Tag: Monmouth Arts
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Monmouth County News Briefs, June 22
Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore, serving more than 11,000 members in Monmouth and Ocean counties, recently recognized 132 local Girl Scout Juniors who completed the Girl Scout Bronze Award requirements. The Girl Scout Bronze Award is one of the highest honors awarded to a Girl Scout in the fourth or fifth grade at the…
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Monmouth Arts Education Awards honor outstanding achievements in arts education
As each school year comes to a close, Monmouth Arts recognizes outstanding arts educators, arts advocates, and arts organizations and leaders in Monmouth County who support the mission of enriching the community by inspiring and fostering the arts. The Monmouth Arts Education Awards will be held on June 9, hosted by Monmouth Museum on the…
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Monmouth County news briefs, April 20
Gretchen Schmelzer will present “Emergence from COVID: Wellness, Healing and Resilience” in person at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, and virtually on Zoom from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. April 26. As a therapist and trauma survivor, Schmelzer wants people to know that sometimes what feels like a big setback is actually an unexpected difficult step…
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Monmouth County News Briefs, April 13
The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) has announced it will implement a waiver issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), allowing states to continue waiving the “under-the-hood” portion of school bus driver testing. All other aspects of the written and skills test remain in place, according to a press release from the…
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Monmouth Arts celebrates talent of Monmouth County teen artists
By Sandy Riddle After two long-awaited years, Monmouth Arts returned in person to hold two days of festivities to celebrate Monmouth County’s youth in the arts. For the past 17 years, Monmouth Arts has brought together student artists from across Monmouth County to participate in the annual Monmouth Arts Teen Arts Festival. The festival provides…
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Monmouth County News Briefs, Feb. 9
The Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County will host a retrospective exhibit during the spring of 2022, Rabbi Sally J. Priesand: A Fifty Year Celebration Honoring the Ordination of America’s First Female Rabbi and Her Contributions to Monmouth County. There will be an in-person (masked and vaccinated) opening reception on March 13 from 3-5 p.m.…
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Monmouth Arts announces recipients of ArtHelps funding for 2022
Monmouth Arts has announced the ArtHelps Local Arts Program Awards for Fiscal Year 2022, through a partnership with the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. These competitive grants are awarded to local nonprofit arts organizations that provide high quality art programs and events to residents throughout Monmouth County each year, according to a press…
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Monmouth Arts awarded $107,500 Impact 100 Jersey Coast grant
Monmouth Arts has been selected as one of four organizations to receive the 2021 Impact 100 Jersey Coast grant. The grant of $107,500 will support a new arts and wellness program, Creative Expressions, a countywide initiative that uses the arts to address the rise in mental health issues in area youths due to the COVID-19…
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Professor’s insomnia, love for “Horror Vacui” motivates psychedelic art
A professor’s bout with insomnia has propelled an aesthetic for psychedelic art. Marie Maber, an art history professor at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, is showcasing her exhibition “Horror Vacui” at Monmouth Arts, 105 Monmouth St., Red Bank, now through Feb. 27. Maber’s exhibition emphasizes the artist’s ties to medieval Islamic tilework and offers a physical portrayal…