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Arts & Entertainment

36th Annual CBA Professional Art Show & Sale

The 36th Annual Christian Brothers Academy Art Show and Sale is scheduled for Friday, February 4 for the Preview Reception and continues on Saturday, February 5 and Sunday, February 6. Admission to the Preview Reception gives free entry to all events of the weekend. This Professional, Juried Art Show anticipates a hundred artists, who are present at the show and personally available to discuss their works. There will be thousands of wonderful, affordable works of art on display for your enjoyment and purchase. This is a major Monmouth County Art Event and continues to be a big local favorite for an evening or day out. The special Preview Reception, open to all, includes delicious hot and cold hors d’oeuvres from Merri-Makers Caterers plus an open wine bar, serving Champagne, Wine, Beer and Sodas. You can eat, drink, enjoy the live music and wander through the booths, talking to the artists themselves and buying treasures. Tickets for the Preview Reception are $40 in advance and $50 at the door and include all food and drink. Admission to the Preview Reception permits open return visits for all events for the entire weekend. The Friday evening Preview Reception is from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m. Admission to the show alone on Saturday February 5 or Sunday Feb 6 is only $5. Lunch and snacks will be available for purchase at the unique Artist’s Palette Café. The show on Saturday and Sunday will be from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Weekend events include several special Artists’ Raffles where you can purchase tickets and enter to win art works. There is also a progressive 50/50 Cash Raffle that runs throughout the weekend. The latter will be drawn at the Sunday Show and you do not need to be present to win the cash prize. Additional information may be found on the Art Show web site, which is www.cbaartshow.org. Advance tickets for the Preview Reception can be purchased on the website. You can also view video clips of the artists taken in prior years which show various artists setting up and posing with some of their works. The Event will be held at Christian Brothers Academy, located at 850 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, New Jersey, 07738. Free Parking is available. Directions to the school are on the website. Admission to the show and reception benefits the school, although all sales from the art work goes directly to the wonderful artists. Come, browse, eat and enjoy; you will also be able to bring home some great, original pieces of art! Show run by the CBA Mother’s Club.

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