Chairs of Inclusion opens downtown Sunday
reception from 2-4 p.m. at Parlor Gallery
Chairs of Inclusion, a community-wide art installation, opens Sunday along Cookman and Bangs avenues in Asbury Park’s downtown.
The social art project celebrates the Jewish Service for Developmentally Disabled’s Wae Center’s 10th anniversary, according to a news release.
Eleven artists were commissioned to work with the Wae Center’s adults with developmental disabilities artists in creating the life-size pieces.
The chairs representation their vision that everyone deserves a seat at the table. The project is meant to shift perceptions of ability, art and community by making a statement about the importance of ‘inclusion.’
An opening reception, featuring the lead artists, will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Parlor Gallery, 717 Cookman Avenue.
The lead artists are Susanna Baker, Dan Fenelon, Tim Folzenlogen, Lisa Ficarelli-Halpern, Ellen Hanauer, Jennifer Levine, Yvette Lucas, Mansa Mussa, Stephen Schwartz, Gladys Barker Grauer, and Onnie Strother.
The exhibit runs through November 29, when a closing reception will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Asbury Park Train Station.
Seven of the Chairs and The Dialogue of Four Chairs paintings are available for purchase.
The chairs will be on display at:
Heaven and Art Antiques, 721 Cookman Avenue
Parlor Gallery, 717 Cookman Avenue
Asbury Park Music Foundation, 708 Cookman Avenue
Shelter Home, 704 Cookman Avenue
The ShowRoom Cinema, 707 Cookman Avenue
B&G Home Interiors, 658 Cookman Avenue
art629 Gallery, 629 Cookman Avenue
Words!, 625 Cookman Avenue
Tao Massage, 611 Bangs Avenue
Coil & Co., 611 Bangs Avenue #1
Oasis Home, 519 Bangs Avenue
[photo courtesy of Jewish Service for Developmentally Disabled & Coil & Co.]
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