A Moveable Feast: Art, Food and Migration Art Exhibition Opens at the College of Saint Elizabeth

MORRISTOWN, NJ (02/19/2014)(readMedia)-- A new art exhibition, A Moveable Feast: Art, Food and Migration, opens at the Therese A. Maloney Art Gallery in Annunciation Center at the College of Saint Elizabeth (CSE), 2 Convent Road, Morristown, N.J., on Thursday, February 27, 2014, from 4:30 to 7 p.m.. The opening will be followed by a panel discussion in Dolan Performance Hall in Annunciation Center on campus from 7:15 to 8:30 p.m. with artists as well as a cultural and a food historian. The show examines the intricate relationship between food, travel, migration and cuisine-related rituals as observed by contemporary painters, sculptors, photographers, and mixed media and video artists. All events are free and open to the public.

The exhibition will be on view through May 4, 2014 and includes the work of 32 artists from six states including California, Florida, Kentucky, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania and three countries including England, Israel, and the United States.

Virginia Fabbri Butera, Ph.D., Director of the Maloney Art Gallery and a co-curator of the exhibition notes that, "In art, the depiction of food and eating, may be found in ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman art but takes on a more important and metaphoric emphasis in Renaissance, Baroque and Modern still life paintings. Today, as artists travel, change continents and discover new ingredients, recipes and customs from other countries or re-discover the flavors of their heritage, they are incorporating their experiences in works that highlight social, political, class and culture-related issues and observations that subtly or openly show the continuing global mix present in contemporary societies."

Raúl Villarreal, co-curator and Assistant Professor of Art at the College, who also has a work in the show remarks, "The artists present images that are both humorous and serious. The works reveal an exciting gastronomical journey of personal perspectives that will make you realize how intricately food, cooking and eating are entwined with who we are."

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A Moveable Feast CSE Art Exhibition Opens Feb. 27, ADD ONE

For more information, please contact Dr. Butera at artgallery@cse.edu, at 973-290-4314 or on the web at www.maloneyartgallery.org. CSE is a barrier-free facility and for assistance please contact us in advance at events@cse.edu or 973-290-4378.

Artists in the exhibition include:

Alan Alejo (Woodland Park, N.J.)

Nelson Alvárez (Bronx, N.Y.)

Aliza Augustine (West New York, N.J.)

Bette Blank (Madison, N.J.)

Barbara Brill (Englewood, N.J.)

Laura L.Cuevas (Bloomfield, N.J.)

Jane Dell (East Orange, N.J.)

Asya Dodina & Slava Polishchuk (Brooklyn, N.Y.)

Adel Gorgy (Baldwin Harbor, N.Y.)

Lori Larusso (Lexington, KY)

Davide Luciano (Brooklyn, N.Y.)

Maria Lupo (Roseland, N.J.)

Judith Margolis (Har Hevron, Israel)

Roberto Márquez (Weehawken, N.J.)

Barbara McElheny (Westfield, N.J.)

Tracy Miller (Brooklyn, N.Y.)

Gabriel Navar (Santa Maria, Calif.)

Kathleen Migliore-Newton (Brooklyn, N.Y.)

José Pardo (Orlando, Fla.)

Bob Richardson (Madison, N.J.)

José Rodeiro (Madison, N.J.)

Larry Ross (State College, Pa.)

Jay Seldin (Montclair, N.J.)

Linda Stillman (New York, N.Y.)

Jacquelyn Strycker (Brooklyn, N.Y.)

Filippos Tsitsopoulos (Liverpool, United Kingdom)

Emily Tumblesson (GlenRidge, N.J.)

Raúl Villarreal (Verona, N.J.)

Alan Walker (Jersey City, N.J.)

Marilyn Walter (New York, N.Y.)

Sue Zwick (Summit, N.J.)

Sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, Convent Station, New Jersey, the College of Saint Elizabeth enrolls more than 1,500 full- and part-time students in more than 25 undergraduate, 10 graduate and two doctoral degree programs; an Ed.D.in educational leadership and a Psy.D. in counseling psychology. For information on other activities or programs, visit the College of Saint Elizabeth web site at www.cse.edu.