art629 Gallery presents "Little Things" Featuring Work By 21 NJ Artists

​​​​​​​(ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- art629 Gallery presents "Little Things" - an exhibition featuring the work of 21 New Jersey artists curated by Brittany James. Brittany is an Asbury Park based artist who has been the resident art teacher and curator at art629 for the past 6 years where she teaches life drawing and painting classes, and hosts an open studio. The exhibition will be on display through December 23.

The James Kearny Campus Gallery Presents Works By Phillip McConnell

(TRENTON, NJ) -- The James Kearny Campus Gallery presents a solo exhibition featuring work by New Jersey based digital contemporary artist: Phillip McConnell, titled Analog Surrealism. The exhibition is curated by Photographer, Scholar, and Curator Michael Chovan-Dalton and will be on view from November 8th through December 4th, 2021. 

The Art School at Old Church will host its 47th Annual Pottery Show & Sale Online

(DEMAREST, NJ) -- The Art School at Old Church will host its 47th Annual Pottery Show & Sale online again this year! The virtual event will take place from 6:00pm on Friday, December 3rd through Sunday, December 5th. Sales will officially end at 12:00am on Monday, December 5. This year, 26 renowned potters from across the county will offer more than 500 works for sale. 

The Arts Council of Princeton presents "Talk to Me" Abstract Paintings by Janet Filomeno and Katherine Parker

(PRINCETON, NJ) -- The Arts Council of Princeton will exhibit Talk to Me, a collection of abstract paintings by longtime friends and collaborators Janet Filomeno and Katherine Parker. The exhibit will be on display from October 16 through November 20, 2021. ​​​​​​​The public is invited to an Opening Reception on Saturday, October 16 from 3:00pm-5:00pm.

Ellen and Leonard Milberg Gallery Presents "Piranesi on the Page"

(PRINCETON, NJ) -- "Piranesi on the Page" tells the story of how Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1748), the foremost printmaker in 18th-century Europe, made the book the center of his artistic production. The exhibition runs in the Ellen and Leonard Milberg Gallery, located in the Firestone Library lobby, Princeton University, from October 8 through December 5, 2021.   

Passaic County Arts Center Presents Exhibits by Michael Murphy, Juan Ramiro Torres, and Jesse Wright

(HAWTHORNE, NJ) -- "Absurdities, Contrasts, Conflicts, and Contradictions" by Michael Murphy, "Common Humanity" by Juan Ramiro Torres and "Verses, Over the Waves" by Jesse Wright are currently on view and will run through January 9, 2022, at the Passaic County Arts Center at the John W. Rea House in Hawthorne. An opening reception for the exhibit will take place Thursday, October 7th from 6:00pm – 9:00pm.

New Jersey Council for the Humanities Awards Grant for Hackensack Immigrant Business Owners' Oral Histories Through Documentary Story Telling

(HACKENSACK, NJ) -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation's (NNJCF) ArtsBergen initiative announces the New Jersey Council for the Humanities awarded a COVID-19 Response Grant of $11,625 for the project 'Stories on Main Street: Hackensack Immigrant Business Owners as Placemakers'. The NNJCF, a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization based in Hackensack, New Jersey, is one of 36 organizations in the state to receive the grant. 

Douglass College and Mason Gross School of the Arts Partner To Welcome Kameelah Janan Rasheed as Resident Artist

(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- This fall, Kameelah Janan Rasheed will begin an artist’s residency at Rutgers University­–New Brunswick through a partnership between Douglass College and Mason Gross School of the Arts. Her residency will offer students from both institutions the chance to express their creativity alongside a nationally and internationally known artist.

Gallery Aferro Honors Gladys Barker Grauer with Legacy Art Auction & Celebration on November 6th

(NEWARK, NJ) -- Gallery Aferro is back with their first in-person art auction celebration since 2019, and it promises to be unlike any other. On November 6th from 7:00pm to 10:00pm, the oldest artist-run gallery in Newark will present “Before The Wave: Celebrating the Gladys Barker Grauer Legacy” to not only honor the memory, influence and passion of “The Mother of Newark Arts,” but to also come together in a joyous gala for artists and art lovers to revel in music, dance, food, drinks and a little something extra.

Newark, Lincoln Park Cultural District, and Love Your Block select "Gallery Without Walls" as part of Mural Initiative

(NEWARK, NJ) -- On September 30, 2021, Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka and Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District (LPCCD) announced that the LPCCD's "Lincoln Park Gallery Without Walls" Alley Reclamation Mural Project was selected as part of the City of Newark's Love Your Block Initiative.