Jeffrey Pergament Overview

Human life is precious; something to be nurtured, to be loved divinely… Art is inherently human; nothing else can do “art”. Eye-hand coordination, imagination and translation of emotions through stimulated perceptions combine to offer the viewer a transcendental experience… Time and... [more]

Human life is precious; something to be nurtured, to be loved divinely… Art is inherently human; nothing else can do “art”. Eye-hand coordination, imagination and translation of emotions through stimulated perceptions combine to offer the viewer a transcendental experience… Time and space are no longer controlled by the viewer; the manifestations of the artist, placed in a public arena, control the viewer, irrespective of the viewer’s preconceptions, prejudices and existing feelings, thoughts and emotions. This is the function of art – a cause/effect relationship between producer and consumer in the exchange of intangibles, sensory stimuli, the source of which may or may not be available for acquisition, yet once introduced into the environment, nothing remains the same… Jeffrey W. Pergament Visual Phenomena Fine Art and Design Services visualphenomena@verizon.net June, 2009: Philadelphia, PA; Group Exhibition at The Newman Galleries, Walnut Street; accepted as Active Member, the Philadelphia Sketch Club; design competition submission – Philadelphia International Airport outdoor mural competition. My submission was not a finalist. I will produce it elsewhere; it is a mobile design work. January, 2009; Primos, PA; established DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL, INC. Please visit www.designconstruct.org to learn more about DCSI. Also, please visit my other web sites: www.visualphenomena.org www.visualjeff.org www.assetdevelopment.org www.visualjeff.com October, 2008; Doctorate of Divinity; ordained as a rabbinical minister; working with recovered addicts and rehabilitated ex-offenders, one person at a time; Chairman of the Board of Directors, METROPOLITAN ASSET DEVELOPMENT, INC. – through the development of skills sets for artistic expression, pre-vocational skills and adequate means for self-expression. August, 2002 –Present Day; Primos, PA; residential fine art and design studio; focus on work, in anticipation new public exhibitions, as part of a 10-year objective, a 10-year arts enterprise and self-development plan. A winter, 2007-2008, fine arts calendar was published in limited editions and all have sold out. The 2009 edition also was warmly received. A few remain available directly from the artist. December, 2000 – July, 2002; Philadelphia, PA; spent time writing, researching and experimenting with computers, software and image manipulation – no public exhibitions during this time frame; private previews conducted; completed private commissions and a variety of design service projects and one-on-one consultant services. Business sabbatical began. A new design for living was embraced in January, 2001 and continues today, March 27, 2008. May – December, 2000; Somers Point, NJ; personal spiritual retreat; no public exhibitions; personal studies and family matters; family business issues. October, 1998 –May, 2000; Havertown, PA – displaced home owner from Key West (Hurricane Georges, September, 1998); temporarily relocated to Havertown, PA and permanently relocated to Primos, PA in 2002. I owned and operated a small second-story gallery and studio space in Havertown that was damaged by a hurricane in the NE. October, 1998 – January, 1999; Holmes, PA – mural commission June, 1990 – September, 1998; Key West, FL – owned and operated a gallery and design studio; finished works always on exhibit; completed exterior and interior lobby murals throughout the Keys for restaurants, night clubs, the Lower Keys Easter Seals Administration and Services Center, the Key West Waterfront, the Conch Republic Cigar Factory – a fabulous and profitable experience – until the September, 1998 hurricane. April, 1986 – June, 1990; Linwood, NJ – design services consultant and corporate development service provider to nonprofit arts agencies and hospitality and retail venues; no personal arts exhibitions during this segment of time; private showings and sales to individuals and to corporate and business interests by private appointment. Briefly owned and operated a small art gallery and cooperative studio in Ventnor, NJ (1986-1987). August, 1977 – April, 1986; Atlantic City, NJ – County Governmental appointment – front-line administration, Atlantic County Executive Offices, Administrator of Cultural & Heritage Affairs for Atlantic County Government; President of the NJ State Association of County Cultural & Heritage Commissions. NOTE: Public exhibit of personal works held in 1981 in a two-entity exhibit in cooperation with the Playboy Foundation’s Freedom of Expression exhibition in Atlantic City at the Atlantic City Art Museum, Historic Garden Pier. I received a Presidential appointment as a voting member of National Task Force on the Arts and Humanities under President Reagan with William Bennett, then Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities and Margo Albert as Co-Chair for this Task Force. October, 1976 – My arts education theory and research position paper was published in the National Arts Educators Association Journal. The Necessity for the Arts as a Primary Consideration in the Public School Classroom became the basis for graduate studies workshops at Trinity College in Washington, DC. This paper initiated the successful campaign to require arts education classes to receive a high school diploma in the US public schools. It is indexed and available globally from the World Wide Web. 1968 – 1974 – Undergraduate studies completed – Developmental Psychology and Studies in the Arts; Honors Graduate, Stockton College, Pomona, NJ (1972-1974). I received State certifications to teach art and special education in secondary schools in New Jersey and in Florida. My Senior Visual Arts Exhibit was in October, 1974. I began my undergraduate studies on a scholarship to Rutgers in New Brunswick, NJ, as a pre-law, Engl. Lit. Major and switched to SSC in 1972, after taking a break for a few months in 1970-1971 at Atlantic Community College for theater classes. I opened a small retail clothing business in Atlantic City during the 1971 season. I met a woman who I married in 1972 and my daughter was born in June, 1974. I was an independent film maker and I was invited to show my work at Cannes in the later 1970s. I created the illustrations and copy for a self-teaching mathematics program, Modu-MATH, for 35mm slide presentation in academic work stations, and students could go from naming whole numbers to exponential factoring in about 6 months without a teacher, and using a slide projector, a projection screen and a workbook and audio cassette. This was a grant-funded project. I hand-made each 35mm slide using clay-coated paper and IBM Selectric typewriters with a sans serif font ball and film-based ink ribbons for 100% transfer. June, 1968 – High School graduation, top 10% - received full-paid academic scholarship with a weekly stipend and books honorarium and attended Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ until 1970. October 19, 1966 – My “Junior” year in high school – Varsity athlete and summer season lifeguard – best pool; swimming team (freestyle and butterfly) and crew team (stroke – Varsity “4”) – and then – BAM! An automobile struck a motorcycle that I was riding, October 19, 1966 – I paralyzed my lower right leg and fractured my right side hip and some nerves and muscles. My life changed in a radical way!!! Things that used to matter no longer mattered … it was all about my art and my pain and my inconvenience. I was angry! Today, my art has a more content posture and my anger is altered to opportunity and viable self-expression. Acceptance of my own history and experiences and a program of action to manage all my affairs effectively, successfully and economically beneficial are best for me and to the world at large. September, 1964 – June, 1968 – Atlantic City High School honor student. Jeffrey Pergament, VISUAL ARTIST, DESIGNER, ENTREPRENEUR and ALTRUIST PAYING “IT” FORWARD… PLANT A SEED; CHANGE THE WORLD. VISUAL PHENOMENA FINE ART designsolutions1@verizon.net www.visualjeff.com [show less]