I’m thrilled to share that I’ll be back in Newark this fall for Newark Arts Festival 2025: JOY, and I couldn’t be more excited! This festival is always such a special time to reconnect with friends I haven’t seen in far too long and to celebrate the incredible community of artists and supporters that call Newark area home. If you’re planning to attend, let’s definitely link up.
My celebrations kick off in style at The Gold Ball on October 8, 6–11pm at the Newark Museum of Art. From there, you’ll find my work in not one but two powerful exhibitions, each embracing JOY as a creative force that sustains, uplifts, and sparks transformation.
Newark Arts Festival 2025: JOY
📍 Newark Museum of Art (49 Washington St, Newark, NJ)
🗓 October 8, 2025 – November 2, 2026
- Classic LBD & Boa Quill
- Classic LBD recasts the iconic little black dress as armor against microaggressions.
- Boa Quill poses the question: If I adorned myself in a feather boa made of zip ties, would you still come for me in the same way?
Newark Arts Festival 2025: Pure Joy
📍 Express Newark – Paul Robeson Galleries, Main Gallery (Third Floor, Hahnes Building, 54 Halsey St, Newark, NJ)
🗓 October 8, 2025 – November 26, 2026
- Power Puff with Black Racing Stripe Emotional Baggage Cart is an Emotional Baggage Cart adorned with soft, vibrant plastic pom-poms that transform weight into play, joy, and resilience.
🎉 Opening Reception: Thursday, October 9, from 5pm onward
Gallery Hours:
- Festival Weekend: Friday 12–5pm, Saturday 12–5pm
- Regular Hours: Mon–Wed 12–5pm, Thu 12–8pm, Sat 12–5pm
At Newark Arts Festival this year, we’re centering JOY, that golden state of being that connects us to our shared humanity. JOY is resistance. JOY is healing. JOY is transformation. My work joins many others in asking: What’s your JOY?
I can’t wait to celebrate, to see familiar faces, and to bask in the joy that art brings us all.
✨ Will you be there? Let me know, I’d love to catch up.