Burlington County Annex Art Gallery
PO Box 6000
Smithville Road Mount Holly, NJ 08060
609.265.5068
Hours:
(during exhibits) Mon-Wed & Sat
11:003:00
Sundays
1:00-4:00 with paid Mansion Tour
Unique Art in an Historic
Setting
housed in the Historic Smithville Mansion
in Eastampton, NJ.
Exhibit Schedule 2009
Gallery Hours: Monday-Wednesday
and Saturday 11am – 3pm
February
Black
History Month
“Keepers
of the Dream”
Art Exhibition
for Black History Month by Amistad Cultural Alliance of Southern
New Jersey
In honor
of Black History Month, the Burlington County Freeholders
will showcase the works of talented African American artists
from the Amistad Cultural Alliance of Southern New Jersey
throughout February at the Smithville Mansion Annex Art Gallery
in Eastampton. This extraordinary exhibit will celebrate the
cultural contributions and examine the diversity and dynamism
of African American art in Southern New Jersey.
Exhibit
Dates: February 7-28
Reception:
Wednesday, February 11, 7-9pm the reception will be an evening
of Poetry Performances and Art, followed by an “open
mic” session where members of the public are encouraged
to share their poetry.
March
Women’s
History Month
Women's
Art, Women's Vision: An Exhibit of Rugs and Needlework
The Burlington
County Board of Chosen Freeholders presents an exhibit of
hooked rugs and needlework by the Pinelands “Goat Hill”
Rug Hookers and the Colonial West Jersey Chapter of the Embroiderers
Guild of America. The work will include rugs and needlework
from the traditional to the experimental.
Each year, March is designated as National Women’s History
Month to ensure that the history of American women will be
recognized and celebrated in schools, workplaces, and communities
throughout the country. The stories of women's historic achievements
present an expanded view of the complexity and contradiction
of living a full and purposeful life.
The knowledge
of women's history provides a more expansive vision of what
a woman can do. This perspective can encourage girls and women
to think larger and bolder and can give boys and men a fuller
understanding of the female experience.
Exhibit
Dates: March 10-28, 2009
Reception:
Tuesday, March 10, 7-9pm
April
“Art
in Hand: The World of Artist Trading Cards” and a selection
of pieces from the Burlington County Teen Arts Festival
The emerging
art media of Artist Trading Cards will be exhibited in the
Smithville Mansion Annex Art Gallery in April. Submissions
will come from local, national, and international participants
in various media including, painting, drawing, photography,
collage, fiber and digital art.
Artist Trading Cards are miniature works of art measuring
2 ½” x 3 ½” that are made to trade
between artists. ATC trading isn't a new concept. In 1996,
Swiss artist M. Vanci Stirnemann produced a catalogue of 1,200
handmade cards and he exhibited them in Zurich in 1997. He
then invited anyone who wanted one of his cards to create
their own to trade during the closing reception of his exhibition.
Artists were fuelled by such creative inspiration that soon
ATC trading sessions were sprouting in cities around the world.
Exhibit Dates: April 4-29 (ATC) April 4-
May 27 (Teen Arts)
Reception:
Tuesday, April 7, 7-9pm
May
New
Views 2009
“Art
Along the Rancocas: Flora, Fauna, Bridges, Dams, Towns and
Industry”
Artists
were invited to exercise their creativity by choosing a variety
of subjects from nature to history, from commerce to recreation,
and more to memorialize the multi-faceted Rancocas and places
associated with it. Along the Rancocas there are bridges,
dams and mills, marinas and homes, and in some spots, ruins
of structures from days gone by. There are at least a dozen
historic towns built on the banks of the Rancocas. The history
and culture of Burlington County cannot be defined without
the inclusion of the Rancocas.
Historical notes, locations and directions can be accessed
at
.
Exhibit
Dates: May 9-27
Reception:
Wednesday, May 13 7-9pm
June
“Games
We Played: ReMade”
The Dumpster
Divers of Philadelphia explore recycling through art, using
found objects and trash.
Exhibit
Dates: June 9 – July 8
Reception:
Tuesday, June 9, 7-9pm
July/August
“Juried
Photography Exhibit”
The annual
Juried Photography Exhibit will showcase the work of photographers
from New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware. The work will
include both traditional and digital photography in a wide
range of subjects; portraits, landscapes, abstract images,
photojournalism, candid snapshots, nature studies and more.
Exhibit
Dates: July 21-August 29
Reception:
Tuesday, July 21, 7-9pm
September/October
“Juried
Art Exhibit”
The Annual
Juried Art Exhibition, now celebrating its 33rd season will
expand this year to feature artists from New Jersey, Pennsylvania
and Delaware. It will include watercolors, oils, acrylics,
drawings, mixed media and sculpture.
Exhibit
Dates: September 15 – November 7
Reception:
Tuesday, September 15, 7-9pm
November – Gallery closed for 3 weeks for holiday
decorating, maintenance and exhibit installation (after Saturday,
November 7th)
December/January
To
Be Announced
Sponsored by the Burlington County Board of Chosen Freeholders.
Funding has been made possible in part by the Burlington County
Board of Chosen Freeholders and the New Jersey State Council
on the Arts/Department of State, a partner agency of the National
Endowment for the Arts from a grant to the Burlington County
Division of Cultural Affairs and Tourism
