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FREEHOLD ART SOCIETY MEETING, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2022

AT WAINRIGHT HOUSE AND MUSEUM

48 MAIN STREET, FARMINGDALE, NJ

1:30 TO 3:00 P.M.

Freehold Artist, Joseph H. Reilly will present a demonstration of portrait painting. .

Joseph H. Reilly was the Art Instructor at Freehold Borough High School from 1959 – 2004.  In addition, he was the Director of Drama, including set and costume design.

Joe was also the Costume and Set Designer for Brookdale Community College; Gateway Playhouse at Ocean County College;

the Theater Barn at Thompson Park; and the Theatre Arts Guild, Theatre 8.  In 2008, he received the Count Basie Lifetime Achievement Award.

Joseph Reilly is  a graduate of Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.  His work has been exhibited widely, and he is currently a regular exhibitor at the Freehold Art Gallery. 

This program is FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

The children’s art classes at Wainright will begin again when the Governor indicates it is okay to do so. In the meantime, we would like to thank CeCe Cavanaugh for volunteering to work with the children’s class in 2019. She was a good help in assisting our teacher, Carolyn Tischer Bartlett, during the fall session.

WAINRIGHT HOUSE AND MUSEUM WILL OPEN FOR THE SEASON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2020 WITH AN ART EXHIBIT FEATURING THE ARTWORK OF LOCAL ARTIST AND TEACHER, CAROLYN TISCHER BARTLETT.

WE WILL BE OPEN ON SATURDAY FROM 10 A.M. TO 2 P.M. AND ON SUNDAY FROM 12 NOON TO 4 P.M. IT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. VIEW THE ART AND ENJOY A TOUR OF THE MUSEUM, GUIDED BY OWNER, HISTORIAN, VIRGINIA WOOLLEY.

MASKS MUST BE WORN WHILE IN THE MUSEUM.

DONATIONS ARE WELCOME BUT NOT REQUIRED.

2019 GINGERBREAD HOUSES EXHIBIT

Local school classes and families will bring their fanciful gingerbread houses to Wainright from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. tonight, December 5th, for this year’s exhibit.

The Farmingdale Borough Annual Christmas Tree Lighting will take place at the corner of Asbury Avenue and Main Street at 6:00 p.m. Friday evening, December 6th. You can visit the gingerbread house exhibit before or after the tree lighting.

The exhibit will be open to the public

5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday evening, 12/6

10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, 12/7 and

1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, 12/8

FREE OF CHARGE. Donations welcome.

See a few of the houses displayed in 2018 below.