Gaia ~ Multimedia

"NEW NEWS IS OLD NEWS"

Gaia is a collective of women artists and activists creating art, events and opportunities in the visual and media arts, performance and design. Its members actively promote and support the work of local women artists while developing programs that encourage collaboration and create community to help emerging artists in need of studio space, facilities and resources. In pursuit of raising awareness, Gaia concentrates on activism, from issues in the local community and the art world to global issues affecting the lives of women.  Funds would go towards artist, exhibition and administrative expenses.

Adrian K ~ Installation

"TRASH: MAXIMALISM 2011"

TRASH Maximalism is a public art project for urban beautification and environmental awareness. It transforms regular black trash bags into an installation of vivid sculptures of color using artist designed bags. This project offers the general public access to participate in a public art event that involves their everyday means of throwing out their waste. As a result of the installation, the local community can explore the urban beautification and environmental awareness using art as a means for communication and activism.

“The Village Beautification Project and Historic Documentation”

The 4^th Street Art Organization would like to help beautify the Village section of Jersey City along with creating a visual history of the way the area once flourished. 
To begin, 4th Street will curate the creation of a mural on Brunswick between 2nd & 3rd Street – this mural which will be 80 feet x 30 feet will be painted by our own local artists and will depict the once grand beauty that Brunswick Street was. The second piece of this project will be the consolidation of treasure trove of found media that details the wonders of this area from 35 years ago in a film. This will be created in majority by 4th Street's own film maker and Jersey City resident, Pat Byrne. Pat will balance the history of the film with more contemporary additions and interviews.

Creative Grove Artist & Designer Market ~ Multimedia

“Weekly Artist Market”

The weekly event fosters visibility, and art connection in the community, network, marketplace and the magnet through which new ideas surge.  The artist market also contributes strongly to community development with the cultural platform, economic chance to working artists, starting artists and designers, deejays, musicians, performers, new or existing initiatives, students.

58 Gallery ~  Multimedia

“Save 58”

58 Gallery is in desperate need of funds to apply for variance fees to continue our programming. We are trying to save the only gallery in Jersey City with a full schedule of programming every month for the last 8 years.

Sara Lindo ~ Painting

“Titans of Industry”

"Titans of Industry" is a painting series that takes some of the top advertising mascots from the last century, and gives them the respect that they deserve.  Each subject is selected for their uniqueness and contribution to their company's history and success, and then posed as if they were the CEO!  The portraits reflect their power as both a representative of their product and/or company, and a part of our collective pop culture memory.

Holly Williams ~ Mulitmedia

“In Remembrance of the Silent”

 A visual mixed media and multimedia project paying respect to the Trenton Six and others who were falsely accused victims of the U.S. Justice System. This piece also pays respect to some of America’s most notable artists activists and organizations that came together as one to support to victims involved.

Iggy J. Nunez ~ Mixed Media

“Not What It Seems”

Project is based on what we can see and what’s really there. I will be taking different objects and turning them into something else. For example, a bottle into a house, a shoe into a bridge and so on. The project will manifest itself by capturing an audience that want to see more than what’s there, encourage imagination to create new ways of thinking and new ways of survival.