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A Stolen Aesthetic: April Cooper - Opening Reception
May 5/5, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
ArtWorks
As spring returns, Artworks Trenton is opening its door to talent in full bloom. From Tuesday, May 2nd to Saturday, June 3rd April Cooper’s solo exhibition A STOLEN AESTHETIC will be on display in Artworks’ Community Gallery. As a Trenton, NJ based artist, April Cooper creates art centered around black culture. She finds that black culture is portrayed negatively in movies and media. In opposition, her art showcases black culture as a positive experience or gathering, a proud belief of self-worth, and a nostalgic culture that is relatable. In her community, she sees this black culture, and it is reflected in her art. April uses her social media accounts to expand her ever growing audience and to create dialogue about her works, discussing the history and the meaning behind each individual piece.
Sweet Savages at Artworks - Opening Reception
May 5/5, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
ArtWorks
Sweet Savages describes a range of emotions one may encounter at Artworks Trenton, May 2- June 3, 2023 when visiting the exhibition of these three accomplished New Jersey based artists. Minch, Petruziello and Sayegh explore private and personal thoughts through sculpture, graphite and painting respectively. Giving form to their individual subconscious thoughts and feelings brings to life imaginative and powerful artworks speaking to what it is to be human in this world through their eyes. Symbolism, self, identity, politics, spirituality and the natural world are some of the shared threads between them. Having varied approaches in medium and authentic voices in style, similarities exist that bind them to each other and most importantly to you. This is an exhibit to be enjoyed by the whole family (there are some nudes on exhibit.)
Princeton University Sinfonia Spring Concert
May 5/5, 7:30 PM
Richardson Auditorium Alexander Hall
Sinfonia concludes the season with two musical reflections of Irish culture and a fun nod to Cinco de Mayo. As the first symphony by a woman performed by a major symphony orchestra in the U.S., Amy Beach’s Symphony in E minor opened the door for countless women composers. She boldly incorporated Gaelic melodies and quotations from her own music into the symphony. Princeton sophomore Toussaint Santicola Jones also turned to Irish myth as the inspiration for his new piece, Naked, Upon the Road to Tara. Leonora Carrington’s The Red Horses of Sidhe, a work in Princeton University Art Museum’s collection, served has his starting point. Sinfonia will also present the “Tango” and “Guaracha” from Morton Gould’s jazz-tinged Latin-American Symphonette.