About Us
Express Newark is a center for socially engaged art and design in Newark, NJ where people co-create, collaborate, and make art for social change.
Supported by Rutgers University – Newark, Express Newark’s exhibitions, classes, and programs actively cultivate a dynamic, open, and welcoming space for artists of all ages.
What's Happening
Inspired by Leroi Jones’s influential text, five newly commissioned art installations explore what it means to be “Blues People” in the twenty-first century. They will be on view until July 19, 2024.
Public lectures and artist talks on the social-political topics and aesthetic themes inspired by the book, “Blues People.”
A series of musical, poetry, dance, and theater performances done in the spirit of “Blues People” — all free and open to the public.
