For Kids & Families
Express Newark’s Children and Teens’ Art for Social Justice Institute has designed an arts education curriculum to enable youth to critically engage with the topics from the Blues People performing and visual arts activations.

We offer workshops based on Express Newark’s annual theme, studios, and exhibitions. These workshops provide a breakdown of each participating artist’s practice and expose students to detailed art-making processes, techniques, and research. Considering materials, composition, color, scale, and medium, students will first experience how artists use these tools as social strategies that engage historically underrepresented narratives and communities. Students can gain direct access to leading contemporary artists and discover firsthand what inspires and prompts them to respond to today’s most pressing issues creatively.