We are proud to announce that John Gavin White is the inaugural Writer in Residence for the Paul Robeson Galleries at Express Newark. White is a Newark based writer and he has been part of the creative community since 1999. He is a poet and essayist whose writings combine philosophy, narrative, lyric, and metaphor to […]
PRG is happy to announce our latest Artist In Residence – Jill Sigman. This residency is a collaboration with the Clement A. Price Institute on Ethnicity, Culture & the Modern Experience (and our colleague Alexandra Chang). While in residence Sigman will be working on her project, “Re-Seeding”. Of this project, the artist stats, “Re-Seeding is […]
Kay Reese Selected as 6th Artist in Residence at Paul Robeson Galleries.
In the Studio is a video series highlighting the work of artists from our past, current and upcoming exhibitions. In this video, visual artist Jose Camacho introduces himself, his practice and his involvement in our current exhibition The Good + The True. In addition, check out his music playlist In the Studio with Visual Artist Jose […]
In the Studio is a video series highlighting the work of artists from our past, current and upcoming exhibitions. In this video, visual artist Asha Ganpat introduces herself, her practice and her involvement in our current exhibition The Good + The True. In addition, check out his music playlist In the Studio with Conceptual Visual Artist […]
In the Studio is a video series highlighting the work of artists from our past, current and upcoming exhibitions. In this video, visual artist David D. Oquendo introduces himself, his practice and his involvement in our current exhibition The Good + The True. In addition, check out his music playlist In the Studio with Visual […]
A SHORTLIST OF ONLINE CULTURAL CONTENT FOR THE WEEK OF JUly 12, 2021 Read Article: Required Reading This week, the funniest article of the year, online novels, reviewing a new museum building in Houston, hating on Cézanne, defining art, and more. Read more here Make Virtual Art Making: Marbled Air Dry Clay Earrings | DIY […]
A SHORTLIST OF ONLINE CULTURAL CONTENT FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 28, 2021 Read Article: Celebrate New Times — The Newark Museum of Art Reopens On view from June 7- August 22 is the “2021 New Jersey Arts Annual: ReVision and Respond.” This thought-provoking exhibit features the work of 45 New Jersey-based artists who respond […]
A SHORTLIST OF ONLINE CULTURAL CONTENT FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 20, 2020 Read Article: What’s Ahead For The Group That Approves U.S. Arts Projects, From Monuments To Coins The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts was established by Congress in 1910 “to advise the federal government on matters pertaining to the arts and national symbols, […]
A SHORTLIST OF ONLINE CULTURAL CONTENT FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 14, 2021 Read Article: Metropolitan Museum of Art Returns Two Benin Bronzes, Signaling a Major Shift The plaques have been considered some of the most valuable objects taken from the Kingdom of Benin. They were plundered during a military campaign, transported to England, and […]
PRG Gallery Attendant Jonathan Pena on the work of Martha Rosler.
A SHORTLIST OF ONLINE CULTURAL CONTENT FOR THE WEEK OF May 11, 2021 Read Article: For Mother’s Day, a Healing Meditation on Mortality An emotional episode of “The Midnight Gospel” on Netflix helped our critic process her own fears about loneliness and loss. The series, which was created by Pendleton Ward and Duncan Trussell, is […]
A SHORTLIST OF ONLINE CULTURAL CONTENT FOR THE WEEK OF April 4, 2021 Read Article: Feel Me?, an exhibition of new work by Khari Johnson-Ricks Johnson-Ricks’ new work explores fellowship, engaging acts of fiction and poetry to capture moments with kith and kin that feel loving. He asks himself what it means to make a […]
A SHORTLIST OF ONLINE CULTURAL CONTENT FOR THE WEEK OF March 29, 2021 Read Article: The Ethiopian-born artist spoke to Artnet about what she does to creatively recharge. ‘It’s a Sensual Kind of Experience of the World’: Julie Mehretu on Why She’s Letting Intuition Guide Her Art Practice Now More Than EverOn a Zoom call […]
A SHORTLIST OF ONLINE CULTURAL CONTENT FOR THE WEEK OF March 14, 2021 Read Article:Brush up on your history and get to know the women who have changed the art world forever. With the help of Kat Widing, junior specialist in the Post-War and Contemporary Department at Christie’s, BAZAAR.com journeys through history to select 20 female artists […]
A SHORTLIST OF ONLINE CULTURAL CONTENT FOR THE WEEK OF March 7, 2021 Read Article: Neuroscientist Pierre Lemarquis explains how we need “medicine that’s a little artistic.” In an Astounding New Book, a Neuroscientist Reveals the Profound Real-World Benefits Art Has on Our Brains. What may seem intuitive, but is scientifically demonstrated in Art That […]
A SHORTLIST OF ONLINE CULTURAL CONTENT FOR THE WEEK OF March 1, 2021 Read Article: Rutgers Confronts Ties to Slavery With New Historical Markers “These markers are an invitation for us to talk about the complicated legacies of namesakes and the complicated ways in which blood money from slavery is woven into old institutions like […]
A SHORTLIST OF ONLINE CULTURAL CONTENT FOR THE WEEK OF February 22, 2021 Read A Young Man Resting on an Exercise Bike, Amityville, N.Y., 1988, courtesy the artist and Sean Kelly Gallery, Stephen Daiter Gallery, and RenaBransten Gallery. Dawoud Bey Article: ‘An American Project’: For Decades, Dawoud Bey Has Chronicled Black Life Bey says his ability […]
A SHORTLIST OF ONLINE CULTURAL CONTENT FOR THE WEEK OF February 15th, 2021 Read Article: Salamishah Tillet’s Love Letter To The Color Purple And The Black Women Who Came Before Us One of my fondest childhood memories is sitting in my grandmother’s living room, watching The Color Purple. Details like the year and my exact […]
A SHORTLIST OF ONLINE CULTURAL CONTENT FOR THE WEEK OF February 8, 2021 Read Article: Why You Should Adopt the Mindset of an Emerging Artist No matter what stage you are in with your art career, you can benefit from adopting the mindset and practices of an emerging artist. “Emerging” and “established” are common art […]
A SHORTLIST OF ONLINE CULTURAL CONTENT FOR THE WEEK OF February 1, 2021 Read Article: 16 Black Artists to Know Now These NYFA affiliated artists are making work that speaks to the depth and breadth of the Black experience.Working across disciplines and exploring, examining, and celebrating what it means to be Black in the world […]
A shortlist of online cultural content for the week of January 25th 2021
A shortlist of cultural content for the week of January 18, 2021.
PRG Gallery Attendant Jonathan Pena on the work of Nicolas Lampert.
A SHORTLIST OF CULTURAL CONTENT FOR THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 21, 2020.
In the Studio is a video series highlighting the work of artists from our past, current and upcoming exhibitions.
A SHORTLIST OF CULTURAL CONTENT FOR THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 14, 2020
PRG Gallery Attendant Jonathan Pena on the work of Jen Liu.
In the Studio is a video series highlighting the work of artists from our past, current and upcoming exhibitions.
A shortlist of cultural
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In the Studio is a video series highlighting the work of artists from our past, current and upcoming exhibitions.
For the month of November, the artists in In the Studio will pay tribute to the late Newark artist Jerry Gant.
A shortlist of cultural content for the week of November 23, 2020.
PRG Gallery Attendant Luisa Pinzon on the work of Kati Villim.
For the month of November, the artists in In the Studio will pay tribute to the late Newark artist Jerry Gant.
A shortlist of cultural content for the week of November 16, 2020.
For the month of November, the artists in In the Studio will pay tribute to the late Newark artist Jerry Gant.
For the month of November, the artists in In the Studio will pay tribute to the late Newark artist Jerry Gant.
The Paul Robeson Galleries commissioned the creation of three murals celebrating the life of our namesake to mark our 40th anniversary.
A shortlist of cultural content for the week of October 19, 2020.
The Paul Robeson Galleries commissioned the creation of three murals celebrating the life of our namesake to mark our 40th anniversary.
PRG Gallery Attendant Luisa Pinzon on the work of Noelle Lorraine Williams.
A shortlist of cultural content for the week of October 5, 2020.
Project for Empty Space is excited to announce our partnership with The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and its Regional Regranting Program to create the Newark Artist Accelerator.
A shortlist of cultural content for the week of September 28, 2020.
In the Studio is a video series highlighting the work of artists from our past, current and upcoming exhibitions.
A shortlist of cultural content for the week of September 21, 2020.
A shortlist of cultural content for the week of September 14, 2020.
A shortlist of cultural content for the week of September 8, 2020.
A shortlist of online cultural content for the week of August 31, 2020
A shortlist of online cultural content for the week of August 24, 2020
In the Studio is a video series highlighting the work of artists from our past, current and upcoming exhibitions
A shortlist of online cultural content for the week of August 17, 2020
In the Studio is a video series highlighting the work of artists from our past, current and upcoming exhibitions.
A shortlist of online cultural content for the week of August 3, 2020.
A shortlist of online cultural content for the week of July 27, 2020.
PRG Gallery Attendant Jonathan Pena on the work of Mary Mattingly.
In this video, photographer Luisa Pinzon introduces herself and her practice.
A shortlist of online cultural content for the week of July 20, 2020.
A feature on the vibrancy and resilience of Newark’s art scene in a moment of uncertainty.
The kindness between the two characters develops into a friendship of intergalactic proportions!
A shortlist of cultural content for the week of July 13, 2020.
PRG Gallery Attendant Jonathan Pena on the work of Robert Rauschenberg.
A collection of self-care resources for healing and overcoming racial trauma.
6 Indigenous artists/culture bearers of all traditions, mediums and genres will be awarded grants of $50,000.
In the Studio is a video series highlighting the work of artists from our past, current and upcoming exhibitions.
A shortlist of online cultural content for the week of July 6, 2020.
The Food Justice Poster Wall in Feast & Famine lifts up the subjects, the causes, the voices of people who do not have the luxury or privilege to ignore the imbalance of feast and famine.
PRG Gallery Attendant Luisa Pinzon on the work of Emma Wilcox.
Each work in this section of Feast & Famine points out: the illusion of control creates more problems than it solves.
A shortlist of cultural content for the week of June 29, 2020.
Last Thursday, Newark based poet Jasmine Mans lead an incredible performance and Q+A, honoring the lives we’ve lost due to racial injustice.
In this video, visual artist Willie Cole introduces himself, his practice, and his involvement in our exhibition Feast & Famine.
A shortlist of cultural content for the week of June 22, 2020.
In section three of our exhibition Feast & Famine, Keary Rosen’s 3D food printer installation opposite Lauren Greenberg’s photo series documents the tension between humans and machines.
Gallery Attendant Jonathan Pena on the work of Catherine Chalmers.
A short list of cultural content for the week of June 15, 2020.
In this video, photographer Juan Giraldo introduces himself and his practice.
A mutual aid syllabus for ways of knowing, creating, and orienting during the pandemic.
Taking a counter-clockwise tour of the Main Gallery, the next section of Feast & Famine feels like a supermarket aisle.
A shortlist of cultural content for the week of June 8, 2020.
Gallery Attendant Jonathan Pena on the work of Marilyn Minter.
Check out actress Tabitha Brown’s reading of Perfect, Just Like You! , a story created to help children from around the world love, appreciate and respect the differences of others and themselves. Read along!
To provide support in this defining moment, Critical Minded is now accepting applications for need-based, unrestricted relief grants of $500 to cultural critics in the US and US territories experiencing financial hardship.
To the activists in the streets and those organizing from their homes for the Movement for Black Life: we hear you, we see you, and we are with you.
A shortlist of cultural content for the week of June 1, 2020.
In this video, artist Jaz Graf introduces herself, her practice, and her involvement in our exhibition Why We Do What We Do.
Feeling awash in a see of content? Here’s a shortlist of online art and activities for the week of May 25, 2020.
This playlist encourages the listener to consider sonic interpretations of the visual work. How can we harmonize with earth’s song?
“Jug’s World is about creating your reality, manifestation and the understanding that the world is truly at your fingertips.”
What to make and do for the week of May 18, 2020.
PRG’s Jonathan Pena on the work of John Baldessari.
In the Studio is a video series highlighting the work of artists from our past, current and upcoming exhibitions. In this video, artist Caren King Choi introduces herself, her practice, and her involvement in our exhibition Why We Do What We Do. https://live-ru-prg.pantheonsite.io/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG_0694.mov
PRG’s Ngu Asongwed on the work of Renee Cox.
Join us in making posters and signs, with the objective of raising awareness and sending messages of caring, gratitude, and solidarity during the COVID-19 pandemic.
An updating list of resources from this LGBTQ+ focused organization.
The crowdfunding platform can now be used to raise general operating funds.
A fun activity accomplished in only four steps!
An online resource specifically designed to serve freelance artists, and those interested in supporting the independent artist community.
The Tri-State Relief Fund to Support Non-Salaried Workers in the Visual Arts will distribute one-time unrestricted cash grants of $2,000.
Have you ever felt so moved by music that you wanted to sing, to dance, to paint?
A Creative Capital organized talk meant to help creative individuals cope with the unique financial challenges they face.
The fine art shipping company, Dietl, created a platform to showcase the artwork of art handlers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Artist Gabe Ribeiro talks about his ongoing archival project, COVID-19 Time Capsule.
Cloud: Collective Love On Ur Desktop is a collaborative project by BUFU and China Residencies to share care, strategies, wisdom, sweetness, resources, and love to support everyone affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Newark based fashion designer Amanda Lalite provides six steps for a DIY upcycled scrunchie.
Arts Administrators of Color has created an emergency fund for US-based BIPOC artists and administrators.
Format created a $25,000 fund to help photographers impacted by COVID-19.
Harlem based therapist and co-founder of Rooted, LLC, Anika Carter, LMSW provides our community with three ways we can prioritize our well-being.
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Five easy steps to creating marbled prints using everyday materials.
Learn to edit Wikipedia from home. No prior experience necessary!
We’ve created an updating list of at home art making activities, virtual story times, tutoring resources and more.
Newark based fine art photographer, filmmaker and teaching artist Chrystofer Davis, has been documenting the city during COVID-19 in a series titled, “Social Distancing in Newark.”
Imagine a world free of oppression and built on social justice and community support instead. What would it look like?
We’ve created an updating list of resources for art workers and art organizations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
As part of a state-wide campaign to fight the Coronavirus, on Saturday, March 21st, Governor Murphy made an executive order instructing New Jersey resident to stay at home and non-essential businesses to close. To comply with Governor Murphy’s executive order, Paul Robeson Galleries is closed.
In light of the rapidly changing situation surrounding COVID-19 Paul Robeson Galleries is canceling all public programs through April 15th.
Johnson-Ricks is a visual artist and DJ whose work spans a range of audiovisual media and often exist in the public eye.
Artist German Pitre spoke with State of the Arts about his practice and the exhibition, “The Glamorous Life.”
Michelle Bui spoke with CBC Arts about the presence of flowers in her practice. Her work, Happy Like Doris Day, 2018 (in the image, artwork to the right) is currently featured in Object Lessons, a group exhibition in the Box Gallery, Paul Robeson Galleries at Express Newark.
Paul Robeson Galleries is pleased to be nominated for the 2020 Jersey Arts People’s Choice Awards in the category of Art Gallery.
Join us Thursday, September 12th to celebrate four exhibitions receptions and one open studio.
Calling all video artists! Express Newark has a new opportunity for you.
“Sometimes consuming food is a pedestrian act, but sometimes it’s a social and political one.”
Paul Robeson Galleries at Express Newark is pleased to announce that German Pitre is the next Artist in Residence. The Artist in Residence is selected by a jury of art professionals. During their six-month tenure as Artist in Residence, a Newark artist works in a studio located in the former Hahne Department Store and participates […]
In advance of Newark Arts Festival, Tap Into Newark spoke with PRG Director/Curator Anonda Bell.
New Jersey Stage covered Kevin Blythe Sampson’s forthcoming talk with Renée Stout at Express Newark.
Hyperallergic spoke with Hyphen-Labs about their project, NeuroSpeculative AfroFeminism, on view in the Main Gallery exhibition Mirror Mirror.
The Brooklyn Rail reviews PRG Artist in Residence Ceaphas Stubbs solo show, Phantom Limb.
This video feature from State of the Arts includes insights from the exhibiting artists.
Announcing the New Paul Robeson Galleries Artist in Residence: Genesis Tramaine! Born in Brooklyn, NY, Genesis Tramaine is a highly motivated, self identified Black- Queer- Female- Bodied Urban Expressionist and Educator with passion in creative justice through the arts’ in urban communities and academic centers that encourage blended learning systems, liberal arts and social justice […]
The Brooklyn Rail reviews the exhibition, Resistance Across Time.
We’re excited to partner with NYFA Current, NJPAC, Aljira, City Without Walls and Newark Arts Education Roundtable in bringing the program to Newark.
Ceaphas Stubbs, “…Come Inside, Shut the Door…,” 2015, archival inkjet print, courtesy of the artist Paul Robeson Galleries at Express Newark is pleased to announce that Ceaphas Stubbs will be the next Artist in Residence. The Artist in Residence is selected by a jury of art professionals. During their six-month tenure as Artist in Residence, […]
Paul Robeson Galleries is pleased to announce that Kati Vilim is the inaugural Artist in Residence at Express Newark. Kati Vilim holds Master of Fine Arts degrees from both the University of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary, and Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey. She works across a range of media, including oil painting, printmaking, digital […]
Taped at the Newark Museum, Caren King Choi, Gallery Manager and Education Coordinator at the Paul Robeson Galleries at Rutgers University, discusses Paul Robeson’s legacy and how the galleries’ mission to support arts education throughout the community.
“I Might Be Next: Jerry Gant & Bryant Lebron” explores the theme of police brutality against Black people.
James Wilson, a Newark born-and-raised artist, currently has an exhibit on display at Rutgers Newark’s Paul Robeson Galleries featuring sketches he has done while riding the PATH or subway trains.
When activist and artist Clark Stoeckley took his WikiLeaks truck to support Chelsea Manning during nearly two years of trial proceedings, he noticed the media wasn’t paying attention, so he sketched everything he saw.
The Paul Robeson Galleries at Rutgers University in Newark to feature the Datascapes exhibit, featuring art where data serves as it’s inspiration.
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