Raritan Valley Dance Ensemble to perform at The Center for Contemporary Art

BEDMINSTER, N.J. - April 18, 2019 - PRLog -- The Center for Contemporary Art ("The Center") is pleased to announce an improvisational dance performance by the Raritan Valley Dance Ensemble ("RVDE") at The Center on Thursday, May 2^nd at 7:00 p.m.  This performance is free and open to the public, no reservations are required.

Members of the RVDE will arrive earlier that evening and spend time viewing The Center's current exhibition, Marsha Goldberg: Reiterations-Paintings & Works on Paper.  Based on their experience and interpretation of Goldberg's artwork, RVDE will create and perform an improvisational work in the gallery with Goldberg's work hanging on the walls around them. The public is invited to arrive just before 7:00 p.m. if they would like to observe the creative process behind RVDE's performance.

The artwork of Marsha Goldberg, which in her words, "deals with subjects that are seemingly not connected: clouds of smoke as presented in news media in reporting acts of war; and a wooded landscape, captured in drawings shortly before the trees were destroyed to make way for development." She goes on to say, "I've used both subjects as means to consider the passage of time, definitions of gesture and abstraction, and how reiteration can both inform and obscure meaning." Originally from Boston, MA, she now lives and works in Highland Park, NJ, also maintaining a studio in Newark. Her work is primarily in painting, drawing, and printmaking, and recently she has been making cyanotypes from ink-on-acetate drawings. In 2013, she received the NJ State Council for the Arts Fellowship in the category Works on Paper.

The Raritan Valley Dance Ensemble provides performance and educational programs, which foster an appreciation of dance as an art form. The Ensemble, under the direction of Professor Loretta D. Fois, tours to local schools and community groups each semester and performs at campus and local events. RVCC faculty, guest artists, and students choreograph pieces for the repertory.  In conjunction with the Visual and Performing Arts Department, RVDE provides the College and greater community with opportunities to experience and appreciate live dance performance. RVDE plays an important leadership and educational role at RVCC and within the local New Jersey area.

PHOTO CREDIT: Ghost Trees, cyanotype by Marsha Goldberg

Jpeg images are available upon request

About The Center for Contemporary Art

Founded in 1970, The Center for Contemporary Art is a vital regional art center with a vibrant studio art school, extensive exhibition program and important community outreach component. The Center for Contemporary Art is committed to enabling all visitors to experience its classes and workshops, exhibitions and public programs. Visitors requiring an accommodation or service should contact The Center at least two weeks prior to the scheduled visit. The Center is located at 2020 Burnt Mills Road in Bedminster, NJ. For further information, please call (908) 234-2345 or visit The Center for Contemporary Art online at http://ccabedminster.org/

Gallery Hours

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Closed Sundays and major holidays. The gallery is also open during the evening when classes are in session.

Media Contact

Leigh A. Zona, Communications and Development Manager
The Center for Contemporary Art
2020 Burnt Mills Road, Bedminster, NJ 07921
(908) 234-2345 ext. 104
lzona@ccabedminster.org