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Show Dates: May 21 - July 23 2006 Opening
Reception: May 21st May
21st – July 23, 2006 For
show info and hours call: 732-605-7900 Call the Fiddlehead's restaurant at 732.521.0878 for regular hours and details, ask for Brian. Recent events such as the Tsunami in the Far East, Hurricane Katrina, and the war in Iraq, can leave people feeling burdened down with sadness and resignation. That's why a group of New Jersey-based artists have taken on the daunting task of providing a new vision. . . The Incredible Lightness of Being. A takeoff on the 1968 novel "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" by Milan Kundera, these artists are dealing with similar ideals as Kundera did. However, in a slightly different light. In this show we tackled the philosophical ideal that we only have one life to live, so what beauty will we create in that life? All of the art in this show was created with that specific purpose in mind. Create beauty and lift the hearts of others. Bring the light of life to the forefront and celebrate it. Eleven extremely talented artists: Melissa Bronwen Pyle; Scott Buttfield; Donna Clapp; Jeffrey Clapp; Teddy Ehmann; Glenn Murgacz; Dorrie Rifkin; Donna Roettger; Graziella Smith; Marc Steiner and Elizabeth Wright have depicted their vision of what "The Incredible Lightness of Being" looks like in almost every artistic form possible from watercolor to acrylic paintings, photography to sculpture. Join us for this exciting opening reception! About
the SweetArt
Katrina Fund and the Contemporary Arts Center: Since 1976, the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) of New Orleans has been home to artists' bold experiments in painting, theater, photography, performance art, dance, music, video, education, and sculpture. Situated at the gateway to New Orleans' Downtown Arts District, their award-winning building houses 10,000 square feet of gallery space dedicated to rotating exhibitions throughout the year. Additionally, the CAC and local performers stage several dozen plays, dance events, music concerts and performances in their two theaters. In the Rehearsal Hall and Art Lab, Artists For a Day workshops introduce young minds to artful excitement. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina caused nearly $2 million in damage to the CAC and permanently changed the cultural landscape of New Orleans. In response to the devastation in their community of artists, the CAC created the SweetArt Katrina Fund. They are in the process of awarding nearly $100,000 to affected artists of all disciplines from the Gulf Coast.
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