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1978 Maplewood Arts Center
1978 Springfield Avenue
Maplewood, NJ 07040
862-438-8191

Gallery Hours During Exhibitions:
Saturday & Sunday, 2-5pm
Watercolor and Watermedia 2013

June 8th - June 30th 2013
Opening Reception June 9th 2-5pm

Adult Watercolor

Monday or Friday, 10-11:30am
Shadow Box Workshop with visual artist Mansa K. Mussa
Explore your life in visual terms
Adult Workshop : Thursday, August 8th 2013 6-9pm
Free children’s workshop : Saturday, August 10, 1-4pm

1978 Maplewood Arts Center is a community space dedicated to the arts. The Center offers classes and workshops, art shows, film programs and live performances—and provides a forum for artists to work, exhibit and interact.


Passing: A Collaboration

Passing: A Collaboration is an ongoing project created by artists Gerard Amsellem and Mikel Frank, the result of the physical passing of two members of their family.
Watercolor and Watermedia 2013
June 8th - June 30th 2013
Opening Reception June 9th 2-5pm

This year’s show will feature works from a multicultural and multigenerational selection of artists, many of whom bring artistic skills from other art mediums
 
Adult Watercolor
Monday or Friday, 10-11:30am
Everyone can paint. Enjoy a relax morning in a gallery setting learning watercolor with popular instructor Evelyn Graves. All levels are welcome to this ongoing class.
 
Play Guitar
Wednesdays 7:30-8:30pm
Kick-start your guitar playing, or improve your playing and music theory
 
Play and Sing
Wednesdays 8:30-9:30pm
Get together in a circle of singers and strummers and play and sing songs for the fun of it.
Rolling admission, join anytime!
 
Out of the Shadows and into the Box
July 14th - August 18th 2013
Opening Reception : July 14th 3-6pm

This thought provoking exhibition combines science, politics, religion, history and humor in an effort to spark commentary and inspire creativity
 
Art Speak: A Conversation with Ted Largman
Thursday, August 1, 7–8:30pm
Morristown artist featured in "Out of the Shadows" will inspire you to think outside the Shadow Box
 
Shadow Box Workshop with visual artist Mansa K. Mussa
Adult Workshop : Thursday, August 8th 2013 6-9pm
Free children’s workshop : Saturday, August 10, 1-4pm

Artist Mansa K Mussa will explore how the medium of shadow box making can be used to make a personal statement about your life and times.