RUTGERS-CAMDEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS
STEDMAN GALLERY
GORDON THEATER
Third and Pearl Sts.
Camden, NJ 08102
856-225-6306
FAX: 856-225-6597
Events
Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts presents a series of exhibitions and related programs in the Stedman Gallery. The exhibition program includes national and international touring exhibitions as well as exhibitions curated in-house and by local curators. RCCA also participates in state-and nation-wide programming initiatives. Exhibitions are supplemented with printed informational brochures and label text, activities that provide in-depth exploration of the overall topic or individual artworks through lectures by scholars, discussions with artists, or demonstrations, behind-the scenes tours, etc.
Public performance programs are presented in the 650-seat Gordon Theater, the 100-seat Black Box Studio, or the 50-seat Stedman Gallery. Past seasons had an emphasis on jazz and related music forms with connections to the Camden communities & those throughout the region. Artists presented included Diane Shuur & Maynard Ferguson, Gato Barbieri, Dianne Reeves, Bill Frissell, McCoy Tyner with Savion Glover, Esperanza Spalding, TS Monk, the Jimmy Heath Quartet, as well as local and regional jazz artists including bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma. RCCA joined in the yearlong celebration of the 70th birthday of Philip Glass, with screenings of films scored by Glass, a moderated public discussion with the artist, and a solo concert.
The Gordon Theater is now the permanent venue for the classical concert series of NJ's Symphony in C (SIC), one of three major training orchestras in the USA. The Gordon Theater is also the NJ venue for the Academy of Vocal Arts superb full operas with orchestra, performed by young opera singers from around the world.
More recently, RCCA presents Electric Café in the Stedman gallery—a series of performances organized by the Rutgers Electro-Acoustic Lab (REAL) under the direction of Dr. Mark Zaki, assistant professor of music. Past season performers have included Theremin performer and violinist Darryl Kubian, and electronic music composer Joo Won Park who demonstrated the Super-Collider.
A Skype on Art lecture series is presented in conjunction with associate professor of art Elizabeth Demaray, series of interactive and online conversations take place in the Stedman Gallery via Skype with a series each fall and spring. Past artists have included John F. Simon, Jr., Chrissy Conant, and Paul Johnson.
Additionally, community arts events take place in association with The Big Read and other programs: Lectures, film series, performances and more. The Stages of Discovery and Summer Art Soup Stage Adventures performances take place as matinees, and are open to the public.
Exhibitions, artist talks & demonstrations, cultural events, and most other enrichment activities are free of charge; a few programs are fee-based, such as Stages of Discovery performances.
PAST
GENERATION TO GENERATIONMay 7 - 23, 2012
Artist Reception: May 18, 1 – 3 pm
SKIPPYJON JONES:Theatreworks USA
Stages of Discovery Performance
Thursday, May 10, 10:00am & 12:30pm
Fee-based program. Pre-restration required.
HEIDI DURROW AND TIPHANIE YANIQUE:
MFA in Creative Writing Visiting Writers Series
April 11, 7 p.m.
For more details.
DAN CONOWAY AND GABRIEL FRIED:
MFA in Creative Writing Visiting Writers Series
March 26, 7 p.m.
For more details.
CUENTOS POPULARES:
Latino Folk Tales Illustrated by Latino Artists
March 7 to April 25
CUENTOS DEL ARBOL (TREE TALES)Pushcart Players
March 2, 10:00am & 12:30pm
HELEN BENEDICT AND STEPHEN O'CONNOR:
MFA in Creative Writing Visiting Writers Series
February 15, 7 p.m.
For more details.
WORKING DRAWING: DRAWING AS A MEANS TO AN END
January 18 – February 25, 2012
WILD LAND, THOMAS COLE, AND THE BIRTH OF AMERICAN LANDSCAPENovember 9, 2011 – January 6, 2012
HIDDEN TREASURES:
Selections from the Rutgers–Camden Collection of Art
June 8 – August 12, 2011
STEPHEN DUNN:
MFA in Creative Writing Visiting Writers Series
September 21, 7 p.m.
For more details.
EMILY FOX GORDON, PAUL LISICKY AND PATRICK ROSAL:
MFA in Creative Writing Visiting Writers Series
October 19, 7 p.m.
For more details.
INTO THE THIRD DECADESeptember 6 – October 29, 2011
Extended hours: Sunday, Sept. 25 and Sunday Oct. 23, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Artists’ Reception: Sunday, Sept. 25, 2 - 4 p.m.
LUNA MEXICANA, LUSTIG DANCE THEATREStages of Discovery Performance
November 2, 11 a.m.
Fee-based program. Pre-registration required.
MARTIN ESPADA AND ELIZA GRISWOLD:
MFA in Creative Writing Visiting Writers Series
December 7, 7 p.m.
For more details.