Express Newark is a center for socially engaged art and design where people can create art together, learn collaboratively, and build coalitions to advocate for change. Express Newark honors our city’s historical legacy as an epicenter of art and activism by being a third space that bridges the campus and community and supports contemporary artists dedicated to social justice in Newark and beyond.
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Accra Shepp, Occupying Wall Street & Covid Journals, 2024. Installation view in Blues People at Newark Express. Photo by Rachel Vanni.
Adama Delphine Fawundu, Who We Be, 2024. Installation view in Blues People at Express Newark. Photo by Rachel Vanni.
Derrick Adams, The Holdout II, 2024. Installation view in Blues People at Express Newark. Photo by Rachel Vanni.
Cesar Melgar, Newark Master Plan & Street Views, 2024. Installatoin view in Blues People at Express Newark. Photo by Rachel Vanni.
Adebunmi Gbadebo, At the Bottom of the Atlantic Ocean There’s a Railroad Made of Human Bones, 2024. Installation view in Blues People at Express Newark. Photo by Rachel Vanni.
2007
The Andy Warhol Photographic Legacy Program was launched in 2007 in celebration of the Foundation’s 20th Anniversary. This unprecedented program donated over 28,500 photographs by Andy Warhol to educational institutions across the United States. More than 180 college and university museums, galleries and art collections throughout the nation participated in the program, each receiving a curated selection of original Polaroid photographs and gelatin silver prints.