Artwork by local
children from the organization Putting the Pieces Together will be on display
at the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission’s (NJMC) Flyway Gallery this month.
The exhibit, “Welcome to Our World: Artwork by Children with
Different Needs,” runs from Wednesday, Sept. 2 through Tuesday, Sept. 29.
A
reception for the artists is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., on Sunday, Sept.
27.
Click "Continue reading..." to see more artwork and learn more about the exhibition and the Flyway Gallery.
Putting
the Pieces Together is a Lyndhurst-based support group that serves children
with autism and other special needs throughout northern New Jersey. The organization meets weekly
and sponsors guest speakers, holiday celebrations, group trips and other
events.
Some of the children whose work is on display are non-verbal and use
art as a means of communication.
The
NJMC created the Flyway Gallery to help foster the cultural identity of the
Meadowlands District by providing a space to showcase the talent of local
artists. Recent exhibits have featured landscape paintings by Melissa Maiorano
of Bayonne, works in digital media by Carlstadt
resident Maria M. Walker, nature paintings by North Bergen resident Lissanne Lake, and photographs by Rutherford’s
Melissa Buesing and Jonathan Glick.
The
gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Admission is free.
The gallery is located within DeKorte Park,
at the Meadowlands Environment Center,
in Lyndhurst.
For information on the exhibit, please call (201) 460-8300 or visit www.njmeadowlands.gov/ec.
Directions to the park are available in the “About Us” section of the NJMC’s
Web site, at www.njmeadowlands.gov.
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