The Gallery at the Ocean City Arts Center kicks off summer with its “Annual Invitational Themed Show”. This year’s theme is “Murder on the Orient Express”. The show opens June 2 and runs through June 29. A “Meet the Artists’ reception will be held on Friday, June 13 from 7pm to 8:30pm. The Gallery is located in the Ocean City Arts Center, 1735 Simpson Avenue, 2nd Floor, Ocean City, NJ.
The invited artists were truly challenge to be creative with the announced theme, and possibly even be stretched outside their comfort zone. This year’s challenge was to paint an image or a scene from either the book or the films of Agatha Christie’s “Murder on the Orient Express”. Pictorial images abound—the handsome train itself, the snow-covered landscape, the elegant passengers with their beautiful clothes and jewels, and even Poirot himself with his trademark mustache. Come see how this celebrated mystery is manifested on the artists’ canvases.
Among the participating artists are Bonnie Ault, Lois Baird, Carla Brennan, Marilyn Brent, Barbara Chopek, Lisa Cicalese McMillen, Joanne Coffman, Merryl Cool, Linda Crane, Lolly Grilli, Alisa Harris, Shirley Hawthorne, Susan Irland, Rae Jaffe, Theresa Kennish, Cheryl Knowles-Harrigan, Kokona Kouzoukas, Marion Lotka, Carol McCray, Rita Michalenko, Carla Migliaccio, Gloria Moyer, Marie Natale, Susan Rau, Patti Speed, Anne Sudol and Carol Zerbe.
The show runs from June 2-29. The Ocean City Arts Center is located on the second floor in the Community Center at 1735 Simpson Avenue, Ocean City, New Jersey 08226. Hours of operation are 9am to 9pm, Monday through Friday and 9am to 3pm on Saturday. The Arts Center is closed on Sunday. For further information, call (609) 399-7628. Check out the Ocean City Arts Center on Facebook and Instagram.
This program is made possible in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.
