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For Immediate Release
September 16, 2008
Media Contact
- Allison Tratner
- 609.292.4524
- allison@arts.sos.state.nj.us
American Masterpieces Series Underway throughout New Jersey
State Arts Council Participates in National Initiative to Showcase America's Artistic Legacy
(Trenton, NJ) Arts events across New Jersey have been designated by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts to be included in the series American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius. American Masterpieces is an initiative designed by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to bring the best of America’s cultural and artistic legacy to communities across the country. “Our artistic and cultural heritage defines us as a nation and as individuals and it is incumbent upon is to conserve it, to celebrate it and to help it thrive,” said Dana Gioia, the chairman of the NEA.
The 2008-2009 New Jersey season of American Masterpieces represents diverse artists and disciplines including dance, music, theatre and visual arts in locations throughout the state. All of the events feature work by an American Master and range from classics with international acclaim to contemporary expressions that pay homage to master artists of yesterday and today. The series is being marketed through the Discover Jersey Arts program with a variety of print, radio and internet promotions to assure the widest possible audience is aware of the opportunities to experience these significant artists and works.
“Through the support of the NEA, the American Masterpieces series provides access to some of the greatest American artists and works right here in our local communities. The Arts Council is proud to participate in this national initiative with the NEA and in partnership with organizations all around New Jersey,” said the Arts Council Executive Director Steve Runk.
Some of the upcoming American Masterpieces events include the following:
The East Lynne Theater Company performs the Broadway comedy To the Ladies!, written by Pulitzer Prize winners George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly.
New Jersey Performing Arts Center presents “Two-Year-Old Gentleman” by choreographer Ronald K. Brown and his company, Evidence, who use a variety of dance forms to reveal stories about the human experience.
The Jersey City Museum features Deliverance, a retrospective of the work of artist Ben Jones with work dating from the mid 1970s through today.
The Garden State Philharmonic explores the elemental force of music including that of composers Barber and Copeland along with a multimedia display at the Strand Theatre.
The Shakespeare Theatre Company performs the Pulitzer Prize winning drama A Streetcar Named Desire, by renowned playwright Tennessee Williams.
For the full listing of New Jersey’s American Masterpieces events visit JerseyArts.com .
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