Call for Art
West Windsor Arts Council invites members to submit artwork from all mediums with the underlying theme of “My Paradise,” an ideal or idyllic place or state. Works suggestive of a paradise that are not literal representations are also encouraged. Deadline is Friday, February 19. Exhibit is March 8 to April 30. Opening reception is Sunday, March 13, 4 to 6 p.m. Artists may join as a WWAC member for $40. Call 609-716-1931.
Call for Art
MCCC Gallery calls for entries for Mercer County Artists 2016. Artists aged 18 or older who live, work, or attend school in Mercer County are invited to submit their art for consideration. Jurying takes place on Saturday, February 13, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the gallery, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor.
Artists may enter up to two original works completed in the past two years in any media except photography. They are asked to drop off their work between 9:30 a.m. and noon. Early drop-off is Thursday, February 11, noon to 3 p.m. Works that are not accepted for the show should be picked up between 3:30 and 5:30 p.m.
Prizes totaling $1,500 will be awarded. Mercer County Cultural and Heritage Commission Purchase Award winners will become part of the County’s permanent art collection. The juror for the exhibit is Jesse Vincent, education coordinator at Artworks Trenton. Visit www.mccc.edu/gallery.
Art Class
Morven Museum offers “Winter Scenes and Still Life Watercolor Workshop on Mondays, February 8 to 29 (no class on February 15), from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Students will focus on watercolor techniques, pigments, and composition for creating paintings of seasonal subjects. Classes will be led by Gail Bracegirdle, an instructor with Arts Council of Princeton. Register. $155. Call 609-924-8144 or E-mail info@morven.org.
Audition
Bucks County Playhouse Youth Company has auditions for teens, ages 13 to 18, for a five week musical theater conservatory on Saturday, February 6. Prepare 16 bars each of two musical theater songs — an uptempo and a ballad — and be prepared to dance. The program culminates in a two-week run of “The Sound of Music” on the Bucks County Playhouse stage. Program runs July 11 to August 13. Free. Call 267-740-2090, ext. 113.
ActorsNET will hold auditions for “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” on Saturday, February 6, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Heritage Center Theater, 635 North Delmorr Avenue, Morrisville, PA. Performances are weekends from June 3 to 19. Rehearsals will begin April 11.
Prepare a two minute monologue (not from the play). E-mail actorsnet@aol.com or call 215-295-3694. Walk-ins are welcome.
Call for Musicians
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra presents the Edward T. Cone Composition Institute, a multi-faceted program that promotes new music and emerging composers. Four composers will be selected to participate in intense compositional evaluations and consultations July 11 to 16 on the Princeton University campus; the program will culminate in a live concert performance of the participants’ works by the NJSO on Saturday, July 16, at 8 p.m. at Richardson Auditorium.
Emerging composers, university composition students, or composers in the early stages of their professional career are invited to submit completed applications by Friday, March 4. The Institute is tuition-free; housing on the campus of Princeton University and on-campus meals will be provided, if needed. Visit www.njsymphony.org/institute, or contact Alexandra Black at ablack@njsymphony.org or 973-735-1740.
Take a Hike
Sourland Trail offers a collection of hiking maps. The collection of 21 maps includes a map of the entire Sourland region showing the location of each trail. Each map includes parking areas, trail distances, land cover, locator map of the entire region, and more. Visit https://sourland.org/sourland-trail-maps.
For Young Musicians
VOICES invites applications for its Young Composers Project. Children ages five through 12 are invited to compose a song for a soloist or chorus, either unaccompanied, or with instrumental accompaniment. The music can be written down in any kind of notation, formal or invented. Children are asked to make a simple recording of the piece. Students from the College of New Jersey will set the songs in standard music notation.
Parents, piano teachers, and music teachers are invited to support, but not edit, the child’s composition. Music teachers or parents can help children submit a recording (CD or DVD) and three written copies of the child’s music (with the child’s name and age, assisting adult’s name, phone number, address, and child’s background in music), together with a $12 processing fee. Send to VOICES Young Composers Project, Box 404, Pennington 08534. Visit www.VOICESChorale.org, E-mail drsevans@comcast.net, or call 609-291-7456 for information. Deadline is Tuesday, March 15.
Folk Arts
New Jersey State Council on the Arts offers grants for traditional folk arts to encourage cultural communities to pass on traditional art forms. The application process requires that each apprentice apply with a master artist as a team by providing artistic work samples, information about their shared artistic cultural backgrounds, and the planned scope of work. The application deadline is Wednesday, April 6.
Free workshops for those seeking assistance with the application process will be conducted around the state. Workshops will be held Thursday, March 10, at 11 a.m. in Trenton; and Sunday, March 13, at 1 p.m. in New Brunswick. Contact Kim Nguyen at 609-292-4495 or kim.nguyen@sos.nj.gov.
