MUSEUM & ART EXHIBITS

NJ State Museum: The New Jersey State Museum (NJSM) features the return of dinosaurs to the Natural History Hall with its exhibit “Written in the Rocks: Fossil Tales of New Jersey.” The exhibition, on long-term view, delves back in time to explore the progression of life, from the oldest fossils up through the Ice Age, and debuts NJ’s own Dryptosaurus, the world’s first nearly complete carnivorous dinosaur, reconstructed and displayed for the first time ever. “Written in the Rocks: Fossil Tales of New Jersey” steps back 3.5billion years to explore the geology of New Jersey, the oldest NJ fossils, and the evolution of life here through 10fossil stories. In addition, visit the museum’s “Toy World,” exhibit, running to May 28, 2017, spotlighting the history of toy manufacturing in New Jersey. Toy World is on exhibit in the Riverside Gallery on the Museum’s second floor. Over 100 toys made in New Jersey, between 1880and the late 1960s, during NJ’s golden era of manufacturing is on view. Museum hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 9a.m. to 4:45p.m., closed on State holidays. For more information visit www.statemuseum.nj.gov. The Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie: The Trenton City Museum hosts “Furniture as Art,” four exhibits-in-one that highlight the items that bring comfort and beauty to our lives furniture, at Ellarslie, the Trenton City Museum. How many of us take our daily surroundings for granted? This exhibit helps us to see the everyday with fresh eyes. On the museum’s second floor discover furniture from the Permanent Collection featuring furniture from the collection of the Trenton Museum Society of antique furniture made in and associated with Trenton. Many of these reminders of Trenton’s past manufacturing heyday have never before been seen by the public. The first floor galleries feature Please be Seated displaying the work of contemporary area furniture designers and the diversity of styles and materials they use. In addition, On These Walls, a display of contemporary painting, highlighting interiors and the role furniture plays in our lives and homes. This exhibit prods viewers into taking another look at the environment of the painting. Furniture as Art closes on March 12, 2017. For more information, visit www.ellarslie.org or call (609) 989-3632. The Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie is located in the middle of the Frederick Law Olmsted-designed Cadwalader Park, with an entrance on Parkside Avenue. Free admission. Free parking. Morven Museum and Garden: “Bruce Springsteen: A Photographic Journey” is on exhibit at Morven Museum & Garden. Like Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan before him, Bruce Springsteen is a pillar of American music. Traveling from the GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles, this exhibition features 40 photographs of the rock legend and video interviews with five of the six noted photographers: Danny Clinch, Ed Gallucci, Eric Meola, Barry Schneier, Pamela Springsteen, and Frank Stefanko. Together they revisit Springsteen’s career as a frontman and songwriter, capturing his charisma and off-stage vulnerability. The exhibition is on view through May 21, 2017. Hours: Wed. to Sun. 10a.m. to 4p.m. Morven Museum & Garden, 55Stockton Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540. For more information, call (609) 924-8144or visit www. morven.org. Princeton University Art Museum: “Revealing Pictures: Photographs from the Christopher E. Olofson Collection,” runs to Sunday, July 2, 2017. Revealing Pictures features more than 30photographs from the collection of Christopher E. Olofson, Class of 1992. Works on view by Edmund Clark, Daniel and Geo Fuchs, Pieter Hugo, Liu Zheng, Zanele Muholi, Robert Polidori, and others serve as striking examples of photography’s ability to explore issues of identity, place, and nationhood. “Willem de Kooning: Drawn and Painted” now on exhibit through March 19, 2017. Dutch born American artist Willem de Kooning’s exhibit shows the intimate relationship between the drawn and the painted. The museum is on the Princeton University campus. Enter the campus on foot from Nassau Street, University Place, or Washington Street and look for the museum’s banners to lead to the front entrance. Hours are Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 10a.m. to 5p.m.; Thursday, 10a.m. to 10p.m.; and Sunday, from 1to 5 p.m. Closed Mondays and major holidays. Call (609) 258-3788or visit www.artmuseum.princeton. educ Grounds For Sculpture: Grounds For Sculpture presents “Ned Smyth: Moments of Matter” through April 2, 2017. Featured in this exhibition are eight large sculptural works which draw inspiration from the huge cache of stones that he has collected for more than 35 years. These sculptures, and several smaller stone installations, are accompanied by more than half a dozen large format black and white photographs that further explore Smyth’s powerful obsession with definition, texture, and scale. Grounds For Sculpture is located at 80Sculptors Way, Hamilton, NJ 08619. Hours are Tuesday to Thursday, from 10a.m. to 6p.m.; Friday to Saturday, 10a.m. to 9p.m.; and 10a.m. to 6p.m. Sunday. For more information and admission visit www.groundsforsculpture.org. or call (609) 586-0616.

Artworks Trenton: “Explorations in Geometry” -Bill Brookover opening Feb. 28through March 25, 2017. Opening reception is March 11, from 6to 8p.m. Artworks is located at 19 Everett Alley, at Stockton Street in Trenton, For more information, visit www.artworkstrenton.org, College of New Jersey Art Gallery: The College of New Jersey Art Gallery presents “Jessica Rath: A Better Nectar,” a multisensory installation based on the artist’s extensive research into co-evolutionary communication between flowering plants and their pollinators. The exhibition is on view until April 9, 2017. The gallery is located in the Art & Interactive Multimedia Building (AIMM), 2000Pennington Road, Ewing. Gallery hours are noon to 7p.m. Tuesday to Thursday; and 1to 3p.m. Sunday. For more information, visit tcnjartgallery.tcnj.edu Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJ) Lakefront Gallery: RWJ Hamilton joins the Princeton Photography Club in presenting “A Grounds For Sculpture History: The Land in Pictures and Words,” on display through April at RWJ Hamilton’s Lakefront Gallery. The exhibition showcases the dramatic evolution of the former New Jersey State Fairgrounds into Grounds For Sculpture beginning in 1984when the Atlantic Foundation purchased 12overgrown and neglected acres of the old Fairgrounds property adjacent to the Seward Johnson Atelier. The exhibit showcases 85images created by Princeton Photography Club members, newspaper articles from the Hamilton Historical Society, and photographs from the Grounds For Sculpture archival collection. Free admission. The Lakefront Gallery space is ADA-accessible and is located on the first floor of the hospital along the mezzanine above the Roma Bank Cafe. For more information, contact Sheila Geisler, curator Lakefront Gallery at (732) 422-3676or by email to scgeisler@ me.com. Rider University Art Gallery: The Rider University Art Gallery will present an exhibition of works by Allen Fitzpatrick titled “Looking” through Sunday, February 26. Free admission. Allen Fitzpatrick is on the faculty at The Lawrenceville School, where he holds the Distinguished Teaching Chair. This exhibit will feature works that focus on the still life and landscape from direct observation. Next exhibit showing is Aubrey J. Kauffman, “Long Drives and Short Walks” opening Thursday, March 9through Sunday, April 16. Kauffman’s opening reception is March 9, from 5to 7p.m. and her Gallery Talk is scheduled for Thursday, March 23, at 7p.m. Gallery is closed for Spring Break from March 16to March 23. The Rider University Art Gallery is located in the Bart Luedeke Center on Rider University’s campus, 2038 Lawrenceville Road, in Lawrenceville, N.J. It is open Tuesday through Thursday, from 11a.m. to 7p.m., and Sunday, from noon to 4p.m. To learn more, visit ww.rider.edu/arts. Arts Council of Princeton: The Arts Council of Princeton presents “Philip Pearlstein: A Legacy of Influence,” a group exhibition featuring legendary figure painter Pearlstein and those he has influenced through his career as an artist and educator. Visitors can expect original works from artists Philip Pearlstein, Janet Fish, Stephen Lorber, Charles David Viera, Altoon Sultan, Tony Phillips, George Nick, Lorraine Shemesh, and Thomas Corey. “A Legacy of Influence” will be on view in the Arts Council’s Taplin Gallery to March 25, 2017. Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, 102 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ. Parking is available in the Spring and Hulfish Street Garages and at metered parking spots along Witherspoon Street and Paul Robeson Place. For more information, visit artscouncilofprinceton.org or call (609) 924-8777. Hopewell Valley Inn and Bistro: The Hopewell Valley Bistro and Inn located in Hopewell will premiere the exhibition “Through My Eyes: The Watercolors of Robert Sakson” through Friday, March 3, 2017. This is the second installation in a series of artist presentations at the Inn. All artwork is for sale. The Inn is located at 15East Broad Street, Hopewell. For more information about Sakson’s work can be found at www.saksonart.com and more information about the Hopewell Valley Bistro and Inn can be found at www.hopewellvalleybistro.com or by calling 609.466.9889. West Windsor Arts Council: Faculty Student Show running to February 24, 2017. The West Windsor Arts Center is located in the historic Princeton Junction Firehouse, 952Alexander Road, For more information, visit www. westwindsorarts.org. Office and gallery hours: Tues-Fri, 10a.m.-6 p.m. and Sat, 10a.m.-4p.m. Call (609) 716-1931or write info@ westwindsorarts.org. Erdman Art Gallery at Princeton Theological Seminary: The gallery is located on the seminary campus in the Erdman Center, Princeton. Exhibits are free. For more information, contact Continuing Education or call (609) 497-7990. Highlands Art Gallery: Highlands Art Gallery, 41N. Union Street, Lambertville, NJ 08530. Visit the website at www.highlandsartgallery.com or call (908) 766-2720for more information on exhibits. The Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of NJ: The mission of the Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of NJ is to educate the general public about New Jersey’s unparalleled 220+ year contribution to the development of human flight and to encourage young people to consider a career in the aerospace industry. This is accomplished through the display of aircraft, engines, artifacts, models and other NJ aviation-related exhibits (many interactive) ranging chronologically from the 18th Century to the present day. The Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of NJ is located at 400Fred Wehran Dr., Teterboro, NJ. Hours: 10a.m.- 4p.m. Tuesday-Sunday. Admission: $8adults and $6 seniors/children. Visit website at njahof.org; e-mail: njahof@verizon. net or call (201) 288-6344. Monmouth Museum: The Monmouth Museum presents two new exhibitions: The 38th Annual Juried Art Exhibition and the Member Miniatures Exhibition. Both exhibitions run through March 12, 2017. The 38th Annual Juried Art Exhibition is a brilliant representation of the creative talent and contemporary art trends across the nation. This year the museum is presenting an eclectic mix of international artworks in their Main Gallery ranging in media from painting and sculpture to photography and printmaking. Seventy-two pieces have been selected for this exhibition. The Member Miniatures: big art in small packages exhibition is being presented for the third year. In appreciation of their artist members, the museum will be highlighting their small works (that is no larger than 12inches’ square framed) in a juried exhibition that will be displayed in the Nilson Gallery, and the Hallway Gallery. The small works are in a variety of media. The Monmouth Museum is located on the Brookdale Community College campus, 765Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, NJ 07738(parking lot 1of the college). For more information about the Monmouth Museum exhibits and programs visit www.monmouthmuseum. org or call (732) 747-2266. You can also find them on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.