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architecture & public spaces

Art in the Public Square Watch
The Art of Structural Design – Princeton Art Museum
Art On Location: John Goodyear, public artist
Barns
Bonaparte's Retreat Watch
Collingswood, NJ Watch
Eternal Souls – New Jersey Cemeteries and Gravestones Watch
Gardening Neighbors
The Gentle Bonaparte
Greetings from Asbury Park Watch
Luna Parc
Morven Museum and Garden
The New American Art Watch
The Newark Museum at 100 Watch
On Top of the World: John Giannotti, sculptor Watch
Turnpike
Victor Reborn
Voices from the Garden – The Civil Rights Garden at Carnegie Library in Atlantic City

arts education

After School Artist – Ricardo Coke, artist Watch
Amelia Bedelia – Peggy and Herman Parish, authors
Artist Educators Watch
Arts K-12
Bells Appealing – Westminster Concert Bell Choir Watch
The Body You Have – Roxey Ballet Company’s Wheels in Motion program Watch
Brodsky's Vision – The Brodsky Center for Innovative Print & Paper, Rutgers University
Carousel – NJPAC and the New Jersey Youth Theatre Watch
Crossing Points – The Art School at Old Church
Culture in Context – The New Jersey State Council on the Arts Folk Art Apprenticeship Program Watch
Dancing with d'Amboise – Trenton Education Dance Institute
Docents in Training – The Montclair Art Museum Watch
Dodge Poetry Program
Dollmaker – Fusaye Kazaoka, artist
Eco-Art – Brandon Ballengée, artist
In Search of Alexander – Alexander McCurdy, organist
La Spectre de la Rose – American Repertory Ballet
Paper Makers – The Brodsky Center for Innovative Print & Paper, Rutgers University
Peters Valley – Peters ValleyCraft Education Center Watch
PLOrk – Princeton Laptop Orchestra Watch
Poetry Out Loud!
Shakespeare on the Road – The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey Watch
Solow Cello – Jeffrey Solow, cellist Watch
Tis of Thee – Princeton High School’s Numina Gallery
Young Composer – Harmonium Choral Society high school competition

dance

The Beast – American Repertory Ballet’s “Beauty and the Beast: A Gothic Romance” Watch
Blow up big: fred garbo's inflatable theatre company
The Body You Have Roxey Ballet Company’s Wheels in Motion program Watch
Carousel Watch
Culture in Context Watch
Dance New Jersey
Dance Speak - Randy James Dance Works
Dancing with d'Amboise – Trenton Education Dance Institute
Echad - Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company
Garden State Dance Festival Watch
La Spectre de la Rose – American Repertory Ballet
Momix
Nai Ni’s New Year – Nai Ni Chen Dance Company
Ronald K. Brown - Evidence Dance Company
Shakespeare at the Ballet – New Jersey Ballet’s “Romeo & Juliet” Watch
Vista – American Repertory Ballet

film, video & photography

Afterlife of Dolls Donna Basin, photographer
Ben Shahn: Passion for Justice
Black Maria @ 25 Black Maria Film & Video Festival
Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Their Church Hats – McCarter Theatre
Digital Tao Antonio Puri & LiQin Tan, artists
Edward Weston photographer
The Evolutionary Nick Rolfe, actor and musician Watch
Exposed: The Photographer x 4
A Family’s Portrait African-American Heritage Museum
Frankenstein Westfield Symphony Orchestra Watch
Hitchcock's Music Jack Collins, author
Idea Man Robert Barry, artist
Man Ray –artist
Meadowlands – Joshua Lutz, photographer Watch
The New American Art Watch
New Art from India The Newark Museum Watch
The New Jersey Film Festival Watch
The New Women “Off the Pedestal: New Women in the Art of Homer, Chase, and Sargent” at The Newark Museum
Peters Valley Peters Valley Craft Education Center Watch
Paterson II George Tice, photographer
Robert Zuckerman photographer Watch
Royal Regatta Harvey Wang, filmmaker
Small Towns, Black Lives Wendel A. White, photographer
Snapshots “Now and Then: Snapshots from the Maresca Collection” Watch
So, Where’s My Prince Already? Ardele Lister, filmmaker
Toxic Avenger Watch
Village of Peace Wendel A. White, photographer
Weston’s West Edward Weston, photographer
Where Men Hide Ken Ross, photographer
Who Shot Ya? Ernie Paniccoli, photographer

music

classical
3-2-1 A concerto for violin, electric violin, & large orchestra Watch
The Art of Fugue Joan Lippincott, organist Watch
At The River Robert Maggio, composer
Bad Boy of Music George Antheil, composer
Bay-Atlantic Symphony Watch
Bells Appealing Westminster Concert Bell Choir Watch
Concert de Gaudi Sharon Isbin, guitarist
Conductor of the Year Joseph Flummerfelt, conductor
Eroica Trio Watch
Frankenstein Westfield Symphony Orchestra Watch
Frederica von Stade mezzo-soprano
From the Top
The Gentle Maestro Neeme Jrvi, conductor Watch
George Antheil composer
Golden Age of Violins– NJ Symphony Orchestra
Golden Age of Violins, Part 2– NJ Symphony Orchestra
Harry Partch composer
The Healing Harpist Harpist Alix Weisz at the Morristown Memorial Hospital Watch
In Search of Alexander– Alexander McCurdy, organist
Leila Josefowicz violinist
Leila Josefowicz
A Man Called Evers– Hannibal Lokumbe, composer
Milton Babbitt composer
Mozart’s Piano
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg violinist
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
"The Outlaw and the King" Mark Zuckerman, composer and David Sten Herrstom, librettist
Watch
PLOrk Princeton Laptop Orchestra Watch
Shakespeare at the Opera Opera New Jersey’s production of Verdi’s “Falstaff” Watch
Sharon Isbin guitarist
Simone Dinnerstein pianist Watch
Valuing Violins– Herbert Axelrod, collector
Victor Parsonnet – Chairman of the Board Watch
Vital Signs – A scientific study of music and the emotions
Young Composer
Harmonium Choral Society high school competition

jazz & popular
Accordion Files
After Hours Mary Cleere Haran, cabaret singer
Audra McDonald– singer/actress
Barbara Cook– cabaret singer
Bill Charlap – jazz pianist Watch
Bobby Short– cabaret singer
Bucky Pizzarelli – jazz guitarist
Carousel Watch
Clark Terry – jazz trumpeter Watch
Ebony Hillbillies
The Evolutionary Nick Rolfe, actor and musician Watch
Greetings from Asbury Park Watch
Hitchcock's Music A Book By Jack Collins
Homecoming: Stacey Kent– jazz & cabaret singer
Home-Made Music– Steve Turre and Akua Dixon, jazz musicians
Hot Jazz – Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks Watch
Jerry Herman Broadway composer & lyricist
Jubilation Choir
My Country John Philip Sousa, composer
Music from the Ether– the Theremin
No Separation Oliver Lake, saxophonist/composer Watch
The Old Plank Road: the chieftains
Peter Cincotti– jazz pianist/singer
Peter Cincotti
Racket – Poet Paul Muldoon’s band
Rosanne Cash – singer/songwriter
Sacred Words – Queen Esther Marrow, gospel singer
Second Coming – Howard Tate, R&B singer
Shakespeare at the Theater - A McCarter Theatre/Paper Mill Playhouse coprodution of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” with music by GrooveLily Watch
The Tank The Tank Space for Visual and Performing Arts
Tony DeSare – jazz pianist and singer Watch
Willie the Lion

poetry & prose

Amelia Bedelia Peggy and Herman Parish, authors
Anna in the Tropics
Billy Collins – poet
Dear Scott (letters to F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Different News David Tucker, poet Watch
Dodge Poetry
Ekiwah – Adler-Beléndez, poet
The Gentle Bonaparte
Hitchcock's Music A Book By Jack Collins
Joe Weil – poet Watch
Lost Words Yusef Komunyaaka, poet Watch
Movable Books
Mysteries of Newark – Valerie Wilson Wesley, author
No Separation Oliver Lake, saxophonist/composer Watch
"The Outlaw and the King" Mark Zuckerman, composer and David Sten Herrstom, librettist Watch
Poetry Out Loud!
Racket – Paul Muldoon, poet
Renaissance Men – Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason, authors
Rosanne Cash – singer/songwriter
The Scheide Library - William Scheide, collector Watch
Shakespeare at the Ballet – New Jersey Ballet’s “Romeo & Juliet” Watch
Shakespeare at the Opera – Opera New Jersey’s production of Verdi’s “Falstaff” Watch
Shakespeare at the Theater – A McCarter Theatre/Paper Mill Playhouse coprodution of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” with music by GrooveLily Watch
Shakespeare on the Road – The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey and the National Endowment for the Arts’ Shakespeare in American Communities initiative Watch
Six Poets (At The Dodge Poetry Festival) – Paul Muldoon, C.K. Williams, Yusef Komunyakaa, Marilyn Chin, Mark Doty, and Coleman Barks
Turnpike
Walt Whitman – poet

theater

Anna in the Tropics – McCarter Theatre
After Hours
Annie – Paper Mill Playhouse
Being Earnest – The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey
Blood and Roses – The Henry VI Plays of William Shakespeare Watch
Blow up big: fred garbo's inflatable theatre company
Camelot – Paper Mill Playhouse
Carousel – NJPAC and the New Jersey Youth Theatre Watch
Cinderella Paper Mill Playhouse
The Creature of Montclair Shuler Hensley, actor Watch
Crowns McCarter Theatre
Grey Gardens Christine Ebersole, actress
Harold and Maude Paper Mill Playhouse
He, Himself, and Him Edward Albee, playwright, “Me, Myself, and I” Watch
I Am My Own Wife George St. Playhouse production Watch
Lackawanna Blues Ruben Santiago-Hudson, actor
Lost Words Yusef Komunyaaka, poet, Passage Theatre Watch
“Manchild in the Promised Land” Passage Theatre
Miss Witherspoon McCarter Theatre Watch
My Fair Lady McCarter Theatre
Nilo Cruz playwright, McCarter Theatre
Of Thee I Sing Paper Mill Playhouse
On the Edge of Your Seat: Popular Theatre & Film in Early 20th Century American Art Montclair Art Museum
Sacred Words Queen Esther Marrow
Shakespeare at the Theater A McCarter Theatre/Paper Mill Playhouse coprodution of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” with music by GrooveLily Watch
Shakespeare on the Road The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey and the National Endowment for the Arts’ Shakespeare in American Communities initiative Watch
Strings Attached Cashore Marionettes
The Tank
Toxic Avenger The George Street Playhouse Watch
Young at Heart

visual art

African-American Printmakers Aljira, A Center for Contemporary Art
After School Artist Ricardo Coke, artist Watch
Aljira Design Aljira, A Center for Contemporary Art
Aljira a Center for Contemporary Art Watch
Armando Rascon artist
Art About 9/11 New Jersey’s memorials Watch
Art for Everyone Charles Ward, artist Watch
Art in the Public Square Watch
Art of Glass The Newark Museum Watch
The Art of Structural Design The Princeton University Art Museum
Art On Location John Goodyear, public artist
Art Polyglot Raphael Ortiz
Artist Educators Watch
At Home with the Tsars The Newark Museum
Automata the Guinness Collection at the Morris Museum
Ben Shahn: Passion for Justice
Bette Blank artist Watch
Bling Bling The Newark Museum
The Botanist Manabu Saito, illustrator
The Bots Eva Sutton and Sarah Hart, artists
The Bride Wore Red Chinese Wedding Traditions The Newark Museum
Brodsky's Vision The Brodsky Center for Print and Paper
The Brothers Gerberich Steve Gerberich, artist
Chick Chair Timothy Martin, artist
Collingswood Watch
Crossing Points The Art School at Old Church
Cuba! Artists Experience Their Country Watch
Culture in Context Watch
The Digital Stone Project
Digital Tao Artists Antonio Puri & LiQin Tan
Dollmaker Fusaye Kazaoka, artist
Eco-Art Artist Brandon Ballengée
Eternal Souls New Jersey Cemeteries and Gravestones Watch
Familiar Faces Rodriguez Calero, collage artist
From Gulag to Glasnost Zimmerli Art Museum
Gardening Neighbors
The Gentle Bonaparte
George Segal: American Still-Life
The Global Modernist Jan Matulka, artist
Great Pots The Newark Museum
Grounds for Sculpture
Grounds for Sculpture
Happenings
Howard Finster visionary artist
Houtien Cheng Paper Cutter
Idea Man Robert Barry, artist
Imaginary Portraits Jonathan Shahn, artist Watch
In The Stars Toshiko Takaezu, ceramic artist
Jersey Ride Chakaia Booker, artist
Luna Parc
Man Ray artist
Masters of American Comics Krazy Kat
Mel Leipzig painter
Michael Rees artist Watch
Morven Museum & Garden
Movable Books
Museum by eBay The Newark Museum
Nell Irvin Painter - historian/painter Watch
Net Art
The New American Art Watch
The Newark Museum at 100 Watch
New Art from India India: Public Places/Private Spaces Watch
New Glass at Wheaton Watch
New Landscape Zhiyuan Cong, artist
The New Women “Off the Pedestal: New Women in the Art of Homer, Chase, and Sargent” at The Newark Museum
Noborigama Kiln Perkins Center for the Arts and Appel Farm Arts & Music Center
No Separation Oliver Lake, saxophonist/composer Watch
On Top of the World John Giannotti, sculptor Watch
On the Edge of Your Seat: Popular Theatre & Film in Early 20th Century American Art Montclair Art Museum
Paper Hearts, Organic Tissues Matthew Schwede
Paper Makers The Brodsky Center for Innovative Print & Paper, Rutgers University
Patrick Morelli sculptor
Pencil Factory The General Pencil Company
Peter Stroud artist
Peters Valley Peters Valley Craft Education Center Watch
Philip Pearlstein painter Watch
Picturing America The Newark Museum Watch
Recarving China’s Past The Princeton University Art Museum
Robert Smithson artist Watch
Royal Robes The Newark Museum
Seat of Empire Bonaparte’s chair Watch
Small Towns, Black Lives
Stitches and Time The Newark Museum
Strings Attached
Surface Rhythms Bennett Bean, Ceramist
Sweet Land of Liberty Jersey City Museum
The Tank The Tank Space for Visual and Performing Arts
Thomas George artist Watch
Tis of Thee Princeton High School's Numina Gallery
Tom Malloy artist
Toshiko Takaezu. Portrait of an Artist Watch
Turnpike
Visibility Unseen Zimmerli Art Museum Watch
Voices from the Garden The Civil Rights Garden at Carnegie Library in Atlantic City
Weird NJ
Willie Cole artist Watch
Mr. Wilmerding’s Collection Goes to Washington John Wilmerding, collector
Wrapped in Pride: The Story of Kente in America

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