RUTGERS-CAMDEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS
STEDMAN GALLERY
GORDON THEATER
Third and Pearl Sts.
Camden, NJ 08102
856-225-6306
FAX: 856-225-6597
Exhibits
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. Exhibitions, artist talks & demonstrations, cultural events, and all other enrichment activities are free of charge.
The Stedman Gallery accepts unsolicited portfolio material or exhibition proposals from curators, artists, and art historians on a rolling basis throughout the year.
PAST
GENERATION TO GENERATION
May 7 to 23, 2012
Artists Reception May 18, 1 – 3 pm
Generation to Generation presents work by graduating Rutgers-Camden art students and artists who are alumni of the Rutgers-Camden Department of Fine Arts. Painting, sculpture, photography, graphic design, film, animation and multi-media work will be exhibited.
CUENTOS POPULARES:
Latino Folk Tales Illustrated by Latino Artists
March 7 to April 25, 2012
Cuentos Populares features original illustrations from bilingual Latino folk tales published in children’s picture books. The illustrations enhance stories collected from many Spanish-speaking regions including Mexico, New Mexico, Puerto Rico, Central and South America.
Folk tale literature encompasses magic and symbolism revealed in stories of saints, gods and goddesses, origins of creation, wily tricksters and the bogeyman; the roots of the tales can be traced back through centuries to Persia, India and China. Cinderella, for example, was first recorded in China about 850 AD.
Ten award-winning artists focus their lively imaginations, distinctive styles and colorful palettes to bring the stories alive: Lulu Delacre, Maya Gonzalez, Leovigildo Martinez, Felipe Davalos, Beatriz Vidal, Honorio Robledo, Esau Andrade Valencia, Amy Cordova, Susan Guevara, and Raul Colon.
Curated by Sylvia Nissley and circulated by Smith Kramer Traveling exhibition services.
WORKING DRAWING:
Drawing as a Means to an End
January 18 – February 25, 2012
Artists Reception: TBD
WILD LAND, THOMAS COLE, AND THE BIRTH OF AMERICAN LANDSCAPENovember 9, 2011 – January 6, 2012
Closed: November 24 – 27; December 24 – January 2, 2012
"Nature has spread for us a rich and delightful banquet. Shall we turn from it?" Thomas Cole
Wild Land, Thomas Cole, and the Birth of American Landscape Painting explores the story of Thomas Cole’s role as an artistic and cultural pioneer who helped give rise to the emerging concept of the American nation. This young Englishman saw something in the American wilderness that many Americans themselves did not yet see.
Using a combination of large-scale banner graphics, immersive environments, media features, and other interactive strategies, Wild Land takes audiences on a journey with Cole through the story of his creative process. From an itinerant portrait artist to the founder of the Hudson River School, this landscape artist transformed sketches from nature into a new vision of the wilderness. This exhibition examines how the meaning of nature has changed over time into a source for creative and intellectual inspiration and how societies come to value the concept of preservation and live in balance with natural resources.
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HIDDEN TREASURES:
Selections from the Rutgers–Camden Collection of Art
June 8 – August 12, 2011
Known for presenting diverse exhibitions of work by regional, national and international artists working in varied media, Framing the Collection offers a unique glimpse into the Stedman Gallery’s own collection of works of art on paper. The exhibition will feature 50 works by renowned artists such as Salvador Dali, Helen Frankenthaler, Joe Goode, Jasper Johns, and Lowell Nesbitt, official NASA artist for flights 9 and 13. Newly framed for this exclusive public display, the works have been acquired over the years through donations and acquisitions, and will be displayed throughout the campus in public spaces after the exhibition closes.
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.
Into the Third Decade presents the work of Assemblage, 15 women artists from Pennsylvania and New Jersey who began meeting in 1985 to relieve the isolation the artists were experiencing in their studios. After 25 years, Assemblage artists continue to convene as a group to cultivate new ideas, present and discuss new artworks and/or processes, and to foster artistic growth, The resulting works reflect the exchange of artistic ideas from artist to artist as well as the intractable independence of each artist.
Assemblage artists are: Zola Bryen, Roz Bloom, Wanda Chudzinski, Käthe Chapman Grinstead, Susan Hader Golden, Sheila Letven, Lauren Litwa Holden, Lelsey Mitchell, Elaine Nettis, Brigitte Ruttenberg, Charlotte Schatz, Eleanor Schimmel, Marion Spirn, Pam Taggart, and Carol Wisker.