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December 2018-February 2019 ARTS MATTERS Morris Arts Ehlers and Coladarci 14 Maple Avenue, Suite 301 Morristown, NJ 07960 Arts Scholarship Looking for the Perfect Gift? (973) 285-5115 Celebrate the holidays and milestones with the gift Editor: Dr. Lynn L. Siebert applications available that keeps giving all year long! A donation to Morris Arts is a perfect way to honor that special someone in December who values the joy that the Arts bring to children and Due by 5pm on Friday, January 18, 2019, applications families in our community. Colorful gift cards will be will be available in early December at the guidance offices sent to your honoree, with a letter acknowledging of Morris County public, private and parochial high schools your tax deductible contribution forwarded to you. and online at the Morris Arts website, http://goo.gl/GqidYf Contact Gina Moran at [email protected] or at or www.morrisarts.org (under Programs). The Elaine Ehlers (973) 285-5115, x13. Partial funding for ARTS MATTERS from DEC JAN FEB Arts Scholarship ($5,000) and the Eugenie Coladarci Arts the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/ Scholarship ($1,500) are awarded each year to graduating Department of State, a Partner Agency of high school seniors who: must be Morris County residents, the National Endowment for the Arts. 2018-2019 have demonstrated artistic excellence in dance, drama, The New Jersey State Council on the Arts has awarded Morris Arts a “Citation of music or visual arts and plan to pursue post-secondary Excellence” and designation as a “Major studies at an accredited institution or acknowledged arts Service Organization” in recognition of ® school or fine arts program. the quality of its solid history of “service excellence, substantial activity and broad A sparkling lineup for First Night Morris County’s 27th season public service”. This newsletter is available in large print by calling Thanks… (973) 285-5115, ext. 10. to our very generous recent funders whose support For a calendar listing of arts makes our work possible: The Allergan Foundation; events in Morris County and Frank & Lydia Bergen Foundation; investors Bank; for more information on Morris Arts’ many programs MetLife Foundation; Mondelēz Global LLC; Morgan and services, visit us at Stanley & Co., Inc. and William E. Simon Foundation. www.morrisarts.org, L-R, 2018 Scholarship recipients: Honorable Mention artist Coral Coad, actress like us on , Nicole Giordano (Coladarci), pianist John Nguyen with Morris Arts’ Executive Director, Tom Werder. L-R, at top: Nicole Giordano and John Nguyen. and follow us on . 9th Annual Pumpkin Illumination Save the Dates: On October 28th, more than 1,300 people joined Morris Arts at the Vail Mansion to celebrate the • DECEMBER 31, 2018: 9th Annual Pumpkin Illumination. After placing their carved pumpkins along the reflecting pool, First Night Morris County, kids and their families participated in the mask-making workshop led by artist Dan Fenelon. The 81 events in 23 venues Morristown, Lintet jazz ensemble added a lively musical background, playing “When the Saints Go Marching 4:45pm-midnight, visit www.firstnightmorris.com for In” as they joined with Morristown Mayor Tim Dougherty and his wife Mary, leading the parade of TOP ROW, L-R: The legendary Frank Vignola and his Hot Jazz Guitar Trio; John Ginty with his Hammond B-3 organ; the Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey; Electro/Acoustic Oboe Master Matt Sullivan; The Cobra Brothers glowing masks and the giant skeleton puppet created by Fenelon around the circular drive near the Blues Band. BOTTOM ROW, L-R: Comedy folk singer and “professional smart aleck,” Carla Ulbrich; Folk band/vocal chameleons The Windborne Singers; The Feinberg Brothers Bluegrass Band; Moldovan piano virtuoso, tickets and information. Maria Sumareva; The Zydeco Revelators. Vail Mansion. Mondelēz-provided goody bags topped off the festive night! • MAY 1, 2019: December 31, 2018 marks the 27th year of New Jersey’s biggest and brightest Looking for flavors from New Orleans’ “Big Easy”? The Zydeco Revelators First Night, a New Year’s Eve family-friendly, alcohol-free celebration of the offer that sweet Cajun accordion, cool rubboard vest mixed with zydeco Great Conversations Gala, arts – with more than 100 artists, 81 events in 23 venues – representing classics, rock and jam band in an irresistible “jambalaya” of sound. 5-10pm, Birchwood Manor, Whippany, NJ dance, theatre, music, world cultures, visual arts and children’s programs. Hankering for Jazz? Miracles happen. After a near fatal accident, the legendary For all 27 years, Morris Arts has been First Night Morris’ artistic programmer, guitarist Frank Vignola is back and better than ever with his Hot Jazz Guitar securing topflight talents who attract thousands from throughout the state Trio, with guitar partner, Vinny Raniolo, and “monster” bassist, Gary Mazzaroppi. and beyond. More than half of the program features new artists (or artists One of the top five guitarists in the world according to the great Les Paul, Vignola returning after several years), many of whom have performed at world class has performed with Lionel Hampton, Ringo Starr, Wynton Marsalis and other venues, won international recognition, performed on national radio/TV, in Guests had so much fun talking with the superstars, bringing his astounding virtuosity, sly humor and incomparable major films and/or collaborated with superstars of performing arts. On that musicianship back to our stage. First Night would not be complete without accomplished and fascinating host conversationalists night, one can experience everything from a gypsy/neo-Balkan Trio, a Moldovan our own sizzling jazz pianist, Rio Clemente (the “Bishop of Jazz”) whose at last year’s Great Conversations that no one wanted to piano virtuoso, or a legendary hot jazz guitarist to a one-man sideshow, a inventive and sparkling improvisations astonish and inspire all. leave! Be sure to mark May 1, 2019 on your calendars champion Irish fiddler or a live reptile show. If Folk Music is your bag, be sure to catch the wit and wordplay of comedy now and reserve your place as soon as invitations On the Rock/Bluegrass/Blues/Zydeco/Drum front, The John Ginty Band arrive in January. Experience a one-of-a-kind evening folk singer, Carla Ulbrich, with her songs about wedgies, Waffle Houses, rocks the house, showcasing Ginty, who toured/performed with the Dixie Klingons and how rich she would be if she had the copyright on the “F” with the many distinguished and highly accomplished Chicks, Jewel, Santana and received two Grammy nominations as a founding host conversationalists while helping Morris Arts continue word. Remembering Pete Seeger, Spook Handy “keeps the flame alive,” Clockwise from top left: masks at Vail mansion monument; Kevin O’Brien, 2nd Vice Chair of the NJ State Council on the Arts member of Robert Randolph & the Family Band. The Feinberg Brothers’ 5 in his ongoing World Tour, sharing Seeger’s music and legacy in all 50 its valuable work in the community! with Morristown Mayor Tim Dougherty; artist Dan Fenelon sits among his lit mask creations; a young ‘Wood Fairy’ attended piece band,profiled expansively in a recent Bluegrass Unlimited, embodies with her family; it takes 3 to work Fenelon’s giant skeleton puppet; carved pumpkins line the reflecting pool. states, 10 Canadian provinces and 21 NJ counties. You’ll want to hear the classical bluegrass with their tight, soulful harmonies and masterful, intricate Windborne Singers, a unique quartet of vocal chameleons who will captivate For more information and photos, visit www.morrisarts.org and the instrumentals. For gutsy, full-throated blues, wailing harmonica riffs, and raw MorristownGreen.com writeup at https://tinyurl.com/y7ewmtqp. you with the purity of their voices, their close harmony singing and a fascinating voiced vocals (with a touch of funk, R&B, country and jazz), catch the Cobra repertoire spanning centuries / cultures. Morris Arts gratefully acknowledges Brothers – heard at blues festivals, The Stone Pony and The Bitter End. Got the generosity of sponsors: rhythm? Connect with Dana McCurdy’s Community In Rhythm Drum Circle. (Continued on page 2) Celebrating 45 years of building community through the arts • www.morrisarts.org • tel 973.285.5115 • fax 973.285.1199 Celebrating 45 years of building community through the arts • www.morrisarts.org • tel 973.285.5115 • fax 973.285.1199 Morris Arts Awards Local Arts Grants for Funding Year 2019 Arts & Culture Morris Arts is pleased to announce that 30 Morris County arts organizations received Local Arts Grants totaling Collaborative $55,700 for Funding Year 2019. These grants help support visual arts, theatre, dance, choral and instrumental announces the LatinX groups, museums, and broad-based community arts programming which, in turn, enable thousands of people throughout our county to experience the arts in a multitude of ways. Funding is made possible through the 6 ConeXiónes project 5 Local Arts Program of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the An umbrella organization formed in 2017 “to National Endowment for the Arts. 1 2 3 collaboratively develop arts & culture projects,” This year’s awardees include: Art in the Atrium, Inc. (Morristown); Arts! By the People (Morristown); Artworks bringing together creators and audiences and Studio (Randolph); Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey (Dover); Chatham Community Players (Chatham); Coro encouraging mutual understanding and inclusion, Lirico (Morristown); County College of Morris Teen Arts Festival (Randolph); Dance Innovations Performance the Arts & Culture Collaborative includes 20 Foundation (Chatham); Fairleigh Dickinson University–WAMFEST (Madison); Festival of Books through CFNJ (and growing) area organizations: The Baroque 4 10 (Morristown); First Night® Morris County (Morristown); Folk Project (Morristown); Good Grief (Morristown); Orchestra of New Jersey, County College of Morris, Hanover Wind Symphony (Whippany); Harmonium Choral Society (Morristown); Huaxia Chinese Chorus (Par- College of St.
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