The more than 30-years-old Hafetz and Associates of Iselin will present two free Medicare seminars this month, starting Wednesday, and also on June 27 at 4 p.m.
Scott R. Hafetz, owner of Hafetz and Associates of Iselin, N.J. will offer free Medicare seminars starting Wednesday. — Provided photo
Hafetz and Associates provides individual and group employee health products through innovative and cutting-edge ideas tailored to meet every client’s specific needs, they claim.
Their upcoming seminars will aim to “inform the public about the many nuances of Medicare and ensure they’re knowledgeable about exactly what their plan covers,” said Scott Hafetz, owner of Hafetz and Associates.
Hafetz continued to say that, “Attendees are never pressured to sign up for a plan. Our goal is for everyone to better understand how Medicare works, and for Hafetz and Associates to be a resource they can go to for their Medicare questions and concerns.”
According to Hafetz and Associates, they have been offering highly personal attention and exceptional customer service for more than 30 years, and therefore is a trusted and devoted advisor.
At the seminars, they plan to discuss Medicare Part A, Part B, Part C Advantage plans, and Part D prescription plans and supplemental coverage.
In order to ensure everyone is knowledgeable about their Medicare plans and benefits, Hafetz and Associates will conclude each seminar with a question and answer session, as well as private consultations with Hafetz Medicare representatives.
The experienced Hafetz and Associates offers a variety of individual and group health and dental insurance products and services.
Amanda Reese of Hafetz and Associates is presenting at Hafetz seminars. — Provided photo
For those switching from other plans to Medicare, it should be effortless with Hafetz. Employed
seminar attendees may also receive information from licensed consultants on the best plans, and the benefits of choosing to transition from their group plan to Medicare.
To RSVP for these free seminars, you may call Amanda Reese at 609-872-0001 x107, or email areese@srhafetz.com.
Welcome summer with a walk in the park as D&R Greenway teams up with a local restaurant for its
A lady stands by the lake along a trail in Kunkel Park in Pennington, N.J. — Provided photo
3rd Trails-to-Table Walk and meals June 20th and 21st.
The Trails-to-Tables Walk will be a guided hike along PennView Heights Trail, following a picnic supper provided by Chambers Walk Café of Lawrenceville, under the gazebo at Pennington Kunkel Park on King George Road on June 20.
As D&R Greenway commemorates its 30th Anniversary of land preservation in Central New Jersey and beyond, it will also recognize the official beginning of the summer season and the two longest days of the year, by inviting the public to get to “know natural treasures which are close by and often adjacent to their very own neighborhood,” says a news release from D&R Greenway’s community relations person.
The beauty of PennView Heights property begins with a lengthy section of frontage along the Stony Brook. This land links the Baldwin Lake Management Area and Kunkle Park. The forested floodplain along the Stony Brook protects the water quality of this crucial stream, says the D&R Greenway news release.
Linda Mead, D&R Greenway’s president and CEO, says, “ This year, the summer solstice will officially occur on Friday, June 21st, at 11:54 a.m. In addition to enjoying the extra light during the year’s two longest days, participants will learn fascinating sagas of local and preservation, including that of PennView Heights.”
She encourages the community to, “join us for Thursday evening’s picnic supper and walk, or otherwise support preservation by having a meal at any time of day or evening at Lawrenceville’s Chambers Walk restaurant on Friday.”
When patrons enter the restaurant on Friday to show support by having their meal, you should say, “D&R Greenway,” upon ordering, and the restaurant will donate 10 per cent of your tab to support the Land Trust’s preservation and stewardship mission.
D&R Greenway continues its mission to recognize and appreciate those who support their land preservation efforts.
Thus, at the Trails-to-Tables event, they will also honor another member of their team similarly to their 30th Anniversary Greenway Gala awards in early May.
D&R Greenway Chair of the Board (r) Christopher DeGrezia presents the Donald B. Jones Conservation Award to Alan Hershey. — Photo by Carl Geisler
At this event, it will be Peter Dawson, a Pennington resident and member of D&R Greenway’s Board of Trustees, who they will honor for his volunteer commitment to the community.
Dawson, who is also owner of Leigh Imaging Inc., helped D&R Greenway design signs that introduce the public to D&R Greenway’s properties. He also created effective merchandise to herald the inaugural River Days – a celebration of the Delaware River watershed by 23 nature centers belonging to the Alliance for Watershed Education.
“Peter has a wholehearted and hands-on understanding to our mission to preserve and care for land and inspire a conservation ethic,” Mead says. “He mirrors the integrity and passion of his Pennington neighbors, past and present, who solicited funding to preserve these 42 acres.”
Mead also mentions D&R Greenway Executive Director Maude Backes and D&R Greenway Board Chair Alan Hershey, who both helped with acquisition of the properties.
D&R Greenway nature specialists will be available for the June 20th trail walks to guide participants along these properties.
To reserve a spot, or sign up, please visit www.drgreenway.org, or call (609)924-4646.
The progressive dialogs between the Trenton community and its leaders continue, as a local filmmaker creates “Common Ground” — another film within his docuseries.
Trenton Police Officer Sh’Quanah Lopez plays ball with Trenton youth. — Photo by Margaret Casperson
Last Saturday, Joseph A. Halsey, founder of the James R. Halsey Foundation of the Arts, along with Co-founder of seven13 Films, Lee Kolinsky, and several community members wrapped up day four of filming “Common Ground,” which is a part of his Generation Change docuseries that focuses on positive changes within the community.
Media Producer Margaret Fontana said that, Generation Change is the first of docuseries since they switched from producing fiction, and that “this could potentially spark new positive conversations and create a more open forum and platform for community members … challenging social issues they face daily.”
Since its inception, Generation Change has presented a previous Youth Symposium called, “If I Were Mayor” at Rider University last spring where the youth questioned mayoral candidates.
This year’s symposium, “Common Ground,” also involves teens and young adults who came out to the Sam Naples Senior Center in Trenton to meet with Trenton police officers and have a conversation about some of the issues they face within the community.
Award-winning Television Personality Alicia Nieves hosted both events, where she facilitated the conversations between the youth and their leaders.
Community members on the last day before post-production also included the Mayor of Trenton Reed Gusciora and staff members from the City of Trenton, and the Sam Naples Senior Center.
The issues the community members discussed during the “Common Ground” meetings ranged from their relationship with police officers, to filmmaking, to economic issues within households to college careers.
The purpose of the discussions was to find a “common ground” especially between the young community members and their police force.
Fontana states that, “Common Ground” has allowed Law Enforcement and the young community members to, “voice their opinions on how to overcome historically, negative interactions that have resulted in distrust, a lack of respect and violence within the community.”
From left: Paul Minoff, a father of two survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS shooting; with Jeff Gale of NJDOE office of School Safety and Preparedness; and Scott Newgass of the National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement speak at the NJSPRA – School Safety Communications Symposium in Burlington recently. — Provided photo
communications.”
Two weeks ago, the NJSPRA took action by hosting and event called, “School Safety Communications Symposium: The Parent Perspective,” at Burlington Township High School Performing Arts Center, where 75 New Jersey school administrators attended.
A parent name Paul Minoff, who is the father of two survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School tragedy that took place in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, 2018, spoke at the event.
Minoff said, “It is critical to those who put their trust in the school systems for education to also be able to trust that the school officials will properly communicate with them.”
He continued to say that, “thorough and honest communication is key.”
Joining Minoff on the dais, were other supporters such as Jeff Gale from New Department of Education’s Office of School Safety and Preparedness and Scott Newgass of the National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement.
Also, joining via video conference from Minnesota, was Rick Kaufman, a school communications professional who was among the first-responders to triage victims during the Columbine High School tragedy that occurred in April, 20 years ago.
The symposium informed and educated school administrators on the best practices related to school crisis communications.
“Schools that are willing to take the perceived or imagined risks of communicating difficult information are usually rewarded by the appreciation and trust of their community,” said Newgass.
Leading the panel was Alicia D’Anella, Esq. of the Comengo Law Group who also sponsored the event.
D’Anella commented that, “Developing a communications strategy that anticipates the needs of stakeholders is an essential component of risk management. Districts that are prepared to communicate responsively, rather than reactively, provide leadership, reassurance and healing to their communities.”
Other co-hosts of the event were Burlington Township Public School District and the Camden County Educational Services Commission.
PRINCETON, N.J. — With funding from the William Penn Foundation, D&R Greenway plans to develop
From left – D&R Greenway Land Trust President & CEO Linda Mead; Bordentown City Mayor James Lynch; Joel Dowshen of the Abbott Marshlands Council; and Kay Widmer, representing Friends of the Abbott Marshlands. All welcome the new sign at Bordentown Beach that signals community partnerships. — Provided photo
more interpretive signage like the new one at Bordentown Beach that connects communities.
As part of its new “Community Conservation” initiative, D&R Greenway, Abbott Marshlands, and TravelStorys App will partner to connect the Greater Philadelphia and Greater Trenton Circuit Trails.
The connectivity of these trails will feature historical and educational signage along their paths. There will be about four new signs.
“D&R Greenway’s expertise lies in maximizing existing partnerships and building new partnerships at all levels – State Government, County Government, Municipal Government, corporations, community groups, nonprofit organizations and individuals,” says President and CEO Linda Mead.
D&R Greenway recognizes all the beneficiaries of land preservation, and so the new totem-designed signage at Bordentown Beach in the Abbott Marshlands lists collaborators of the effort.
The sign helps to promote the use of the Circuit Trails, Tulpehaking Nature Center, and the TravelStorys app.
“D&R Greenway has acted as the leader to bring all these groups together to understand the importance of connecting communities and merging resources to do so,” Mead says.
“The signage will also acknowledge the perseverance and volunteer work of key community people, those who ultimately protect and care for our watershed with boots on the ground,” she says.
For 25 years now, D&R Greenway has been working toward preservation and stewardship of the Abbott Marshlands. It has worked with Mercer and Burlington counties to make the Abbott Marshlands and the Circuit Trails the robust community assets they are today.
An oasis of natural beauty, the Abbott Marshlands is a unique urban wetland where osprey, marsh wrens, and many kinds of butterflies and dragonflies live. There are also the occasional beluga whale and harp seal.
Human visitors include students on field trips, hikers, cyclists, bird watchers, canoeists, kayakers, fishers, hunters, photographers and artists.
Folks along these trails can also enjoy the offerings at the Tulpehaking Nature Center created by D&R Greenway and N.J. Green Acres Program in partnership with Mercer County.
Along with 15 new signs and trail maps, the new TravelStorys app that was released in 2017 provide paddling and walking tours, enabling visitors to imagine journeying back in time.
This app allows them to navigate Crosswicks Creek in the Abbott Marshlands, visit the bluffs that witnessed Lenape Indian life, early English settlers and French royalty. App users can hear the sounds of a railroad, summer insects and the call of an osprey while learning about key events that shifted the course of American history.
Both the app and new signage along the regional network of hundreds of miles of multi-use trails, enhance community connections, and will soon add the Tulpehaking Nature Center, Abbott Marshlands and Lawrence-Hopewell Trail to the Circuit network.
The William Penn Foundation not only funds the new signage for the Circuit Trails, but it also funds the Alliance for Watershed Education, which is a group of 23 nature centers that bring educational programs to the public with a goal of protecting natural resources of the Delaware River Watershed. More than 15 million people get their drinking water from the Delaware River Watershed.
D&R Greenway Land Trust and the Tulpehaking Nature Center are members of the Alliance for Watershed Education.
PRINCETON, N.J. – The artist who invites others to take a closer look at nature recently
Fine Arts and Nature Photographer Tasha O’Neill designs her “Grandmother’s Pin” artwork from dried seaweed, and includes it in her “Gifts from the Sea” exhibition at Millstone River Gallery in Princeton. — Provided photo
collaborated with poets to present her close-up “Gifts from the Sea” artwork at Millstone River Gallery.
Currently, O’Neill’s exhibition at Princeton’s Millstone River Gallery called
“Gifts from the Sea” features her recent discoveries of dried and very sculptural seaweed offerings during low tide at sea. The poets matched each image on display with their poems.
The exhibition, which opened Mar. 10, will run through May 9. The gallery held their opening reception last Friday. The public listened to the poets read their poems, while they also admired the seaweed art, and purchased signed books, among other activities.
“The opening was very successful. We had many visitors who were both fans of mine and of the poets,” said O’Neill.
“They marveled at the beauty that was inaccessible to most people especially when at low (sea) tide. They loved the colors and composition and the way the pieces were hung together,” she states.
She continued that, “While the poets had their readings, visitors crowded around the provided seating area and even sat on the stairs going up. It was a rousing success. Books and note cards were sold and the food at the reception was appreciated.”
O’Neill spends her summers on the Maine Coast close to Acadia National Park. She “recalls a day in 2012 when the full moon created an historic low tide and revealed never-before-seen seaweed of such beauty that she had to capture it before the tide rose again.”
Always curious about sea creatures in tide pools, O’Neill finds that the Maine Coast has both tide pools and the abundance of seaweed of every color and variety that inspire her current unique artwork.
Last summer, O’Neill discovered the beauty of wet and dried seaweed. She randomly plucked clumps off the beach, as she studied their shapes and designed various artworks from them.
“Her most successful find turned out to look like a dancer now named ‘Balanchine.’” She adorned a bouquet-like form with small cranberries, bright green hop flowers, and the lacy white blossom of wild carrot.
The Cool Women Poets wrote poems that each image inspires. The poems make the images come alive, states Millstone River Gallery’s Curator Sheila Geisler.
For example, there are poems called “Grandmother’s Pin” by Lois Marie Harrod, and “Tide Pool” by Sharon Olsen.
“I am blessed to have known the Cool Women Poets for years, and am thrilled they chose to exhibit with me. My images will come alive through their poetry,” O’Neill notes.
She states that with their collaboration, she always has memorable titles for her images.
O’Neill’s other photography work has been exhibited at Grounds of Sculpture, Bristol Myers-Squibb, Capital Health, and D&R Greenway Land Trust in solo, group and juried shows.
EWING, N.J. — With the successes of three previous films, a local filmmaker is all about giving away
A concept poster for Ricardo Lorenzo’s next film, “An Unlikely Story.” — Provided image
perks in order to receive support for his next short.
Ricardo Lorenzo, an award-nominated moviemaker, currently has a full-time job as a producer and editor for television stations, but has always been interested in making movies, and started with his experimental films in high school.
Currently, he is asking for support to produce a short film called, An Unlikely Story, which is a “dark” comedy about mental illness, he says.
He says family and friends have been very supportive, and that he also seeking funding through indiegogo.
“It’s pretty exciting to see how much your friends and family support your art. I’m indebted to them,” says Lorenzo.
However, at this point he has met less than half his fundraising goals. He says he will need about $10,000 to support his cast and crewmembers.
Lorenzo has learned a lot about production from his three previous films: Insomnolent (2009), Enlightenment (2012), and Transparent (2013).
“Since Transparent, I grew to really understand everyone in the cast and crew deserves some sort of payment,” he says.
Even though most of his budget will go into equipment and post-production, he says he has to feed his cast and crew, and pay for locations and equipment rentals.
“Pretty much all I can ask is people help us by contributing to indiegogo. Maybe you’re not into it, but maybe you have a friend that might be. We’re just really looking for help to tell this story,” Lorenzo states.
He promises that supporters will benefit from some really “dope” perks that they are offering.
These include early released DVDs and limited edition movie poster giveaways.
Expecting more success, Lorenzo thinks An Unlikely Story will most likely attract an audience who are fans of dark comedy and Todd Solondz films, he says.
The movie will be emotional, addressing issues of companionships, cannibalism, and how important it is to have someone to talk to when one is a loner battling depression.
“We are currently in development; slowly coming into pre-production. And we’re hoping to shoot in June of this year,” Lorenzo said.
Fans will be able to get DVDs as early as Sept., but he does not expect to show the movie publicly until Jan.
For now, Lorenzo is “just going to keep making movies. Everyday, I’m contemplating my next film — hopefully a feature,” he says.
TRENTON, N.J. – In conjunction with Black History Month, Passage Theatre featured two plays about characters who were revolutionaries within the context of their time periods in American history.
Fred Hampton, the revolutionary of the 1960s Black Panthers Party, comes alive as Actor Richard Bradford performs his story at Passage Theatre. — Photo by Michelle Dryden
The Passage Theatre Company located in the historic Mill Hill Playhouse at 205 E. Front St. in Trenton, hosted the Solo Flights series of shows from Feb. 8 to 17.
The 2019 series of shows included their first play called, “To My Unborn Child: A Love Letter From Fred Hampton,” written and performed by Richard Bradford as Fred Hampton. John Doyle directed it.
The second revolutionary play in the series was titled “Bicycle Face,” which was written and performed by Hannah Van Sciver, and directed by David O’Connor.
Even though both shows were equally important to American History, the first play depicts the struggles of Black America more vividly.
“To My Unborn Child: A Love Letter From Fred Hampton,” a “powerful play about change, love, and legacy, sheds fresh light on a little understood period of our country’s history, and was originally produced by Iron Age Theatre,” states Elizabeth Zuckerman, administrative and marketing associate at Passage Theatre.
The audience, who attended the first night of the Fred Hampton play was in for a profound experience as they had the company of Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, where Fred Hampton was also a member.
Even Bradford, who was acting as Fred Hampton in his solo performance, said he was overjoyed by Seale’s appearance.
“I almost cried when he reached up at me and shook my hands,” said Bradford.
Along with Huey P. Newtown, Seale co-founded the Black Panther Party in 1966, serving as chairman.
In 1968, on trial as one of the “Chicago Eight,” he was famously chained and gagged in the courtroom after requesting that his lawyer be present.
He has written several books including his autobiography A Lonely Rage, which provides invaluable windows into the history and ideology of the 20th Century American political protest.
Artistic Director at Passage Theatre, Ryanne Domingues, states that, “We are honored to have Mr. Seale speak to our community…”
She mentions that Seale was an activist who helped to shape the landscape of social activism and community outreach, and that his stories of the past are now part of our collective history.
Likewise, Fred Hampton was a visionary Black Panther, who was also a revolutionary fighting for social justice, but was murdered by Chicago police as he lay by his pregnant lover at age 21.
Thus, there was a letter written to his unborn child.
Hampton preached a humane, compassionate revolution against racist brutality, child hunger, poverty, and capitalism.
Bradford brought Hampton’s legacy to life on the stage as he performed a well-researched and timeless-written play.
The actor said he wrote the play about three years ago, and said that he even spoke with Hampton’s son, who still lives in Chicago.
Bradford also said he thinks that the Black Panther’s movement still exists in society today, but that it has evolved in art forms such as music.
While the Black Panthers fought for justice against racism and other social movements, women in America had been fighting for equality to men even before that time.
Hannah Van Sciver acts as the three women in the feminism play, “Bicycle Face.” — Photo by Michelle Dryden
So, the second Solo Flights play this year, titled, “Bicycle Face” addresses that issue.
In the early 19th Century, there was a movement for women to become just as mobile as men, by riding bicycles.
Van Sciver played the part of three female characters who were trying to revolutionize their worlds, hoping society would get better for them.
She showed how they tried to find their place in their new societies even after one getting in trouble for riding a bicycle.
Women fighting for the power to ride bicycles, revolutionize their clothing where they could begin to wear pants, and also helped them to be more than just homemakers who previously had no way to get outside their homes.
Both plays recognize the humanity of their characters’ actions within the context of their time, states Dominguez.
“Whether speaking at a rally, or simply riding a bike, all of the characters in this year’s Solo Flights are revolutionaries,” she notes.
PRINCETON, N.J. – With physical activity, the brain and the body function better, and so recently a
Students at Princeton Ballet School perform in their Dance for Parkinson’s class where Rachel Stanislawczyk is their teacher. — Provided photo
dance teacher has been helping special students with their moves.
When Rachel Stanislawczyk interned and became a lead dance teacher for the Mark Morris Dance Group’s Dance for Parkinson’s Program in Brooklyn, N.Y., she decided to broaden the horizons of that program.
On returning to New Jersey, Stanislawczyk proposed the idea of starting a Dance for Parkinson’s program to the Princeton Ballet School, “knowing that their mission and dedication to live accompaniment aligned perfectly with her vision of the program,” says Lindsay Cahill, assistant teacher at Princeton Ballet School.
The Parkinson’s students will need help with controlling their movements, because Parkinson’s disease is a neurological disorder of the central nervous system that affects movement, and often includes tremors.
Therefore, Stanislawczyk is offering the eight-week Dance for Parkinson’s classes that will be running through March 28, this year in Princeton, and she is the lead dance teacher.
Together with her assistant, the dance teachers create “a warm sanctuary for movement exploration, and a social atmosphere to support artistic venture,” Cahill says.
Affiliated with the American Repertory Ballet (ARB), the Princeton Ballet School Dance for Parkinson’s program have live musical accompanied by one of ARB’s staff of professional musicians, Cahill says.
“Each class is infused with guided imagery, vocalization, and movement from several different genres of dance, to provide participants with holistic and dynamic experiences,” Cahill explains.
She says the Dance for Parkinson’s teachers and volunteers encourage participants to “’think like a dancer;’ to indulge in creativity, expression, and shared humanistic experiences.”
Dancers for Parkinson’s hold hands as they participate in their classes at Princeton Ballet School. — Provided photo
This inclusive program is open to all levels of ability. The participants include senior adults, their care partners, family, friends, children and grandchildren, who may experience therapeutic relief from
dancing.
However, the classes are not considered therapy, but are solely for getting people together to move, share, and enjoy the elements of dance, says Cahill.
Nevertheless, the dance movements help the Parkinson’s students’ bodies to naturally produce the neurotransmitter, Dopamine, which is a feel-good chemical in the brain, and that helps with signaling body movements.
In order to offer a variety of dance movements, the dance instructors incorporate several different dance styles such as ballet, modern jazz, tap, and tango.
“The formula for each class differs as participants are led to explore different choreographic, improvisational, and compositional tools,” Cahill says.
And, the instructors also keep the classes interesting by sometimes revolving them around a central theme that includes aspects of song, poetry, games, and partner work.
They encourage the students to participate to the best of their own abilities while seated or standing during each class, Cahill says.
At the beginning of classes, the instructors remind students that there are no right or left sides, and no right or wrong ways of moving.
There are also volunteers to assist students during each of these one-hour-and-fifteen-minutes classes.
These classes are fairly new to Princeton Ballet School where the first sessions started in August 2018.
The teachers held the first two sessions of the program at their Princeton location. However, this year’s winter sessions are at their Cranbury studios. They also have a studio in New Brunswick.
The Cranbury and Princeton studios are wheelchair accessible. All locations feature state-of-the-art dance floors that are shock absorbent and slip proof.
PRINCETON, N.J. — Many local photographers and mixed media artists now have a chance to
showcase their artworks at local hospital galleries, thanks to a few area curators.
Princeton Photography Club Curator Sheila Geisler plans for future projects at their hospital galleries. — Provided photo
Among others making this possible, are curators from the Princeton Photography Club (PPC), which include Sheila Geisler, Lillian Ciuffreda, and Mark Poiani. David Anderson is president of the club.
The PPC oversees Millstone River Gallery at Merwick Care and Rehabilitation Center in Plainsboro, and Lakefront Gallery at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Hamilton.
Geisler explained that, “the Robert Wood Johnson Hospital (Lakefront Gallery) and the Millstone River Gallery at Merwick are maintained by the photo club in order to give local, emerging artists a place to show their work without a cost,” or fees because the club maintains the galleries.
At the recent opening reception for the “Pictures at an Exhibition” photography show at Millstone River Gallery, Geisler said that even though this specific exhibition is about photography, the galleries tend to be diverse with their artwork.
“We are able to invite many artists besides photographers to join us, including mixed media artists like what is currently at Lakefront Gallery,” she said.
The diversity of artists includes high school students who compete in the annual 4thCongressional Dist. Art Competition by U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, and recently the Trenton Street Artists.
It was very exciting for the Trenton Street Artists.
“This was the first time they ever hung in a hospital gallery,” said Geisler. “And we sold 10 pieces of their work. Then they got invited to other hospitals in the Trenton area to exhibit.”
She said PPC opened a whole new venue for them.
Geisler also said, “it’s a wonderful goal for the club to be able to allow the artists and the community to participate” in the art exhibitions.
She said they accept almost all the artists’ works.
Photo of “Anchors Aweigh” by Jim Amon at “Photos at an Exhibition” show at Millstone River Gallery. — Provided photo
“If the work is interesting, we hang them” in the galleries, she said.
The hospital galleries have become community attractions.
According to Christina Fleming, vice president of marketing and strategy at Windsor Healthcare Communities, the parent of Merwick Care, having the gallery in the hospital benefits everyone.
“We are good stewards to the community by opening our doors for them to come into our building and see how positive we are,” said Fleming.
She said it is not really a marketing strategy, but instead it allows people who might need nursing care at sometime in their lives to come visit the place and see how it is firsthand.
Geisler said the galleries are well-known and popular with the artists and the communities.
The curators are busy with future projects such as a major Pine Barrens exhibition for PPC with Pinelands Preservation Alliance, which will open in Jan. 2020 at RWJ Hamilton Lakefront Gallery.
Other upcoming exhibitions will include artist Tasha O’Neill’s “Gifts from the Sea” and the Cool Women Poets at Millstone River Gallery in March.
