Eastern
TOUR
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Bottle Walls and Palaces:
Two South Jersey Self-Guided Tours of Found Artists Installation Sites
1 Perkins Center for the Arts
30 Irvin Avenue, Collingswood, NJ 08057
2 Jackie Stack Lagakos’ Bottle Walls
434 Chestnut St. Lindenwold, NJ 08021
3 A&A Auto Salvage
Recent work of William Clark
241 E. Piney Hollow Road, Williamstown, NJ 08094
4 William Clark’s Junkyard Robots
1011 Rt 54, Beuna Vista Twp, NJ 08094
5 EL&M Auto Recycling — Robots of William Clark
111 Weymouth Road, Hammonton, NJ 08037
6 Tom Peterson’s Scraptures — Peterson’s Service Center
308 White Horse Pike, Egg Harbor, NJ 08215
7 Stanley & Dorothy Hammel’s Glass Trees
202 W. Jimmy Leeds Road, Galloway, NJ 08205
Southern
8 Stanley Szymanski’s Bowling Balls
151 W. Cohawkin Road, Clarksboro, NJ 08020
9 Brian Ackley’s Ackmonsters
92 W. Cohannsey Deerfield Road, Bridgeton, NJ 08302
0 Gary Ecret’s Wood Sculptures
501 Shiloh Pike, Bridgeton, NJ 08302
¡ Smitty’s Garden of Wheels
590 South Avenue, Bridgeton, NJ 08302
Ô Palace of Depression
265 South Mill Road Vineland, NJ 08346
£ Fairy Garden
Corner of Rt 41 and Rt 564, Deptford, NJ 08096
We invite you...
to fill up the tank, pack a tasty snack and use this
guide as your map for an exciting adventure, experiencing that which is truly unique and
special in Southern New Jersey. Bottle Wall & Palaces features two self-guided tours
highlighting the artists and work in the recently published book Found Artists: On the
Country Roads, Side Streets and Back Alleys of South Jersey by Sally Lilychild Willowbee
and exhibited at Perkins Center, Collingswood over the summer of 2014.
Each tour takes a little over two hours and at each stop along the way you’ll see the art works of folk and selftaught artists who live and create in the Southern New Jersey counties of Gloucester, Camden, Burlington, Atlantic,
Cumberland, Salem and Cape May. Often working with recycled or discarded materials reflective of the occupational,
industrial, and agricultural activities of the region, these individuals create work which captures and embodies the
time, place and memory of Southern New Jersey.
All the art is on private property. Please be very respectful. Both self-guided tours leave and end at Perkins Center
for the Arts in Collingswood. At the conclusion of your adventure, we invite you to go to our website: www.perkinsarts.org
and write your comments and feedback on this road to discovery of the arts in Southern New Jersey.
BON VOYAGE!
30 Irvin Avenue | Collingswood NJ 08108 | [856] 235-6488
www.perkinsarts.org | www.perkinscenter.org
This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the arts. Art Works. Programs of Perkins Center for the Arts are funded in part
by a grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, with additional support provided by the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Township of Moorestown
and the Borough of Collingswood.
Southern Self Guided Tour:
Eastern Self Guided Tour:
Driving Time: 2 hours 12 min. Allow time for visiting each site and exploring.
Driving Time: 2 hours 20 min. Allow time for visiting each site and exploring.
1 Collingswood
Perkins Center for the Arts
30 Irvin Avenue, Collingswood, NJ 08057
Continue tour to Lindenwold 9.5 miles 21 min. >
Lindenwold 2
Jackie Stack Lagakos’ Bottle Walls
434 Chestnut St. Lindenwold, NJ 08021
Using skills Jackie learned as one of the
first female bricklayers in NYC and inspired by Grandma Prisbey’s work, Jackie
built bottle walls, bird baths, and shrines
to honor her spiritual practices, peace and
freedom and her beloved Rottweilers. The
pathways are tiled. The foundation, chimney and windows wear magical mosaic
cloaks of stained glass. Feast your eyes on this magic from the
sidewalks please.
Continue tour to Williamstown 18.3 miles 27 min. >
Williamstown 3
A&A Auto Salvage
Recent work of William Clark
241 E. Piney Hollow Road,
Williamstown, NJ 08094
Just off Black Horse Pike, Rt 168
(856) 318-2978
Son of a preacher and auto
shop/salvage-yard owner, William Clark began building robots
from the familiar materials of auto parts in his youth. William’s
recent work advertises A&A Auto Salvage.
Continue tour to Buena Vista Twp. 5 miles, 7 min. >
William Clark’s Junkyard Robots
Clarksboro 8
Stanley Szymanski’s Bowling Balls
Hammonton 5
EL&M Auto Recycling —
Robot of William Clark
4
1011 Rt 54, Buena Vista Twp,
NJ 08094 (south of Hammonton)
Robot-like people, animals and birds, mostly
created from junked auto parts and cash
registers, play music, garden, play sports, or
just hang along Rt. 54. This is a changing
and recycling exhibit.
Optional Stop: Nearby African American Heritage
Museum of Southern NJ
661 Jackson Rd, Newtonville, NJ 08346
Continue tour to EL&M Auto Recycling 8.1 miles 12 min. >
111 Weymouth Road
Hammonton, NJ 08037
Please call the day before.
(609) 561-2266
Junkyards have been William’s biggest supporters, and in turn
William believes his robot sculptures belong in junkyards — over
30 populate this junkyard.
Continue tour to Egg Harbor 9.3 miles 11 min. >
151 W. Cohawkin Road
Clarksboro, NJ 08020
Like giant colorful lollipops on
sticks, bowling balls outline Stanley’s yard. After retirement he built
this playground for bowling balls
and retired hobbyhorses. Plastic
hobbyhorses and other cultural icons lead and flank these orderly
rows and outline a parking area for visitors.
Continue the tour to Bridgeton 22.3 miles 31 min. >
Egg Harbor 6
Tom Peterson’s Scraptures
Peterson’s Service Center
308 White Horse Pike
Egg Harbor, NJ 08215
A Scrapture of Liberty holds her torch
high at Peterson’s Service Center with
an ever-changing montirague. With
deep family roots in Egg Harbor City
and the family business, Tom can be
found during the week working on cars
but weekends are family time. Respect
the property and have a look.
Continue tour to Galloway 6.1 miles 8 min. >
Optional Stop: Peace Pilgrim Park and Neutral Water
Health Resort Sanitorium with a serpentine
bathing stream.
533 London Avenue, Egg Harbor City, NJ 08215
Galloway 7
Stanley & Dorothy Hammel’s
Glass Trees
202 W. Jimmy Leeds Road,
Galloway, NJ 08205
Telephone pole trees decorated with antique glass electric
insulators grow behind the insulator fences in this pine
barren yard. Stanley began walking the old railroad bed and collecting after he retired from working as a carpenter. He has
passed on since the writing of the book. Enjoy from the road and
watch the dappled sunlight play with the translucent glass.
Return to Perkins, 30 Irvin Avenue 48 miles, 54 min. >
Optional Stop: Noyes Museum and the Edwin B Forsythe
National Wildlife Refuge.
733 Lily Lake Rd, Oceanville, NJ 08231
(609) 652-8848
30 Irvin Avenue | Collingswood NJ 08108 | [856] 235-6488
perkinsarts.org perkinscenter.org
Bridgeton 9
Brian Ackley’s Ackmonsters
92 W. Cohannsey Deerfield Road
Bridgeton, NJ 08302
On top of a pile of sawdust, with a
roaring chainsaw in hand, Brian
Ackley can often be found carving
figures out of upright logs. Park
carefully and enjoy the chain saw
sculptures. Brian is often around
during the week. Weekends, he is
away demonstrating his chainsaw skills and selling his artwork.
Custom carved figures and creatures dot the South Jersey countryside and city streets. How many can you find?
Continue tour to Hopewell 7 miles, 10 min. >
Optional Stop:
Seabrook Educational & Cultural Center
Upper Deerfield Township Municipal Building
1325 Highway 77, Seabrook, NJ 08302
(856) 451- 8393
Mon–Thurs, 9:00 am–noon
Fascinating and largely unknown history of a small culturally diverse town, but predominately Japanese Americans relocated
from internment camps during WWII.
Hopewell 10
Gary Ecret’s Wood Sculptures
501 Shiloh Pike, Bridgeton, NJ 08302
Rt 49, West of Bridgeton
Bird houses in all sizes and shapes
and other yard art line this old highway in front of Gary Ecret’s house. A
self-taught and self-defined Wood
Artist, Gary uses recycled wild wood
with salvaged weathered wood
planks. Knock on his door if you are
interested in buying anything.
Bridgeton 11
Smitty’s Garden of Wheels
590 South Avenue
Bridgeton, NJ 08302
Using ordinary house paints and
brushes, Smitty daubed paint on
everything he could get his hands
on. Dots and dashes, dashes and dots. Wheels, many wheelchair
wheels from his job express a sense of movement. As the spirit
moved, Smitty created new work and the old faded into the background. But since Smitty’s stroke, there is no new art, and this
site continues to fade. Please enjoy from either South Street or the
back street or knock on the door to ask if you can look around.
Continue tour to Vineland 12.7 miles 20 min. >
Optional Stop: Further down the road at the full moon in May
and June, the Delaware Bay beaches are invaded by horseshoe
crabs who advance out of the bay en masse to lay their eggs.
Many historic little towns exist on these back roads.
Vineland 12
Palace of Depression
265 South Mill Road
Vineland, NJ 08346
If the chain is down,
come on around, if the
chain is up use your eyes
to explore. (The original
ticket booth is to the
right.) The Palace was originally built in the 1930’s by George
Daynor following a vision. A place of drama and intrigue for
many of Vineland’s young, it is being rebuilt from recycled stone,
brick, cement and interesting artifacts. Kevin Kirchner and Jeffrey
Tirante, with the help of many, are rebuilding the Palace and
building community as they go. Check out their Facebook page
for planned activities. A haunted house occurs around Halloween.
Continue tour to Deptford 28.8 miles 29 min. >
Deptford
Fairy Garden
13
Corner of Rt 41 and Rt 564
Deptford, NJ 08096
Immerse yourself in this miniature
land of European fairytales created by
Joseph Laux using local stone,
chunks of jersey glass, broken tiles,
china and knickknacks, shells and cement. Please park carefully and enjoy
from the road.
Return to Perkins Center 8.9 miles 15 min. >
Continue tour to Bridgeton 5.1 miles, 9 min. >
perkinsarts.org perkinscenter.org