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Victory Hall Inc. connects artists and the community in order to create meaningful cultural experiences for all. We believe in the power of thoughtful and quality art to change, enlighten, develop, transform and help a community grow. We strive to include, give a platform to, and share the stories of marginalized communities as well as relevant issues of our time and important trends and themes in art. OVERVIEW Drawing Rooms is a nonprofit art space in the Topps Building on the Mana Campus in the Journal Square neighborhood in Jersey City. In 2018, we moved from a former convent in Downtown Jersey City where we were for 6 years. We show two and three-dimensional works by emerging and mid-career artists in NJ and the NY metropolitan area. We provide a place where artists can gather, connect and advance their careers. Our innovative and exciting exhibitions, public programs and publications enrich the lives of our community through an appreciation of and involvement with contemporary visual art. Drawing Rooms is operated by Victory Hall Inc. a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization producing exhibitions, programs and public art projects in the NJ/NY area since 2001. In 2022, Drawing Rooms expanded and now includes The Terrarium Gallery at Drawing Rooms, The Alcove Gallery at Drawing Rooms and Public Arts Projects on Newark Ave at Drawing Rooms. Other Victory Hall Inc. programs include Rainbow Thursdays Artists (art classes for developmentally disabled adults), Victory Arts Projects, Victory Hall Press and The Art Project, exhibition development for Art House, The Oakman, Hamilton House, 175 2nd St, and Colab. WHO WE ARE We are a nonprofit arts organization in operation consistently for more than 20 years run by two artists, James Pustorino and Anne Trauben. We are dedicated to maintaining a place for the arts in Hudson County where artists and the community can gather. Our organization is sustained through a funding program that draws from diverse sources. A Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation grant, a Hudson County LAP grant, a Princeton Area Foundation grant and a Jersey City Cultural Trust Fund grant, along with fundraising events, which include artist donations, sales of art works and sponsor ads, and individual donations fund the gallery space and programs. GR Dodge and County grants also add to salaries for management and curation, and provide support for management of the Rainbow Thursdays Artists' program. A City of Bayonne CDBG grant provides support for the Rainbow Thursdays teaching staff. The Scipione Benevolence fund and a Qualcomm matching grant also support all facility rental areas and salaries. A general grant from the Fund for Charitable Giving adds funds where needed most. Go To History |
