Art & Prozac

Painting  by Steve Kelly. ‘Self-Portrait’ (2013) uses Steve Kelly’s characteristic big brush strokes. Steve Kelly & Joseph Palestina bring a forum for younger artists to Basemeant Wrx today. Owner Aimee Danchise said,”Montclair is just bleeding artists that have nowhere to go.” Today, they do.  For more information, view the article here.

Asbury Art 

Text & photos by K. Cecchini Locked out, but not to worry. We reached through the bars with our iPhones to grab pics of Harif Guzman’s art at the Asbury Park Carousel House. The shadows? Three of my favorite girls; happy birthday, T!           

Party Like It’s 1999

Text & Photos by K. Cecchini Pearl Jam tees wrapped in flannel. Glow sticks, dog tags, REM’s “Losing My Religion” and black light highlighting the lint on my sweater. AND Dwayne Wayne flip glasses. Yes, people were partying like it was 1999. To compliment its’ freshest exhibit, Come As You Are, the Montclair Art Museum balanced all ofContinue reading “Party Like It’s 1999”

365 Dawns

Tonight at Dawn just reached its 1st year anniversary and 200th article on Sunday (2.22: “Tonight at Noon“). To celebrate, we are presenting our largest (& favorite) milestones from the last 365 days. Thanks for taking the ride and stay with us as we evolve! Tonight at Dawn: Favorite Posts by the Month 2014 February: TaD’sContinue reading “365 Dawns”

Come As You Are

Text by K. Cecchini Come As You Are: Art of the 1990’s Montclair Art Museum (MAM): Now-May 17, 2015 Montclair, NJ If Pearl Jam, Wu Tang and, of course, Nirvana, are now considered classics, then I suppose the nineties is now ripe for retrospect. Alexandra Schwartz takes on the decade through art created between the fall of theContinue reading “Come As You Are”

Margeaux Walter Has Got Heart (or a FAMNIG HJÄRTA)

Text and Photos by K. Cecchini Push aside a small curtain to enter a tiny room; the TV’s glow reveals a life-sized heart pillow with a remote control in one fuzzy red hand while she beckons folks to share the matching love seat with the other. Intrigued visitors laugh as they sit down and the heartContinue reading “Margeaux Walter Has Got Heart (or a FAMNIG HJÄRTA)”

Need Some VisualCandee?

VisualCandee Design is Stephanie Werthman I am excited to share Werthman’s new site with The Tonight at Dawn community so I am reposting her inaugural blog entry here. Chemigrams at Jersey City Studio Tour 2014 October 18 – 19 ~ 12pm – 6pm 74 Colgate Street, Jersey City, NJ Text & Art by S. WerthmanContinue reading “Need Some VisualCandee?”

Art & DADA in Zürich & YADA Yada Yada

Text and Photos by Kimberly Cecchini  @tonightatdawn “HOW DOES ONE ACHIEVE ETERNAL BLISS? BY SAYING DADA. HOW DOES ONE BECOME FAMOUS? BY SAYING DADA. WITH NOBLE GESTURE AND DELICATE DECENCY. TILL ONE GOES CRAZY. TILL ONE LOSES CONSCIOUSNESS.” -Hugo Ball, founder of the Cabaret Voltaire in the original Dada manifesto DADA DA-DA dada Right now,Continue reading “Art & DADA in Zürich & YADA Yada Yada”

Dear Climate, How do I Love Thee?

“Dear Climate” Marina Zurkow, Una Chaudhuri, Fritz Ertl and Oliver Kellhammer powerHouse Books window display 41 Main Street, (DUMBO) Brooklyn, NY 11201 Click here for more information and FREE images. Text & Photo by K. Cecchini  @tonightatdawn Images by Marina Zurkow, Una Chaudhuri, Fritz Ertl and Oliver Kellhammer who encourage you to freely distribute them.Continue reading “Dear Climate, How do I Love Thee?”

Adam Normandin: Yard ~ an interview with the artist

Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery 37 West 57 Street . New York 10019 . 212.593.3757 bernarducci@meiselgallery.com . bernarduccimeisel.com ADAM NORMANDIN: YARD: Solo exhibition 4 – 27 September 2014 Feature Image: Adam Normandin, “Change of Plan,” oil & acrylic on panel, 22×38″, 2014 Click here to view Normandin’s website. Tonight at Dawn: The vibrancy of your paintings in Yard beautifies subjectsContinue reading “Adam Normandin: Yard ~ an interview with the artist”