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The park's collection of sculptures has continued to change and grow since the park opened, with a list of current exhibits maintained on the park's website. [2] Since 2000, Grounds For Sculpture has been a public not-for-profit corporation [3] with a Board of Trustees overseeing the successful operation of the sculpture park and museum. As a ...
The couple continued their collecting after moving to New Jersey. [ 5 ] The museum's building, designed by Boston architect Charles Brigham and his associate, Willard P. Adden , [ 6 ] is a prime example of Romanesque Revival ; the building, a gift to the town of D. Willis James , [ 7 ] was completed in 1900, and was used as the town's library ...
The Park Performing Arts Center is a cultural center located at 32nd Street and Central Avenue in Union City, New Jersey, United States.Originally built by a church parish, it became a non-profit organization in 1983, and hosts appearances of local, national, and international artists as well as community events The center also houses a small museum dedicated to the craft of embroidery ...
The Newark Museum of Art, formerly known as the Newark Museum, in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey is the state's largest museum. It holds major collections of American art, decorative arts, contemporary art, and arts of Asia (including a large collection of Tibetan art ), Africa, the Americas, and the ancient world.
The Powerhouse. The Powerhouse Arts District is a historic warehouse district in Downtown Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, on the water front of the Hudson River.Its name derives from the unused generating station Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Powerhouse, [1] [2] [3] a historic Victorian-era power plant that was renovated into an arts center. [4]
In 1897, the property on which the building sits was leased to the Neptune Township Schools for the purpose of creating Neptune High School.Completed in 1898, by architect Ernest A. Arend (1876-1950), [1] the then school had won an award at the 1906 World's Fair for its architectural splendor. [2]
An art centre or arts center is distinct from an art gallery or art museum. An arts centre is a functional community centre with a specific remit to encourage arts practice and to provide facilities such as theatre space, gallery space, venues for musical performance, workshop areas, educational facilities, technical equipment, etc. [ 1 ]
The Arts and Music Center traces its beginnings to 1959 when musicians and arts educators Clare, a German-born refugee and her husband, New Jersey farmer Albert Appel, decided to turn their 176-acre (0.71 km 2) former farm into a day camp, merging their love for their children and their friends with their interest in music. [2]