Idgy Vaughn will perform on as planned tonight, February 6.
The Watchung Arts Center offers new art exhibitions each month, performances of music, comedy, and improv, and classes in drawing, photography, and yoga.
Upcoming Performances
| Saturday, February 6 |
Idgy Vaughn |
“Powerful Women of Song” |
| Saturday, February 20 |
The Improvables |
Adult Improv |
| Friday, February 26 |
Kristin Ace – “You CAN get there from here…” – Benefit |
Stage Performance |
| Saturday, March 6 |
Toshi Reagon |
“Powerful Women of Song” |
Tickets for all performances, payable by personal check or cash, are available at the door 30 minutes prior to each event. Reservations may be made on our secure Ticket Reservation page, by calling the Watchung Arts Center at (908) 753-0190, or by e-mailing us. Please include your name, phone number, the event, and the number of seats desired.
Remember to sign up (form below right) for WAC E-News online to receive notices about upcoming events.
New Adult Workshops beginning in March
Register now as registration is limited. Taught by Art Instructor, Denise Karabinus Telang, these workshops will introduce exciting new techniques and sharpen, existing skills. See the Classes page for more information.
Open Call to Writers!
Contest in Italian-American Short Fiction. In conjunction with its first Italian-American Arts Festival, the Watchung Arts Center is looking for submissions of short fiction written from an Italian or Italian-American Perspective. Five finalists will be chosen to read their work at the Italian-American Arts Festival on April 25, 2010, at the WAC. The winning composition will be awarded a $200 prize.
Submissions will be accepted online only from December 14, 2009 – February 14, 2010.
- $10 entry fee to be paid via PayPal.
- Submit a rich text format (rtf) copy of your work (500 – 5,000 words) to ItalianAmerican_Writers@yahoo.com. Only one piece per writer will be accepted. Please include your PayPal confirmation number in the Subject Line of your e-mail.
- Any questions may be directed to Claudine D’Angelo-Dotzman at ItalianAmerican_Writers@yahoo.com.
Artistic Birthday Parties at WAC
Book an Artistic Birthday Party with professional artist/art teacher Monica Schraiber Otero for children ages 3 and up.Adult art parties are also available.
See the Parties page for more information.
An Opportunity...
WAC needs volunteers for a variety of tasks. Please see the Support page for more information.
Exhibitions
Gallery Hours
Wednesday and Friday: noon to 3 p.m.
Thursday: noon to 5 p.m.
Saturday: 1 to 4 p.m.
Tuesdays by appointment
Wednesday, February 3 – Friday, February 26
Artist Reception
Sunday, February 7, 1 to 4 p.m.
Upper Gallery
hob’art cooperative gallery
Binaries
Lower Gallery
LaThoriel Badenhausen
First winner of the “4 by 1 Competition”
Coming in March...
The New Art Group
Sticks and Stones
Artist Reception Sunday, March 7, 1 to 4 p.m.
Credits
This program is made possible, in part, by funds from the New Jersey State Council on
the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the
National Endowment for the Arts, and administered by the
Somerset County Cultural & Heritage Commission through the State/County Partnership Local Arts Program.
Banner: Beacon Hill Jazz Band • “Daffodils,” painting by Miguel Angel Uroso • “On Thin Ice,” photo by Sheilia Lenga • photo by Monica Schraiber Otero