(NEWARK, NJ) -- On Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 6:00pm, Paul Robeson Galleries presents an artist talk introducing the work of four visual artists. Moderated by visual artist Bryant Small, this program will include an intimate look into the work and process of photographers David Christopher and Beryl Goldberg and mixed media artists D. Del Reverda Jennings and Sontonya Necheal. The event is free and will be presented via ZOOM. RSVP is required. You may register for the free event here. Zoom details with be sent via email confirmation.
David Christopher is a fine art photographer born and raised in Newark, NJ. With a discipline in portrait and documentary photography, his work is influenced by community, fashion, and black culture.
Beryl Goldberg is a photographer of the people: people in their daily life, people at work, at rest, play with families or alone at events. She strives to bring out the best in people and present the power that exists in each of us.
Sontonya Nechal is a self-taught mixed media, abstract artist that dances with various textures in her unique canvas pieces. Her work comes from a place of brokenness, abuse, and hardship as well as the strength found in her faith.
D. Del Reverda-Jennings is a self-taught Alaskan Native, Midwest-based artist whose interdisciplinary practice draws from a kaleidoscope of cultural nuance, insight, connection and experience. She creates dimensional, conceptual, installation, and public artworks that feature symbolism pervasive of African and Latin Diasporic cultures connected to her lineage, ancestral spirit and the Divine Feminine.
About the Moderator: Bryant Small is an Award-Winning artist who lives in Jersey City, NJ and balances an advertising and media career in New York City. In his art, he loves to toe the line of free abstraction with vibrant color blending and pushing beyond pretty. His Alcohol Ink pieces are free flowing, unpredictable and levitate from the page. Recognized as a Conception Arts, Global Art Collective 2020 and 2017 Award of Excellence Winner and selected as one of International Art Market Magazine’s Gold List of Top Emerging Contemporary Artists, Bryant has shown his work in several collective and individual shows throughout the United States and has pieces that are part of Private Collections around the Globe.
The Paul Robeson Galleries at Rutgers University is located at 54 Halsey Street (Rm 305) in Newark, New Jersey. Established in 1979, the Paul Robeson Galleries’ mission and programming embody Paul Robeson’s life-long commitment to unfettered artistic freedom, cultural democracy, and transnationalism. The Paul Robeson Galleries is dedicated to presenting art and cultural artifacts as well as educational and public programming in the spirit of the diverse metropolitan context of Rutgers University – Newark. This mission is carried out in the presentation of visual arts exhibitions, gallery education, and public programs, in a network of exhibition spaces across the Rutgers University – Newark campus and Express Newark. The Paul Robeson Galleries works collaboratively with individuals and organizations to achieve this mission.
Image: David Christopher, Taji, 2021. Image courtesy of the artist.
