Steven Hecht, who is a member of the Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County, also collects art, including WPA (Works Progress Administration) art of the 1930s. Steve says that more than 40 pieces of his collection will go on display at the Puffin Forum for two months beginning this Saturday. There will be an opening reception on Saturday at Puffin at 7:00 pm. It’s free. It would be great if our fellow Ethical members and friends would drop in! If you can’t make it this Saturday, Steve says the show will be up for the next two months, so stop by and see it.
The Puffin Forum is located at 20 Puffin Way, just off Teaneck Road. If you’re headed south on Teaneck Road, you’ll pass Holy Name Hospital and Thomas Jefferson Middle School. You will see two gas stations--an Exxon on your right and an Enrite gas station on your left. Make the left onto Puffin Way (formerly East Oakdene Ave.) immediately after the Enrite station. The Puffin parking lot is at the bottom of the hill on the right. (If you are headed north on Teaneck Road, look for the Enrite station – Puffin Way is the first real street on your right.)
Here’s a link to the April event listings at Puffin: http://www.puffinfoundation.
Saturday, April 25, 7:00 p.m.
ART OPENING: Still Current:
WPA Art of the 1930s
Much like the severe global financial environment of today, the 1930s were a time of harsh economic duress throughout the world. On the evening of April 25th the Puffin Gallery will have an opening of original Works Progress Administration art works from the collection of Teaneck resident Steven Hecht. The show consists primarily of artists who worked for the WPA and depicts many themes that are germane to the current uncertain economic climate. President Obama’s recent stimulus plan to rebuild the nation’s crumbling infrastructure is eerily reminiscent in these evocative works from 75 years ago. Lithographs, water colors, wood blocks show men pouring steel, repairing rails, as well as farm scenes, carnivals, oil wells, nudes, and abstractions from another time that has direct lineage to today’s world.
Curated by Steven Hecht and Marc Lambert.
Free and open to the public.
Linda
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