Watchung Arts Center

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

Friday, May 9	Five Play from DIVA	“Great Jazz” Series
Saturday, May 10	Improvables	Improv
Sunday, May 11	Mothers’ Day Dessert Party with Herdman Hills & Mangsen	Sanctuary Concerts
Friday, May 16	Gerry Niewood Trio with Coleman Mellett	“Great Jazz” Series
Saturday, May 17	Special Comedy Night	Comedy
Sunday, May 18	The Conversation	Film Society
Saturday, June 7	Ellis	“Powerful Women of Song”
Sunday, June 8	Out of the Past	Film Society

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 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.

An Opportunity...

WAC needs volunteers for a variety of tasks. Please see the Support page for more information.

Exhibitions

Gallery Hours

1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
1 to 5 p.m. on Thursday
Tuesday afternoons by appointment

May 2 to May 31

Upper Gallery:
Fermin Martinez — The Return of Spring

Lower Gallery:
Miguel Angel Urosa — Flowers, Dreams, and Memories

Artists Reception: Sunday, May 4, 1 to 4 p.m.

Coming in June...

”Bleeding Drapes” — Art from and for Darfur

Artists Reception: Sunday, June 15, 1 to 3 p.m.

This exhibition, co-sponsored by the Darfur Rehabilitation Project, is part of an effort to bring about awareness and to raise money to aid those caught in the violence in Darfur. In conjunction with the exhibition, some outstanding young musicians from Ridge High and Summit Junior High will present a chamber music concert on Sunday, June 15, from 3 to 5 p.m.

NEW!!!

The Watchung Film Society presents a new series of film offerings.

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.