January 5 to March 12, 2022
Alfa Art Gallery Presents "Interchangeable Lens: Frame of Mind"

(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- On Tuesday, January 18th, the walls of Alfa Art Gallery in New Brunswick will be gracefully displaying the group photography exhibition "Interchangeable Lens: Frame of Mind." This exhibition features an oeuvre of works of artist living and working in the tri- state area of New Jersey, including Bob Leonard, Danielle Austen, Lauren Curtis, Lee Day, Linda Sandow, Parvathi Kumar, Samuel Vovsi, Josephine (Ivy) McCoy, Alyssa Rose, Ron Wyatt, Alan Chimacoff. It will be on display from January 18 to March 12, 2022.

January 10 to Febuary 26, 2022
West Windsor Arts Exhibit Reimagines the World Without Racism

(PRINCETON JUNCTION, NJ) -- Imagine a world where social and economic justice flourish and structural racism no longer exists. West Windsor Arts, in partnership with Art Against Racism, explores this concept in a new art exhibition called “Manifesting Beloved Community,” which opened on January 11, 2022 and runs through February 26, 2022. The show, inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Beloved Community,” can be viewed online as well as at the arts center at 925 Alexander Road in Princeton Junction, NJ. 

January 11 to Febuary 18, 2022
RVCC to Present Contemporary Photography Exhibition

(BRANCHBURG, NJ) -- Raritan Valley Community College’s Arts & Design department will present Expanding the View of Photography: from Realism to Abstraction, an exhibition showcasing the work of 10 photographers, from January 19 through February 18, in the Art Gallery at the College’s Branchburg campus.

January 13 to March 7, 2022
Art in the Atrium celebrates its 30th Anniversary with exhibits in MPAC’s art galleries

(MORRISTOWN, NJ) -- Art in the Atrium, Inc. (ATA), a non-profit volunteer arts organization founded in Morris County, will celebrate 30 years as a champion of Black art excellence with an exhibit at Mayo Performing Arts Center’s Art Upstairs and Starlight Galleries. In its continued partnership with MPAC, ATA presents “Exhibition of African-American Fine Art.” The exhibit runs from January 11 through March 7. 

January 14 to Febuary 19, 2022
Studio Montclair presents "Mujeres Del 2021"

(MONTCLAIR, NJ) --  Studio Montclair presents “Mujeres del 2021” on exhibit from January 14 through February 19 at Studio Montclair Gallery. The exhibit, featuring the artwork of 34 artists, celebrates the strength and resilience of women who have toiled tirelessly to hold their families and communities together during the Covid pandemic. The gallery is open by appointment only via their website, studiomontclair.org.

January 16 to April 17, 2022
New Art Exhibitions at Hunterdon Art Museum Explore Climate Change, Socio-Political Friction, Burdens of 21st Century Society

(CLINTON, NJ) -- The Hunterdon Art Museum presents three new exhibitions opening January 23, 2022. The exhibitions include work from artists Thea Clark, Malcolm Mobutu Smith, and Nanette Carter. They each explore the topics of climate change, socio-political friction, and burdens of 21st-century society. Malcolm Mobutu Smith: Evermore Nevermore January 23 – April 17, 2022 Thea Clark: Do/Undo

January 16 to April 1, 2022
Gallery Aferro Welcomes 2022 With Three New Exhibitions

(NEWARK, NJ) -- On Saturday, February 5th, Gallery Aferro will celebrate for the first time in the new year with three new winter exhibitions. The new shows will highlight the 19-year-old organization’s commitment to public-serving art in a community hit hard by the ongoing pandemic. The winter exhibitions (on display until April 1) will feature artists who expertly combine personal reflection and social commentary wrapped in the brilliance of artistic ingenuity. This delight for the eyes and ears offers amazing musical and visual creations to help you start off your new year (solar or lunar) just right. 

January 24 to March 26, 2022
Syd Carpenter Honors the Legacy of African Horticulture in New Solo Exhibition at Rowan University Art Gallery

(GLASSBORO, NJ) -- Rowan University Art Gallery presents Earth Offerings: Honoring the Gardeners, a new solo exhibition of Syd Carpenter’s ceramic sculptures. The exhibition runs from January 24 to March 26, 2022. Through her work, Syd Carpenter identifies and honors the legacy of African American farmers and gardeners.

Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Trenton City Museum presents Painting the Moon and Beyond: An Online Artists Talk with Lois Dodd and Friends

(TRENTON, NJ) -- The Trenton City Museum invites the public to join the artists of Painting the Moon and Beyond in an online talk Wednesday, January 26 from 7:00pm to 8:00pm. Lois Dodd, Jeff Epstein, Dan Finaldi, Elizabeth O'Reilly, and Mel Leipzig will talk about their relationships to one another, how their friendships have helped them grow as artists, painting outside at night, and anything attendees ask during the talk’s Q&A.

January 31 to March 3, 2022
The Visual Arts Gallery at NJCU Presents BURN: Origins & Resistance by Antoinette Ellis-Williams

(JERSEY CITY, NJ) -- The Visual Arts Gallery at New Jersey City University presents BURN: Origins & Resistance by Antoinette Ellis-Williams from January 31 through March 3, 2022.This is a multi-disciplinary project which rethinks and explores the many ways black women experience “Burn” (e.g. unemployment, appropriation, dismissal, isolation, gentrification, cooptation, physical and sexual abuse, exploitation, etc.) and simultaneously their unique agency to set things on "Fiya" (aka fire) and heal.