April 11 to July 16, 2022
Rowan University Art Gallery presents Cultivated Space

(GLASSBORO, NJ) -- Rowan University Art Gallery presents Cultivated Space, a new group exhibition featuring work by Anonda Bell, Henry Bermudez, Linda Brenner, Fritz Dietel, Steven Donegan, Rachel Eng, Darla Jackson, Martha Jackson-Jarvis, Mi-Kyoung Lee, Michelle Marcuse, Sana Musasama, and Joanna Platt. The exhibition runs from April 11 through July 16, 2022.

April 30 to July 31, 2022
ArtYard presents "Ecstatic Decrepitude"

(FRENCHTOWN, NJ) -- ArtYard presents Ecstatic Decrepitude, an exhibition featuring works by Bread and Puppet Founder Peter Schumann. Nearly 60 years after Schumann founded the Bread and Puppet Theater on New York City’s Lower East Side, it remains one of the oldest nonprofit, self-supporting theater companies in the country, leaving an indelible stamp on the world of theater and the American cultural landscape.

May 7 to January 1, 2023
Montclair Art Museum Presents From My Home to Yours: Caroline Monnet and Laura Ortman

(MONTCLAIR, NJ) -- Montclair Art Museum (MAM) will host the immersive video, sound, and print installation From My Home to Yours: Caroline Monnet and Laura Ortman  from May 7, 2022 through January 1, 2023 with an accompanying performance series that reactivates its themes. Presented in the United States for the first time, the installation transforms MAM’s Rand Gallery into a vivid, resonant space to pause and reflect on home, long-distance connection, and the places in between. 

May 20 to July 9, 2022
West Windsor Arts presents Faculty Student Show

(PRINCETON JUNCTION, NJ) -- The Faculty Student Show at West Windsor Arts will celebrate the work of teaching artists and their students created in a class or workshop at WWAC during the Fall, Winter, or Spring sessions of the 2021-2022 class year.  The exhibition runs now through July 9th. Each year WWA honors its talented teaching artists and the outstanding work created by its students, both youth and adults, by showcasing their work in a culminating exhibition, the Faculty Student Art Show. 

May 25 to August 28, 2022
Alfa Art Gallery presents "Beyond the Brush: The Contemporary Imagination"

(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- The walls at Alfa Art Gallery currently feature the group oil and mixed media exhibition "Beyond the Brush: The Contemporary Imagination" now through August 28th, 2022. The oil and mixed media exhibition has been a part of the ongoing success of Alfa's New Brunswick Art Salon (NBAS) program since 2010. This exhibition showcases a diverse array of artworks from esteemed artists both native to New Jersey as well as artists living and working within the tri-state area, and features oil paintings and mixed media works that truly push the boundaries of their media. In these selected abstract and figurative artworks, each artist presents their own innovative approach to both the traditional medium of oil paint and mixed media art in order to capture visions of the contemporary world.

June 4 to July 4, 2022
Art629 Gallery presents "Pride"

(ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- art629 Gallery will be hosting a pride month exhibition which will be on display from June 4th through the 4th of July weekend. This exhibition, titled “Pride” will feature 13 LGBTQIA+ and ally artists. In honor of NJ Pride Month and in commemoration of the 53rd anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, an event which helped spark the LGBTQIA+ rights movement, we will be showcasing art in a variety of media that represents the culture of the LGBTQIA+ community. Some of the art celebrates the love, fun and enjoyment to be found within the community, and some brings awareness to the persecution and suffering they face.

June 18 to July 16, 2022
Artworks presents "Souls Shot Portrait Project"

(TRENTON, NJ) -- Artworks presents The Souls Shot Portrait Project and Moms Demand Action from June 14 – July 16, 2022. The Souls Shot Portrait Project uses the transformative power of art to bring an end to gun violence. Artists, working with families, create portraits to honor the souls shot.  By exhibiting the resulting artwork to the public, we invite the community to recognize what has been lost and to take action to end gun violence. 

June 25 to August 5, 2022
Gallery Aferro presents "Tell Me More About Yourself (Self-Portraits and Other Autobiographical Endeavors)"

(NEWARK, NJ) -- Just a few short days after the summer solstice, Gallery Aferro will welcome its first group shows to the ever-evolving creative space in over two years. Building on the success of their winter and spring presentations, the Saturday, June 25th opening reception will showcase works from more than 85 artists across three new exhibitions. All shows on exhibition run from June 25 to August 5.

June 25 to July 23, 2022
Akwaaba Gallery Presents Stanwyck E. Cromwell’s "Color and Identity"

(NEWARK, NJ) -- Akwaaba Gallery in Newark presents “Color and Identity,’’ Stanwyck Cromwell’s collection of paintings and mixed media work, which explore the pleasures and perception of color and reflect Cromwell’s memories of his childhood in Guyana. The show will run from June 25 through July 23.

June 25 to April 1, 2023
NJ State Museum presents the 2022 New Jersey Arts Annual: Reemergence

(TRENTON, NJ) -- The New Jersey State Museum (NJSM) presents the 2022 New Jersey Arts Annual: Reemergence. New Jersey is home to a diverse and robust artistic community; the New Jersey Arts Annual exhibition highlights the work of visual artists and craftspeople from around the state. The New Jersey Arts Annual: Reemergence exhibition is on view from June 25, 2022 through April 30, 2023.