Bridge Arts Festival Celebrates Art Near and Far
Close the live streaming app, turn off the computer and rejoice. Live entertainment is back in Bayonne. After a one-year hiatus for reasons everyone is tired of talking about, the Bridge Arts Festival will resume on Saturday, September 11th at Dennis Collins Park on 1st Street. This year’s festival represents the restoration of art and […]
Buckle up Bayonne, It’s Showtime
by David Mosca | Jersey Journal August 6, 2020 Movies have always served as an escape from the real world. Even getting the movie theater experience seems like a luxury from so long ago. As social distancing continues this late into the summer, people are still looking for relief from being cooped up in their homes […]
Broadway World: Katya Collazo and Adam Davenport Will Star in SHALL WE DANCE For the Bridge Arts Festival’s Stay Home Sofa Series
by BWW News Desk May. 21, 2020 On June 11, 2020 at 6:30PM EST, Katya Collazo (The BlackList) and Adam Davenport (Naked Boys Singing, High Maintenance) will star in “Shall We Dance” written by LIT Council Founder Akin Salawu for the Bridge Arts Festival’s Stay Home Sofa Series. The Bridge Arts Festival Stay Home Sofa Series was conceptualized by husband and wife Cheryl Mack and […]
Bridge Art Gallery Brings Online Activities and Thanks Healthcare Heroes
By David Mosca | The Jersey Journal Although its doors are closed, Bayonne’s Bridge Art Gallery has initiated a wide variety of online activities to engage with its visual and performing arts community during this during this temporary new normal that the rest of the world is facing. The Bridge Art Gallery has been hosting […]
Bridge Art Gallery Exhibit Has Guest Curator and African-American Artists
By David Mosca | The Jersey Journal The 6th edition of the Expressive Creative Soul art exhibition will be held at Bayonne’s Bridge Art Gallery on Saturday, Feb. 8. The 2020 guest curator is Bryant Small. An award-winning alcohol ink artist, Small was a recipient for the Award of Excellence by Conception Arts in 2017. […]
Who Runs the World?
by Katherine Guest– Women have loomed into the artistry of jazz for centuries—fortunately this year, the Bridge Arts Festival plans to kicks off their cultural event with an all-female jazz lineup of vocalists, instrumentalists and musicians alike, on Saturday, September 7th
Stirring up the Theater Scene in Hudson County
by Katherine Guest– Tempest Productions, formed nearly 20 years ago, was the brainchild of actress Jo Wadsworth, actor/director Chuck Caudill and director Cynthia Mazzant—all Hudson County residents.
The Art of Making an Impact
By Rory Pasquariello– Think back to a decade ago in Bayonne. There’s a good chance that you, the reader, can’t do it because you didn’t live here. If you have been in Bayonne, you remember the cultural
Public Art Installation Features the Many Faces of Bayonne
By Falyn Stempler | The Jersey Journal When Cheryl Mack turned on the morning news one day last spring, she didn’t expect to see anything extraordinary. But when a segment on JR, an anonymous French artist who created the “Inside Out Project: People’s Faces,” she was filled with inspiration. The project, which consists of photo […]
What are Animodules? – Bayonne Community News
What are Animodules? – Peace Ambassadors Come to Bayonne The lived experiences of the people in a community should ideally be reflected in public art displays. But that is not always the case in Bayonne, where commercial statues forged in a faraway warehouse stand along Broadway and a monument dedicated to the victims of the 9/11 […]