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SUMMARY:Stockton University Noyes Arts Garage - Opening Reception for Jim Brossy / 7-11-26
DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to attend the opening reception for Jim Brossy's upcoming exhibition at the Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University. His work will be on display July 4 through October 3\, 2026. Meet the artist and enjoy live music and light refreshments.\n\nAdelante will be providing entertainment this afternoon. ADELANTE is a multidirectional contemporary music ensemble. Its music is sonically expansive with a world music edge. Adelante covers an eclectic of range of musical styles. The ensemble blends contemporary classical\, world/ethnic\, ambient\, folk and jazz - all through an open improvisation aesthetic.\n\nAdelante's music is often described as "organic improvisational music" and features J. Jody Janetta on drums/percussion/bass\, Tony Mascara Jr. on percussion/drums/bass\, Clint Rhubart on guitar\, guitar synth and bandolin and Ethan Tinkler on double bass.\n\nJim Brossy's exhibition is "Crackpot Realism." Crackpot Realism is an artistic approach that dissolves the boundaries between art and life by emphasizing relationships between materials\, ideas\, emotions\, and lived experience as the source of meaning and beauty. Rather than representing reality\, the artwork exists as a real object in real space\, inviting interaction between physical materials and mental associations. By combining traditional media with unconventional "non-art" materials such as tar\, cement\, wax\, steel\, and found objects\, Crackpot Realism creates new forms that balance spontaneity and resistance\, immediacy and labor.\n\nAssemblage\, collage\, and text function not as supplements but as integral elements\, with written language operating visually and politically to allow works to be read on multiple levels. Through rhythm\, pattern\, and material presence governed by natural forces\, Crackpot Realism constructs emotional and contemplative experiences that connect inner and outer worlds\, offering a disorienting yet deeply felt abstract realism grounded in lived reality.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<p><span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">All are welcome to attend the opening reception for Jim Brossy&rsquo\;s upcoming exhibition at the Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University. His work will be on display July 4 through October 3\, 2026. Meet the artist and enjoy live music and light refreshments.</span></span></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Adelante will be providing entertainment this afternoon. ADELANTE is a multidirectional contemporary music ensemble. Its music is sonically expansive with a world music edge. Adelante covers an eclectic of range of musical styles. The ensemble blends contemporary classical\, world/ethnic\, ambient\, folk and jazz - all through an open improvisation aesthetic.</span></span></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Adelante&rsquo\;s music is often described as &ldquo\;organic improvisational music&rdquo\; and features J.&nbsp\;Jody Janetta on drums/percussion/bass\, Tony Mascara Jr. on percussion/drums/bass\, Clint Rhubart on guitar\, guitar synth and bandolin and Ethan Tinkler on double bass.</span></span></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Jim Brossy&rsquo\;s exhibition is &ldquo\;Crackpot Realism.&rdquo\; Crackpot Realism is an artistic approach that dissolves the boundaries between art and life by emphasizing relationships between materials\, ideas\, emotions\, and lived experience as the source of meaning and beauty. Rather than representing reality\, the artwork exists as a real object in real space\, inviting interaction between physical materials and mental associations. By combining traditional media with unconventional &ldquo\;non-art&rdquo\; materials such as tar\, cement\, wax\, steel\, and found objects\, Crackpot Realism creates new forms that balance spontaneity and resistance\, immediacy and labor.</span></span></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Assemblage\, collage\, and text function not as supplements but as integral elements\, with written language operating visually and politically to allow works to be read on multiple levels. Through rhythm\, pattern\, and material presence governed by natural forces\, Crackpot Realism constructs emotional and contemplative experiences that connect inner and outer worlds\, offering a disorienting yet deeply felt abstract realism grounded in lived reality.</span></span></p>\n
LOCATION:Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University 2200 Fairmount Avenue Atlantic City\, NJ 08401
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URL:https://www.vinelandchamber.org/events/details/stockton-university-noyes-arts-garage-opening-reception-for-jim-brossy-7-11-26-22080
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