EVENTS A-Z

Here is your chance to meet, observe and chat with each of our incredibly talented studio residents during the Newark Arts Festival’s Open Studios event taking place on Sunday, October 10th from 11am – 4pm.

Connect with art and ideas while enjoying free coffee, tea and bagels as you wander the corridors of this 19th-century building in New Jersey’s largest city.

Artists you can visit on October 10th include:

• Basement: Ken Weathersby, Jo-El Lopez

• Second Floor: Anne Dushanko Dobek, Patricia Cazorla and Nancy Saleme, Masakhane Center (Organization-in-Residence), Armisey Smith (2021 Lynn and John Kearney Fellow for Equity)

• Third Floor: Lisette Morel, Matilda Forsberg, Amanda Thackray, Jaz Graf, Ruth Borgenicht (2021 Sustainable Arts Fellow)

• Fourth Floor: Juno Zago, Kay Reese (2021 Lynn and John Kearney Fellow for Equity), Anna Parisi (2021 Lynn and John Kearney Fellow for Equity), Jesse Davis, Mic Diño Boekelmann (2021 Sustainable Arts Fellow), Michael K. Taylor

When you’re not waxing poetic with one of our 18 resident artists, take a moment to savor our four amazing art exhibitions; our Community Book Room containing over 2,000 books, magazines, and journals; a classic board game from our all-ages games cabinet; and our charming Art Shop highlighting affordable works by celebrated artists, alongside buttons, T-shirts, CDs, posters, and a brand new collection of postcards featuring the work of Aferro Studios residents.