Join us for our first episode of Third Space Talks! We're going live on Instagram, Thursday, March 26th, at 7pm (ET) with artist Alfred Conteh! Alfred Conteh is a painter and sculptor from Fort Valley, Georgia. His recent series of figurative paintings is titled “Two Fronts.” Grounded in the realm of portraiture, this series explores
Join us for our second episode of Third Space Talks! We’re going live on Instagram, Friday, April 24th, at 3pm (ET) with artist April Bey! April Bey grew up in the Caribbean (Nassau, Bahamas) and now resides and works in Los Angeles, CA as a contemporary visual artist and art educator. Bey’s interdisciplinary artwork is an introspective
Join us Thursday, May 14th, at 5pm on the Express Newark Facebook Live for the Trailer Screening of, Black Lady Goddess followed by a Q&A with Creator & Director, Chelsea Odufu. Chelsea Odufu is a 2019 Express Newark 3rd Space Award Recipient and Express Newark Community Media Center Alumni. Black Lady Goddess is a satirical
Join us Friday, May 22nd, at 6pm on the Express Newark Instagram Live for an evening of live poetry with Newark Poets & Rutgers-Newark MFA Poets. This live poetry showcase will be hosted by Nora Luongo (@phigirl) with readings by Marie "Mia X" Johnson (@bestthingcreated), Malcolm Minor (@malcolm.minor), Mayowa Godsent(@realgodsent) Chris Caruso (@chris.inkspot), Susanna Velarde (@susanna_velarde), Antonio De Jesus Lopez
We're headed to the BIG EASY! Join us Friday, May 29th, at 6:30pm (ET) on the Express Newark Instagram Live for Third Space Talks with artist Virginia Hanusik. Hanusik is an artist and writer whose work explores the relationship between landscape, culture, and the built environment. Her projects on climate change and environmental justice have been exhibited
Two designers share their insights on letterpress collecting and creating Join Brenda and Ned as they reveal the long process of collecting, designing, and printing that resulted in a beautiful, limited-edition letterpress book, a true labor of love. RSVP Here | https://bit.ly/2AqdSQ1 After their son was born in 2013, Ned and Brenda began to conceive
Join Express Newark and neighborhood partners Saturday, October 9 from 12pm - 2pm for a reception of THERE IS THIS WE: MURALS FOR JUSTICE held in conjunction with the Newark Arts Festival. At 12:30pm, hear MFJ organizers and artists speak about the 2020 action. From 1 - 2pm enjoy a performance by the Keith Brown
Express Newark at Rutgers University-Newark is hosting Black Portraiture: Play and Performance, the seventh annual Black Portraiture Conference from Thursday, February 17 to Saturday, February 19, 2022. The three-day conference explores the theme of play and performance in past and contemporary African diasporic art and performance and will conclude with a series of groundbreaking keynote
Rutgers University–Newark and The Newark Museum of Art will host the seventh annual Black Portraiture Conference from Thursday, February 17 to Saturday, February 19, 2022. Our theme for the conference is Play and Performance, which explores the role of “play” in past and contemporary African diasporic art and performance. Thursday, Feb 17 & Friday, Feb
2021-2022 marks the 75th Anniversary of Rutgers University-Newark’s designation as a public institution of higher education. In this 75th anniversary, as our nation reckons with deep racial, political, and ideological fracture, our University is once again called upon, as a public, anchor institution, to provide a space for critical conversation that can lead toward understanding,
Join us this Sunday, July 10th, for THE BLACK GIRL TAKEOVER, a day-long festival full of intimate conversations & immersive workshops inspired by the landmark exhibition, Picturing Black Girlhood: Moments of possibility co-curated by @sherphotographs & @zoraida365 The event is free and open to the public and all are welcome. Black Girl Takeover Sunday, July 10th 9am – 5pm REGISTER
Inspired by scholar Kevin Quashie’s recent book, Black Aliveness, or a Poetics of Being, Express Newark's year-long programming of art installations, immersive films, public lectures, and community classes, reflects how the concept of Aliveness can be an innovative and timely exploration of contemporary art, racial freedom, and environmental justice. On Thursday, February 2nd, as part
