The Pink Ball
NAF 2024 kicks off Reimagining Newark Arts Day on October 9th with The Pink Ball, an extravagant opening reception at the Newark Museum of Art, where the museum will transform with projection mapping and the signature Newark Arts pink. In addition to the festival’s hallmark visual arts exhibitions, the expanded program will feature more than 100 artists, including local and international talents, on display at multiple venues throughout the city.
Harry Belafonte Screening

As part of the Reimagining Legacy Day on October 12th, there will be a screening of Following Harry, a documentary about the legacy of Harry Belafonte. A panel discussion will follow the film at Express Newark, providing an opportunity to reflect on Newark’s rich history of activism, music, and social justice.
For more information on the Newark Arts Festival 2024, visit www.newarkartsfestival.com or www.newarkarts.org

DAVID SOLAN:
David Solan: Combining classical training with graffiti, Solan, aka DISTORT, has presented his work in a solo show at the Works on Paper gallery in Philadelphia, completed murals in Miami, Istanbul, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and New York, as well as in locations across North Jersey.

BIMPÉ FAGEYINBO:
Fageyinbo’s work utilizes poetry, film, prose and documentary photography. Her collaborative work includes A Womb of Violet anthologies, archived in collections The Metropolitan Museum of Art Library, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and the Library of Congress.

CESAR MELGAR:
As a child of first-generation immigrants from Colombia and Peru, Melgar turns his lens onto his community. He has exhibited his work in galleries in Newark. He is a contributing photographer for the International Society of Biourbanism, based in Rome, Italy. His work is in the collection of New York City’s Throckmorton Fine Art gallery, and his debut photo book, Street Views.

JAZ GRAF:
Influenced by notions of the “Eastern” sacred and “Western sublime, Graf explores themes of intergenerational memory and cultural preservation. She exhibits locally and internationally, and has been published in the peer-reviewed journal, Asian Diasporic Visual Cultures and the Americas. Her work has appeared in AM New York news, The Jersey Journal, World Literature Today, and on NJ PBS television network.

ANNE ADAMS:
Adams is a multidisciplinary artist. Her practice spans various mediums, with a pronounced focus on anthropomorphic sculptures. Adams’work has been showcased in exhibitions across the USA, UK, Nigeria, and France.

KIM HILL:
While she’s most recognizable as the original singer in The Black Eyed Peas, Hill has turned her creative efforts toward textile and furniture design. Her chair sculptures have been in exhibits, commissioned by multidisciplinary artists, at the Rockaway Hotel in New York, and Bloomingdale’s.