Remembering Jim Fallon
The Art of our Veterans
Curators: Peg Fallon & Walter Nygard
Opening Reception: Friday, June 6th, 5-8pm during JCFridays Access Program
Closing Reception: June 21st 1-3pm
Additional Hours: June 7th/8th, 14th/15th, 21st, 1-3pm
Location: ART150 Gallery
157A First St. Jersey City, NJ 07302
Entrance is on the corner of Provost & 1st
Curator’s Statement: When Frontline Papers began in 2011, the young veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan invited veterans of all eras to join them. Coming together to DECONSTRUCT U.S. Military Uniforms, RECLAIM them as paper and COMMUNICATE our stories through art, willing and able, Vietnam veterans arrived.
That is where the last act of Jim Fallon’s well-lived life began. A Vietnam combat medic, jazz drummer, club owner, bartender and union rep in New York and California, VA case officer and veteran anti-war activist, Jim had a treasure trove of stories to tell.
Relief printing and painting his war, musician heroes, the city he loved and the natural world, he covered our paper with passionate colors. His work emanates courage and the joy of life he leaves us with, even as we grieve his loss.
Fair winds and following seas, our Good Friend. Walter Nygard
Exhibiting Artists are veterans participating in Frontline Papers workshops & projects.
About the curators: Peg Fallon has been a friend of Pro Arts for many years with her late husband Jim. She has been instrumental in bringing Walter Nygard and the veterans working with Frontline Papers to ART150 Gallery. These artist papers are made from the reclaimed fibers of military uniforms and medics’ scrubs. An artist himself, Walter has a long history with Frontline Papers and was a close friend of Jim.
Gallery is wheelchair accessible.