Cloud Swing is designed to inspire a world in which public art and play invite and include people of all abilities. Three standard swings and two wheelchair accessible swings hang from a cloud-shaped metal canopy. The swings face each other, fostering community and a sense of belonging.

Experience New Jersey history through a recently discovered archive of photographic negatives that once belonged to a prolific, but long-forgotten, local photographer.

The largest of its kind in the Museum’s history, this exhibition celebrates the dramatic growth of MAM’s collection of works by Black artists. Ranging from James Van Der Zee’s historic photograph Black Red Cross March, Harlem (1924), to Nanette Carter’s Destabilizing #2 (2022), the show features the depth, breadth, and variety of art by African Americans during the past century.

This exhibition presents more than 20 illustrations for the The Dwarf Pine Tree by Fuku Akino (Japanese, 1908-2001), a Kyoto-based painter and teacher who was one of Japan’s most prominent woman artists during her lifetime.

Set in Motion: Kinetic Worlds from the Studio of Richard Whitten brings a collection of 59 paintings, sculptures, and drawings that explore Whitten’s body of work. Set in Motion includes four recent works by Whitten and follows his process from ideation to completion – beginning with drawings, then to painting studies, and on to large-scale works.

In collaboration with Princeton University’s Brazil LAB and Department of Anthropology, the Princeton University Art Museum presents the work of Denilson Baniwa (Baniwa, born 1984, Amazonas, Brazil). Working in various media including drawing, painting, sculpture, and performance, Baniwa grapples with legacies of colonialism in the Americas and highlights Indigenous knowledge and resistance.

How do we keep hundreds of mechanical objects running like clockwork for twenty years? This exhibition takes you behind the scenes at the Morris Museum. Observe how Murtogh D. Guinness Collection Conservator Jere Ryder investigates the inner workings and condition of individual objects of mechanical music and automata.

Slow Motion, an indoor and outdoor art exhibition curated by Monument Lab at Grounds For Sculpture, reimagines the material possibilities of public memory. The exhibition will feature the work of artists who make their mark through unconventional materials and processes for sculpture. By experimenting with the life cycles of collective memory, the exhibition invites artists as well as visitors to play with the central question, “how can we remake our relationship with monuments?”

Join us on Saturday, May 11th from 5-8 pm, 2024, at Perkins Center for the Arts in Collingswood for the artist’s reception featuring The Pandemic Diaries by Dolores Poacelli.

Touch forms the conceptual and sensory thread linking “Don’t we touch each other just to prove we are still here?”: Photography and Touch. The exhibition, titled after a line from a poem by the Vietnamese American writer Ocean Vuong, features the work of thirteen international artists who explore the expressive possibilities of touch through photography, film, and video.

This selection of eighteen artworks reflects the inspirational engagement with art and philanthropy by longtime MAM supporters Carol (1947–2022) and Terry Wall. Their generosity, wisdom, and commitment to community have contributed to the realization of major projects within the Museum, such as the Vance Wall Art Education Center, the Media Lab, and Ceramics Studio.

MK Apothecary is an art gallery that connects artists with art buyers by exhibiting contemporary artists at art fairs, online and in physical art gallery settings.

This exhibition focuses on the Johnson family’s passions, their belief in the spirit of innovation and the power of community, and how the founder’s vision for The Johnson Atelier Technical Institute of Sculpture shaped Grounds For Sculpture’s early years.

Animal Kingdom celebrates the astounding variety of life on Earth through a series of immersive and interactive experiences featuring art, animal specimen, and hands-on fun for all ages.

I am a painter inspired by the natural world’s beauty. I work primarily in oils on canvas, to create depth and luminosity I tend to use a flat brush to blend in colors, line and detail. I am currently focused on the mystery and many phases of the hearts emotions.

My practice involves collecting vintage toys and objects and employing them in my diorama photographs. This exhibition combines artworks from a few different series.  Some of photographs are narratives about the mishaps that cause the demise of these toys and vintage objects.

This compelling play chronicles the remarkable journey of Karola Siegel, who became best known as Dr. Ruth Westheimer, an iconic sex therapist. Filled with remarkable stories of Dr. Ruth’s escape from the Nazis as a child, her time as a sniper in Jerusalem, and her courageous pursuit of success in America as a single mother, “Becoming Dr. Ruth” delivers humor, honesty, and a triumphant spirit. Come along as Dr. Ruth takes the audience on an uplifting adventure through her one-of-a-kind life story.

Citizen Barlow is looking for peace. To get it, he’ll knock at Aunt Ester’s door every day if that’s what it takes. Set in 1904, the opening installment in August Wilson’s The American Century Cycle includes the playwright’s most fantastical journey, where the secrets of the past point towards future liberation. Gem of the Ocean is the seventh production in the theater’s commitment to stage all ten of Wilson’s visionary epics.

Heir to the Frankish throne, the young prince Pippin is in search of the secret to true happiness and fulfillment.

Kate Hamill revamps Bram Stoker’s gothic classic with wit and weirdness, humor and horror. After Jonathan Harker goes missing and Lucy Westenra starts getting sick with an unknown illness, the brash Doctor Van Helsing employs her expertise to unearth a supernatural mystery and prepare a motley crew for a fight against a frighteningly manipulative foe.

What is it like for a woman when her husband becomes the president of the United States—and she is suddenly thrust into the spotlight? This witty, sly and deeply moving script explores the hopes, fears and loves of Lady Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon and Betty Ford.

During World War II, Nellie, a nurse from Arkansas, falls in love with a local French estate owner, Emile. Meanwhile, Lt. Joe Cable denies himself the fulfillment of a future with an innocent girl with whom he's fallen in love. When Emile is recruited to accompany Joe on a dangerous mission that claims Joe's life, Nellie realizes that life is too short not to seize her own chance for happiness. South Pacific won the Pulitzer Prize and 10 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. An iconic song list includes: Some Enchanted Evening, Bali Ha'I, I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair and many others.

The North to Shore Festival, launched in 2023, features all the talent, diversity and creativity that New Jersey has to offer, packed into three extraordinary weekends of performances, screenings, parties and conversations in three of the state’s most iconic cities.

Join us for Montclair Film’s first Summer Showcase weekend—a full weekend of festival-worthy films in June as part of the Prudential presents North To Shore Festival. It includes 24 incredible fiction and documentary films that have not been widely released.

Art All Night Trenton, the free, 24-hour annual community arts event, pop-up gallery, and fundraiser presented by Artworks Trenton will take place on June 29-30, 2024, at its new home, the War Memorial Theatre on Memorial Drive in downtown Trenton, New Jersey.

Celebrate all things American at Historic Cold Spring Village! A variety of patriotic family activities, programs, and music will be taking place. The Village’s restored historic buildings will also be open, featuring demonstrations of Early American trades and crafts.

This critically acclaimed concert is about the life of Rita Hayworth, the star who built Columbia Pictures. It’s a humorous, heartfelt and heartbreaking look at The Golden Age of Hollywood, Me Too Movement and The Price of Fame.

Big-city teenager, Ren, relocates from Chicago to the small rural town of Bomont, where its inhabitants have imposed an unjust ban on Rock 'n' Roll and dancing. Feeling trapped and confused, Ren tries to fit in; however, he will soon find himself neck-deep in trouble when beautiful Ariel Moore, the preacher's daughter, catches his eye. Now, to convince the city council to lift the ban on dancing, Ren has no choice but to fight prejudice and the community's fire-and-brimstone preacher through dance. But is Ren fighting a losing battle?

Inspired by William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, this Broadway classic is arguably the most famous musical ever written. Set in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks sets the stage for this classic story of forbidden love.

This fast-paced, comedic, and modern reimagining of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous sleuth and sidekick explores the dynamic partnership of a new Holmes and Watson as they navigate a series of exhilarating adventures.