New Jersey Stage logo
New Jersey Stage Menu


 

ART

ON DISPLAY | COMING SOON | LINKS



SOPAC's Herb + Milly Iris Gallery presents "INSPIRED MINDS: Young Artist Exhibition"

(SOUTH ORANGE, NJ) -- The South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) presents INSPIRED MINDS: Young Artist Exhibition on view in the Herb + Milly Iris Gallery from May 14 through August 16, 2026.





 



Branchport Galleries presents "The New Botanical"

(LONG BRANCH, NJ) -- Branchport Galleries (inside the Long Branch Arts and Cultural Center) presents The New Botanical, an art exhibition curated by Ellen Martin that invites you to rediscover the wonder of trees, seeds, and flowers. The exhibit is on view from May 14 through June 30, 2026. It includes works by Suzan Globus, Kevin Hinkle/Ellen Martin, Daniel Sroka, and Gao Yuan.




Ocean County Artists' Guild presents "Proof I Was Here" by Conni Freestone

(ISLAND HEIGHTS, NJ) -- Conni Freestone's "Proof I Was Here" opens June 1st and runs throughout June 2026 at Ocean County Artists' Guild in Island Heights. Structured across three interconnected spaces, the exhibition is an exploration of the fleeting evidence of existence, and will be Freestone's first major solo exhibition.











 

ON DISPLAY

Newark

Newark Museum of Art presents Risham Syed: Destiny Fractured

(NEWARK, NJ) -- The Newark Museum of Art is presenting Risham Syed: Destiny Fractured an exhibition of works responding to the museum's permanent collection on view now through March 7th, 2027. Some of the inspirational artworks from NMOA's collection include American landscapes, Chinese scroll paintings, and the period rooms in The Ballantine House.



Grounds

Grounds For Sculpture presents Salvador Jiménez-Flores: Raíces & Resistencias

(HAMILTON, NJ) -- From September 28, 2025 to August 1, 2027, Grounds For Sculpture (GFS) presents a solo exhibition of work by Chicago-based interdisciplinary artist Salvador Jiménez-Flores, curated by GFS Executive Director Gary Garrido Schneider. Jiménez-Flores' work is both playful and provocative, addressing critical issues of migration, cultural hybridity, and resilience.



Creativity

Creativity Unveiled as Middlesex College Opens Student and Alumni Art Showcase

(EDISON, NJ) -- Students, faculty, staff, and community members gathered on Thursday for the unveiling of the Student Showcase art exhibit on Middlesex College's Edison campus. The showcase features various student art selected by president Mark McCormick and the College's Visual, Performing, and Media Arts (VPMA) department, which is on display throughout the second floor of Chambers Hall, including the President's suite.



Morven

Morven Museum & Garden presents "Northern Family, Southern Ties"

(PRINCETON, NJ) -- The result of three years of research, Morven Museum & Garden's special exhibition Northern Family, Southern Ties is on view from November 6, 2025 through 2028. It is the first exhibit examining the overlooked connections between families straddling the Mason-Dixon Line, the division on the borders of Pennsylvania and Delaware that became a symbolic demarcation between "free soil" and "slave" states. This exhibit complicates the more traditional understanding of the "North" and "South," by following two families before, during, and after the Civil War.









 

LINKS

* Art Councils in NJ

* Art Galleries in NJ

* Museums in NJ








COMING SOON


Hunterdon Art Museum presents three new exhibitions: Claybash, Emily Strong, and Bascha Mon

(CLINTON, NJ) -- The Hunterdon Art Museum opens three new exhibits on Sunday, May 17, 2026 - Claybash, which explores the possibilities of clay; and exhibit of Emily Strong's artwork; and Mindscapes, which is an exhibit of work by Bascha Mon.




Art House Productions Unveils "In The Wind" Public Art Installation

(JERSEY CITY, NJ) -- Art House Productions has announced In The Wind, a large-scale public art installation transforming Lincoln Park in Jersey City with artist-designed flags featuring original work by Hudson County artists. Presented in celebration of the organization's 25th anniversary, the exhibition highlights the depth and diversity of Hudson County's creative community.




The Skylands Museum of Art presents "FINI...pas fini!"

(LAFAYETTE, NJ) -- The Skylands Museum of Art (Skylands Museum) presents Fini...pas fini! (from the French: Fini is not finished!), a temporary fine art exhibition from the permanent collection of over 30 works by internationally recognized artist Leonor Fini from May 16 to September 26, 2026. Skylands Museum will exhibit original drawings, etchings, silkscreens and lithographs of portraits, sphinxes, female figures, cats and fantastical beings imagined by the fascinating artist.