Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Newark NJ Art Center Grand Opening - October 24, 2009
GRAND OPENING - SUMEI MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTS CENTER REOPENS NEW GALLERY SPACE IN THE IRONBOUND
Exhibition opening and Diwali celebration Friday October 23, 2009, 6-9pm
Location:
Sumei Multidisciplinary Arts Center
85 Hamilton St, cor. of NJ Railroad Ave
Ironbound District, Newark, 07105
Office: 973-589-5525
Cell: 973-985-4069
Email: sumeiart@aol.com
On Wednesday Oct., 21, 2009, Sumei Multidisciplinary Arts Center reopens its doors after a three year hiatus. Opening with a four person exhibition and celebrating the Indian Festival of Diwali, the organization will participate in the Newark Arts Council’s five day Open Doors Studio Tour Festival, with its exhibition and a street fair on Hamilton Street between Bruen Street and Railroad Ave.
Celebrate Diwali feast day on Friday October, 23, 2009, from 6PM-9PM at Sumei’s Open doors exhibition reception. Diwali prayer ceremony of lakshmi puja will take place followed by traditional bhakti (devotional) songs. Participants are welcome to light diyas throughout the week during Open Doors to celebrate the Festival of Lights (cotton-like string wicks inserted in small clay pots filled with coconut oil).
RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY: On Saturday October 24, from 1pm to 4pm, Sumei , its board and the board of The Button Factory, invites the Mayor, our councilman, our counsel, and other persons of importance in the New Jersey community, to join the public and friends of Sumei in celebrating another rebirth in Newark.
The five day festival of Diwali occurs on the new moon between October 13 and November 14. In Hinduism, across many parts of India and Nepal, it is the homecoming of Rama after a 14-year exile in the forest and his victory over the Ravana. In the legend, the people of Ayodhya (the capital of his kingdom) welcomed Rama by lighting rows (avali) of lamps (dĭpa), thus its name: dīpāwali. Over time, this word transformed into Divali in Hindi and Dipawali in Nepali, but still retained its original form in South and East Indian Languages.
On the walls of the gallery will be the works of Kaye Mahoney, Heejung Kim,
Kenneth Schnall, and Ela Shah.
Program
Gallery Opening reception: Friday, October 23, 2009; 6pm – 9pm
Celebrate the Indian Festival of Diwali
Dates of Exhibition: Wednesday Oct., 21, 2009 to Thursday Nov., 26, 2009
RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY : Saturday October 24, 1pm to 4pm
Artist Talk:Saturday, October 24, 2009, 6 to 8pm
The Future of Art - Part 1
Technology, Economics and the Creative Urge
Presenting artists are: Kaye Mahoney, Heejung Kim, Kenneth Schnall, Ela Shah
Artist Talk Hosts: Hal Laessig and Ben Jones
Dance Performance At Street Fair: Sunday October 25, 2009, 2pm Capoiera and Bollywood dancing on Hamilton Street
Gallery Hours: Wed, Fri, 10 am to 4pm, Thurs, - 11am to 7pm or by appointment.
For more information or to schedule a visit call: Contact: Yoland Skeete
Office: 973-589-5525, or email: sumeiart@aol.com
Exhibition opening and Diwali celebration Friday October 23, 2009, 6-9pm
Location:
Sumei Multidisciplinary Arts Center
85 Hamilton St, cor. of NJ Railroad Ave
Ironbound District, Newark, 07105
Office: 973-589-5525
Cell: 973-985-4069
Email: sumeiart@aol.com
On Wednesday Oct., 21, 2009, Sumei Multidisciplinary Arts Center reopens its doors after a three year hiatus. Opening with a four person exhibition and celebrating the Indian Festival of Diwali, the organization will participate in the Newark Arts Council’s five day Open Doors Studio Tour Festival, with its exhibition and a street fair on Hamilton Street between Bruen Street and Railroad Ave.
Celebrate Diwali feast day on Friday October, 23, 2009, from 6PM-9PM at Sumei’s Open doors exhibition reception. Diwali prayer ceremony of lakshmi puja will take place followed by traditional bhakti (devotional) songs. Participants are welcome to light diyas throughout the week during Open Doors to celebrate the Festival of Lights (cotton-like string wicks inserted in small clay pots filled with coconut oil).
RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY: On Saturday October 24, from 1pm to 4pm, Sumei , its board and the board of The Button Factory, invites the Mayor, our councilman, our counsel, and other persons of importance in the New Jersey community, to join the public and friends of Sumei in celebrating another rebirth in Newark.
The five day festival of Diwali occurs on the new moon between October 13 and November 14. In Hinduism, across many parts of India and Nepal, it is the homecoming of Rama after a 14-year exile in the forest and his victory over the Ravana. In the legend, the people of Ayodhya (the capital of his kingdom) welcomed Rama by lighting rows (avali) of lamps (dĭpa), thus its name: dīpāwali. Over time, this word transformed into Divali in Hindi and Dipawali in Nepali, but still retained its original form in South and East Indian Languages.
On the walls of the gallery will be the works of Kaye Mahoney, Heejung Kim,
Kenneth Schnall, and Ela Shah.
Program
Gallery Opening reception: Friday, October 23, 2009; 6pm – 9pm
Celebrate the Indian Festival of Diwali
Dates of Exhibition: Wednesday Oct., 21, 2009 to Thursday Nov., 26, 2009
RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY : Saturday October 24, 1pm to 4pm
Artist Talk:Saturday, October 24, 2009, 6 to 8pm
The Future of Art - Part 1
Technology, Economics and the Creative Urge
Presenting artists are: Kaye Mahoney, Heejung Kim, Kenneth Schnall, Ela Shah
Artist Talk Hosts: Hal Laessig and Ben Jones
Dance Performance At Street Fair: Sunday October 25, 2009, 2pm Capoiera and Bollywood dancing on Hamilton Street
Gallery Hours: Wed, Fri, 10 am to 4pm, Thurs, - 11am to 7pm or by appointment.
For more information or to schedule a visit call: Contact: Yoland Skeete
Office: 973-589-5525, or email: sumeiart@aol.com
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