Distinguished Visiting Professor to Present Lecture On Madison's Symbolic Rose on 5/12

The public is invited to join filmmaker, photographer, teacher, public speaker, and humanitarian, Don Mullan for a very special lecture and photographic exhibit entitled, A New Springtime - The Rose City from a Visiting Professor's Perspective. The program is free and will take place on May 12th at 7:00 pm at the Madison Community House on Cook Avenue, Madison, NJ.

For generations, the symbol of Madison has been the rose-an homage to Madison's past. The Rose appears as the town's logo, on the uniforms and vehicles of the town's police and fire departments, and is used by many local businesses. Madison's official website is www.rosenet.org The rose is a beautiful symbol inspired by a period that is now passed, when Madison was renowned as one of the largest producers of roses in the country, and the sprawling hothouses and greenhouses serviced the ascetic and romantic needs of New York City, the tri state area, and beyond.

But memories of a past era are not enough. There is a disconnect between the past and today's on-going title 'The Rose City'. Yet Madison's beautiful nickname, in America's Garden State, offers the possibility of 'A New Springtime'; a springtime for the regeneration of the name, and the potential that a re-blossoming of the title 'The Rose City' offers to present and future generations. Ranked 24th on the list of America's top 100 best small towns, Madison's star is poised, with sound direction and visionary leadership, to ascend to new heights and burn brightly in the affections of the nation and the world.

This lecture and accompanying Madison photographic exhibition 'A New Springtime', will stimulate new thinking around the meaning of the nickname 'The Rose City' and will introduce the citizens of Madison, New Jersey, to a series of opportunities and new ideas relating to re-imagining the nickname 'The Rose City'. As part of this lecture, Don will present a multi- piece original photographic exhibition of his photographs detailing the beauty of 'The Rose City' as it moves from Winter to the Season of Spring.

Don Mullan, most recently a Drew University Barer Distinguished Visiting Fellow is teaching this semester at The Center on Religion Culture and Conflict, Caspersen School of Graduate Studies, Drew University. He may be best known as an Irish best-selling author/humanitarian producer. His book Eyewitness Bloody Sunday is officially recognized as a primary catalyst for the Bloody Sunday Inquiry which became the longest-running and most expensive in British Legal History. Mullan, who is dyslexic, has spoken widely and was co-producer of a highly acclaimed and multi-award winning film about Bloody Sunday that was inspired by his book.

We hope you will join Don Mullan on Thursday, May 12 at 7pm for this exclusive, one time only lecture and exhibit. If you would like additional information about this event, please contact us at info@madisonartsnj.org

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