Ellarslie Lecture
The Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie in Cadwalader Park
& The Trenton Museum Society
Proudly Present: An evening of discussion and discovery
With Joan Giordano and Khalilah Sabree
Saturday, April 3, 2004
6:30 PM - Light refreshments will be served
Arrested Light and Texture Captured
In Two and Three Dimensions At the
Trenton City Museum
Exhibit Dates: February 28 trough April 11, 2004
Joan Giordano received a scholarship to the Museum of Modern Art and a
fellowship to Hunter College. She earned her Master of Fine Art from Pratt
Institute. She has taught painting, printmaking and design at LaGuardia
Community College, Union College and the College of Staten Island of the
City University of New York. Invited as a panel moderator and to present
lectures and workshops for universities and professional artists
organizations in the United States, Japan, Italy and France, she has been a
juror for the Department of Cultural Affairs of New York City, the New York
State Council on the Arts, the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance and numerous
national museum competitions including the Staten Island Institute of Arts
and Science and the Whatcom Museum of Art. A past member of the board of
directors of New York Artists Equity and a current member of the Board of
Directors of the American Museum of Papermaking, Joan Giordano is listed in
Who?s Who of American Women. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and
museums internationally and is scheduled for a two person exhibition at the
Museo Nationale de Belle Artes in Santiago, Chile August 2003.
Khalilah Sabree?s current body of work is concerned with the notion of veils
of light. These paintings reference Al-Ghazali?s interpretation of the verse
of Light (XXIV.35) in the Holy Quran and the saying of the holy Prophet
Muhammad. She seeks to illustrate levels of enlightenment and metaphorical
veils that are encountered on the road to pure enlightenment. Primarily a
teacher and working in mixed media. She was invited to exhibit in The ?Six
Degrees in Cold Storage?, College Art Association: MFA Exhibition in 2002,
Philadelphia. Her work was also selected for the 2002 Ellarslie Open, at The
Trenton City Museum and she has exhibited at The College of New Jersey,
Ewing and her work is represented in many private collections in the area.
She was selected by the University of The Arts Summer MFA faculty to receive
The 2003 Richard Henkels Award. She has studied at The Barnes Foundation
with Fred Osborne: the Violette de Mazia Trust seminar in Advanced
Theoretical and Critical Studies in Fine Arts, and participated in the
Teacher Education Program at Princeton University. She maintains a private
studio at Artworks: The Visual Arts School of Trenton and is a member of
Artsbridge Artist Group, Trenton Artist Workshop Association (TAWA), and New
Jersey Art Educators Association (NJAEA). Sabree received her BA in Art
Education from the College of New Jersey and received an MFA in painting
from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia in December 2003.
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Please call the museum for more details
CONTACT: Brian O. Hill, Director 609-989-3632
Museum Hours: Tuesday through Saturday 11AM to 3PM
Sunday 1 to 4 PM Closed Major Holidays
The Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie is owned by the City of Trenton,
Douglas H. Palmer, Mayor, Maintained and Operated by the Department of
Recreation, Natural Resources & Culture, Francis E. Blanco, Director, with
additional support from the Trenton Museum Society which is funded in part
by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner
Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Mercer County
Cultural and Heritage Commission.
& The Trenton Museum Society
Proudly Present: An evening of discussion and discovery
With Joan Giordano and Khalilah Sabree
Saturday, April 3, 2004
6:30 PM - Light refreshments will be served
Arrested Light and Texture Captured
In Two and Three Dimensions At the
Trenton City Museum
Exhibit Dates: February 28 trough April 11, 2004
Joan Giordano received a scholarship to the Museum of Modern Art and a
fellowship to Hunter College. She earned her Master of Fine Art from Pratt
Institute. She has taught painting, printmaking and design at LaGuardia
Community College, Union College and the College of Staten Island of the
City University of New York. Invited as a panel moderator and to present
lectures and workshops for universities and professional artists
organizations in the United States, Japan, Italy and France, she has been a
juror for the Department of Cultural Affairs of New York City, the New York
State Council on the Arts, the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance and numerous
national museum competitions including the Staten Island Institute of Arts
and Science and the Whatcom Museum of Art. A past member of the board of
directors of New York Artists Equity and a current member of the Board of
Directors of the American Museum of Papermaking, Joan Giordano is listed in
Who?s Who of American Women. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and
museums internationally and is scheduled for a two person exhibition at the
Museo Nationale de Belle Artes in Santiago, Chile August 2003.
Khalilah Sabree?s current body of work is concerned with the notion of veils
of light. These paintings reference Al-Ghazali?s interpretation of the verse
of Light (XXIV.35) in the Holy Quran and the saying of the holy Prophet
Muhammad. She seeks to illustrate levels of enlightenment and metaphorical
veils that are encountered on the road to pure enlightenment. Primarily a
teacher and working in mixed media. She was invited to exhibit in The ?Six
Degrees in Cold Storage?, College Art Association: MFA Exhibition in 2002,
Philadelphia. Her work was also selected for the 2002 Ellarslie Open, at The
Trenton City Museum and she has exhibited at The College of New Jersey,
Ewing and her work is represented in many private collections in the area.
She was selected by the University of The Arts Summer MFA faculty to receive
The 2003 Richard Henkels Award. She has studied at The Barnes Foundation
with Fred Osborne: the Violette de Mazia Trust seminar in Advanced
Theoretical and Critical Studies in Fine Arts, and participated in the
Teacher Education Program at Princeton University. She maintains a private
studio at Artworks: The Visual Arts School of Trenton and is a member of
Artsbridge Artist Group, Trenton Artist Workshop Association (TAWA), and New
Jersey Art Educators Association (NJAEA). Sabree received her BA in Art
Education from the College of New Jersey and received an MFA in painting
from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia in December 2003.
******************
Please call the museum for more details
CONTACT: Brian O. Hill, Director 609-989-3632
Museum Hours: Tuesday through Saturday 11AM to 3PM
Sunday 1 to 4 PM Closed Major Holidays
The Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie is owned by the City of Trenton,
Douglas H. Palmer, Mayor, Maintained and Operated by the Department of
Recreation, Natural Resources & Culture, Francis E. Blanco, Director, with
additional support from the Trenton Museum Society which is funded in part
by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner
Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Mercer County
Cultural and Heritage Commission.
