Swati is an incredibly talented artist, who does henna amongst many other things and I met her at a local event a few months ago. As part of exploring the Navatri festivities, and the Indian culture in Jersey City….I reached out to her and asked her if she would do a henna tattoo for me. […]
Mana Contemporary Open House October 18th
Today I got to attend a press tour of Mana Contemporary to help spread the word about the Studio art tour happening this Sunday. #ilovemyjob. We started out at the Arnulf Rainer exhibit on the first floor (Presented by Ayn Foundation). “Using a variety of media and materials, and mostly recognized for his “overpaintings,” in which […]
SOL Studios at Mana Contemporary for JCAST
The very first time I stepped foot into Mana Contemporary was in August of 2014. I had seen it in fleeting as I would be on my way around the city to do various things that year and I didn’t know much about it. Having been slightly disconnected from that art world since the start […]
Your Guide to the Jersey City Arts & Studio Tour
The Jersey City Art & Studio Tour is the biggest weekend in art, featuring over 800 artist at locations all over JC. Last year I got a whole street team to help me cover as many events as possible! This year some of the chicpeaJC contributor have volunteered to do the same! Check out a […]
6th Annual Washington Park LIVE! Arts & Music Festival
This weekend was once again packed with events throughout the city, but one of the most exciting events of them all was the 6th Annual Washington Park LIVE!. The eastern section of Washington Park was once again transformed into a super artsy venue full of food vendors, live music, murals, a beer garden, face painting, and […]
Top Fifteen Things to do This Weekend in Jersey City: JC Fridays Edition
There is so much going on this weekend that our calendar is literally overflowing with events. Jersey City is going to be bustling with arts and music and so much more that we had to reduce it all down to a list of Fifteen. Fifteen might seem a bit underwhelming but it’ll give a great […]
“Happiness” at Merseles Studios
Each person during one time or another will experience the utmost of grand happiness and the lowest form of sorrow. In most cases—it can be found that there is more focus on what makes a person depressed as opposed to what makes them happy. Yesterday evening was the opening reception for the Happiness art show: […]
Kayt Hester
I am not an art critic nor an art “connoisseur,” I just know what appeals to me and what I can relate to. I’ve been a huge fan of Kayt Hester’s ever since I saw a show of hers at LITM almost a year ago. Kayt uses masking tape as her medium to create her art. […]
The Flying Dutchman
I first heard about Keith, aka TF Dutchman after interviewing our favorite Jersey City street artists; Distort, Mustart and Clarence Rich who are all part of the same crew with Dutch. Keith is not your typical street artist, he primarily does art in the form of stained glass and only does street art as a […]
Fermin Mendoza
Life can be so magical at times, things just fall into place and you meet or encounter people you are supposed to. Fermin Mendoza is one of those people that I was meant to meet. A few weeks ago, the Mayor posted a picture on his Instagram of a new mural by Route 440 painted […]
The Book of Helga
Alex Pergament is a photographer and artist who happens to also practice Law… usually it is the other way around, a Lawyer who does art as a hobby… but not in this case. I met Alex about a year ago around the Jersey City art scene, and have been following his work ever since. A […]
Top 5 Things to do this Weekend in Jersey City!!
I am feeling very nostalgic, this weekend it will be a year since my first ever “weekend roundup” post. I think it was actually what cemented this whole blogging experience for me. I covered so many events I felt like my head would spin… I remember being so exhausted at the end of the weekend […]
Groove on Grove does JC Fridays
This Friday, June 5th is “JC Fridays”; which is a city wide celebration of the arts that happens a few times a year. It also happens to be the year anniversary to the first one I ever covered. Since then I’ve done 3 JC Fridays (I skipped one in the winter to catch up on […]
Charles Kessler
Almost a year ago while plugging away at The Warehouse, one of the baristas pointed out Charles Kessler and asked me if I knew him. At the time I was embarrassed to say that I did not. The barista shook his head and said, “If you are going to blog about art, you should know […]
ChicpeaJC Turns One – Party Time
Last Friday ChicpeaJC turned one. It was the most insane/emotional/overwhelming day since I started my blogging career…I started my day at 5am and waited with much anticipation to post an interview I’ve been waiting for since I started; My article about Mayor Steven Fulop. After it was shared on social media and the storm had […]
Mana Contemporary
This coming Sunday, The Mana Contemporary is opening its doors to the public for a FREE Open House & Studio tour from 1-6pm. I was invited to attend a press tour, to get a first look at all the new exhibits on display during the spring/summer time. Before I delve the details of this experience, […]
Groove on Grove is Back!!
Groove on Grove is officially back next Wednesday! and I am so beyond excited for this! Every Wednesday from Spring to Fall you will see me and mini chicpea rocking out right by the stage on Grove Street and Newark Ave. I wanted to get the background story on “GOG” so I reached out to […]
TurnstyleART
I started following Christine aka TurnstyleART a few months ago on Instagram. Christine is not your run of the mill artist, she takes ordinary materials that people would otherwise discard, like envelopes and glass and uses them to create the most beautiful pieces of work. Art that is good for the soul and the environment! […]
Pinocchio by Puppetworks
Pinocchio has to be one of my favorite stories of all times and when Timothy Henrick, the Communications director for the Jersey City Theatre Center (JCTC) emailed me to invite me to their new puppet show I immediately responded and said “get me an interview, I am there”. I went a few days before the […]
la vie en rose
online pharmacy purchase cialis-super-active online with best prices today in the USA A few weeks ago, I went to Jersey City Tattoos to interview and get tattooed by Adam Patterson, the owner and tattooer of this dope local tattoo spot. I got two pieces done; a bow which doesn’t really have any meaning behind it […]
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