 The first two billboards, unveiled on July 13th, showcase works by renowned New Jersey artists Tim Daly of Hoboken and Gary Godbee of Westfield.
The Palisades Highway Art Gallery is exhibiting original works by area artists on some of the largest and most-viewed canvases in the state – New Jersey’s highway and roadway billboards. We’ve picked prominent billboards on some of the most traveled roads throughout the Garden State to feature landscape artwork by New Jersey artists.
The Jersey City Artist Studio Tour gets underway and the River View Observer was th
ere…Below one of the exhibits from Metropolis Music located in Downtown Jersey City.
Participants were asked to paint this car, and they did……see more photos
Continue reading Jersey City Annual Artists Studio Tour-Happenings- October 4th,2008
River View Observer’s Best Pick Art &Â Â Music for Up coming Weekend Â
Mayor Dave Roberts and the City of Hoboken proudly welcomes
MARY WEISS
 Formerly of the Shangri-Las
11am to 6pm • Free
Washington St. – Observer Highway to 7th St.
Featuring three stages of live music & over 300 artists, sculptors, photographers & craftspeople
For More Information Visit: 
http://myspace.com/hobokenculturalaffairs
Or Call G. Fallo @ 201-420-2207 Fax: 201-420-2388
The Art Of Ben Jones 1970 – 2008 – Opening Reception Jersey City Museum
 Ben Jones –Black Face & Arm Unit, 1971
Acrylic on life-size plaster casts, 30 pieces, life size (arms/masks) Collection of the New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, New Jersey
Main Galleries
September 18, 2008 – February 22, 2009
Opening Reception: September 25th, 2008
This major retrospective of the work of Ben Jones features a complete survey of the artist’s work, dating from the mid 1970s through his most recent paintings. “Deliverance” explores various aspects of the artist’s body of work, and delves further into its close relationship to religions of the African diaspora.
  Continue reading ART VIEWS-River View Observer-Deliverance:
The Art of Angelo Rusciano
 New Jersey City resident artist Angelo Rusciano with Sonny Sandoval Lead Singer of the rock band P.O.D
 New Jersey transplant Angelo Rusciano unveiled  his concepts for three new Fashion brands he will co- launch with Antik Jeans, Blue Holdings Inc and Rock Band P.O.D.. The September 5th unveiling took place at The Nuradeen Gallery at 483 Jersey Avenue Loft #1 in Jersey City and will remain there through September 28th.Â
At a very young age Angelo Rusciano accepted an offer to study with World Renowned Sculptor, Nizuma. This marked the beginning of his career.
As a fine artist and architect Angelo has founded a 501©3 corporation, The United Society of Artists “USAâ€, and launched an art production company, The NY Art Group.Â
Continue reading River View Observer’s September Art Views -Angelo Rusciano
Martin Ashley Hardy is a known landscape and figurative painter who has forged many styles, one of which has evolved into vibrant impressions of upscale corporate and society parties. Using acrylics, Hardy can rapidly capture the people and ambiance of any occasion.
Hardy, who is of English and Canadian origin, has maintained the tradition of plein air painting and is often found working outside all year round. He is well known for his colorful depictions of Union Square and in 2003, Toastie’s Deli commissioned a ceiling rotunda of the “Four Seasons of Union Square.”
Hardy has also gained a reputation in the beauty industry for his flattering pastel portraits of customers at the point of purchase for all the major lines of cosmetics including Chanel, Givenchy, and Lancome.
Continue reading August Art View-THE PARTY PAINTER
Summer Exhibits at Museums
Jersey City Museum
(RE)possessed
 
Project Gallery
350 Montgomery Street, Jersey City 201-413 0303
Now– August 24, 2008
In this exhibition, internationally renowned fiber artist Xenobia Bailey collaborates with several artists and designers to transform the museum’s Project Gallery into an intimate and enchanting environment which the artist calls an “urban tea ceremony with a twistâ€.
 
Try one of these sites and enter the world of art
www.jerseycitymuseum.org
The Permanent Collection is comprised of more than 20,000 objects of regionally significant art and historical objects, and important 20th century acquisitions. The Collection includes over 300 paintings and works on paper by local illustrator and landscape painter August Will (1834-1910), as well as drawings, paintings, prints, photographs, maps, textiles, decorative arts and industrial objects. The museum’s commitment to showing the work of both emerging and established artists has helped build their reputation as a force for contemporary art in New Jersey.
http://henrymiller.info   
  
Henry Miller is regarded as one of the most important American Writers in twentieth Century literature, his only true peer being Ernest Hemingway. Little know to most, however was Miller’s life-long passion for watercolor painting,
He began painting even before he began writing and painted an estimated 1200 watercolors over a period of six decades.
If you love art then you have to visit this website set up by his daughter Valerie.
Among its many items you will find a biography, gallery and tribute by his daughter to her father. There are also original prints that can be purchased off the website.
Jersey City Artist Richard La Rovere
   
 Educated at New Jersey City University, Richard La Rovere holds a B.F.A. in commercial art. He is a professional freelance artist whose clients include real estate agencies, various corporations, stores, restaurants and private citizens as well. His client list includes Brown Harris Stevens and Stribling Associates. Archway Press, New York: Terrace Realty located in Queens, New York and Manhattan Buildings in Hoboken, NJ, along with Swenson Real Estate and Del Forno Real Estate in Jersey City, NJ. Other clients include The African – American Historical Society Museum in Jersey City, NJ. The Newark Landmark Commission of Newark, including other private parties has collected La Rovere’s art.
Nickola Dudley’s earlier work mainly consisted of family and friends in mundane situations. Even though the subjects stood or sat close together there was never any interaction or tension. They kept their distance, remaining remote and seemed content in doing so. The artist eventually became more interested in the space between them and started pulling the areas out. These spaces soon became her new subjects.
