We are all about to dive deep into everything about art in Newark and our opening section will fully cover the best art galleries and museums near you.
Up next we will discuss a variety of other topics like local art supply stores, events, festivals, dealers, appraisers, walking tours, sculptures and statues, art classes, studios for rent, and the top frame shops in your area.
If you are searching for any specific section you can jump straight to it by using the table of contents on the left and we will also be sharing a Newark art map with all of the various venues we mention throughout the post pinned on it.
The Newark Art Museum is open from 10am to 5pm Thursday through Sunday as the state’s largest museum and has an excellent collection of American, ornamental, and modern art including ancient global art from Asia, Africa, and across the world. Works from Hirim Powers, Thomas Cole, John Singser Sargent, Albert Bierstadt, Frederick Church, Childe Hassam, Mary Cassatt, Edward Hopper, Georgia O’Keeffe, Joseph Stella, and Tony Smith can all be found on site.
Project for Empty Space is open from 11am to 5pm Wednesday through Saturday as a non-profit that is devoted via the catalyst lens of contemporary art to fostering dialogue around significant social concerns.
A great non-profit organization for the promotion and support of local visual arts can be found at Index Art Center.
The Artfront Galleries began in 2013 and became a non-profit in 2016 by a looser coalition of professional artists based in your area. Head over from noon to 6pm Wednesday through Saturday to see all that they have to offer.
In January 2017 Express Newark opened where there is a mix of universities and community partners focusing on arts, business and social justice. They provide several collaborative possibilities like university courses, internships, public workshops, and artist residences so head over from 8am to 10pm Monday through Saturday to check it all out.
The Pocket Gallery is the regions smallest gallery of artists.
Materials & Supplies Near You
New materials or supplies can be purchased at art stores in your area like:
EconoCrafts was previously an economics company and has served the arts and crafts community since 1956.
Dollar Tree sells a wide range of cheap art supplies and materials like glass, wood, and plastic beads, googly eyes, glitter, sequins, pearls, confetti, and much more.
You probably already know what the Michaels near you has to offer.
Jerrys Artist Outlet sells artwork, frames, acrylic and oil paints, brushes, brown pins, winsor and newton pins, plus more.
Shows & Events
Some of the top cultural art shows and events include:
The Newark Black Film Festival (NBFF) has been regarded as the longest continuous black film festival in the United States since its establishment in 1974. Over the years hundreds of new filmmakers, directors, producers, actors, and cinematographers have been invited to take part in an advanced public forum.
The Newark Arts Festival (NAF) enhances the voices of local artists, galleries, and creative businesses who are established and developing and has done so for the last 20 years.
Art Dealers & Appraisers
Art dealers and appraisers are where you can encounter new unique works or learn the value of something you already own:
Newark Arts is made up of local, national, and worldwide art experts who provide great advice on the creative projects, grants, and the organization and they can help in several fields including assessing ideas for exhibitions, discovering pop-up curators, giving advice to festival arts, and awarding prizes.
A forum for the exchange of ideas that advances human dignity and beauty with a concentration on visual arts in your area as the vehicle is what you get from Gallery Aferro.
The Susan Teller Gallery exhibits American paintings, prints, and drawings including urban/industrial realism, modernism, and surrealism from the 1920’s through the 1950’s.
Walking Tours
On a sunny day try out one of these art walking tours:
In 2019 a public/private collaboration was established to promote public arts activities in the historic area of Fours Corners and the Four Corners Public Arts was launched.
The Allery is a continually changing aerosol art setting that covers the concrete and metal walls of a one-block alley as it is known in a sophisticated game of Alley and Gallery. The idea appears to require individuals to experience this personally, to leave their house and travel somewhere with a very small social media profile.
Sculptures & Statues
These statues and sculptures can also be fun to check out:
The Iron Man at 232 Market St
Bartolomeo Colleoni at Lincoln Park
Frederick Frelinghuysen at 608 Broad St
Monsignor Doane at Rector St & Broad St
Wars of America at 683 Broad St
The Iron Man was made from stainless steel by a Devils fan who happens to be a professional sculptor. It languished in his New Jersey Mother’s garage for than a year prior to the square eventually being finished in September 2009.
The Bartolomeo Colleoni monument located in Lincoln’s Park is one of Newark’s best sculptures and it brings us to Renaissance Venice on Lincoln Park’s Colleoni statue.
Sculptor Karl Gerhardt created the monument of Frederick T. Frelinghuysen which is a standing bronze statue near you that stands on a square granite foundation 12 feet high and 9 inch high.
In a small 0,1 hectare triangle of land Monsignor Doane’s artwork is officially known as the Doane Park and in it he faces St Patrick’s Pro-Cathedral properly which for so many years he diligently served.
The Wars of America is a very large bronze sculpture with forty-two human beings and two horses that was created by the Mount Rushmore artist Gutzon Borglum and his helper Luigi Del Bianco situated at Military Park. The sculpture is based on Stone Mountain granite.
Newark Art Classes
It doesn’t matter if you want private lessons or group classes for kids, teens, or adults the best art schools in Newark are:
In both performance and the visual styles Newark School of Arts offers top quality instruction as the institution has been educating people since 1968 regardless of age, skill, and financial means. Since its establishment NSA has been a family-focused school that has served more than 50,000 people and delivers instruction to 750 pupils every week.
For a local art and artistic studio that has been in operation since 2008 and has been a place to express yourself in a creative way via arts programs for children and adults contact Express Yourself Studios.
The Florence Academy of Art in your area maintains a history of Renaissance workshops like their namesake the Florence Academy of Design which Vasari had created in 1563. Classical realism approaches for drawing, painting, and sculpting revitalized the school in the 19th century.
Newark Print Store is a non-profit organization committed to excellent printing via the provision of a lively learning environment and professional facilities and equipment. Explore and discuss printing at the shop and locals will be assisting participants and first time printers in their monthly Open Studio Print Club.
PES is a motion company that integrates new concepts with an excellent record while mixing creative experimentation with integrated cooperation for more than 15 years.
Art studios are also available at other places we have mentioned like Project for Empty Space and Index Art Center.
The Art of Framing is a family owned business with deep roots in the Ironbound area that has been in the business of art and photography since the early 1980’s.
SkyFrames works with individuals, artists, museums, and the interior design industry for all their needs and has earned a very good reputation for bringing your creative ideas to life over their four decades in business.
For art enthusiasts who desire exquisite pieces of art at cheap rates L&M Art Gallery offers an unexpected treasure as they combine fast service with high quality and outstanding value in their framing studio. L&M also features a wide range of original oil paintings, antique paintings, manually decorated canvases, and a wide range of graphic works on exhibit.
The Framing Mill is situated at the boundary of Maplewood and South Orange on the charming and distinctive commercial neighborhood known as Ridgewood Row. They can produce stunning custom-made structures which will preserve, safeguard, and display for years to come regardless of the frame demands including canvas paintings, paper works, photos, prints, posters, mirrors, textiles, and certificates.
For the time being that is all we have to share about the full art scene near you but we will try to update this page often. We listed the best galleries, museums, events, shows, supply stores, dealers, appraisers, walking tours, sculptures, classes, studios, and framers in your area that you may want to check out.
Those of you who stuck around this long might know a lot about the local art scene. Feel free to share your own tips, or to let us know if you noticed anything incorrect.
We hope you enjoy your time at the best Newark art galleries, museums, supply stores, or doing whatever else you plan to do with the info.
This post and all of the posts on our site are edited by Dan Soloman who has been a huge fan of art since he was a little kid. His mother was a good local artist, and she taught him the trade from a very early age. He studied art and its history in both high school and college, has worked at multiple galleries, and recently has begun creating and editing online content for this site and some other online media platforms.
