Our Community Meeting Room
Our meeting room, serves Deptford Residents and many groups. If you wish to schedule our meeting room, please come in and ask for an application.
Want to know what's going on in our library and in the community? Click on the link below to view a Calendar of Montly Events. This also shows groups
now using our meeting room.
Coming Soon
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Here are some interesting websites
in our Community:
Deptford Township Web Page
http://www.deptford-nj.org/home.htm
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Tour the Old Pine Farm Natural Lands Trust
and see their website:
Tour the Old Pine Farm Natural Lands Trust.
Entrance to the Old Pine Farm Land Trust is at the end of Rankin Street off of Good Intent Road in Blackwood Terrace in Deptford. For more information, please call Joan Tracy at (856) 232-1109 or e mail at jtracy@gccnj.edu.
The land trust is open everyday from dawn to dusk. If you cannot attend, please visit at your convenience.
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The Living Arts Club
Trips:
Bus leaves from the rear of the Deptford Municipal Building. 1011 Cooper Street. Deptford. Make checks payable to The Township of Deptford, mail to Pauline Jonas, 12 Houston Avenue, Westville, New Jersey 08093. Seperate check for each trip; send early as many trips fill up; checks cashed after closing date. Please include your phone number. No refunds after closing date; please, no phone reservations; your check reserves your place.
Visit their website: www.thelivingartsclub.org. call (856) 384-6582, or Lucida48@aol.com
Sunday, December 10th: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC at Christmas. The museum, besides its beautiful creche, and many exhibits (www.metmuseum.org) is having and exhibit of Tiffany's Glass, 250 pieces from his Long Island home called Laurelton. Also "Americans in Paris" featuring some 100 paintings by Whistler, Sargent, Cassatt, Hassam, Chase, and others. This exhibition demonstrates the importance of Paris as an intellectual and cultural center for the late 19th century American artists. Board Bus: 8:45; leave 9:00, leave Met 4:30 (lunch on your own in Cafe), Leave Chinatown/Little Italy 7:00, arrive home 8:30. Cost: $39. (Includes transportation and admission to Museum) Audio: $5 (1,000 entries throughout the Museum). If you wish an audio, please include in your check. Closing Date: November 10th.
Sunday, January 21st: The Barnes Foundation. With a collection of 185 Renoirs ... and more. They have been given approval for the move to Center City; timing unknown. Board Bus: 11:45; Leaves: 12:00; Return: 6:00. Cost: $27. Includes transportation and admission. Closing date: December 15th. Audio available for the Barnes for $7. Film on Renoir January 16th.
Saturday, March 10th: King Tut, Franklin Institute. Treasures from the tomb of the legendary Egyptian Pharaoh will be showcased, featuring more than 50 major artifacts excavated from his tomb. The exhibit will show case some 70 additional artifacts of other royal graves of the 18th dynasty, a period that produced some of Egypt's most famous rulers and most exquisite works of art. Many of these artifacts have never before traveled outside Egypt and are between 3,300 and 3,500 years old. The exhibit also features National Geographic images and film footage about the "Golden Age" of the pharaohs as well as information on cutting edge research into the life and death of Tutankhamen, the "boy-king", whose legacy has facinated the world for centuries. Board bus: 12:15; Leave: 12:30; Return 5:30. Cost: $44.50 (includes timed ticket to TUT, and admission to Franklin Institute). Closing date: January 10th. Film on King Tut November 14th.
Wednesday, March 28th: Side by Side Concert -- Rowan University. This concert features the best of the best youth band players -- 100+ and it is inspiring to see so many talented young people giving the community such good. Guest conductor, Colonel Arnald Gabriel and Dale Underwood, classical saxophonist. Saw this concert in March and it was thrilling. Cost: $8 bus. Purchase tickets on arrival at Rowan: $8-adults; $5 seniors/students. Board Bus: 6:50, leaves 7:05, Return 10:00 or so. Closing date: March 2nd.
Sunday, April 1: Washington D.C. A day with the blossoms (we hope), The Mall, or Union Station. Advise you preferred destination. Dinner on your own in Alexandria. Board Bus: 8:15, leave 8:30. Return 9:30. Cost: $35 (Deluxe Motor Coach). Come! Closing Date: March 1st.
Sunday, May 20th: Princeton, NJ. A visit to the University's Art Museum (www.princetonartmuseum.org), a jewel, including "Treasures from Olana", the paintings of Frederick Church. Time on your own to explore Princeton's Campus which has many sculptures, a beautiful chapel, or the town's shops and restaurants. Or take a Self-Guided Tour of Historic Princeton: places if interest within easy walking distance of the town center. Free. Map Available at Bainbridge House on Nassau St. Board bUS: 9:45; leaves 10:00; return 6:00. Cost $25. Closing Date: April 20th.
Sunday, June 10th: Atlantic City Art Center, lunch on your own on the boardwalk, then to Leamings Run Gardens (tour by the owner's son). ACAC has a small art collection, with the building beautifully situated on the ocean. Leamings Run Gardens is a private garden with the largest collection of annuals in the United States. It is gorgeous! Board Bus: 9:15; leave 9:30; Return: 5:00. Cost: $30. Includes admission to gardens and transportation. Closing Date: May 4th.
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Art Films at the Deptford Municipal Building (2006/2007)
Third Tuesday, except Nov/Dec, Second Tuesday
Programs start at 7pm.
Films shown in the Courtroom at the Deptford Municipal Building, 1011 Cooper Street, Deptford on a big screen.
Films are Free. Refreshments served. Donations accepted. Call Pauline at (856) 384-6582
September 19th: The Impressionists: Edouard Manet (51 min), Red Grooms: Sunflower in a Hothouse (21 min).
October 17th: Andy Goldsworthy, Rivers and Tides (90 min)
November 14th: Edward Hopper, The Silent Witness (41 min), King Tut, Tomb of Treasure (21 min)
December 12th: Nicholas Roerich: Messenger of Beauty
January 16th: The Impressionists: August Renoir (50 min)
February 20th: Georges Seurat, Point Counterpoint (75 min)
March 20th: Chuck Close: A Portrait in Progress (57 min)
April 17th: Christo in Paris: Wrapping of Pont Neuf. (58 min)
May 15th: Ansel Adams: Self-Portrait. (85 min).
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Art in the Lobby
All events in the Lobby of Deptford Municipal Building, 1011 Cooper Street, Deptford. Refreshments served.
Receptions are free and are Monday evenings, 6:30pm-8:30pm (with exception of Friday, April 27th).
September 18th-November 15th. Reception October 2nd. Chinese Watercolors by The Scholars of the Spring.
Joe Plageman, (www.highwiregallery.com). From Nature Works II, Nature's Impressions on Silk Scarves.
November 20th-January 24th. Reception December 4th. Bobbie Berg and Maryann Cannon both teachers with Falling
Leaf Studio, Millville. They are award winners represented at La Bottega Gallery in Millville. Their work includes acrylics,
oils, and etchings.
Glass, glass, glass... Kathy Besch, Deb DiMarco, Tricia Dufford, Karen and Rich Federici, John Marselis.
January 29th-April 11th: Reception February 5th. Annual Photography Show. Featuring: Lee Peters, Carol Ann De Semine
(http://imagesbycarolann.com), Bob Reid, George Chambers and Riverwinds Camera Club (http://rcclubnj.tripod.com).
Dan Hutchinson: Handmade Wooden Bowls; Sally Bouchard - Miniatures.
April 16th-June 13th: Reception April 27th.
Richard Grotyohann - Industrial, Cityscapes, NJ Scenery in oil and watercolor. (http://www.emgarts.com/rich/)
Dino Sistilli - Landscapes, Still Life, Seascapes in Oil. (http://www.accentgallery.com/dino_sistilli.html)
Glen Hudson - "Excavation - Ancient Influence in Clay"
June 18th-September 12th
Colonial West Jersey Chapter of the Embroiderer's Guild of America.
Friday, April 27th - Artists and Poets Among Us. An evening of art, poetry, song, and refreshments in The Courtroom Cafe
in the Deptford Municipal Building. Admission: $5
Support our artists. Their beautiful works are for sale.
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The Sketch Club
