Noyes Museum of Art - Hammonton Facility, New Jersey

New Satellite Gallery Open in Hammonton

The Noyes Museum of Art is pleased to announce the opening of a new satellite gallery on October 3, 2008 on South 2nd Street in Hammonton, N.J. The gallery complements the Museum’s existing exhibitions in Oceanville with displays featuring local and regional emerging artists. The space will also allow us to better serve the population in the western Atlantic, Burlington, Cumberland, Salem and Camden Counties.

The Noyes Museum staff and board are excited about our new location and look forward to working with the Hammonton community. To help insure its success an advisory board composed of members of the Museum’s board, the president of Hammonton Art Center’s board and Hammonton community members will help steer the gallery’s progress.

Hammonton’s government and business leaders are committed to establishing a downtown area that is inviting to residents and visitors. A new city hall, streetscapes and façade improvements have energized the renovation process and new specialty stores, cafes and restaurants are emerging. Hammonton’s New Jersey Transit train terminal and convenience to major highways, including the Atlantic City Expressway, the White Horse Pike and Route 206 place the town in an ideal geographic location to reach thousands of southern New Jersey residences and seasonal visitors.

Exhibitions

Currents

Exhibit Dates: January 30 - February 27, 2010

The Noyes Museum of Art- Hammonton presents Currents, an exhibition displaying a unique range of works from the holdings that runs until February 27, 2010. This exhibition offers a rare look at lithographs, collagraphs, clay monoprints and paintings from internationally exhibited contemporary artists. Prints from Eugene Feldman and paintings of Hulda D. Robbins are among the highlights of the exhibition.

Hulda D. Robbins- Born in 1910, Robbins attended the Philadephia Museum’s School of Industrial Arts from 1928-1929. While visiting Germany, Robbins entered the Prussian Academy of Art in Berlin and studied there from 1929-1931. She was inspired by Kathe Kollwitz, a German painter, printmaker and sculptor whose work captured a harsh account of the human condition in the early 20th century. Upon returning to the United States, she studied at the Barnes Foundation in 1939, and later moved to work and live as an artist in New York City. Robbins became a prolific printmaker producing many series of serigraphs, lithographs and woodcut prints throughout the 1940s, 50s and the early 60s. The Jersey shore was home to Robbin’s family where she would often visit and, in 1963, she moved there to live. The shore provided many subjects that she would capture in her large expressive oils.

Eugene Feldman (1921-1975) - “I try to use my machines as a painter does his brushes” (Feldman, 1964). At thirteen years of age, Eugene Feldman began his printmaking career. Once his enthusiasm in printmaking was born, it never ceased to exist. For Eugene, printing was a process with endless possibilities. He reinvented lithography with a camera, the photolithographic plate and the offset press. Offset lithography first emerged in 1906. The offset plate is made of zinc or aluminum, which helps to achieve texture in a print. The offset plate may be drawn upon directly or sensitized to receive a photographic image, which is the distinguishing part of Eugene Feldman’s remarkable medium: photo-offset lithography. In photo-offset lithography the film frame is amplified to form an obscure abstraction. Besides gaining recognition for his contribution to the printmaking process, Feldman is remembered as a teacher who shared his knowledge with his students generously and as the founder of The Falcon Press in Philadelphia, where he sometimes collaborated with other artists in the bookmaking process.

2nd Annual Hammonton Plein-Air Competition

April 10th, 2010 - Downtown Hammonton, NJ

The Hammonton Art Center and The Noyes Museum of Art present another Plein-Air competition. The competition is open to all artists, ages 18 and up. Cash prizes will be awarded to four artists in the following amounts:

1st Place: $300
2nd Place: $150
3rd Place: $100
Emerging Artist Award: $100

Juror: Stan Sperlak

Click here to download the prospectus.

"Think Thursday. Think downtown Hammonton"

Many business owners located in downtown Hammonton are offering extended hours, special promotions and discounts. The Noyes, Hammonton, is becoming part of the action with extended hours. We will now be open 1:00 - 9:00 pm every Thursday. Join in on the fun with participating businesses including a varied selection of shops, art organizations, restaurants, and salons.

Click here to read up on "Think Thursday", and other exciting Hammonton news!

5 Second Street, Hammonton 08037

Gallery Hours:

Tuesday: 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
Wednesday: 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
Thursday: 1:00 - 9:00 pm, Think Thursday!
Friday: 11:00 am - 7:00 pm
Saturday: 11:00 am - 7:00 pm

Call (609) 561-8006 for more info.

For more exciting arts and culture in Hammonton visit The Hammonton Arts Center.