Page 4 THE VILLADOM TIMES IV • September 7, 2011 Mahwah “Chris Twomey: Time, Media, and Significance,” a one-person exhibit sampling works from the artist’s multifaceted career, will open in the Pascal Gallery in the Berrie Center at Ramapo College on Wednesday, Sept. 14 and continue through Oct. 14. An opening reception will be held at the college, 505 Ramapo Valley Road in Mahwah, on Sept. 14 from 5 to 7 p.m. with an artist’s talk at 6:30 p.m. During the reception, there will be a book signing of the new 140-page memoir, “Chris Twomey PARALLAX: Time, Media, and Significance.” Twomey is a New York City artist inspired by themes of origin and identity, incorporating film, performance, installation, digital media, and sound into her work. According to art critic Eleanor Heartney, “(Twomey) uses her own life and experiences as springboards for meditations on the human condition and our cosmic and Ramapo alumna’s exhibition samples multifaceted career personal state of connectivity.” The artist’s awards include a Ford Foundation grant, CAPS, the Kitchen Center, an Experimental TV grant, and an American Film Institute Directing internship. Recent solo exhibits included “ASTRAL FLUFF: Carnal Bodies in Celestial Orbit,” at Creon Gallery, New York City; and “Chris Twomey & Core Installation,” at Westbeth Gallery, also in Manhattan. Future exhibition venues include AC Institute in New York and a one-person exhibit at HP Garcia Gallery in New York. Twomey is represented in Detroit’s Museum of New Art, Rhizome, Artbase, and in numerous private collections. Her “Omni Series,” which highlights images of navels, was the subject of a CNN feature segment. The Ramapo exhibit ranges from Twomey’s early experiments with animation to a more recent conceptual installation. The artist attended Reed College and received a bachelor’s degree from Ramapo College in 1976, where she was known for her ground-breaking installation and performance works, several of which are documented in the current exhibit. She received her MFA from Pratt Institute. Her varied career endeavors included originating an art performance group called Performance People, and working in film and network television. She is also the co-founder of www.broadthinking.org. This project is supported in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. Gallery hours are Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 1 through 5 p.m. and Wednesdays from 1 through 7 p.m. For details, call Sydney Jenkins at (201) 684-7147. Community Emergency Response Team training will be offered at the Bergen Law & Public Safety Institute on Campgaw Road in Mahwah beginning Oct. 12 at 7 p.m. The nine-week training course provides residents with basic skills and information on what to do before, during, and after a disaster to aid themselves, their families, and their communities. This year, the course will include a new module on animal preparedness. There is no cost to participate in the CERT training course. At the completion of the program, basic CERT safety equipment will be issued to each participant. Free emergency response training available Class size is limited, so immediate registration is encouraged to ensure a place in this class. The Mahwah Community Emergency Response Team is made up of volunteer residents who are trained to support professional first responders in all types of emergency situations. CERT is part of a national program. The local program is organized by the Mahwah Office of Emergency Management. Mahwah residents may contact Mahwah CERT Coordinator Allan Becker at (201) 960-1932 or e-mail mahwahcert@optonline.net for a course application.