BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Center for Contemporary Art - ECPv6.18.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ccabedminster.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Center for Contemporary Art REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250404T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250524T170000 DTSTAMP:20250306T200433Z CREATED:20250306T193736Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250306T200433Z UID:10000160-1743789600-1748106000@ccabedminster.org SUMMARY:Patti Jordan: Benthic Elegies DESCRIPTION:Opening Reception: Friday\, April 4 from 6-8pm \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nPatti Jordan is an interdisciplinary artist conflating two and three-dimensional analog and digital processes. She has exhibited her work throughout the US and internationally and is represented by Pictor Gallery in New York City. In 2023\, Jordan curated and presented in the national exhibition\, INQUESTtigation: Women at the Intersections of Art and Science. She is the recipient of a 2024 New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship\, Manifest Gallery’s Season 20 Grand Jury Award\, and a Ford Foundation Award. Her drawings are in the collections of the Walter Piehl Gallery\, Flat Tail Press Gallery\, and ArtHouse6 Gallery. Jordan lectures on visual culture\, and her writings have appeared in TUSSLE Magazine\, ARTE FUSE\, BOMB Magazine\, Intellect Books\, and other publications. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honors from Pratt Institute and a Master of Fine Arts Summa Cum Laude from Montclair State University. \nClick Here to Read Patti Jordan’s Artist Statement URL:https://ccabedminster.org/event/patti-jordan-benthic-elegies/ LOCATION:The Center for Contemporary Art\, 2020 Burnt Mills Road\, Bedminster\, NJ\, 07921\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Spring Solo Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ccabedminster.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jordan_Benthic-Bloom-001-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250404T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250524T170000 DTSTAMP:20250306T200333Z CREATED:20250306T200333Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250306T200333Z UID:10000161-1743789600-1748106000@ccabedminster.org SUMMARY:Judi Tavill: Continuum DESCRIPTION:Opening Reception: Friday\, April 4 from 6-8pm \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nJudi Tavill (b.1968 Baltimore\, MD) lives and works in Rumson\, NJ and received her BFA from Washington University\, St. Louis\, MO (1990). After careers in fashion design and studio ceramics\, she completed a Post Baccalaureate at University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth (2021). Tavill uses sculpture and drawing to create work that speaks to the complications of connection and entanglement. She is a recipient of a 2025 New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship in Sculpture and she was chosen for residency at Vermont Studio Center\, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and Buffalo Creek Art Center. Her ceramic work is in the Flint Institute of Arts Museum permanent collection. Tavill’s sculpture has been included in museum exhibitions at Morris Museum\, Montclair Art Museum\, Hunterdon Art Museum\, Monmouth Museum and New Jersey State Museum. Tavill has presented solo exhibitions at the Ivy Brown Gallery\, (NYC\,NY) and Adamah Gallery(Columbus\, OH). \nClick Here to Read Judi Tavill’s Artist Statement URL:https://ccabedminster.org/event/judi-tavill-continuum/ LOCATION:The Center for Contemporary Art\, 2020 Burnt Mills Road\, Bedminster\, NJ\, 07921\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Spring Solo Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ccabedminster.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Detail-from-CONTIGUOUS-Installation-Judi-Tavill-.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250404T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250524T170000 DTSTAMP:20250609T140901Z CREATED:20250306T203018Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250609T140901Z UID:10000162-1743789600-1748106000@ccabedminster.org SUMMARY:Wes Sherman: Constellation DESCRIPTION:Opening Reception: Friday\, April 4 from 6-8pm \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nWes Sherman has been an artist for over 30 years. In that time\, he’s had 50 solo exhibitions and has been included in hundreds of group exhibitions in the US and in Europe. He has also published a number of books\, among them “This Is True” and “Penumbra”. He was the Curator and Chair of Exhibitions at the Center for Contemporary Art in Bedminster\, NJ for 10 years. He has been a frequent visiting artist at universities and schools and is regularly asked to lead art programs for organizations and clubs. Sherman is an adjunct professor\, teaching at William Paterson University and Raritan Valley Community College. He received his MFA at Rutgers University\, where he studied with his mentor Tom Nozkowski. \nClick Here to Read Wes Sherman’s Artist Statement \n  URL:https://ccabedminster.org/event/wes-sherman-constellation/ LOCATION:The Center for Contemporary Art\, 2020 Burnt Mills Road\, Bedminster\, NJ\, 07921\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Spring Solo Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ccabedminster.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/53.-Turn-on-the-television-2024.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250504T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250504T173000 DTSTAMP:20250305T215451Z CREATED:20250305T213943Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250305T215451Z UID:10000158-1746370800-1746379800@ccabedminster.org SUMMARY:Art After Hours: Mother’s Day Ceramics DESCRIPTION:Treat Mom and join her for an afternoon of playing with clay! Our experienced instructor will guide you through the throwing process and give you options for decorating and glazing. We will glaze\, fire and package your creation for pickup. You’ll make something special out of clay and create memories that will last a lifetime. \nNote: Adult and Teens 14+ (All Levels) Welcome! \nTuition: Members: $69/Non-Members: $94 \nAbout the Instructor \nJennifer Evans Arbo is a Fine Arts Ceramicist and Photographer residing in New Jersey. Originally from California\, she traveled the world\, living in England\, Spain and Uruguay before landing on the East Coast. She has a BA and Post graduate degree from London College of Fashion and minored in Ceramics. Jennifer specializes in wheel throwing a sgraffito surface technique in her ceramics and uses the human form to tell emotional stories in clay. Jennifer shares her love of art by helping to inspire the next generation of artists. She has been teaching fashion to young adults and currently teaches beginner ceramics to adults and teens at The Center for Contemporary Arts in Bedminster\, NJ. \n \n Click Here to Register URL:https://ccabedminster.org/event/art-after-hours-mothers-day-ceramics/ LOCATION:The Center for Contemporary Art\, 2020 Burnt Mills Road\, Bedminster\, NJ\, 07921\, United States CATEGORIES:Art After Hours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ccabedminster.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Art-After-Hours-Mothers-Day-Pottery.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250523T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250523T130000 DTSTAMP:20250319T215504Z CREATED:20250319T215233Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250319T215504Z UID:10000169-1747994400-1748005200@ccabedminster.org SUMMARY:Finding the Personal in the Landscape Workshop DESCRIPTION:This workshop looks at a landscape and how to find something personal within the vista. The translation of this it how to come up with a creative design. The workshop will focus on ideas of how to find and compose images that help separate out the subject from the background\, the power of using nonlocal colors\, finding patterns and repetition and examples of how artists from history have found the personal in what they have created. \nTuition: Members: $69/Non-Members: $94 \nAbout the Instructor \nArtist Wes Sherman has been painting since 1992 and has been included in hundreds of exhibitions across the county and Europe.. He received his MFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in 2003. Sherman has been a visiting artist at many universities and the recipient of a fellowship for painting from New Jersey Council of the Arts. For the past 15 years Sherman has focused on landscape painting\, in particular en plein air painting. He is the chair of exhibitions at The Center for Contemporary Art in Bedminster\, New Jersey.\n \n Click Here to Register URL:https://ccabedminster.org/event/finding-the-personal-in-the-landscape-workshop/ LOCATION:The Center for Contemporary Art\, 2020 Burnt Mills Road\, Bedminster\, NJ\, 07921\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ccabedminster.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/FindingThePersonalLandscapes1-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250530T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250530T130000 DTSTAMP:20250319T220517Z CREATED:20250319T220507Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250319T220517Z UID:10000170-1748599200-1748610000@ccabedminster.org SUMMARY:Still Life Drawing Workshop DESCRIPTION:A still life drawing is created by placing objects in a design setting that utilizes available light and contrasts in shapes in an eye pleasing manner. In this workshop\, you will be introduced to how to compose your drawing\, how to make a tonal drawing\, and how the genre of still life came about. \nTuition: Members: $69/Non-Members $94 \nAbout the Instructor \nArtist Wes Sherman has been painting since 1992 and has been included in hundreds of exhibitions across the county and Europe.. He received his MFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in 2003. Sherman has been a visiting artist at many universities and the recipient of a fellowship for painting from New Jersey Council of the Arts. For the past 15 years Sherman has focused on landscape painting\, in particular en plein air painting.He is the chair of exhibitions at The Center for Contemporary Art in Bedminster\, New Jersey. \n \n Click Here to Register URL:https://ccabedminster.org/event/still-life-drawing-workshop-2/ LOCATION:The Center for Contemporary Art\, 2020 Burnt Mills Road\, Bedminster\, NJ\, 07921\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ccabedminster.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/still-life.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250531T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250531T133000 DTSTAMP:20250331T170050Z CREATED:20250305T213421Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250331T170050Z UID:10000157-1748683800-1748698200@ccabedminster.org SUMMARY:Watercolor Portraits Workshop DESCRIPTION:Learn how to paint people and animals using the luminosity and transparency that only watercolors can offer. This class will teach you how to develop proportion and create structure with the under-drawing\, as well as how to approach watercolor with greater control using beaded washes and varying brushstrokes. To better understand color theory\, students will learn how to find the right color through layering paint rather than mixing. This class will use photographs as reference. \nTuition: Members: $87/Non-Members: $112 \nAbout the Instructor \nLena Shiffman: A well published children’s book illustrator; attended Spectrum Institute of Commercial Art in NJ; studied at The Parsons School of Design and the Art Students League NYC; member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) and of the Rutgers University Children’s Book Council. \n \n Click Here to Register URL:https://ccabedminster.org/event/watercolor-portraits-workshop/ LOCATION:The Center for Contemporary Art\, 2020 Burnt Mills Road\, Bedminster\, NJ\, 07921\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ccabedminster.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_7839.jpeg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR