The Humanities Action Lab, a national coalition led from Rutgers University-Newark, is hosting a series of conversations to reimagine public humanities and social justice in the context of the pandemic and anti-racist, Black Lives Matter protests. These conversations will feature HAL partners across the country, including stories from Newark and other community organizations on the
Join us for our fourth HAL Summer Storytelling Session of the summer. This session will focus on storytelling and media making, and will allow us to hear from frontline community partners about their work with Environmental Justice and how COVID has impacted the community and their efforts. This will also be an opportunity to collectively share experiences and
How to Survive the End of the World is a four-part program series exploring the ways in which artists and art workers express social, cultural and political philosophies through their art practice. Symphony of Survival is a creative writing workshop led by Newark based poet Jasmine Mans inspired by the multimedia project of the same
Stitching together an assemblage of videos, images, music, and prose, in this lecture Pleasure Activism and the Arts, Ifeanyi Awachie and Nydia A. Swaby will share how ‘pleasure activism’ informs their curatorial practice. The lecture will review programs Awachie and Swaby co-curated to explore pleasure through the work of Black feminist artists and thinkers. This
How does one cultivate an artistic practice growing up in a city such as Newark? How do grassroots organizations specifically centered around the LGBTQIA+ experience provide space for artistic expression? This will be the start of the conversation with multidisciplinary artist Kiyan Williams and curator/multidiscplinay artist Noelle Lorraine Williams. RSVP required. Zoom details will be sent via email
Express Newark Partner, Humanities Action Lab, is opening a studio for developing and expanding anti-racist, decolonial, and community-centered learning practices that activate history and memory for justice-centered movements and mutual aid in the current moment. This studio will be “translocal,” a core tenet of HAL that honors the unique circumstances, autonomy, and tools of hyperlocal
Join Express Newark Partner, Newest Americans as they host a Facebook Live event with First Generation Voters. The event will be moderated by Yeimy Gamez Castillo. Yeimy is a DACA student (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), artist and activist. Read her story here. (Click Link).
Building healthy financial habits can be a challenge for anyone… And in the arts, we have the added complication of managing cash flow, measuring success in creative and financial terms, and relying on sometimes uncertain sources of income. Plus, we’re in the midst of a global pandemic. That complicates things. In this interactive, hands-on workshop,
Paul Robeson Galleries, Project for Empty Space and the Newark Artist Database present a two part presentation on The Power of Collaboration with Newark based artist group LAND Collective. Part One will take place on November 11th: GROUP ETHOS AND SUPPORT STRUCTURES. LAND Collective will discuss how to develop a manifesto that outlines the purpose
Paul Robeson Galleries, Project for Empty Space and the Newark Artist Database present a two part presentation on The Power of Collaboration with Newark based artist group LAND Collective. During Part 2: Collective Making, LAND Collective will discuss harnessing the power of what each artist brings to the collective and the value it brings to
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
