
LOCATION:Pollak Gallery
CATEGORIES:Alumni,Art and Design,Arts at Monmouth,Current Student,Faculty,Free
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SUMMARY:Born to Run 50: Photographs by Eric Meola
DESCRIPTION:This exciting new exhibit celebrates the photography of Eric Meola\, whose iconic photo of Springsteen and saxophonist Clarence Clemons graces the Born to Run album cover.  The free exhibit will be open to the public in Monmouth University’s Rechnitz Hall DiMattio Gallery from Friday\, September 5 through December 18\, 2025. See gallery hours and more here.
URL:https://www.monmouth.edu/events/event/born-to-run-50-photographs-by-eric-meola/
LOCATION:DiMattio Gallery at Rechnitz Hall
CATEGORIES:Alumni,Art and Design,Art Exhibitions,Arts at Monmouth,Community Member,Current Student,Faculty,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251010T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251218T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T162824
CREATED:20251010T181516Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251023T195105Z
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SUMMARY:Dennis McNett and Ben Venom: Double Trouble
DESCRIPTION:Monmouth University\, Department of Art & Design\, in collaboration with Parlor Gallery in Asbury Park is pleased to present Double Trouble\, a groundbreaking exhibition uniting the strong works of Dennis McNett (Wolfbat) and Ben Venom. McNett’s large-scale wood carvings and intricate prints stand in powerful dialogue with Venom’s punk-infused quilts and textile works. These boundary-pushing artists transform traditional techniques into bold cultural statements that challenge\, provoke\, and inspire. \nExhibition runs through December 18th\, 2025\, this exhibition showcases the artists’ individual works that explore the intersection of punk culture\, environmental sustainability\, and traditional craft\, showing a commitment to DIY ethos and techniques. \nJoin us for a lecture with Dennis McNett in the Great Hall Auditorium from 4:00–5:00 PM\, followed by an Artist Reception on Tuesday\, November 18\, from 6:00–8:00 PM in the Ice House Gallery. \nDennis McNett \nhttps://www.wolfbat.com/ \nBen Venom \nhttps://www.benvenom.com/
URL:https://www.monmouth.edu/events/event/mcnett-venom-double-trouble/
LOCATION:Rotary Ice House Gallery
CATEGORIES:Alumni,Art and Design,Art Exhibitions,Arts at Monmouth,Community Member,Current Student,Faculty,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251014T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251014T213000
DTSTAMP:20260403T162824
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SUMMARY:Georgia O’Keeffe: the Brightness of Light and Q&A with the Filmmakers
DESCRIPTION:Georgia O’Keeffe: the Brightness of Light is a 2-hour documentary exploring the life and art of the most important woman artist of the 20th century – the ”Mother of Modernism.” In the 1920s\, O’Keeffe became famous for her paintings of flowers\, bones\, and the beauty of nature. She posed nude for shocking photographs by Alfred Stieglitz\, but denied that her paintings depicted sexual imagery. In the 1970s\, she emerged as an iconic role model for women. \nFollowing the screening\, Producer Ellen Casey Wagner and Director Paul Wagner will host a discussion to share insights into the making of the documentary and answer audience questions. \nIn 1989\, one year after they got married\, Paul and Ellen Wagner formed American Focus\,\ntheir non-profit organization dedicated to the creation of documentary films about America\nand her people. Since then\, they have released over thirty films\, including several feature\nfilms broadcast nationally on public television: Out of Ireland\, about the history of Irish\nemigration to America; Good Work\, about master craftsmen in the building arts; and Black\nin Blue\, about the four football players at the University of Kentucky who broke the color\nline in the Southeastern Conference. In 1999\, Paul and Ellen released Windhorse\, their award-winning dramatic feature film about young Tibetans and their struggle for freedom under the Chinese communist regime\, filmed secretly in China and Nepal. As a team\, Ellen is the president of American Focus and assumes the producing duties\, while Paul serves as the writer and director of their films. Prior to their formation of American Focus\, Ellen worked as a producer for WETA\, the public television station in Washington\, DC. \, and Paul was an independent filmmaker\, winning an Oscar and several Emmy Awards for his documentary work.
URL:https://www.monmouth.edu/events/event/georgia-okeeffe-with-filmmakers/
LOCATION:Pollak Theatre
CATEGORIES:Alumni,Art and Design,Arts at Monmouth,Community Member,Current Student,Faculty
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ORGANIZER;CN="Center for the Arts":MAILTO:kbarratt@monmouth.edu
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SUMMARY:Yevgeny Zamyatin\, We
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Tuesday Night Book Club! Hosted by Monmouth University’s Ken Womack\, each month we’ll explore a different novel. All you have to do is Zoom in and join the discussion! This week’s book is We by Yevgeny Zamyatin. \nYevgeny Zamyatin  was a Russian novelist\, playwright\, short story writer\, and essayist\, whose famous anti-utopia (1924\, We) prefigured Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World (1932)\, and inspired George Orwell’s 1984 (1949). The book was considered a “malicious slander on socialism” in the Soviet Union\, and it was not until 1988 when Zamyatin was rehabilitated. In the English-speaking world We has appeared in several translations. \nYevgeny Zamyatin’s We is a powerfully inventive vision that has influenced writers from George Orwell to Ayn Rand. In a glass-enclosed city of absolute straight lines\, ruled over by the all-powerful ‘Benefactor’\, the citizens of the totalitarian society of OneState live out lives devoid of passion and creativity – until D-503\, a mathematician who dreams in numbers\, makes a discovery: he has an individual soul. Set in the twenty-sixth century AD\, We is the classic dystopian novel and was the forerunner of works such as George Orwell’s 1984 and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. It was suppressed for many years in Russia and remains a resounding cry for individual freedom\, yet is also a powerful\, exciting and vivid work of science fiction. Clarence Brown’s brilliant translation is based on the corrected text of the novel\, first published in Russia in 1988 after more than sixty years’ suppression.
URL:https://www.monmouth.edu/events/event/yevgeny-zamyatin-we/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Arts at Monmouth,Virtual
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ORGANIZER;CN="Kenneth Womack":MAILTO:kwomack@monmouth.edu
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SUMMARY:Art for the Non-Artist
DESCRIPTION:Can’t even draw a stick figure? Struggle with perfectionism?\nThis isn’t your average art class—it’s a creative empowerment workshop created especially for those who think they can’t draw. You’ll learn to draw with both technical skill and confidence—in just one session. With a single feather as your subject\, you’ll learn to slow down and really see—translating its shape and texture into a drawing through focused observation. Each drawing will reflect the individual behind it—created entirely by your own hand\, and completed with real technical skill\, even if it’s your very first time. \nLed by Art Coach and Teaching Artist Jenny Santa Maria\, this workshop helps you unlearn the myth of “natural talent” and discover the joy of drawing as a skill that can be taught\, learned\, and enjoyed. Jenny has guided countless anxious\, curious\, and discouraged individuals to find joy and confidence through creative expression\, bringing her workshops to libraries\, art centers\, and community spaces across New England. \nWhether you’re working through limiting beliefs or simply curious about reconnecting with your creativity\, this workshop offers a safe\, encouraging space to explore art making as a new language—one that can enrich every part of your life. \nAll materials provided. No experience needed.
URL:https://www.monmouth.edu/events/event/art-for-the-non-artist/
LOCATION:Bey Hall
CATEGORIES:Alumni,Art and Design,Arts at Monmouth,Community Member,Current Student,Faculty
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