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by Ilya GeninMarch 15, 2014 - April 12, 2014

Ilya Genin has a refreshing, provocative take on present day Cuba. Born and raised behind the Iron Curtain, now an American citizen, Genin first learned of Cuba through Soviet messaging. Cuba was a poster child for the common persons’s struggle. Cuba’s accomplishments were, of course, heavily subsidized by the Soviet Union, and Genin viewed these successes through the lens of his own daily life in the Ukraine. Skepticism was an appropriate response. The Soviet Union fell, Genin immigrated to the United States, and the island …

Concentric Circles

by Judith K. Brodsky, Yvonne Burk, Trudy Glucksberg, Lonnie Sue Johnson, Margaret Johnson, Joan Needham, Helen Schwartz, Marie Sturken, Linda WhiteJanuary 18, 2014 - March 8, 2014

Concentric Circles of Influence: Queenston Press FROM NEW JERSEY’S elevated highways to its pastoral ruins, from its academic centers to its corridors of industry, artists have found inspiration. Central New Jersey became a hotbed of cultural activity beginning in the mid 20th century. Throughout the region, different art communities were forming, often overlapping and influencing each other. Concentric Circles of Influence: The Birth of Arts Communities in Central New Jersey explores several of these groups: The Queenston Press, the Artists of Roosevelt, the Trenton Artists …

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