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Ellarslie Mansion, home of the Trenton City Museum, is offering up the best of the best and then some in the Ellarslie Open XXV and Salon des Refuses. Of the 466 entries (that's a 64% increase over last year's submissions), 112 were selected for our viewing pleasure. Another 54 can be seen in the 2nd floor salon-style space.
"Obliged to refuse three for each piece selected and then to split the balance of those selected between upstairs and downstairs, these judgments are -- by definition -- like the art they judge, nothing more or less than a point of view," writes Frank Rivera, the lone juror of the Open and professor emeritus, Mercer County Community College.
The exhibit still reads like a "Who's Who" of the New Jersey art scene, including works by notable locals Charles McVicker, Robert Sakson, Anne Cooper Dobbins, and Todd Baldwin.
This year's Open offers up great variety and is sure to satisfy every taste. It's on view through June 24th -- go see for yourself.
Trenton City Museum, Cadwalader Park, West State Street and Parkside Avenue, Trenton. Museum hours: Tues.-Sat. 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Sun. 1-4 p.m. (609) 989-3632.
