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SUMMARY:Communities Joining Forces
DESCRIPTION:“Humanities Action Lab Hosts 2023 National Convening: “Communities Joining Forces” to Address Climate Crisis\n  \nThe Humanities Action Lab is calling upon organizers\, scholars\, and students from ten communities at the forefront of the climate crisis to unite for the 2023 National Convening\, themed “Communities Joining Forces.” \nThis event\, scheduled for October 26\, 2023\, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.\, will take place at Rutgers University in Newark\, New Jersey\, specifically at the Express Newark Building located at 54 Halsey Street. \n  \nParticipants hailing from diverse regions\, ranging from Merced\, California\, to Magaguez\, Puerto Rico\, will converge in Newark to exchange stories and strategies while establishing connections with their peers nationwide. The event aims to foster collaboration and the sharing of knowledge to collectively address the pressing climate crisis. \n  \nThe program for the day includes discussions on designing a trans-local campus\, where students\, scholars\, and organizers from across the country can learn from and support each other. Additionally\, participants will engage in the development of a collective public memory project that interconnects their stories\, fostering a sense of collective action and solidarity. \n  \nThis National Convening serves as a vital platform for those on the front lines of the climate crisis to collaborate\, learn from each other’s experiences\, and work together to create a more sustainable future. It promises to be a dynamic and insightful gathering of passionate individuals committed to addressing the challenges of climate change.” \nThis event is co-sponsored by  Institute for Global Racial Justice
URL:https://expressnewark.org/event/communities-joining-forces/
CATEGORIES:Humanities Action Lab
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SUMMARY:February 2nd: Opening Reception - Willie Cole and Farrah Rahaman
DESCRIPTION: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. \nOn Thursday\, February 2nd\, as part of its Aliveness series\, Express Newark will host the opening reception for Willie Cole’s art interventions\, Spirit Catcher and Lumen-less Lantern\, two large-scale\, chandelier-like sculptures that address Newark’s water crisis and our planet’s plastic problem\, and Things We Do in the Dark: Cinematic Experiments in Kinship\, a film exhibition curated by cultural worker Farrah Rahaman that showcases over twenty video-based works by Black and Indigenous artists whose works explore the critical themes of racial solidarity\, Black radical protest\, and communal healing. \nThese featured activations are part of Willie Cole’s Artist Residency\, and Farrah Rahaman’s Curatorial Residency\, for 2022-2023. \nThe opening reception will be held from 6-8 PM at Express Newark\, located at 54 Halsey Street\, 2nd Floor\, Newark\, NJ 07102.
URL:https://expressnewark.org/event/february-2nd-opening-reception-willie-cole-and-farrah-rahaman/
CATEGORIES:Express Newark
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SUMMARY:Black Girl Takeover - a one day event
DESCRIPTION: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. \nBlack Girl Takeover\nSunday\, July 10th 9am – 5pm \nREGISTER AT EVENTBRITE
URL:https://expressnewark.org/event/black-girl-takeover-a-one-day-event/
CATEGORIES:Express Newark
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SUMMARY:Dialogue in a Time of Fracture – A Rutgers University-Newark 75th Anniversary Event
DESCRIPTION: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\, knowledge production\, mobilization\, and healing. \nDialogue in a Time of Fracture is a series of events at Rutgers University-Newark to engage our entire campus community\, aimed at fostering conversation in this time of division. Dialogue events include a two-day symposium\, workshops\, and rundialogue.rutgers.edu – a digital platform that will help document and extend these conversations. \nAll events are free and open to the community. Registration is required.\nProof of vaccination is required.
URL:https://expressnewark.org/event/dialogue-in-a-time-of-fracture-a-rutgers-university-newark-75th-anniversary-event/
CATEGORIES:Express Newark
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SUMMARY:Black Portraiture[s] VII: Play and Performance
DESCRIPTION:Rutgers University–Newark and The Newark Museum of Art will host the seventh annual Black Portraiture[s] 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. \n\nThursday\, Feb 17 & Friday\, Feb 18: Black Portaiture[s] VII: Play and Performance Conference. Black Portraiture[s] is an academic conference committed to the study of African diasporic art and culture. Hosting over 300 of our foremost scholars and artists at Rutgers University – Newark\, visit www.blackportraitures.info/bp7 to see the full conference schedule.\n\n\nThursday\, Feb 17: Picturing Black Girlhood: Moments of Possibility at Express Newark\, an international exhibition that features over 180 works by over 72 Black women\, girls\, and genderqueer artists – ranging in age from 8 to 94 – who work in the mediums of photography and film and are exploring the concept of Black girlhood. Among the 30 artists are Carrie Mae Weems\, Latoya Ruby Frazier\, Lorraine O’Grady\, Lola Flash\, Sophia Nahli Allison\, Deborah Roberts\, and Tawny Chatmon.\n\n\nFriday\, Feb 18: Scheherazade Tillet: Black Girl Play at the Project for Empty Space gallery in Newark. A culmination of Tillet’s artist in residency at Shine Portrait Studio and New Arts Justice at Express Newark\, this exhibition is a common exploration of the ways in which coming of age\, community traditions\, and radical play\, converge at various points in the lives of Black girls. Tillet’s photographs remind us that joy and play are not only prevalent and normal but things to be preserved and validated. The reception will be held from 5 – 7 pm at Project for Empty Space. Schedule a Visit.\n\n\nSaturday\, Feb 19: 42nd Annual Marion Thompson Wright Lecture will be hosted by the Clement Price Institute of Ethnicity\, Culture\, and the Modern Experience and The Newark Museum of Art. Our keynote artists all foreground the themes of play\, utopia\, and performances in their work\, and are photographer Tyler Mitchell with Professor Deborah Willis; visual artist Bisa Butler and Linda Harrison\, the Director and the CEO of the Newark Museum of Art\, and Grammy-award nominated jazz violinist Regina Carter in dialogue with renowned scholar Professor Farah Jasmine Griffin\, playwright Dominique Morriseau in conversation with Kamilah Forbes\, the Executive Producer of Apollo Theater.\n\n  \nREGISTER NOW –  EVENTBRITE.
URL:https://expressnewark.org/event/black-portraitures-vii-play-and-performance/
CATEGORIES:Express Newark
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SUMMARY:Black Portraiture[s]: Play and Performance\, the seventh annual Black Portraiture[s] Conference
DESCRIPTION:Express Newark at Rutgers University-Newark is hosting Black Portraiture[s]: Play and Performance\, the seventh annual Black Portraiture[s] 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 conversations for the 42nd Annual Marion Thompson Wright Lecture at the Newark Museum of Art. \n\n\nREGISTER TO ATTEND HERE. \n________ \n\nExhibitions\nOpening the conference on February 17 is Picturing Black Girlhood: Moments of Possibility\, an exhibition that focuses on the concept of Black girlhood in over 150 works by 70 Black women\, girls\, and genderqueer photographers and filmmakers who range in age from 8 to 94 years old. Bringing pioneering Black photographers such as Carrie Mae Weems\, Doris Derby\, Lorraine O’Grady\, Deborah Roberts\, LaToya Ruby Frazier\, Lola Flash\, Tawny Chatmon\, Sophia Nahli Allison\, and others in conversation with over 30 Black girl photographers\, Picturing Black Girlhood is curated by Scheherazade Tillet and Zoraida Lopez and is supported by the Express Newark curatorial team of Alliyah Allen and Anonda Bell. \nOn February 18\, the Project for Empty Space gallery will host a reception for Scheherazade Tillet: Black Girl Play\, an exhibition exploring the convergence of coming-of-age celebrations\, community traditions\, and radical play\, at various points in the lives of Black girls. An important element of the exhibition is the radically beautiful resistance it presents against a historic American stereotype that robs Black girls of their childhood. Tillet’s photographs are reminders that joy and play are not only prevalent and normal but things to be preserved and validated. Black Girl Play is curated by Jasmine Wahi and Rebecca Jampol. \nSCHEDULE A VISIT \n_______\n42nd Annual Marion Thompson Wright Lecture Series\nOn the final day\, the 42nd Annual Marion Thompson Wright Lecture will be held at the Newark Museum of Art\, featuring keynote artists who all foreground the themes of play\, utopia\, and performances in their work. Conversations will take place from 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. and will include photographer Tyler Mitchell with Dr. Deborah Willis; visual artist Bisa Butler and Linda Harrison\, the Director and the CEO of the Newark Museum of Art\, and Grammy-award nominated jazz violinist Regina Carter in dialogue with renowned scholar Dr. Farah Jasmine Griffin\, and playwright Dominique Morisseau in conversation with Kamilah Forbes\, the Executive Producer of Apollo Theater. \n  \n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n_________\n\n 
URL:https://expressnewark.org/event/black-portraitures-play-and-performance-the-seventh-annual-black-portraitures-conference/
CATEGORIES:Express Newark
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SUMMARY:Visit Express Newark this Saturday!
DESCRIPTION: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. \nAt 12:30pm\, hear MFJ organizers and artists speak about the 2020 action. \nFrom 1 – 2pm enjoy a performance by the Keith Brown Jazz Group.
URL:https://expressnewark.org/event/visit-express-newark-this-saturday/
CATEGORIES:Express Newark
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SUMMARY:The Power Of Collaboration: Collective Making
DESCRIPTION: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 what they develop together. This session focuses on the group’s book project LAND as a primary example of such work. RSVP required. Zoom details sent via email confirmation. \nFor its first publication\, LAND Collective joins together to address the central questions: what is our relationship to space and how do we define power? Rooted in Newark\, the artists and storytellers\, engage in a critical practice that requires self-reflection of their own respective positions and relations to the city\, as well as a deep engagement with community and space\, in order to offer insights to how we understand\, see\, and impact the land in which we occupy. The reflections and stories come from a range of diverse voices and perspectives to explore ownership\, power\, and privilege in our current moment and offer a lens as to how to be more aware of such. Ultimately\, through this publication\, we hope to encourage the reader to reflect on the central question themselves. More topics covered include: Migration\, Protest\, Water\, and Gentrification.
URL:https://expressnewark.org/event/the-power-of-collaboration-collective-making/
CATEGORIES:Paul Robeson Galleries
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SUMMARY:The Power of Collaboration - Part 1: Group Ethos & Support Structures
DESCRIPTION: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. \nPart One will take place on November 11th:\nGROUP ETHOS AND SUPPORT STRUCTURES.\nLAND Collective will discuss how to develop a manifesto that outlines the purpose of the collective and develop support structures that assure the work being produced aligns with that mission. The development of LAND’s mission and ideas for the collective will be used as example. \n 
URL:https://expressnewark.org/event/the-power-of-collaboration-part-1-group-ethos-support-structures/
CATEGORIES:Paul Robeson Galleries
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SUMMARY:Art Biz: Financial Wellness for Artists
DESCRIPTION: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. \nIn this interactive\, hands-on workshop\, we’ll cover healthy approaches to identify realistic business and personal expenses\, strategize to build wealth through savings\, and plan for tax obligations effectively. The framework for addressing these things revolves around building knowledge\, establishing habits (and holding ourselves accountable for those habits)\, reclaiming control where we can\, and knowing what to pay attention to. \n  \nAs part of this webinar\, we will: \n-Review a framework for quantifying expenses. \n-Highlight key metrics to pay attention to. \n-List strategies to make more intentional financial choices. \nRSVP required. Zoom details will be sent via confirmation email.
URL:https://expressnewark.org/event/art-biz-financial-wellness-for-artists/
CATEGORIES:Paul Robeson Galleries
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SUMMARY:An election talk with 1st Generation Voters
DESCRIPTION: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. \nYeimy is a DACA student (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals)\, artist and activist.   Read her story here.  (Click Link). \n  \n 
URL:https://expressnewark.org/event/an-election-talk-with-1st-generation-voters/
CATEGORIES:Newest Americans
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SUMMARY:Humanities Action Lab launches 'Translocal Learning Studio'
DESCRIPTION: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 organizing and supports building reciprocal learning relationships between these localities across the world. \nThe pilot “course” this fall\, consisting of 6-8 online modular sessions\, will include undergraduate/graduate students\, members of community organizations\, and faculty from HAL’s 20+ partner communities.  Participants will engage as both teachers and learners\, to collaboratively experiment with exercises\, workshops\, readings/media\, and other forms that challenge what teaching and practicing justice-centered public history can and should be. \nLearn More: Translocal Learning Studio \n 
URL:https://expressnewark.org/event/humanities-action-lab-launches-translocal-learning-studio/
CATEGORIES:Humanities Action Lab
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SUMMARY:ART X Activism In Newark
DESCRIPTION: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? \nThis will be the start of the conversation with multidisciplinary artist Kiyan Williams and curator/multidiscplinay artist Noelle Lorraine Williams. \nRSVP required. Zoom details will be sent via email confirmation.
URL:https://expressnewark.org/event/art-x-activism-in-newark/
CATEGORIES:Paul Robeson Galleries
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SUMMARY:Pleasure Activism and the Arts
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThis lecture is part of the series\, How to Survive the End of the World is a four-part program exploring the ways in which artists and art workers express social\, cultural and political philosophies through their art practice. \nRSVP required. Zoom details will be sent via email confirmation.
URL:https://expressnewark.org/event/pleasure-activism-and-the-arts/
CATEGORIES:Paul Robeson Galleries
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SUMMARY:Symphony of Survival: A Creative Writing Workshop
DESCRIPTION: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 title. During this workshop participants will learn how to document the truth and beauty of our current moment through creative writing. \nSymphony of Survival\, by Newark Symphony Hall\, is an archival exposé of the Black resistance: including both literary and visual arts. Artists have earnestly documented these times to ensure the record of events. Under the creative direction of poet Jasmine Mans\, the Newark based contributors are Jillian M. Rock\, Chrystofer Davis\, LaQuan Ford\, Joseph V. Moore Jr.\, Bimpé Fageyinbo\, K Desiree’ Milwood\, Dr. Antoinette Ellis-Williams\, Maisy Card\, and Kristen J. Owens. All have created a symphony of mourning\, of protest\, and survival. This project was created in honor of George Floyd\, Breonna Taylor and the many others who have lost their lives to police brutality. RSVP required. Zoom details will be sent via confirmation email.
URL:https://expressnewark.org/event/symphony-of-survival-a-creative-writing-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Paul Robeson Galleries
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SUMMARY:Humanities Action Lab to host storytelling session
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our fourth HAL Summer Storytelling Session of the summer.\nThis 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 resources\, and reimagine how we might use these mediums to effect change. \nWe’re thrilled that this session will feature community partner Edith Tovar of the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO) in Chicago\, telling stories from their ongoing local efforts. We will also have the opportunity to learn more about the fantastic storytelling project from our partners at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez:  “Mi María: Puerto Rico After the Hurricane”. \nFeaturing:\nEdith Tovar of LVEJO in Chicago\, Illinois\nPartners from University of Puerto Rico\, Mayagüez and the storytelling project “Mi María: Puerto Rico After the Hurricane” \nThe event will be participatory and we encourage you to have a piece of paper and marker/pen. \nThe details:\nSession 4: Storytelling Today\nThursday August 20th\n1:30-3:00pm EST/10:30-2:00 PST\nRSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/116628917231 \nZoom Info: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81460945187\nFor call in or other technical needs please reply and we’ll help you.
URL:https://expressnewark.org/event/humanities-action-lab-to-host-storytelling-session/
CATEGORIES:Humanities Action Lab
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SUMMARY:Climates of Inequality and COVID: Stories from Frontline Communities.
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThese conversations will feature HAL partners across the country\, including stories from Newark and other community organizations on the ground.  This project is an outgrowth of HAL’s most recent project\, Climates of Inequality. \nJoin HAL via ZOOM\, this Thursday \nSession 2: Storytelling Today\nThursday\, July 9\n1:00-2:30pm EST\n\nZoom info: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83267943058
URL:https://expressnewark.org/event/climates-of-inequality-and-covid-stories-from-frontline-communities/
CATEGORIES:Humanities Action Lab
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SUMMARY:Brenda McManus and Ned Drew: L is for Labor of Love
DESCRIPTION:Two designers share their insights on letterpress collecting and creating \n\n\nJoin 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. \n\n  \nRSVP Here | https://bit.ly/2AqdSQ1 \nAfter their son was born in 2013\, Ned and Brenda began to conceive of a meaningful purpose for the collection of type\, woodblocks\, and line-engraved images that they have been amassing for 20+ years. They decided to create a learning tool\, a unique letterpress book of ABCs that took five years to make. The project combines many facets of their lives: family\, teaching\, letterpress printing\, design\, and collecting. \n\nThe project was born out of their shared passion for design\, a focus on typography\, an engagement with design history\, and an infatuation with letterpress artifacts. Ned and Brenda strongly believe in the preservation of a living history of letterpress\, as there is no greater tool for teaching future generations of typographers about the craft and the value of hands-on work. \nThey also believe that it is essential to intentionally make space for those projects that are labors of love\, projects that integrate play and discovery into the creative process\, on personal terms. The freedom of those experiments is essential for creative growth. \n \n  \nRegistration for this special event is available on a first-come\, first-served basis. Click on the registration link to sign up for this live Zoom webinar. We suggest downloading the Zoom software prior to the start of this event. We will send you event reminders\, but we advise everyone to connect a few minutes prior to the start. The event waiting room will be open 10 minutes ahead of time. \nThe start time for the live event is:\n10:00am LA/SF/Seattle (PST)\n1:00pm New York (EST)\n6:00pm London (BST)\n7:00pm Berlin/Madrid/Milan/Europe (CEST)\n9:00pm Jerusalem (GST)\n1:00am Seoul/Manila\n2:00am Tokyo\n5:00am Auckland \nAbout the Speakers\nNed Drew is a senior faculty member within the Graphic Design Program at Rutgers University-Newark where he teaches design and design history courses. Drew was a member of the AIGA’s DEC Steering Committee and is the Founding Director of The Design Consortium\, a student/teacher design studio. \nDrew was the co-editor of Design Education in Progress: Volumes 1\, 2 and 3and co-author of BY ITS COVER\, Purity of Aim: The Book Jacket Designs of Alvin Lustig and George Giusti: The Idea is the Heart of the Matter. \nDrew’s work has been included in Typographic Design: Form and Communication\, Graphic Design Referenced\, US Design 1975-2000\, Working with Computer Type\, the AIGA’s Rethinking Design 3: Speaking Volumes\, Graphic Design Solutions and Color Management. Drew’s work has also been recognized by the AIGA\, the TDC\, the IDA\, the Art Directors Club\, Creativity\, the FPO Awards\, the UCDA and the AAM as well as Graphis\, Communication Arts\, Print and How magazines. \nBrenda McManus is an Assistant Professor of Graphic Design in the Art Department at Pace University–NYC. Brenda’s research encompasses typography\, integrating antiquated and contemporary technology and methods of making and collaborative design processes. \nBrenda received her MS and MFA from Pratt Institute’s Graduate Communication Design Program and has experience in design research\, design management\, art direction\, design writing and a passion for typography. \nMcManus is the co-author of George Giusti: The Idea is the Heart of the Matter. Her work has been included in Graphic Design Solutions\, 4th Ed\, Typographic Design: Form and Communication\, 6th edition\, Color Management for Logos and Color Management: A Comprehensive Guide for Graphic Designers. McManus’s work has also been recognized by the AIGA\, the TDC\, the Art Directors Club\, the FPO Awards\, Creativity\, the UCDA\, IDA as well as Graphis\, Communication Arts\, Print and How magazines.
URL:https://expressnewark.org/event/brenda-mcmanus-and-ned-drew-l-is-for-labor-of-love/
CATEGORIES:Express Newark
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SUMMARY:Third Space Talks with artist Virginia Hanusik\, Friday\, May 29th\, at 6:30pm (ET)
DESCRIPTION: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 internationally\, featured in The New Yorker\, Domus\, Places Journal\, NPR\, The Atlantic\, MAS Context\, and Oxford American among others\, and supported by the Graham Foundation and Mellon Foundation.
URL:https://expressnewark.org/event/third-space-talks-with-artist-virginia-hanusik-friday-may-29th-at-630pm-et/
CATEGORIES:Express Newark
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SUMMARY:Film Screening And Q&A With Ngu Asongwed
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a short film screening and Q&A with Newark based digital artist Ngu Asongwed.\nRSVP required. Zoom details will be sent via email 24 hours before the program. \nRSVP Here! \nFilm Schedule \nWetlands (dir. Ngu Asongwed\, 2019\, USA\, 2 minutes)A collaboration between Sqad Nwk and Brujas\, an NYC based feminist skate collective. \nA wetland is a distinct ecosystem that is inundated by water\, either permanently or seasonally\, where oxygen-free processes prevail. The primary factor that distinguishes wetlands from other land forms or water bodies is the characteristic vegetation of aquatic plants\, adapted to the unique hydric soil. Wetlands play a number of functions including water purification\, water storage\, processing of carbon and other nutrients stabilization of shorelines\, and support of plants and animals. \nCity on Fire (dir. Ngu Asongwed\, 2017\, USA\, 8 minutes)\nA Sqad Nwk production. Viewer’s discretion advised (language). \nRacism\, poverty and police brutality reach a tipping point one hot summer night in Newark N.J. The arrest and beating of African American taxi driver John Smith\, sparked five days of rebellion in New Jersey’s largest city. Flames of fear gripped the city as the citizens released their rage on to the streets\, forever changing the fate of the troubled metropolis. This film is a story about the ghosts of our past\, the fears of our present and the hope for our future. This is not just the story of Newark\, this is the story of an America on fire. \n Gourd (dir. Ngu Asongwed\, 2019\, USA\, 6 minutes)\nA Sqad Nwk production. \nGourd is a full dome format video installation speaking on the traditions of enslaved Africans in North America\, exploring their use of natural resources when escaping slave plantations. From the 1600’s-1800’s\, after escaping from plantations these men and women traversed through Americas southern states on foot guided by the stars\, specifically The Big Dipper\, also known “The Drinking Gourd”. Ngu Asongwed is a Newark based video editor & graphic designer working in a majority of digital formats. \nRSVP Here! \n 
URL:https://expressnewark.org/event/film-screening-and-qa-with-ngu-asongwed/
CATEGORIES:Paul Robeson Galleries
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SUMMARY:Go Deep Goes Digital: A Virtual Dance Party
DESCRIPTION:Artists \nThaddeus Jeffries \nRasaki \nMannpaqq \nPRG is excited to be partnering with the Atlanta based event production company Go Deep to host a virtual dance party for our community! Go Deep is a platform used to educate on the inclusive roots of house music\, but more specifically highlight its historical connections to Black and POC queer spaces. Put on your best outfit and pull up! \nIn the meantime\, enjoy the sounds of Go Deep: An Introduction. \nSaturday\, May 23\, 2020 \n6:00 pm – 9:00 pm \nZoom Login\nMeeting ID: 980 0175 0670\nPassword: 459038 \nSounds provided by: \nThaddeus Jeffries \nRasaki \nMannpaqq \n 
URL:https://expressnewark.org/event/go-deep-goes-digital-a-virtual-dance-party/
CATEGORIES:Paul Robeson Galleries
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SUMMARY:The Poets Express Newark Instagram Live Takeover
DESCRIPTION: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 (@barrioscribe) Sean Battle (@battleseanbattle) Roberto F. Santiago(@thefrsantiago)
URL:https://expressnewark.org/event/the-poets-express-newark-instagram-live-takeover/
CATEGORIES:Express Newark
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SUMMARY:Trailer Screening of\, Black Lady Goddess followed by a Q&A with Creator & Director\, Chelsea Odufu.
DESCRIPTION: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. \nChelsea Odufu is a 2019 Express Newark 3rd Space Award Recipient and Express Newark Community Media Center Alumni. Black Lady Goddess is a satirical afro-futuristic series set in the year 2040 when humans on earth now have a connection to their creator in outer space. It follows the life of a young activist by the name of Ifeoma Johnson who is coming into her own in a time when humans have not only found out that God is a Black Woman\, but after reparations have been issued in the amount of $455\,000 to each person of African descent. The first season showcases the chaos that unfolds following this development. Black Lady Goddessemerges as a symbol of the end of White Supremacy and privilege and as a pillar of strength and power to women and people of color around the world.
URL:https://expressnewark.org/event/trailer-screening-of-black-lady-goddess-followed-by-a-qa-with-creator-director-chelsea-odufu/
CATEGORIES:Express Newark
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SUMMARY:Murals: A Socially Engaged Process
DESCRIPTION:During this conversation Newark based artist Layqa Nuna Yawar will discuss how he sees murals as a socially engaged process as well as the inspiration for his mural series The Robeson Paean\, a series commemorating the life and legacy of artist-activist Paul Robeson.\n \nRSVP required. Zoom details will be sent via email 24 hours before the program. \nRSVP here | https://bit.ly/3ceMFO4 \nLayqa Nuna Yawar was born in Cuenca\, Ecuador and lives in Newark\, New Jersey. Working in the space between migrant alienation and belonging\, he makes work on paper\, canvas and sculpture as well as large–scale murals that are the result of a socially engaged process; all of which aims to amplify the silenced narratives of people of color and migrant communities across the world. His work examines the power that public and representational art have in challenging injustice\, racism and xenophobia. This form of collective artmaking is part of a liberation struggle that helps celebrate and publicly reclaim diasporic narratives as well as imagine a better and brighter future. Layqa received a B.F.A. from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University and his art can be found on walls\, museums and galleries across the world. He has curated and produced mural projects with various city administrations\, art programs and private organizations in the USA and abroad. 
URL:https://expressnewark.org/event/murals-a-socially-engaged-process/
CATEGORIES:Paul Robeson Galleries
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SUMMARY:Prg Artist In Residence Khari Johnson-Ricks In Conversation With Dj Tah
DESCRIPTION:During this conversation/listening session PRG’s 5th Artist in Residence\, visual artist and DJ Khari Johnson-Ricks  will speak with New Jersey based DJ TAH. Throughout the duration of his residency\, Khari will use his studio as a living archive to preserve the history of Jersey club and Jersey club dancing; a local vernacular tradition that is 20 years old and has been a creative framework for many young Black musician and artists. Over the years\, venues that were the hubs for Jersey club culture in Newark have been shuttered and Khari’s hope is to revitalize and honor this creative subculture by inviting a host of jersey club producers\, dancers\, and community members to the studio to map the progression of dances over time and talk to people about their experience with the art form. By collecting their stories\, he would preserve the trajectory of the subculture and its correlation to Newark’s shifting arts landscape\, connecting this local tradition to a lineage of Black radical art movements such as Hip-Hop and House Music.\nRSVP required. Zoom details will be sent via email 24 hours before the program. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKhari Johnson-Ricks is an artist and DJ whose work spans a range of audiovisual media and often exist in the public eye. This includes the production of zines\, works on paper\, performances\, murals\, and nightlife spaces. Through these media he explores the ways that vernacular ritual practice becomes tradition and how the body carries history through movement. By editing\, rediscovering\, juxtaposing the movement traditions of Shotokan Karate\, Jersey Club\, weightlifting and various other sports he highlights the social importance of movement as a non-verbal communication method as well as a community building and mental health tool. Khari holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Montclair State University (2016) and a Master of Fine Arts from Hunter College\, City University of New York (2019). \nTAH is a 26 year old DJ\, producer\, sound designer and engineer who has released records on Like That Records\, Thread\, and Knightwerk Records. Some notable groups he has worked with are the Black owned Halfmoon BK Radio\, Boiler Room\, and MoMA PS1.
URL:https://expressnewark.org/event/prg-artist-in-residence-khari-johnson-ricks-in-conversation-with-dj-tah/
CATEGORIES:Paul Robeson Galleries
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SUMMARY:Third Space Talks artist April Bey\, Friday\, April 24th\, at 3pm (ET) on Instagram Live
DESCRIPTION: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 and social critique of American and Bahamian culture\, contemporary pop culture feminism\, generational theory\, social media\, AfroFuturism and constructs of race. \nShe received her BFA in drawing in 2009 from Ball State University and her MFA in painting in 2014 at California State University\, Northridge in Los Angeles. Bey is in the permanent collection of The California African American Museum\, The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas and The Current\, Baha Mar in Nassau\, Bahamas. Bey has exhibited internationally in biennials NE7\, NE8 and NE9 in The Bahamas. Bey has also exhibited internationally in Italy\, Spain and Accra Ghana\, West Africa. \nApril has launched 3 solo exhibitions: Picky Head at Liquid Courage Gallery in Nassau\, Bahamas\, COMPLY at Coagula Curatorial in Chinatown\, Los Angeles and most recently MADE IN SPACE at Band of Vices Gallery in West Adams. April travels extensively to collect data for her work having traveled to Canada\, Iceland\, London\, Bali\, Dubai\, Morocco\, Senegal\, Nigeria\, Benin\, Togo and Ghana\, West Africa. Bey is both a practicing contemporary artist and art educator having taught a controversial course at Art Center College of Design called Pretty Hurts analyzing process-based art and Beyoncé hashtag faux feminism. \nThird Space Talks is an interactive interview series that takes place on the Express Newark Instagram Live. This series connects Newark with multidisciplinary artists across the US who are making a significant impact in their community and beyond. \nJoin us live on Instagram @expressnewark Friday\, April 24th\, at 3pm (ET) with artist April Bey! \n 
URL:https://expressnewark.org/event/third-space-talks-artist-april-bey-friday-april-24th-at-3pm-et-on-instagram-live/
CATEGORIES:Express Newark
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SUMMARY:Third Space Talks artist Alfred Conteh\, Thursday\, March 26th\, at 7pm (ET) on Instagram Live
DESCRIPTION: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! \nAlfred 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 images of contemporary members of the African diaspora\, placing the figures in what are often mundane environment \nThird Space Talks is an interactive interview series that takes place on the Express Newark Instagram Live. This series connects Newark with multidisciplinary artists across the US who are making a significant impact in their community and beyond. \nJoin us live on Instagram (@expressnewark) Thursday\, March 26th\, at 7pm (ET) sharp! \n#expressnewark #thirdspace #rutgers #thirdspacetalks #artisttalks #newarkart #alfredconteh
URL:https://expressnewark.org/event/third-space-talks-artist-alfred-conteh-thursday-march-26th-at-7pm-et-on-instagram-live/
CATEGORIES:Express Newark
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SUMMARY:Reading of Robeson
DESCRIPTION:Readings of Robeson is a performance honoring the revolutionary insights and activist intentions of artist\, actor\, and activist Paul Robeson. During this performance\, Bimpé Fageyinbo\, Nigerian-American artist\, published poet\, photojournalist\, and member of the Rutgers University-Newark journalism faculty\, will perform a staged reading of Paul Robeson’s writing and speeches. In between her reading of his work\, Fageyinbo will perform pieces from her personal collection in response to the themes in Robeson’s work. \n  \nRSVP Here!  \n  \nBimpé Fageyinbo is a Nigerian-American artist\, published poet and photojournalist\, and member of the Rutgers University-Newark journalism faculty. Her current work utilizes poetry\, prose and documentary photography to explore themes related to race\, identity\, faith and gender. Fageyinbo obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Media Studies\, and her Master’s in Public Administration. She is the author of two books of poetry\, So Maybe That’s the Bee’s Weakness (2010)\, and What Was Me (2017)\, and is a contributing author of A Womb of Violet: An Anthology (2019)\, a limited edition risoprint art book which has been archived in collections at the Newark Public Library\, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture\, The Free Black Woman’s Library\, the Library of Congress\, and The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University. She is a member of A Womb of Violet\, a Black women’s artist collective\, and is currently working on a third book of poetry\, and a documentary about mobility in Nigeria. \n 
URL:https://expressnewark.org/event/reading-of-robeson/
CATEGORIES:Paul Robeson Galleries
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SUMMARY:Healing and Creating with Herbs
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we celebrate the final day of our exhibition Feast & Famine with an art and tea blend making workshop lead by herbalist and art therapist Roxana Marroquin. Roxana will begin the workshop with an informational session on the healing properties of various herbs. Subsequently\, participants will create mandalas and custom tea blends using a variety of herbs. \nThis program is in partnership with Newark Science and Sustainability\, Inc.’s Art Grows in Newark program\, a part of their Eco-Art initiative. \nWorkshop Maximum: 15\, RSVP strongly encouraged\, RSVP here!  \n  \nRoxana Marroquin has extensive experience as a teaching artist\, art therapist\, facilitator\, and community gardener. Marroquin’s experiences include: Art Instructor at the YWCA of Eastern Union County Family Domestic Violence shelter in Elizabeth\, NJ; darkroom photography instructor at International Center of Photography at The Point in the South Bronx\, NY; expressive arts facilitator at YMCA of Newark and Vicinity; and art therapy facilitator at The Children’s Museum of Art’s community programs in New York City. As a bilingual art therapist\, Marroquin has held positions at the Coalition of Hispanic Family Services and Good Shepherd Services in Brooklyn\, where she provided art therapy to families in Preventive and Foster Care systems in order to prevent family separation and facilitate reunification. Currently\, Marroquin is a fee-for-service bilingual art therapist at Union Settlement in Harlem. Marroquin has exhibited photography and sculpture widely in New York\, New Jersey and California\, as well as curated various community exhibits and cultural events. In addition\, Marroquin has been a collaborator of Newark Science and Sustainability\, Inc. and facilitator of its Eco-Art program since 2014. She has facilitated various community workshops with Newark SAS that include building bird houses out of recycled bottles\, dolls made from corn husks\, cardboard tree sculptures\, and weaving with natural materials. Marroquin has a Master’s of Science degree in Art Therapy Counseling from the College of New Rochelle and brings a perspective of community healing into her workshops and programming. Marroquin is an avid gardener and has participated in growing food and creating cultural community events in various community gardens since 2012. In 2013\, Marroquin co-created and facilitated the Growing Good Vibes Articultural Systems in the Living Village Community Garden in Jersey City\, NJ that incorporated visual\, performance and musical arts within the garden. Marroquin continuously seeks to grow and expand her practice and is currently studying herbalism as an apprentice of Spiritual Herbalist Karen M. Rose. \nUtilizing the approach of social entrepreneurship\, Newark Science and Sustainability\, Inc. (Newark SAS) is a community-driven\, 501c3 nonprofit organization based in Newark\, NJ that implements various initiatives to increase awareness of environmental\, ecological and wellness issues through educational programs and hands-on activities. Newark SAS assists with the creation of self-sustaining and environmentally friendly communities by developing pathways for green jobs\, increased self-sufficiency\, and broader community empowerment. We achieve this through collaborations and partnerships with residents\, community-based organizations and other key stakeholders\, including local businesses. Your continued support helps our local actions address global challenges. \n  \n 
URL:https://expressnewark.org/event/healing-and-creating-with-herbs/
CATEGORIES:Paul Robeson Galleries
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SUMMARY:Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration
DESCRIPTION:Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration\, is a conversation between Dr. Nicole R. Fleetwood\, author and curator of MoMA PS1’s exhibition Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration\, and formerly incarcerated artist\, Ojore Lutalo. During this discussion\, Ojore will discuss his experience making art in solitary confinement\, working with Dr. Nicole on the exhibition and the work he does with American Friends of Service Committee. \nThis program is organized in conjunction with the exhibition Voices from Outside: Critical Resistance on view at the CJ Gallery\, located on the 5th floor of Rutgers University – Newark’s Criminal Justice Building. \nRSVP here! \nhttp://bit.ly/2PslaqX \nDr. Nicole R. Fleetwood is Professor of American Studies and Art History at Rutgers University- New Brunswick. She is a writer\, curator\, and art critic whose interests are contemporary black diasporic art and visual culture\, photography studies\, art and public practice\, performance studies\, gender and feminist studies\, black cultural history\, creative nonfiction\, prison abolition and carceral studies\, and poverty studies. She is the author of three books: Marking Time: Art in the Era of Mass Incarceration (Harvard University Press\, 2020)\, On Racial Icons: Blackness and the Public Imagination (Rutgers University Press\, 2015)\, and Troubling Vision: Performance\, Visuality\, and Blackness\, which was the recipient of the 2012 Lora Romero First Book Publication Prize of the American Studies Association. Her articles appear in African American Review\, American Quarterly\, Aperture\, Callaloo: Art and Culture in the African Diaspora\, The Conversation\, LitHub\, Public Books\, Public Culture\, Signs\, Social Text\, art catalogues\, and edited anthologies. Fleetwood received her Ph.D. from Stanford University in the Program in Modern Thought and Literature and her B.Phil. from the School of Interdisciplinary Studies at Miami University (Ohio). Her upcoming exhibition\, Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration\, will be on view at MoMA PS1 from April 5\, 2020 – August 23\, 2020. \nThe artist Ojore Lutalo was released from Trenton State Penitentiary August 26th\, 2009 by way of a court order. He maxed out after 28 years\, 22 of which were spent in the Management Control Unit (Solitary Confinement). In order to keep his sanity during his internment\, Ojore abided by a strict regiment of physical exercise\, mediation and study. Over the years Ojore was asked repeatedly to describe the conditions that he faced on a daily basis. These requests ranged from simple curiosity as to the physical particulars of his cell and surroundings to the profound emotional pressures and struggles associated with long term solitary confinement. Ojore began creating his political propaganda both as a way to maintain his sanity and to more adequately convey to his friends the physical and emotional reality he experienced within solitary confinement. For the last 22 years of his confinement Ojore created a wide range of art pieces offering his unique perspective. Since his release is 2008\, Ojore dedicates himself to assisting the American Friends Service Committee in its attempt to expose the true nature and extent of long term isolation\, its effect both on the prisoner individually as well as society at large. This outreach often involves speaking engagements in which he uses artwork to re-enforce his text\, finding visuals often communicate more effectively than a purely oral presentation.
URL:https://expressnewark.org/event/marking-time-art-in-the-age-of-mass-incarceration/
CATEGORIES:Paul Robeson Galleries
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