Bergen County Art In The Park Exhibition Scheduled For Saturday

PARAMUS, NJ — Bergen County will celebrate 57 years of Art in the Park this weekend, as Van Suan Park in Paramus will host more than 100 visual artists at this year's event.

The art show and concert is scheduled for Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. It will be held in Lot 4, area F.

More than 100 visual artists will be featured in the exhibition and sale, representing a wide scope of artistic diversity within Bergen County. The juried show is judged in six categories:

• Acrylics/Oils
• Drawings/Prints/Pastels
• Mixed Media
• Photography (Digital/Traditional)
• Photography (Digital Manipulation)
• Watercolors.

Cash prizes will be awarded to the artists presenting, but those in attendance simply win a weekend of art, music and culture.

There will also be public art demonstrations featuring mono-prints by Guttenberg Arts, watercolors by local artist and teacher Tenn Lu, collage by artist James Nonas and acrylics by the Art Center of Northern New Jersey.

This year, three organizations spotlighting artists with disabilities will be showcased, including The Arc of Bergen and Passaic Counties, The New Jersey Expanding Capabilities, (NJ ECC) and Spectrum For Living.

The event will feature a music performance at 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. by local classic rock and blues band, Sharp Edge. Leader Mike Brocato is a veteran of the NY/NJ music scene, entertaining and fronting bands for over 35 years.

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