Austin Thomas in the New Yorker

How cool is this?  Austin Thomas write up in the New Yorker!

Occupying Offices: Independent vs. Spring/Break

Check out this great article about last week's Spring/Break!  Some of our past AIRs like Amie Cunat and Chris Bors were there in full force!

http://www.whitehotmagazine.com/articles/offices-independent-vs-spring-break/3628

Amie Cunat, curated by Nicholas Cueva, at Spring/Break Art Show

The Artist as Culture Producer

Sharon and Hrag discussing how to live and sustain a creative life at Strand Bookstore tonight.  Looking for inspiration? Check out Sharon's new new book 'The Artist as Culture Producer,' a collection of 40 essays by visual artists breaking down how they extend their practices outside their studios.  We got to hear some impactful stories first hand and now looking forward to reading the book and passing it around the studio!

Thank You NJ Council on the Arts!

Thank you to the Hudson County Cultural Affairs office and the NJ State Council on the Arts for the inspiring Public Board Meeting and luncheon today!  Congrats to our fellow Hudson County Local Arts Program Grant winners (shown in this pic) as well as all the Hudson County NJCA individual grant winners!

Board member and friend Austin Thomas and I spent the afternoon with NJ's top creative thinkers setting a plan for 2017 to ensure the National Endowment for the Arts voice is heard.   Folks from the NJ Council, Art Pride NJ and Hudson County spoke passionately about how we need to be the voices of the future now more than ever! If you are an artist, you are a truth seeker!

Did you know that the return in investing $146 million into the NEA annually is $700 billion?!  $700 billion dollars generated through economic and social growth annually because of the arts.  Get out there, visit the galleries, exhibitions and theaters in 2017 and show congress how important the arts are to your life!  Meanwhile here are some helpful links that can get you more involved:

NJ Council on the Arts

• http://nj.gov/state/njsca/index.html

Hudson County Cultural Affairs

• http://visithudson.org/

NJ Art Pride

• http://www.artpridenj.com/

National Endowment for the Arts

• https://www.arts.gov/

All Things Plexi and Intro to Etching Workshops this past Saturday!

Check out this #montage from yesterday's very sexy "All Things Plexi" workshop with @jeremycolemansmith and an intro to etching workshop with @dr_spitz 
#newjersey #supportthearts#guttenbergarts #intaglio #monoprint#printmaking #etching #workshop #nj

Park Wonder by Matthew Jensen

Since the Fall Paper Crown Press has been working closely with the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey on a wonderful book project called "Park Wonder".  This book documents the photographic diary of artist Matthew Jensen journeys through 4 national parks in New Jersey.  The book covers NJ  locations like the Passaic River, Sandy Hook, Watchung Reservation and the Great Swamp that are total hidden gems.  This project is supported in part by an award
from the National Endowment for the Arts. You can read more about this project here:

http://www.artcenternj.org/blog/2017/02/01/matthew-jensen-park-wonder/

Welcome Winter 2017 Residents!!

We are so excited to have these great artists take part in our Winter Space and Time Residency Program!

From Left to Right: Joseph Martin Gabriel, Milcah Bassel, Jeremy Coleman Smith, Ryan Schroeder