Arts & Cars 2026 Early-Bird Deadline
2026-06-22
Do you have art or crafts you want to show and sell? The Visual Arts Center of New Jersey and Summit Downtown are thrilled to once again be hosting an outdoor art festival in beautiful downtown Summit! The event will work alongside local businesses and the Summit Farmers Market and will include a car show, stage with musical performances all day long, and a beer garden. The event always attracts large audiences.
To learn more, and apply before the early-bird deadline, click here.

VACNJ July First Thursday Watercolor Workhop
2026-07-02 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, 68 Elm Street, Summit, NJ, 07901, United States
Our next First Thursday, on July 2, at 10 AM, the Art Center will offer a free watercolor workshop exploring how the creative process can help us relax, center ourselves, and experience the healing power of making art.
Participants will learn an approachable watercolor technique that is welcoming for beginners and still enjoyable for those with watercolor experience. Come spend the morning slowing down, experimenting with color, and making something beautiful!
THIS EVENT IS AT CAPACITY.

Vivid Summer Solos: Fair State
2026-07-08 18:30 - 20:30 | Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, 68 Elm Street, Summit, NJ, 07901, United States
The weekly solo reading series returns to the Art Center this summer! All tickets are $23 (advance sales only), and readings will be done on the lawn of the Art Center. Bring your own blanket or lawn chairs, picnic, and/or snacks!
Fair State by Megan Gogerty
Wednesday, July 8, 6:30 PM
When a woman loses her charming, unreliable, alcoholic father, she unearths evidence of her family’s ancestral ties to the founding of the state of Iowa: are they hearty immigrants making a new life in a new state, or a collection of self-satisfied boot-strappers complicit in the destruction and erasure of Iowa’s indigenous tribes? She asks the audience, what do we do with our problematic relatives?
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Vivid Summer Solos: Long Drive Home
2026-07-15 18:30 - 20:30 | Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, 68 Elm Street, Summit, NJ, 07901, United States
The weekly solo reading series returns to the Art Center this summer! All tickets are $23 (advance sales only), and readings will be done on the lawn of the Art Center. Bring your own blanket or lawn chairs, picnic, and/or snacks!
Long Drive Home by Stephen Kaplan
Wednesday, July 15, 6:30 PM
Based on the NY Times bestseller, Long Drive Home follows the life of Glen Bauer, a white man whose impulsive act while driving his 6-year-old daughter home from school results in a tragic accident. To protect himself and his family, Glen conceals his involvement, a decision that ignites a destructive chain of events. In the end, he must face the full weight of the damage he’s done to himself and those he loves.
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Vivid Summer Solos: Maker of Worlds
2026-07-22 18:30 - 20:30 | Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, 68 Elm Street, Summit, NJ, 07901, United States
The weekly solo reading series returns to the Art Center this summer! All tickets are $23 (advance sales only), and readings will be done on the lawn of the Art Center. Bring your own blanket or lawn chairs, picnic, and/or snacks!
Maker of Worlds by Wendy Schmidt
Wednesday, July 22, 6:30 PM
Martha (definitely not Stewart), a deity, decides to destroy the world and start over. She then discovers that her husband, Warren (definitely not Buffett), is the one who built the system that’s ruining it in the first place. A play that spans time and space, features the ghost of Jim Morrison, and deals with creation and the past catching up to you.
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Vivid Summer Solos: The Call List
2026-07-29 18:30 - 20:30 | Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, 68 Elm Street, Summit, NJ, 07901, United States
The weekly solo reading series returns to the Art Center this summer! All tickets are $23 (advance sales only), and readings will be done on the lawn of the Art Center. Bring your own blanket or lawn chairs, picnic, and/or snacks!
The Call List by Brian James Pollak
Wednesday, July 29, 6:30 PM
A dispirited legal assistant is tasked with calling individuals on a list left behind by a man who committed suicide. The work assignment could not come at a worse time, as she is dealing with her own life/work existential crisis while her mother and sister badger her via text message. Ultimately, it’s a few kind words from a stranger that might give her what she needs.
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