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Contact: Roland Ramos @ Politrixart@gmail.com
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POLITrix Group Art Show

A Political Barometer in the Election Year

July 19 - July 26, 2008

Saturday July 19, 2008 will be the opening night for POLITrix, a week-long, group art show taking place at the Monroe Center for the Arts in Hoboken, NJ. Opening festivities are free, and will take place in Gallery E200. Opening night guests include DJ SAKA, & Dub Poet Infinity. Festivities will continue in Shades Lounge with live entertainment starting @ 10:30pm.

Additional events taking place during the week long exhibition at the Monroe Center include:

* Tuesday July 22, 2008 Shades lounge will host the Rachel Phillips Dixie Land Jazz Band @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm. Admission is $5. Come enjoy libations in a lavish setting while dancing

* A politically-oriented theater piece called “The Red Tape Monologues” will take place on Friday, July 25, 2008 in Gallery E200 of the Monroe Center. Doors will open @ 7:00pm and the performance will begin @ 7:30pm with open gallery hours to follow. Admission is $5

“It’s a charged political climate” says Roland Ramos, head curator of the POLITrix exhibition. “There are so many strong feelings related to this waning administration. In many ways, artists express what the layman can not.” “We are also providing a valuable outlet for artists” says Amy Bauer, co-curator for POLITrix.

POLITrix is a week long art exhibition showcasing the works of a myriad of contemporary artists.

It is important to note that POLITrix will not focus on local politics, but should instead be viewed as a political barometer in this year of election.

…new PSA’s urging those who can afford to pay their heating bills help those who cannot by contributing a few dollars each month on their electric bills…spots focus on an individual family in a calm, portrait-style approach…

monologues, scene-work, preparation

Female, 25-30. Sassy, world-weary yet small town girl who used to work as a stripper in a peep show but now works in a diner.

female, 30s, attractive, mid-western blonde, strong, middle-class working mom, former high school prom queen, slightly weathered and just past her prime.

The mother is the realist of the partnership, she is well aware of the family’s ever-worsening financial situation and is frustrated by her husband’s inability to face facts. There is also an element of jealousy over the relationship the father and son share, as she is not party to their little fantasy world. She feels that the father hides to much from their son and her concern is their future in the way that their life is now, not stuck in the past like her husband.

A confident, restless and vivacious woman, filled with personality. A spontaneous self-starter who is blunt in her words and actions. At times, self-centered and quick to anger, like a firecracker with a short fuse. She is easily frustrated with routine.