ࡱ> .0-b jbjb{x{x "VVVVVVV  ikkkkkk, R. DVMVVMMMVViMj~VVVViMMVVM f7MM0Mr Mr MMVDFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Anna Farneski;  HYPERLINK "mailto:afarnesk@ramapo.edu"afarnesk@ramapo.edu August 11, 2010 SOLO EXHIBITION IN RECOGNITION OF DISABILITIES AWARENESS MONTH OPENS AT RAMAPO COLLEGE (MAHWAH, NJ) Alex Masket: A View with a Room opens in the Kresge Gallery in the Berrie Center at Ramapo College of New Jersey on September 1 and continues through October 6. A reception and talk by the artists mother, Elaine Masket, and filmmaker Dennis Connors will be held on October 6 at 5 p.m. in the Sharp Auditorium. Connorss award winning documentary film Breaking Boundaries: the Art of Alex Masket will be shown and discussed, followed by a gallery reception. This solo exhibition emphasizes Maskets uninhibited, bold use of color and his facility with unconventional media. Maskets intricately composed and beautifully balanced work is dominated by color and form. The 23-year-old artist is severely autistic and entirely self-taught. An important component of the display at Ramapo is a recreation of the artists room. The exhibition incorporates a variety of media ranging from paint and vinyl stickers to colored duct tape. Maskets work has been receiving increasing acclaim and was featured in the May/June 2010 issue of Utne Reader and on the cover of the arts magazine Esopus, as well as in Rutgers Magazine and Rutgers Byrne Seminars Course Catalogue. His exhibitions have included Masket at One Gallery in Newark, NJ; and various solo and group exhibitions including the Arts Council of Princeton, and the Newark Arts Councils Open Doors. Numerous upcoming exhibition projects include the Riverfront Art Gallery, Yonkers, NY and the Regina A. Quick Arts Center at St. Bonaventure University. The exhibition is presented in recognition of Disabilities Awareness Month and co-sponsored by the Office of Specialized Services. This project is supported in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. Gallery hours are Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday 1 through 5 p.m. and Wednesdays 1 through 7 p.m. Special Sunday hours: Sunday, October 3 only, 1 through 5 p.m. For further information contact Sydney Jenkins, Director of Art Galleries, at (201) 684-7147. ### ./VWXkl~Ituv½ʶʱʪʱʣʜ hTh, h h, hH,h, h,6 h|h, h,5h|h,5h,hnh,0Jjhnh,Ujhnh,U hnh,hnh,5mn~ $<<]<^<a$gd,$a$gd,gd, 1h/ =!"#$%DyK yK 6mailto:afarnesk@ramapo.edu@@@ NormalCJ_HaJmH sH tH H@H b" Heading 1$@&5OJPJQJaJJ@J C8 Heading 4$<@&5CJ\aJDA@D Default Paragraph FontRi@R  Table Normal4 l4a (k@(No List4U@4 b" Hyperlink >*phB^@B C8 Normal (Web)dd[$\$*W@* C8Strong5\TB@"T E Body Text$dha$B*OJPJQJaJphdC@2d EBody Text Indentdh`B*OJPJQJaJph.X@A. V Emphasis6]!zmn~0@0@0@0@@0@0@0@0@0 @0@0@0@0@0x@0@0@0x0@mn~X@ 0@(X@ 0@(@00}@00 @0`-B 00    .WkX8@0(  B S  ?$,+1<Bnt*2{,-:nqq@>>"nn>>}K4p @UnknownGTimes New Roman5Symbol3 Arial3Times"hڦObp F'p6!>4d  3qH)?:yAafarneskccis Oh+'0  0 < H T`hpx'A afarneskNormalccis39Microsoft Word 11.5.6@0@Glr@kȚC@] : ՜.+,D՜.+,, hp|  '   A TitleHhp _PID_HLINKS_AdHocReviewCycleID_EmailSubject _AuthorEmail_AuthorEmailDisplayName_ReviewingToolsShownOnce'Ap@umailto:afarnesk@ramapo.eduCdraft board releaseafarnesk@ramapo.eduAnna Farneski  !"#$&'()*+,/Root Entry F91Data  1TableWordDocument"SummaryInformation(DocumentSummaryInformation8%CompObjX FMicrosoft Word DocumentNB6WWord.Document.8