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Essex County College Art Gallery: Sanctuary for the Beloved
post date: February 17, 2010
Catfish Friday
Women's Art Collective presents
Sanctuary for the Beloved
March 1 - 27, 2010
curated by Sadee Brathwaite
Featuring:
Janice Anderson
Kathleen Heron
Diana Jensen
Shonda Nicholas
Shirley Parker Benjamin
Lynn Presley
Toni Thomas
Essex County College Art Gallery
303 University Avenue
Newark, NJ 07102
Opening Reception: Thursday March 4, 5 - 8pm
Featuring Poetry by Shonda Nicholas
Artist Talk: Tuesday March 16, 5:30 - 7pm
Siegler Hall, Room 2132
The Solo(s) Project House
post date: February 17, 2010
The Solo(s) Project House is a project space dedicated to showcasing and
elevating creative individuals or groups that produce as one. It acts as a
"house" for artists providing unique studio space and a creative atmosphere,
where artist can interact and produce art. These studios surround a communal
area that will soon be occupied by solo exhibitions. At one time, there can
be up to ten entities working simultaneously. The space has been created
with the individual artist in mind, fostering and nurturing their physical
and conceptual processes. The atmosphere will act as the inspiration and
drive for artists to bring their work to the next level.
The Solo(s) Project House is a vision of Rebecca Jampol, a local artist and
co-founder of the now closed Jajo Gallery of Newark, NJ. The space was
graciously provided by Sunrise Newark Development, with the assistance of
Square Foot LLC. Currently the space is occupied by five artists: Marc
D’Augusto, Ninapilar Daniels, Rebecca Jampol, Josh Knoblick and Terina
McKinney.
The Solo(s) Project House will open to the public March 19, 2010.
Solo(s) Project House
972 Broad St.
Suite 1
Newark NJ 07102
T: 973.688.8979
solosprojecthouse@gmail.com
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Hours of Operation will be announced upon the gallery’s opening.
See Open Calls for artists here.
Carnivale Newark
post date: January 11, 2010
NEWARK ARTS COUNCIL at THE DRYDEN MANSION
Join the Newark Arts Council for
CARNIVALE NEWARK
A Celebration of the Arts featuring Newark's unique vision of international festivals
Carnival of Venice - Mardi Gras - Rio Carnaval - Trinidad and Tobago
Exquisite Foods, Live Music, Dance and Colorful Costumes, International Wines
6PM - 10PM
Theatre Square Grill at NJPAC
One Center Street
Newark, NJ
http://www.theater-square-grill.com/
Ample parking available
Admission price: $75 per person
Credit cards accepted
Carnival attire optional
Masks provided
R.S.V.P. Luisa Pinzon at lpinzon@newarkarts.org
973.622.1625
Sumei Multidisciplinary Arts Center Moves
post date: January 21, 2010
In 2006, Sumei Multidisciplinary Arts Center was moved in order for the City of Newark to build the Prudential Sports Arena. On Wednesday Oct., 21, 2009, it reopened its doors after a three year hiatus. Sumei Arts Center was founded in 1993 by a collective of musicians, architects, poets, graphic designers, visual and fine artists interested in broadening their reach within the local Newark, New Jersey area and beyond. Known for its unusual and outstanding programs of national and international exhibits, workshops for children and adults, lectures, cultural education, artist workshops, presentations, and programs of music from many different cultures, Sumei Arts represents all that makes up our diverse country. In its new location, the organization plans to link the Newark arts community to the global art community in its quest for a new future for art.
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Contact Information
Sumei Multidisciplinary Arts Center at The Button Factory
85 Hamilton Street corner NJ Railroad Avenue
Newark, NJ 07105
(P) 973-589-5525
(F) 973-732-3108
(E) info@sumei.org
www.sumei.org
Photographic Books and Prints from the Special Collections of the Newark Public Library, curated by Jared Ash
post date: January 11, 2010
Long before many other museums and art institutions in the United States, the Newark Public Library accepted and promoted photography as a fine art form rather than merely a mechanical means of documentation and reproduction. Since 1911, when the Library hosted Modern Pictorial Photography, an exhibition organized by the Newark Museum Association featuring works by Clarence H. White, Gertrude Käsebier, and Alvin Langdon Coburn, among others, the Newark Public Library has actively exhibited and acquired photographic books, journals, and original photographs.
The Library's collection of photographic literature spans from the late nineteenth century to the present day, and includes some of the most iconographic and seminal "photo-books" of our time.
Among the highlights of the Library's collections on view in the exhibition are select issues of Camera Work (a photography journal published and directed by Alfred Stieglitz from 1903 through 1917 that features original photogravure prints by Stieglitz and Edward Steichen, among others); Man Ray: Photographs 1920-1934, Paris by Man Ray; Photographs of Mexico, a portfolio of 20 photogravures by Paul Strand, published in 1940; and original photographs and photo-books by Diane Arbus, Margaret Bourke-White, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Roy DeCarava, Elliott Erwitt, Robert Frank, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Edwin Hale Lincoln, Gordon Parks, Man Ray, Sebastião Salgado, and Weegee, among others.
For more information about the exhibit, please call the Special Collections Division at 973-733-7745, or e-mail Jared Ash at jash@npl.org.
Newark Public Library
Third Floor Gallery
5 Washington Street
Newark, NJ
City Murals: cWOW’s New Community-based Mural Program
post date: January 4, 2010
City Murals is cWOW's new community-based mural program that integrates public art with youth employment and training through a partnership with the City of Newark, Rutgers University Transitional Education and Employment Management (TEEM) Gateway, and Groundswell Community Mural Project. The program began this summer with federal stimulus funds, and by the end of this fall, professional artists working with Newark youth will complete seven murals. http://www.cwow.org/
A 5-minute video by Jennifer Weiss of The Star Ledger.
ARTISTS: Kevin Darmanie, Matt Gosser, Gladys Barker Grauer, Clare Herron, Eder Muñiz, Kevin Sampson, Nicole Schulman, Candice Sering, Chris Soria, Melanie Stokes, and Edwin Vazquez. YOUTH AND ASSISTANT ARTISTS: Taijah Anderson, Kairiem Armstrong, Isamari Camacho, Jennifer Cannon, Tawan Edwards, Tia-ghna Garrett, Katrina Garzon, Dawan Harrison, Jonathan Heard, Kash Hinton, Jamillah Jones, Richard Lombardi, Cesar Melgar, Nelson Morales, Ron N., Hector Ramos, Amber Roberson, Ruby Sampson, Kadeem Scott, Dorian Strickland, Onyemachi Thompson, Rich Tue, Veronica Uhlig, Whitney Wesley, Yasmine Williams, James S. Wilson, Veronica Uhlig, and Abdiel Zambrana.
Download a map of the City Murals project.
