Explore Art and Activism at this Essex Gallery and Museum

Take a visit to the Newark Museum’s galleries devoted to Arts of Global Africa. Look for the Art for Change symbol on each object’s label to identify pieces that are part of the collection. In an innovative partnership with the Newark Museum, a special rotation highlighting examples of politically engaged works has been put on display in the museum’s galleries devoted to the arts of global Africa to coincide with Gallery Aferro’s exhibition, Election/Erection.

Works include a 1980s anti-apartheid work by South African artist Sue Williamson, a photograph by Zanele Muholi from her series of portraits of the LGBT community in South Africa, and a printed textile dress made to protest female circumcision in Mali. Also featured will be AFRIKEA, an earlier work by Tugbiyele.

For more information about the upcoming joint public program by the Museum and Gallery Aferro on November 9, visit this site.

Take a Rosie the Riveter Selfie at Gallery Aferro

Thanks to the creativity of museum interns, Gallery Aferro now has a Rosie the Riveter selfie station on the second floor of 73 Market Street. Visit Thursday through Saturday between the hours noon and 6 p.m. to pose with the background, red bandannas supplied. Tag #aferroexpansion to show the world that with community support, “we can do it!”

New Partnership and Great News About the Campaign

Gallery Aferro’s IndieGoGo Campaign is 21% funded thus far, and the museum is excited to announce that they are now working in partnership with the School of Visual Arts. They are immensely grateful to the generous donors who have offered support so far, please take a moment to join in at any amount you wish. Brick City Live and The Newark Times have covered the campaign launch, praising “the community-minded, experimental, collaborative, and DIY ethos the gallery brings to the Newark arts ecosystem.

Fine Art Commissions for Expansion Campaign Announced

Gallery Aferro has developed some perks in order to thank everyone for their support. They have commissioned Aferro-affiliated artists Jerry Gant, Wendy Letven, Fausto Sevilla, Elizabeth Storm and Joe Waks to create limited edition fine art posters, lovingly printed to a high standard by family-owned local printer Remco Press.

The museum and Gallery were founded in Newark, they love doing what they do in Newark, and “want each of you who donates to feel that excitement.” The posters and other perk items reflect the time and place and “this moment of incredible possibility here in NJ’s largest city, the one and only Newark NJ.”

Visit the campaign and reserve a poster perk. To learn more about Jerry Gant and the other artists, visit aferro.org

Information and photo courtesy of Gallery Aferro.