On Sunday, August 23, at 5 pm, join us for a one-on-one conversation with artist and Museum Associate Bill Curran, live on YouTube, hosted by Museum Director Bob Foster and Collections Manager Rand Hoppe. Bill will discuss his approach to painting and show some recent paintings of Hoboken. Viewers can submit questions and comments during the event to the hosts. The livestreamed event will run from 5 to 6 pm online.

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Bill’s gift is finding beauty in the mundane, from the scenes out of his second-floor window to a potted plant on a Hoboken stoop. He’s been very prolific this year and will share a series of paintings he created in 2020. In describing his approach to art, he says, “My paintings are inspired by color and shapes, seen on walks, or viewed through a window. Flowers are a favorite subject. The feeling of adding lush paint to a rough canvas is incomparable.”

See examples of his work and learn more about this fascinating artist at his website, www.billcurran.net. 

Click here for a video about Bill by David Gross

Bill’s is a former art director and illustrator for the Lord & Taylor department store. His paintings have been featured several times in the Museum’s Upper Gallery, and he participates in the City’s Artists Studio Tour annually. He has also taught painting classes for students of all ages and experience levels at the Museum and other venues. 

You can meet Bill most days at the Museum, where he is the main greeter and docent five days a week. He also hangs the exhibits in the Upper Gallery and serves in many other vital roles that keep the Museum humming. (He also worked at the Fire Department Museum on weekends before the pandemic.)

The Museum and its Upper Gallery are now open to a limited number of visitors during the Museum’s normal hours, as long as visitors wear masks, observe social distancing and take advantage of our sink or hand sanitizing stations.