On Friday December 11th, The Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University held a reception to celebrate local artist Raymond Tyler’s installation at The Atlantic city Bus Terminal.
In October, NJ Transit selected 10 artists from the shore area to exhibit massive pieces of art at The Atlantic City Train Station and Bus Terminal.
Raymond Tyler was one of the artists chosen. Tyler’s painting Jazz(11:59) can be seen on the outside wall of The Atlantic City Bus Station.
Unfortunately, because of the Covid 19 virus, the funders at NJ Transit decided that the reception they wanted to do was not going to happen.
The Noyes Arts Garage has worked with Raymond Tyler on about 5 projects over the years and decided The Noyes would host a small quick reception as part of their monthly Second Friday events.
During the evening poet Kali The Poet shared some encouraging poetry that focused on celebrating life. The Noyes Arts Garage and Raymond Tyler also presented the Atlantic City Boys and Girls Club with a 16 x 20 scale reproduction of the painting hanging at the bus station.
The evening ended with Museum Director Michael Cagno and Raymond Tyler discussing plans for Tyler’s new position as Black Artist Matters Curator for New Jersey. It is a role that will be supported by and through The Noyes Arts Garage with programming scheduled to start in February.
