Visual Arts Center of New Jersey
  • Contraband Scholars under the guidance of JD McGuire, The Things that can be Learned, 2020, digital print, dimensions variable. It shows a man looking out the bars of a cell in black and white. On top of that is two blue outlines of circles, one inside the other, and an outline of a C inside of that. The text in the middle of the image says, "Contraband Scholars. The things that can be learned."

Something to Hold On To: Art and the Carceral System

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Something to Hold On To: Art and the Carceral System Main Gallery November 1, 2024–January 26, 2025 On display in VACNJ’s Main Gallery, Something to Hold On To: Art and the Carceral System sheds light on the vision, ingenuity, and hard-earned creativity

Something to Hold On To: Art and the Carceral System2025-01-29T15:18:20+00:00
  • Hidemi Takagi, Mikua from the "IDENTITIES" series, 2022, Digital C Print on the textile. Shows a colored girl wearing purple. She has large, colorful earrings and is holding a red flower.

Hidemi Takagi: IDENTITIES

2024-05-28T16:45:49+00:00

Hidemi Takagi: IDENTITIES Stair-gazing Gallery February 23, 2024–May 24, 2024 Hidemi Takagi is a community photographer, visual artist, and social practitioner who documents diverse community members in her Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. She captures the vibrancy, joy, and experiences of these predominantly immigrant, minority,

Hidemi Takagi: IDENTITIES2024-05-28T16:45:49+00:00
  • Kay Reese. Intervention, 2020, Photo-based digital collage printed with archival ink on lustre photo paper, 24 x 30 inches. Depicts iridescent pieces in front of a white and orange background.

Kay Reese: 50 Million African Trees

2024-05-28T16:43:44+00:00

Kay Reese: 50 Million African Trees Marité & Joe Robinson Strolling Gallery I February 23–May 24 Kay Reese, an alumna of Gallery Aferro’s Lynn and John Kearney Fellowship for Equity Artist in Residency Program, addresses the history of slavery and issues of

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  • Anna Parisi, Caught in the Act, 2020, video still. Courtesy of the artist. Depicts a person in black, with white ropes tied around their abdomen.

Le’Andra LeSeur and Anna Parisi: Bearing Witness

2024-05-28T16:41:20+00:00

Le’Andra LeSeur and Anna Parisi: Bearing Witness Mitzi and Warren Eisenberg Gallery February 23–May 24 This exhibition of works by Le’Andra LeSeur and Anna Parisi examines the act of bearing witness to oppressive and debilitating systems, particularly those faced by women of

Le’Andra LeSeur and Anna Parisi: Bearing Witness2024-05-28T16:41:20+00:00
  • Katrina Bello 12-Ply in Blue 2022 Digital print on aluminum 12 x 9 inches

Gallery Aferro: Dignity and Beauty

2024-05-28T16:38:08+00:00

Gallery Aferro: Dignity and Beauty Main Gallery February 23, 2024–May 24, 2024 Curated by Edwin Ramoran Visionary artists and changemakers Evonne M. Davis and Emma Wilcox founded Gallery Aferro in Newark’s Ironbound neighborhood in 2003, then moved downtown three years later to

Gallery Aferro: Dignity and Beauty2024-05-28T16:38:08+00:00
  • An optical illusion-esque painting with black and white zig-zagged, stripes in the background. On top of that, there is a translucent blue circle with squared letters that say "She knows other worlds."

Jeffrey Gibson: SHE KNOWS OTHER WORLDS

2024-02-28T16:16:02+00:00

EXHIBITIONS Jeffrey Gibson: SHE KNOWS OTHER WORLDS Main Lobby September 29, 2023–February 4, 2024 The Stair-gazing Gallery features artwork by Jeffrey Gibson on loan from the Forge Project, which oversees a collection of contemporary art with an emphasis on the work of

Jeffrey Gibson: SHE KNOWS OTHER WORLDS2024-02-28T16:16:02+00:00
  • Sandra Eula Lee The Walking Mountain (series), 2014-23, Mixed media on paper, 8.5 x 11 inches. In the middle there is a red circle with beige, web-like patterns. Behind it is graph paper with jagged purple and yellow lines and on the most outer part of the painting is a speckled background.

Sandra Eula Lee: The Walking Mountain

2024-02-28T16:19:06+00:00

EXHIBITIONS Sandra Eula Lee: The Walking Mountain Marité & Joe Robinson Strolling Gallery I September 29, 2023–February 4, 2024 Sandra Eula Lee is a multidisciplinary artist who transforms ordinary and found objects for the purpose of exploring notions of permanence. This exhibition

Sandra Eula Lee: The Walking Mountain2024-02-28T16:19:06+00:00
  • Samata Batra Mehta, Redux // Search for the Empyrean #1, 2021, Digital Ink on Archival Paper (ed. of 5), 22 x 30 inches. It has a golden moon with an eye on top above a dark, feather-like pattern, surrounded by things like a vintage astronomical diagram, a heart, and a bird.

Samanta Batra Mehta: Search for the Empyrean

2024-02-28T16:30:38+00:00

EXHIBITIONS Samanta Batra Mehta: Search for the Empyrean Mitzi and Warren Eisenberg Gallery September 29, 2023–February 4, 2024 Samanta Batra Mehta is a mixed-media artist who explores identity, memory, and the interconnection between human experience and the world we inhabit. She investigates

Samanta Batra Mehta: Search for the Empyrean2024-02-28T16:30:38+00:00
  • Elena Herzog, American Pastoral, 2021 Vintage chenille bedspread, mixed textiles, and thread 115 x 92 inches. It has wave-like patterns in pink, red, and brown tones. The pattern boarders the paper and makes semi-circles in the middle.

Elana Herzog: Ripped, Tangled, and Frayed

2024-02-28T16:18:22+00:00

EXHIBITIONS Elana Herzog: Ripped, Tangled, and Frayed Main Gallery September 29, 2023–February 4, 2024 Ripping, cutting, tangling, fraying, and stapling are among the many physical acts at the core of Elana Herzog’s artistic practice. For over three decades, she has dismantled

Elana Herzog: Ripped, Tangled, and Frayed2024-02-28T16:18:22+00:00
  • Artist in Residence Kirk Maynard demonstrating his process to visiting students.

2023 Artist in Residence Program

2023-09-14T13:58:12+00:00

2023 Artists in Residence PROGRAM OVERVIEW The Artist in Residence program took place from July 7–August 13, when the Art Center’s Main Gallery was transformed into a creative space for artists to reflect on their artistic practices, experiment with materials and techniques, and explore

2023 Artist in Residence Program2023-09-14T13:58:12+00:00
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