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Express Newark @expressnewark

Express Newark is a university–community collaboratory that places a conceptual framework and an interdisciplinary learning space at its center.

Joined August 2016
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Join @ExpressNewark on Feb 2, for the opening reception of @dubbleyousee’s Spirit Catcher & Lumen-less Lantern, and Things We Do in the Dark: Cinematic Experiments in Kinship, a film exhibition curated by cultural worker @farrah_rahaman. eventbrite.com/e/aliveness-o…
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TOMORROW: Join us and Project for Empty Space at 2PM for a closing ritual of SCHEHERAZADE TILLET: BLACK GIRL PLAY!
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We are honored that the late great Dr. Doris Derby shared her beautiful photographs in 'Picturing Black Girlhood: Moments of Possibility.' Her work was both our signature image and essential to our protest wall. May she rest in power, and peace.⁠
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LAST TWO DAYS to see to see ‘SCHEHERAZADE TILLET: BLACK GIRL PLAY,’ a solo exhibition of lens-based work by artist-activist Scheherazade Tillet at Project For Empty Space!⁠ ⁠ l8r.it/H5C7
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Join us on March 24–25 for "Dialogue in a Time of Fracture," a series of events at @Rutgers_Newark that engage our campus community and foster critical conversations. Registration link is coming soon! #HigherEducation #RutgersNewark
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LAST WEEK to see to see ‘SCHEHERAZADE TILLET: BLACK GIRL PLAY,’ a solo exhibition of lens-based work by artist-activist Scheherazade Tillet at Project For Empty Space!⁠ l8r.it/1p1a
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'Picturing Black Girlhood' featured on @njdotcom! l8r.it/ryoG ⁠
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THIS FRIDAY AT 7PM: Join us for a special #screening and panel of “Why Is We Americans? (2020),” an in-depth, cinematic exploration of #Newark’s legendary Baraka family. The registration is free: l8r.it/M9OD #AmiriBaraka #AminaBaraka #Documentary #BlackArtsMovement
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THREE MORE WEEKS to see ‘SCHEHERAZADE TILLET: BLACK GIRL PLAY,’ a solo exhibition of lens-based work by artist-activist Scheherazade Tillet at Project For Empty Space!⁠ l8r.it/RZmK
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TOMORROW: Last chance to register for Black Portraiture[s] VII: Play & Performance and The 42nd MTW Lecture Series! l8r.it/6R9V #ContemporaryAfricanArt #DiasporicArt #BlackPortraitures #AfricanDiaspora #ContemporaryArt #BlackArtist
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NEXT SATURDAY: Join us for the 42nd Annual Marion Thompson Wright Lecture series. The virtual access to the conference is free and open to the public with registration required: l8r.it/FmHw #AfricanDiaspora #VisualCulture #ArtAndActivism #BlackArt
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COMING SOON: ‘Picturing Black Girlhood: Moments of Possibility’ at #ExpressNewark, featuring 85 Black women, girls, and genderqueer #imagemakers whose work in #photography and #film explores the concept of #Blackgirlhood. l8r.it/mkhT ⁠ #BlackArtist #BlackGirlMagic
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As part of this year’s @BlkPortraitures, the 42nd Annual Marion Thompson Wright Lecture will feature #BisaButler, @Regina_Carter, @Kamilahf, #LindaHarrison, @FJasmineG, @Tyler_Mitchell_, @domorisseau, #DeborahWillis! Join us and share widely! l8r.it/X1X1
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REGISTRATION OPEN FOR VIRTUAL ACCESS: We’re excited to host this year’s Black Portraiture[s] VII: Play and Performance @BlkPortraitures! #BlackPortraitures #AfricanDiaspora #VisualCulture #AfricanStudies #BlackPortraiture #BlackArt #PerformanceArt l8r.it/uGFi
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OPENING TOMORROW: We’re so excited for ‘SCHEHERAZADE TILLET: BLACK GIRL PLAY,’ a solo #exhibition of lens-based work by artist-activist @shertillet at Project For Empty Space! l8r.it/rR61 #BlackGirlMagic #ContemporaryPhotographer #LensBasedArt #NewarkArts
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Rutgers School of Arts & Sciences-Newark@RutgersSASN
15 Oct 2020
Closing off this #HispanicHeritageMonth by taking a look at the 28 students, faculty, alumni and staff members of the SASN Latinx community who shared their stories with us over this last month. Check out all of them on our Instagram at instagram.com/RutgersSASN.
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Newark Arts@newark_arts
8 Jun 2020
Fighting Invisibility: Latinas in the Film Industry - Join a lively discussion this Wednesday hosted by @NEWARKLFF and @newarklibrary with Latinas "behind the scenes" as they discuss their challenges and experiences… instagram.com/p/CBL7diXFAqd/…
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D.C.’s ‘Black Lives Matter’ street art inspires similar giant slogans in cities nationwide. wapo.st/2UmUNWd

D.C.’s ‘Black Lives Matter’ street art inspires similar giant slogans in cities nationwide

“Just trying to get this message out there in a very positive way,” one artist in Sacramento said. “Everybody coming together for one thing and that’s unity.”

washingtonpost.com
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Newest Americans@NewestAmericans
5 Jun 2020
NEW from @workingfilms Revisioning Recovery! #TheSacrificeZone illuminates when disaster strikes communities already coping with #environmental threats. Explore films, host an event, RSVP for 6/23 Virtual World Premiere bit.ly/2Bm1scj?utm_campaign=… @IronboundCC @NewestAmericans
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Salamishah Tillet (she/her)@salamishah
7 Jun 2020
Good Sunday, Good People, I'm honored to be part of this group of @nytimesarts critics & to share our amazing list of JUSTICE ART. Hope it inspires & moves you. nytimes.com/2020/06/04/arts/…

Art That Confronts and Challenges Racism: Start Here (Published 2020)

Our writers suggest works that illuminate and tackle issues of police brutality, social injustice and racial inequity.

nytimes.com
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