Dennis Tawes Gallery – The Amethyst

The first time I met Dennis Tawes was in the very beginning of this whole Arts District Project. He was the very first person to leave his old life behind him and step out on a limb and come to Millville to be a part of the Millville redevelopment project. I stopped in the first gallery he had (which was very traditional) and chatted with him for a while– nice guy. But I figured that he had to be nuts to leave everything and come to a town like Millville to sell art. But I was wrong.
Dennis Tawes has become known as Millville’s pioneer artist, and he is, because he really did journey into the unknown when he came here. He’s been here the longest and has the coolest art gallery/​studio in Millville. Unless you make an appointment you can only see it on 3^rd Fridays. I highly recommend you don’t miss the gallery on Third Friday’s, it’s definitiely the wildest. There’s crock pot with some grub, appetizers, wine, lots of comfy couches and hires INCREDIBLE musicians to provide ambiance. It’s the kind of place you could just sit on a filthy couch in a wacky gallery and relax for hours and people watch. Great vibe. The gallery is the wildest hodgepodge of art and garbage I’ve ever seen. Dennis is a real artist through and through and is not constrained by conventional aesthetics.
Follow the sounds of live blues, and when you find a store with a ratty moosehead in the window and a bunch of dirty hippies hanging around outside, you’ve reached your objective.
(On 3^rd Fridays there’s no cover charge although he appreciates donations of course to cover the cost of the food & wine.)