A group exhibition of contemporary artists curated by Director of the Art Galleries Sydney Jenkins and feminist artist and curator Donna Kessinger.

Planned public programs include a lecture relating to goddesses history, a film screening and academic panel, exhibiting artists’ talks, performance art, and a punk feminist band concert.

From the classical to fashion history to myth to popular culture and political art, this exhibition will flex numerous ways to think about the meaning of Goddesses.

Artists represented range from Dara Birnbaum, Nancy Spero, Mary Beth Edelson, and Carolee Schneemann to Myrlande Constant, Vanessa Beecroft, and Mariko Mori, among others.

Due to various unavoidable factors the quiet opening for GODDESSES 3.0 has been delayed until February 25^th at 1 p.m. This showing will be on view in through April 10th, with a reception on Wednesday, March 25th at 5 PM.

Dates of other GODDESSES 3.0 events to be announced soon!

View the information page for this exhibition here!

Image: Pat Lay, Altar Heads Series #4: Diviner, 2003, fired clay, steel, gold leaf.

A small showing of paintings and drawings by the Haitian master, who was one of the most important woman Haitian artists of the 20th century.

Due to various unavoidable factors the quiet opening for Relative to the Collection: Luce Turnier has been delayed until February 25^th at 1 p.m. This showing will be on view in through April 10th, with a reception on Wednesday, March 25th at 5 PM.

Image: Luce Turnier, Untitled, 1980, drawing. From the collection of Axelle Liautaud.

Using her unique perspective born from a lifetime in entertainment, join Lorna Luft as she shares favorites from the Great American Songbook. Expect some songs made famous by her mother and film legend, Judy Garland, as well as stories from Hollywood, Broadway, and beyond as only she can tell them. 

Born to the legendary Judy Garland and producer Sid Luft, Lorna began her career on her mother’s TV show at the age of eleven.  She went on to perform on Broadway in Promises, Promises; Snoopy, the Musical; and Extremities.  She has performed in domestic and international productions of They’re Playing Our Song; Guys and Dolls; Grease; The Wizard of Oz; Holiday Inn; and White Christmas.  

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Adults: $50/45, Children Under 17, $20, RCNJ Faculty/Staff: $40/36*, RCNJ Students: $8*, Retired Employees of Ramapo College: $40/36*

NOTE: Everyone entering the auditorium must have a ticket, including infants and young children. Strollers are not permitted in the theaters. Due to fire code capacity limits, no lap seating of any kind is allowed.

*Ticket limits apply. In order to receive a RCNJ Student, Faculty/Staff discount, you MUST purchase your ticket at the Berrie Center Box Office with ID. Discounted tickets cannot be purchased over the phone.

To purchase wheelchair accessible seating or for questions regarding alternative formats, please contact the Box Office at (201) 684-7844 or tickets@ramapo.edu

Written by Heidi Schreck
Directed by Terra Vandergaw

This boundary-breaking Tony-nominated play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans. Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful and achingly human new play, she resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives.

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Please join us in the Berrie Center Café at 11:30 for a special talk by Art Historian Maria Loh in which she bridges renaissance imagery and notions of misogyny.

This event is held in conjunction with GODDESSES 3.0, on view in the Kresge and Pascal Galleries February 25 – April 10. More information on GODDESSES 3.0 can be found here!

ABSTRACT

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Maria H. Loh is Professor of Art History at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Previously, she taught at CUNY Hunter College for six years and at University College London for over a decade. She is a contributor to Art in America and the author of three books—Titian Remade. Repetition and the Transformation of Early Modern Italian Art (2007); Still Lives. Death, Desire, and the Portrait of the Old Master (2015); and Titian’s Touch. Art, Magic, & Philosophy (2019). She has also written on: horror and “special affect” in early modern painting and sculpture; rainbow imagery in Stuart England; melancholia and the Renaissance in Ottocento Italy; remakes in Chinese cinema; repetition in Hitchcock’s Vertigo; seriality and Sherrie Levine; and the “open work” of Jeff Wall. Her forthcoming book—Liquid Sky—will be written for a general audience. 

Image: Maria Loh, courtesy of the Institute for Advanced Study.

Written by Heidi Schreck
Directed by Terra Vandergaw

This boundary-breaking Tony-nominated play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans. Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful and achingly human new play, she resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives.

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Written by Heidi Schreck
Directed by Terra Vandergaw

This boundary-breaking Tony-nominated play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans. Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful and achingly human new play, she resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives.

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Written by Heidi Schreck
Directed by Terra Vandergaw

This boundary-breaking Tony-nominated play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans. Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful and achingly human new play, she resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives.

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Written by Heidi Schreck
Directed by Terra Vandergaw

This boundary-breaking Tony-nominated play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans. Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful and achingly human new play, she resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives.

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Written by Heidi Schreck
Directed by Terra Vandergaw

This boundary-breaking Tony-nominated play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans. Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful and achingly human new play, she resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives.

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It’s robots and magic and slapstick… oh my! Mario the Maker Magician is a smash-hit, all-ages family theater experience that will lead you through an hour-long journey of energy-driven interaction, belly laughs, and maker inspiration. Mario has been featured on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Sesame Street, and live all over the world to sold out audiences and critical acclaim. No one leaves the show empty-handed OR empty-hearted.

Ideal for ages 4-10 and their families!

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Adults: $25, Children Under 17, $20, RCNJ Faculty/Staff: $20*, RCNJ Students: $8*, Retired Employees of Ramapo College: $20*

NOTE: Everyone entering the auditorium must have a ticket, including infants and young children. Strollers are not permitted in the theaters. Due to fire code capacity limits, no lap seating of any kind is allowed.

*Ticket limits apply. In order to receive a RCNJ Student, Faculty/Staff discount, you MUST purchase your ticket at the Berrie Center Box Office with ID. Discounted tickets cannot be purchased over the phone.

To purchase wheelchair accessible seating or for questions regarding alternative formats, please contact the Box Office at (201) 684-7844 or tickets@ramapo.edu

Photo Credit: Brent Lee

As part of the GODDESSES 3.0 exhibition, on view February 25 – April 10, the Ramapo College Art Galleries are pleased to present a screening of Carolee Schneemann’s Ask the Goddess (1991).

Ask the Goddess is a provocative performance in which Schneemann interacts with the audience by responding to sexual and psychic dilemmas read from cards they have submitted. A continuous relay of projected slides comprises an iconography of Goddess symbols, taboo and sacred, including images of animal attributes. Schneemann reacts spontaneously to the questions; she channels cogent answers triggered by the unpredictable images and finds herself physically activated, turning into a howling wolf or crawling across the projection area, squealing like a pig. (Description via Electronic Arts Intermix).

Following the screening, there will be a panel discussion featuring Rachel Churner, director of the Carolee Schneemann Foundation, and Donna Kessinger, co-curator of GODDESSES 3.0 and feminist video artist.

Location TBA

Image: Carolee Schneemann, Ask the Goddess, 1991. Photo courtesy of the Carolee Schneemann Foundation.

Join us in the Kresge and Pascal Galleries on Wednesday, March 25th from 5 – 7 PM to explore and celebrate the GODDESSES 3.0 and Relative to the Collection: Luce Turnier exhibitions!

The evening will begin with time to view the galleries, followed by artist and curator talks at 6 PM.

View the GODDESSES 3.0 information page here!

Refreshments will be provided.

Image: Nancy Spero, A New Consciousness (detail), print, Ramapo College Collection, gift of the artist.

Feminist punk band the Dick Pinchers will be performing a set on the grounds by the Berrie Center as part of the robust programming around GODDESSES 3.0. More info on this exhibition here.

The performance will take place in the late afternoon of April 10th, exact time to be announced soon!

ABOUT THE BAND:

The band Dick Pinchers is multi-media, multi-disciplinary artist Sierra Furtwangler (of Blood and Stomach Pills)‘s brainchild. It all started through a Facebook post. Sierra posted that she wanted to have a girl band named Dick Pinchers, she tagged Laura V Ward of Octavia Cup Dance Theatre and the Glam Rock Cabaret, and Alison Babalon of Beautiful Bastards and Oblivion Grin, suggesting that they might be a good fit. Miraculously, the trio formed. The raucous Dinner Party-esque band has become a sanity oasis for all three. Themes careen and intersect with swamp witchery, hot flashes, maniacal misbehavior, and Goddess invocation. Alison’s virtuosic bass work anchors Sierra’s heavy-hitting drums and Laura’s minimalist guitar (or violin). Vocals range from primal screams to somewhat more melodic singing, often within the same song. This IS your grandmother’s punk rock band.

Via O+ Festival.

Book by Arthur Kopit, Music and Lyrics by Maury Yeston
Directed by Lester Mayers

The spectacular musical adaptation of Fellini’s 8½ features one man and the dozens of muses in his life. Celebrated but impetuous film director Guido Contini, succumbing to the pressures of filming his latest film epic, suffers a midlife crisis. One by one, figures from his past and present– including his mother, his wife, his mistress, and his leading lady – haunt, instruct, scold, seduce and encourage him until he finally learns to grow up.

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Book by Arthur Kopit, Music and Lyrics by Maury Yeston
Directed by Lester Mayers

The spectacular musical adaptation of Fellini’s 8½ features one man and the dozens of muses in his life. Celebrated but impetuous film director Guido Contini, succumbing to the pressures of filming his latest film epic, suffers a midlife crisis. One by one, figures from his past and present– including his mother, his wife, his mistress, and his leading lady – haunt, instruct, scold, seduce and encourage him until he finally learns to grow up.

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Book by Arthur Kopit, Music and Lyrics by Maury Yeston
Directed by Lester Mayers

The spectacular musical adaptation of Fellini’s 8½ features one man and the dozens of muses in his life. Celebrated but impetuous film director Guido Contini, succumbing to the pressures of filming his latest film epic, suffers a midlife crisis. One by one, figures from his past and present– including his mother, his wife, his mistress, and his leading lady – haunt, instruct, scold, seduce and encourage him until he finally learns to grow up.

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Book by Arthur Kopit, Music and Lyrics by Maury Yeston
Directed by Lester Mayers

The spectacular musical adaptation of Fellini’s 8½ features one man and the dozens of muses in his life. Celebrated but impetuous film director Guido Contini, succumbing to the pressures of filming his latest film epic, suffers a midlife crisis. One by one, figures from his past and present– including his mother, his wife, his mistress, and his leading lady – haunt, instruct, scold, seduce and encourage him until he finally learns to grow up.

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Book by Arthur Kopit, Music and Lyrics by Maury Yeston
Directed by Lester Mayers

The spectacular musical adaptation of Fellini’s 8½ features one man and the dozens of muses in his life. Celebrated but impetuous film director Guido Contini, succumbing to the pressures of filming his latest film epic, suffers a midlife crisis. One by one, figures from his past and present– including his mother, his wife, his mistress, and his leading lady – haunt, instruct, scold, seduce and encourage him until he finally learns to grow up.

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Book by Arthur Kopit, Music and Lyrics by Maury Yeston
Directed by Lester Mayers

The spectacular musical adaptation of Fellini’s 8½ features one man and the dozens of muses in his life. Celebrated but impetuous film director Guido Contini, succumbing to the pressures of filming his latest film epic, suffers a midlife crisis. One by one, figures from his past and present– including his mother, his wife, his mistress, and his leading lady – haunt, instruct, scold, seduce and encourage him until he finally learns to grow up.

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Over the past four decades, gospel music has witnessed popularity and captured hearts around the world with its electrifying energy, uplifting joy, and profound emotional resonance. This tradition of Christian worship has touched millions, spreading messages of love, hope, and unity that transcend borders.

Now, get ready for an unforgettable evening! Join us as the incomparable Mack Brandon returns to the Berrie Center with his phenomenal choir for an interactive experience that will leave you moved, inspired, and craving more.

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Adults: $33/30, Children Under 17, $20, RCNJ Faculty/Staff: $26/24*, RCNJ Students: $8*, Retired Employees of Ramapo College: $26/24*

NOTE: Everyone entering the auditorium must have a ticket, including infants and young children. Strollers are not permitted in the theaters. Due to fire code capacity limits, no lap seating of any kind is allowed.

*Ticket limits apply. In order to receive a RCNJ Student, Faculty/Staff discount, you MUST purchase your ticket at the Berrie Center Box Office with ID. Discounted tickets cannot be purchased over the phone.

To purchase wheelchair accessible seating or for questions regarding alternative formats, please contact the Box Office at (201) 684-7844 or tickets@ramapo.edu

A group exhibition celebrating the achievements of graduating seniors. On view in the Kresge and Pascal Galleries.

Exact viewing hours for this exhibition to be announced.

In her show, The Lillias White Effect, Lillias pulls back the show curtain to tell humorous, poignant and inspiring stories from both her personal and show business life that she has never shared before, onstage or off. In this brand-new concert, audiences can expect to hear the music of Frank Loesser, Stephen Sondheim, Ann Hampton Callaway, Jerry Herman, Cy Coleman and more.

Lillias White, a native New Yorker, made her Broadway debut in Barnum. She has also appeared on Broadway in Hadestown, Cats, Carrie, Dreamgirls, Once On This Island, How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, Chicago and Fela! (Tony Award nomination).

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Adults: $40/35, Children Under 17, $20, RCNJ Faculty/Staff: $32/28*, RCNJ Students: $8*, Retired Employees of Ramapo College: $32/28*

NOTE: Everyone entering the auditorium must have a ticket, including infants and young children. Strollers are not permitted in the theaters. Due to fire code capacity limits, no lap seating of any kind is allowed.

*Ticket limits apply. In order to receive a RCNJ Student, Faculty/Staff discount, you MUST purchase your ticket at the Berrie Center Box Office with ID. Discounted tickets cannot be purchased over the phone.

To purchase wheelchair accessible seating or for questions regarding alternative formats, please contact the Box Office at (201) 684-7844 or tickets@ramapo.edu