CCA COMMUNITY HISTORY EXHIBIT AT MAC

A Feeling of Community: Segregation and Education on Cape Island, 1860-1954,” an exhibit exploring Cape May’s African American history with a focus on education, will be on display January 14 – May 14, 2006 in the Carriage House Gallery at the Emlen Physick Estate, 1048 Washington Street, Cape May.

The exhibit is based on research, oral histories, artifacts and documents collected by the Center for Community Arts (CCA) Community History Program, and presented in collaboration with the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts (MAC).

The public is invited to an opening reception on Monday, January 16, 2006 at 4:00 p.m. at the Gallery.

The Gallery is fully accessible to wheelchairs. This exhibit is funded in part by Sturdy Savings Bank. CCA and MAC receive operating support grants from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State. RSVP for the reception by calling MAC at 884-5404.

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Gallery hours are extremely limited.

The gallery is open

only on Saturdays and Sundays

from 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

through the end of March.

April & May Hours:

Sunday through Friday* 3/31-4/27 11:15-3:00

Saturday 4/1

11:15-5:00

Saturday 4/8-4/22

10:15-5:00

Wednesday* 4/12 & 4/19

10:15-3:00

Friday 4/28 & 5/5

11:15-4:00

Saturday 4/29 & 5/6

9:45-5:00

Sunday through Thursday 4/30-5/7 11:15-3:00

Sunday through Friday 5/8-5/14 11:15-4:00

Saturday 5/13 10:15-5:00

PUTTING THE F-U-N IN FUNDRAISER

The William J. Moore Scholarship Foundation, Inc. will have a fundraiser at the Wildwoods Convention Center on Saturday February 18, 2006. The Moore Foundation is putting the F-U-N in fundraiser. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and the festivities will last until 11 o'clock. The buffet dinner/dance will feature the seven-piece instrumental and four-man vocal group, Sensational Soul Cruisers, who specialize in classic soul music. There will be a cash bar.

Tickets are available for $60 at Center for Community Arts, 712 Lafayette Street, Cape May, Flying Fish Studio, 130 Park Blvd., West Cape May, or call Alice Vasser at 898-2252.

The Lower Cape May Regional High School Class of 1966 will also take part as it will have its 40th anniversary reunion. Everyone is welcome. The mid-winter event is about supporting education, community, and remembering local African-American educator and tennis instructor William J. Moore. The Moore Foundation has funded over 60 college-bound students for the last 33 years in the uplifting spirit that he professed. It will be a night of fun.

For further information regarding the scholarships, write the William J. Moore Foundation at Box 64, Cape May, NJ 08204.

YAP & ART AT THE LIBRARY RETURN

YAP, the Center for Community Arts Youth Arts Program for grades 5-8, resumes January 7 at 6:00 p.m. in Cape May, Wildwood and Lower Township. This free program provides a light supper and art activities led by professional artists. This semester’s theme is “Threads of Many Lands.” On January 7, participants will make a mural of fabric, inspired by the work of Faith Ringgold. YAP is in Lyle Hall at the Cape May United Methodist Church, at Cape Assist’s Kare Center, 3819 New Jersey Avenue in Wildwood, and at the Millman Center, 209 Bayshore Road in Villas.

Janet Payne brings the Center for Community Arts Art at the Library program to Cape May City Public Library on Thursday, January 5, at 7 p.m. with a reading of “Beautiful Black Bird,” a Zambian tale about color. The program also meets January 19 with another project and book. Children ages 6-10 will enjoy the book and create a related work of art under Payne’s direction. Families are asked to sign up for this free program in advance at the Library, on Ocean & Hughes Streets.

YAP will skip January 14 and meet instead on Sunday, January 15 at 6:00 p.m. for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday Party and pot luck supper at Cape May City Elementary School. The fabric murals created January 7 will be on display, and there will be a tribute to Rosa Parks. A free bus will be provided from Cape Assist in Wildwood, for which an advance reservation is required. Call 884-7525 for information.

YAP will go to the Newark Museum on Saturday, January 21; the trip is free but advance reservations are required by calling 884-7525. YAP will resume on Saturday, January 28 at all three locations at 6:00 p.m. for a new project on the theme, “Threads of Many Lands.”

These programs are made possible by grants from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the Byrne Fund for Wildwood, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, and many other businesses and individuals. For a detailed schedule call 884-7525.

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.’S BIRTHDAY PARTY

Center for Community Arts presents Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday Party on Sunday, January 15, from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m., at the Cape May City Elementary School Cafeteria, 921 Lafayette Street. This free event, open to the public, begins with a community pot luck supper – so bring a dish and don’t forget the serving spoon! After dinner, there will be a tribute to Rosa Parks presented by YAP, CCA’s Youth Arts Program. The Cafeteria will be decorated with fabric murals created by YAP, inspired by the work of Faith Ringgold. This event is wheelchair accessible.

YAP, the Center’s Youth Arts Program, for students in grades 5-8, is supported by grants from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Lower Cape Alliance, the Byrne Fund for Wildwood and the NJ State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, and many local businesses and individuals. The program continues with a trip to the Newark Museum on Saturday, January 21, and Saturday night programs in Cape May, Wildwood and Lower Township starting January 28.

For more information call 884-7525.

There will be no poetry workshop on Dec. 21 or 28, 2005. The next poetry workshop will be Wednesday, January 4, 2006, at 6:00 p.m. at 712 Lafayette Street.

PROGRAM UPDATES

YAP, our free youth arts program, for students in grades 5, 6, 7 & 8 will resume on Saturday, January 7, 2006.

There is no program on the 14th, because we have Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Birthday Party Pot-luck supper at 6pm on Sunday the 15th. This event is open to the public and takes place at Cape May City Elementary School, 921 Lafayette Street.

YAP will take a day trip to the Newark Museum on January 21.

After that it’s back to Saturday nights, in Cape May, Lower Township and Wildwood. For a detailed schedule please leave your name, address and phone number, and specify Cape May, Lower Township or Wildwood.

Art at the Library, for ages 6-10, at the Cape May City Public Library from 7-8 pm, resumes January 5, 2006.

Our intergenerational dance and stretch class is on hiatus for a holiday break.

Our free intergenerational poetry workshop usually meets Wednesday evenings at our office, 712 Lafayette Street, from 6-8 pm. The weeks of December 21 and 28, it will not meet. Next meeting is Wed. Jan. 4, 2006.

Our African American Heritage Walking Tour is by appointment only until the spring.