Art House Productions

Art House Productions is a not-for-profit arts organization located in Jersey City, New Jersey.[1][2][3] Art House Productions is best known for organizing and coordinating JC Fridays, a variation on a First Fridays citywide art and culture event, held quarterly since 2006.[1][4] Art House also produces Your Move Modern Dance Festival, an annual performance festival featuring the art of modern dance at the historic Loew's Jersey Theater,[5] and Art House TV, a weekly public-access television show on the air since 2003, in addition to hosting acting classes and workshops for teenagers and adults.[6]

Art House was founded by Christine Goodman, current director for the Office of Cultural Affairs for the city of Jersey City, in 2001.[1] Following the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center Twin Towers in New York City, Goodman reportedly wanted to create a community open mic night for Jersey City artists, living directly across the Hudson River from Lower Manhattan, to be able to reflect on the events of the attack.[7][4] In the years following, Art House Productions began offering regular open mic nights and performance showcases, co-sponsoring arts and culture programming with the Jersey City municipal government, and hosting visual and performing arts exhibitions, festivals, theater productions, and drag bingo events.[8][9][10][11][12]

In 2018, Art House established the 6th Borough Comedy Festival, a stand-up, sketch and improv festival featuring local and national comedians, with headliner Gilbert Gottfried.[13][14] In 2019, the festival featured a roast of Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop.[15] In 2020, the festival was renamed the Jersey City Comedy Festival.[16]

The first Art House Productions offices, theater, and gallery space was located in the Jersey City neighborhood of Hamilton Park.[7] In 2014, the organization relocated its headquarters to Journal Square, and moved again in 2017 to the Cast Iron Lofts building in the Soho West district.[17][18][19] Meredith Burns succeeded Goodman as the executive director of Art House in 2017.[7][20][21]

In 2021, Art House Productions merged with Jersey Art Exchange (JAX), a nonprofit providing arts and media education programs for Jersey City youth.[22]

References
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  5. Mirenda, Alison (2019-11-14). "10th Annual Your Move Modern Dance Festival returns to Loew's". Jersey City Times. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
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  9. "Community Calendar: The Internet, With John Mulaney". The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. 2020-05-01.
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  12. McCall, Tris (2020-03-27). "Art Spaces Adjust to a New Reality". Jersey City Times. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
  13. Ross, Ruth. "ART HOUSE PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS SIXTH BOROUGH COMEDY FEST with Headliner Gilbert Gottfried". Retrieved 2021-04-07.
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  15. Journal, Adrienne Romero | The Jersey (2019-06-16). "Jersey City mayor roasted at comedy festival: Fulop 'runs like the PATH on a Sunday'". nj. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  16. "Jersey City Comedy Festival Brings Laughs Online". Hudson Reporter. 2020-07-30. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
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  18. Villanova, Patrick (2020-05-20). "Jersey City's 'SoHo West' was once part of the industrial and immigrant rich 'Horseshoe'". The Jersey Journal. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
  19. McCall, Tris (2020-03-06). "Gallery Listing Updated: Eighteen Places in Jersey City to See an Art Show". Jersey City Times. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
  20. Morrill, Aaron (2020-11-19). "What's Next for the Arts and Culture Trust Fund?". Jersey City Times. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
  21. "Mayor Fulop's Bid to Pull Arts Referendum Gets Mixed Reviews -". Jersey City Times. 2020-04-23. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
  22. Journal, David Mosca | The Jersey (2021-01-13). "Art Exchange and Art House merger ensures growth of arts education programs". nj. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
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