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SUMMARY:Road Trip: The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts
DESCRIPTION:UPDATE: THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. \nContact Samantha Davis at sdavis@artcenternj.org to join the waitlist.\n\nJoin the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey for a fall road trip to New York City and a special behind-the-scenes visit to The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts (EFA)!\n\nOn Tuesday\, September 29\, we’ll spend the day exploring EFA’s current exhibition and visiting artists in their studios for an inside look at their work and creative practices. This will be a wonderful opportunity to experience contemporary art up close\, meet working artists\, and enjoy a day of art and conversation with fellow members of the VACNJ community.\n\nWe’ll meet at the Summit Train Station and take the 9:46 AM train together\, arriving at EFA by 11 AM. Our visit will run from 11 AM–3 PM and includes a catered lunch of salads and sandwiches\, with vegetarian and gluten-free options available.
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SUMMARY:Fields Poetry Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:The Fields Poetry Reading Series is a quarterly poetry series founded and run by Westfield-based New Jersey Council of the Arts 2023 Poetry Fellows\, Robin Rosen Chang and Moriah Cohen. This program is made in part by a 2026 HEART (History\, Education\, Arts Reaching Thousands) Grant from the Union County Board of County Commissioners. \nOn Wednesday\, September 30\, The Fields Poetry Reading Series will host poets BJ Ward and Mya/Matteo Alexice in Studio 8 of the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey\, located at 68 Elm Street\, Summit\, NJ. (NOTE: This is a temporary venue change\, as the usual location is undergoing repairs due to damage incurred during one of this summer’s storms.) \nThe reading will be from 7-9 PM and will include an open mic. Wine and light snacks will be offered between the featured reading and open mic. Admission is free\, though donations are graciously accepted. The featured poets’ books will be available for purchase and signing during the event. \nFeatured Poets’ Bios:\nBJ Ward’s first publication was a letter to the editor in the July 1981 issue of Mad Magazine. Since then\, his work has been featured in Poetry\, American Poetry Review\, The New York Times\, TriQuarterly\, The Normal School\, Painted Bride Quarterly\, The Sun\, and The Pushcart Prize Anthology. His most recent book is Jackleg Opera (North Atlantic/Random House)\, which received the Paterson Award for Literary Excellence. He is the recipient of two Distinguished Artist Fellowships from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and has received the Governor’s Award in Arts Education from the State of New Jersey. He lives with his wife\, son\, and cat in northwest New Jersey near the Musconetcong River. His website is bj-ward.com. \nMya / Matteo Alexice is a Black and white graduate of the Rutgers-Newark MFA. A Cave Canem fellow and academic studying Black romantic life\, they are the author of A Shape We’ve Yet to Name (2024) and The Limerence Object (2025). Matteo’s poems can be found in publications such as Pleiades\, swamp pink\, Black Warrior Review\, Copper Nickel\, diode\, Hayden’s Ferry Review\, The Bennington Review\, Honey Literary\, and elsewhere. They’ve received fellowships from the Mellon Foundation\, Fine Arts Work Center\, and more. They were the runner-up in the 2023 Black Warrior Review Poetry Contest judged by Gary Soto. He enjoys video games where you can make the characters kiss. \nQuestions about The Fields Poetry Reading Series can be addressed to Rosen Chang or Cohen. Feel free to reach out to them at Fields.Poetry.Reading.Series@gmail.com.
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SUMMARY:Fall Exhibitions Opening
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, October 2\, 6:30–8:30 PM for the opening of our fall exhibitions:\n\nPrecious & Temporary\nSteady Hands for Wandering Eyes\nTerms of Endearment\nMorning Glory\n\n\nEvening Schedule\n\n4–5 PM Daylight Hours Preview (Refreshments will not be served at the Daylight Preview)\n6:30 PM Opening Begins\n8:30 PM Evening Ends\n\nRSVP Here \nAbout the Exhibitions\nPrecious & Temporary | Main Gallery\nThis group exhibition looks at family memory as a living material rather than a fixed record. The show includes the works of Nick D’Ornellas\, Nazli Efe\, Colby Lamson-Gordon\, Tone Miller\, and Andina Marie Osorio. These five artists work across photography\, sculpture\, video\, textiles\, and installation\, drawing on domestic objects\, personal photographs\, inherited customs\, and multigenerational archives.\nSteady Hands for Wandering Eyes | Mitzi and Warren Eisenberg Gallery\nIn this exhibition\, filmmaker Chantal Feitosa-Desouza analyzes the screen as both a tool of witness and a site of limitation. At a moment when complex events are routinely compressed into clips\, headlines\, and rapidly circulating images\, Feitosa-Desouza asks viewers to meditate with stories that cannot be contained in a single frame.\nTerms of Endearment | Marité and Joe Robinson Strolling Gallery I\nThis exhibition follows the many roles photography has played within\nGeoffrey Biddle’s family over decades. Photographs made by his parents\, pictures from his childhood\, and images of his children and grandchildren trace Biddle’s changing position within a multigenerational family history. Cutting\, sequencing\, and returning to these photographs\, he treats the family album as an active form shaped by repetition\, distance\, and conversation.\nMorning Glory | Stair-gazing Gallery\nHilliary Gabryel will show her newly commissioned sculpture Morning Glory in the return of the Art Center’s Stair-gazing Gallery. Gabryel examines aspirational luxury and utilizes mass-produced objects to reflect this crucial part of contemporary American consumer culture.
URL:https://www.artcenternj.org/event/fall-exhibitions-opening-2/
LOCATION:Visual Arts Center of New Jersey\, 68 Elm Street\, Summit\, NJ\, 07901\, United States
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SUMMARY:Disability Mentoring Day
DESCRIPTION:Calling all DCIMND\, BIPOC\, LGBTQIA+ Arts\, Culture\, and Care Workers! \nRest as Resistance. \nJoy as Resilience. \nJustice as Collective Care. \nAs our communities navigate recent federal changes to arts funding\, public media\, and Medicaid; workforce displacement\, record-high ICE detention\, changes to voting access\, and the rollback of federal protections for queer and trans people—because every issue is a disability issue—Consult with Kristine is calling YOU in for Guided Activities\, Fireside Chats\, and an Information Fair in VACNJ’s Main Gallery on October 16\, 2026\, from 10 AM–12 PM\, at the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey! \nCLICK HERE for more information and to RSVP. \n 
URL:https://www.artcenternj.org/event/disability-mentoring-day/
LOCATION:Visual Arts Center of New Jersey\, 68 Elm Street\, Summit\, NJ\, 07901\, United States
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SUMMARY:Maplewood Art Walk & Music Fest
DESCRIPTION:Every fall\, Maplewood Village is host to the annual Art Walk and Music Fest. This family-friendly celebration of art and music takes place on the streets of Maplewood Village. VACNJ is participating this year. Pay a visit to this wonderful event and say hi!
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SUMMARY:Lunch with the Curator
DESCRIPTION:Join us on October 22 at 12:00 PM for an insider’s look at our fall exhibitions with Art Center Curator Jordan Horton. Discover how Jordan brought together these compelling exhibitions\, which explore memory\, family\, and the ways both shape who we are.\nFollowing the tour\, continue the conversation over a delicious catered lunch in one of our art studios. This intimate gathering offers a special opportunity to engage directly with our curator\, delve more deeply into the exhibitions’ themes\, and explore ideas shaping contemporary art today.\n\n\nClick here to purchase tickets
URL:https://www.artcenternj.org/event/lunch-with-the-curator/
LOCATION:Visual Arts Center of New Jersey\, 68 Elm Street\, Summit\, NJ\, 07901\, United States
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SUMMARY:Dikra Gem Sale
DESCRIPTION:Looking for the perfect stone to complete your piece? Dikra Gem Inc. will visit the Art Center on Tuesday\, October 27\, 7–10 PM\, to offer their collection of faceted and cabochon stones\, beads\, pearls\, and more for purchase. Both students and faculty are welcome to attend! \nFor more than a decade\, the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey has enjoyed a special relationship with Dikra Gem. Once a year\, they bring their collection to the Art Center\, giving our jewelry students the opportunity to purchase quality\, unique gems at fair prices to add the perfect finishing touch to a piece or spark inspiration for a new one. Don’t miss out—join us on October 27!
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