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See a listing of upcoming events at Blank Space On The Road. Call/text 908-866-6576 or email BlankSpaceOnTheRoad@gmail.com for more info or make a reservation.
See our Meetup Group for more events:
https://www.meetup.com/Community-Cafe-Central-New-Jersey/events/
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Blank Space On The Road hosts Pizza & Painting
a paint & sip event: “Trio of Bottles” painting
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Harvest Moon Brewery & Cafe
392 George St., New Brunswick, NJ
$40/per person + NJ sales tax in advance
$50/per person + NJ sales tax at door, subject to availability
RSVP required to guarantee seat, call/text 908-866-6576 or make payment below.
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Pizza & Painting at Harvest Moon Brewery, 3/24/20 @ 6:30pm-8:30pm
Each Ticket: $40/per person (+ NJ sales tax) in advance
Please enter:
Includes: 11"x14" canvas board, use of art supplies, live step-by-step instruction, pizza, 1 drink* ticket (*choice of house beer, house wine including chardonnay, cabernet or pinot grigio), soft drinks. *must be age 21+ to consume alcoholic beverages.
Hosted by Eva Abreu, Independent Gallery Guide, Gallery on the Go, in association with Blank Space On The Road.
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Joe’s Writers Club: Creative Workshop and Book Craft Group
Hosted by Richard Andrew Olkusz
Meets every 2nd Tuesday, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Panera Bread, 1551 US 1 South, Edison, NJ
Meets every 4th Tuesday, 5 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Metuchen Public Library, 480 Middlesex Ave, Metuchen, NJ
Free. Open to all writers, authors, poets and bloggers, age 18+. Let's get together and discuss our writing projects, brainstorm ideas, learn from each other and discover ways to collaborate. All levels and genres welcome, from beginners to experienced.
Shared project:
The Corporate Gothic Anthology: A Collection of Horror Stories Featuring Haunted Workspaces
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PREVIOUS EVENTS
We had a great time at our first Coffee & Canvas event on Feb. 1, 2019 at The Coffee House in Edison. See our Meetup Group and Blank Space On The Road on Facebook for more events.
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Weekly Open Mic
currently on hiatus… check back again for updates!
Thanks! Looking forward to seeing you at one of our future Open Mics hosted by Blank Space On The Road!
Questions? Call/text 908-866-6576
OPEN MIC SPONSORS and PARTNERSHIPS WANTED
Visit our SPONSOR page to learn how we can work together!
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Blank Space On The Road has Chippo! We can bring the game to your party or event.
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Do you have an idea for a class, event or workshop?
We’re interested in partnering with speakers, entrepreneurs, craftspeople, artists, musicians, presenters and groups. Call 908-866-6576 or email BlankSpaceOnTheRoad@gmail.com for details.
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PREVIOUS EVENTS at Blank Space Highland Park
Thank you to all who made our previous events a success!
See past art exhibits: CLICK HERE
See past music events: CLICK HERE
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previous - COMEDY AT BLANK SPACE!
Friday, Feb. 16, 2018 @ 8 p.m. Must be 21+ to enter, $7 (doors open 7:30 p.m.)
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previous - Window and Wall Art Display (Spitz & Pollack’s Tree Stories) to October 27, 2017
Spitz & Pollack’s Tree Stories
Laurie Spitz and Amee J. Pollack collaborated under the banner of Spitz and Pollack for 12 years’ time. On view at Blank Space, is a body of 10 works dubbed Tree Stories, work Laurie created alone (Hanging Ribbon/Vine Series, 4 suspended works in the window) or with Amee at the very beginning of their partnership as artists . . . as they were figuring out how to work together and what they wanted to say. Tree Stories is an homage to trees and nature, to a collaboration between two best friends, and to Laurie, an avid bird lover and brilliant, colorful life force who died this past February from ovarian cancer. All of her heart-felt and brain-felt appreciation for the environment is imbued in these pieces.
In addition to Tree Stories, Spitz & Pollack’s artists’ books are in over 50 permanent special collections including The Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum-Smithsonian, Brooklyn Museum, National Museum of Women in the Arts, and Yale University.
In the window
Hanging Ribbon/Vine Series, Laurie Spitz, collage, block printing
Gifts of Autumn: Sugar Maple, Spitz & Pollack, assemblage/mixed media (under Blank Space sign)
On the shelves
Conversations with the Elders: Sequoia, Spitz & Pollack, assemblage/mixed media, block printing
Architectural Digest Series: Tree Rings, Spitz & Pollack, carved magazines, acrylic, wood
Self-Portrait, Laurie Spitz, collage. Description by Amee Pollack: “This is a piece Laurie made before I knew her and before she realized she was an artist. It is a terrific self-portrait because her home in New York was filled to capacity with decorative tapestries, trinkets from exotic travels, and loads of color and pattern. The dogs were added because she simply adored them.”
Laurie Spitz (b 1946-2017)
Formerly the Executive Story Editor of 20th Century Fox Film Corporation and freelance writer (CBS-TV, various publications). Her handmade novel, A Plane to Nirvana, developed from one of her essays published by The New York Times, was the beginning of a new creative path – combining storytelling with art. She received her BA in Comparative Literature from University of California at Berkeley.
Amee J. Pollack (b 1968)
A mixed media artist who received a fellowship from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, an MFA in Book Arts and Printmaking from The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, and a BA from Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster. She currently advises BFA students at the Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey and is a Highland Park Arts Commissioner. For over ten years, she was an arts educator teaching bookbinding, papermaking, and printmaking all over New York City including as an Instructor/Lecturer at Creative Arts Laboratory, Teacher’s College, Columbia University and College of New Rochelle, New York.
https://www.ameejpollack.com
Email: apollack@mgsa.rutgers.edu or spitzandpollack@yahoo.com
Photos courtesy of the Highland Park Arts Commission. See more photos: https://www.hpartscommission.com/2017/09/18/photo-gallery-window-art-crawl-2017/
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See past art exhibits: CLICK HERE
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previous - Kids’ Free Color-In - Tuesdays, Aug. 8, 15 and 29, 2017, 4-5 p.m. A local HP mom is hosting a free coloring playdate for children. All ages welcome, play space available for little ones. Materials provided or bring your own. Stop by Over the Moon Toys or The Fallout Shelter: Comics, Games & Collectibles for extra coloring supplies.
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