Open Doors 2012: Week of October 4

October is the month of Endless Arts - each week we will give you updates on what's on tap for that week! Here is the breakdown for Newark Arts Council's Open Doors for this week starting October 4.
 

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4th

City Without Walls
6-8pm: Panel Discussion with Curator
Constructed Ambiguity - This exhibition will include enigmatic artwork that cannot be easily resolved, that takes the familiar and makes it unfamiliar. The show features works that through shifts in scale or perspective allow for poetic associations, constructed images and imagined landscapes that fluctuate between the micro and the macro, creating metaphors for the internal and external. Constructed Ambiguity explores the boundary between object and image, and conflates the authentic and artifice.

Prospect St Fire Station
- 56 Prospect Street 5:30-10pm: Opening Reception

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5th

Gallery Aferro
6-10 pm: Opening Reception
On exhibit: Estimated Distance, Newark Scene and Heard: Narratives of an Artist Community, Sidewalk Alchemy, What Persists (Lillian)

The Exquisite Corpse - 260 Washington Street, 3rd Floor
6-9:30: Opening Reception
This exhibition is an artistic collision of the human form. A head, torso, and legs, each independently crafted by local artisans of varying media, are thoughtfully assembled to represent a full body. These unknowing collaborations between artists, examine realities both imagined and true, and result in the most unexpected of final figures. Its purpose is to showcase art that is affordable and accessible to everyone. The Exquisite Corpse Show is not only attended by a public interested in supporting and encouraging artistic excellence, but also draws in and invites emerging artists to join the conversation, network, and be inspired.

Newark Submissions and Transmissions - 77 Market Street
6-9:30: Opening Reception
Local, regional, and international artists mashup. Newark has been experiencing a renaissance over the last decade. Hundreds of artists of all kinds have relocated to Newark to take advantage of the many opportunities our city has to offer. This exhibit seeks to showcase what is going on at the heart of this exponential artistic growth: our emerging artists. See work in a variety of media from artists working in and around Newark, NJ.

Barat Foundation - 765 Broad Street
6-9:30: Opening Reception
Meet the Animodules - The "Animodules", a Newark original art form are animated modular sculptures created by artists and schools in Newark and nearby areas. This exhibit will bring together nearly 30 of the city's Animodules.

Index Art Center and Studios
6-10 pm: Opening Reception
Intersection features work by artists that have studios located at 31 Central Avenue and 585 Broad Street. These two buildings have been occupied by artists and creative people for more than a decade, helping to establish an emerging arts community in the Halsey Street area and Downtown Newark. Our current exhibit helps underline this community's creative force, and the reason everybody is talking about Newark!

Aljira
8-10 pm: Rites of Passage Sacred Spaces Film Screening and Book Release Party by Lawrence Graham Brown
A performance based on Afro, Caribbean, and Gay Folklore. The book features essays by Dr. David Boxer, National Gallery of Jamaica; Dr. Rev. Donna Schaper, Judson Memorial Church, NYU; Prof. Keith Morrisson, Temple University and Edwin Ramoran, Bronx River Art Center.
On display superHUMAN and Alison Pou: Wherein Fury Takes Flight

Solo(s) Project House
6-10pm: Opening Reception
open studios, refreshments, live music - featuring David D. Oquendo in the lobby and in the gallery: Will Suarez and Darren Francis McManus.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6th

City Murals Tour
1-4pm: Free Mural Tour
Pickup and drop-off for the tour will be at City Without Walls, 6 Crawford Street. The Newark Public Art Program is an initiative of the City of Newark and the Newark Urban Enterprise Zone to create works of art and design that manifest the spirit and pride of Newark in its public spaces. It aims to bring public art and design into each of Newark's neighborhoods, cultivating civic and community pride, bringing unexpected visual pleasure to the urban landscape, engaging residents and other stakeholders, and connecting Newark's young people to community-based artists.

Sumei Art Center
2-5pm: Dance Workshop for children
Dance technique encouraging creativity and individuality, your child will learn a range of styles and ideas creating fun and challenging environment. Instructor: Gabriella Celerio

Matt Enger: Exploding Sky - 570 Broad Street, 14th Floor
3-4:30: Artist Talk
Exhibiting a mix of classical and contemporary styles Matt Enger has exhibited his vibrant paintings, drawings and screen prints regularly. Using a variety if styles and tools Matt creates epic scenes and iconic portraits inspired by history and life. Originally from Oklahoma, Matt has been a Newark resident since 2004. Exploding Sky was the name Matt and his brothers had named there first art studio, formally called Enger Brothers. Relocated to New York's Lower East Side in 1990, the name became Exploding Sky. And was then immortalized in the Enger Brothers musical and artistic expressions.

Transformations: Oculus Art Collaborative at the Kislak - 579 Broad Street
7 pm-midnight: Reception with Live musicians and bands.
OAC is a non profit organization that seeks to explore, discover, and promote contemporary artists primarily within the tri-state area. Through this exhibition, Oculus will change ordinary office spaces and work cubicles by creating installations that seemingly transform their physical space. Viewers are welcome to interact in most of the installation spaces. Our intent is that each viewer walk away with the feeling that not only can art transform a building, it can help to change an entire community!

Matt Enger: Exploding Sky - 570 Broad Street, 14th Floor
3-4:30 pm: Artist talk
Exhibiting a mix of classical and contemporary styles Matt Enger has exhibited his vibrant paintings, drawings and screen prints regularly. Using a variety if styles and tools Matt creates epic scenes and iconic portraits inspired by history and life. Originally from Oklahoma, Matt has been a Newark resident since 2004. Exploding Sky was the name Matt and his brothers had named there first art studio, formally called Enger Brothers. Relocated to New York's Lower East Side in 1990, the name became Exploding Sky. And was then immortalized in the Enger Brothers musical and artistic expressions.

NJIT/College of Architecture + Design Gallery - 367 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
6-9 pm: Opening Reception with Refreshments & Live Entertainment
New Jersey's Best: The Architectural Photography of Alexander Noble
Photographer Alexander Noble recently completed a book entitled "AIA New Jersey Guidebook" which features color photographs of some of NJ's most iconic architecture. There will be over 40 large scale prints accompanied by descriptive text for each location.

Sumei Art Center
5:30-10pm: Opening Reception

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7th

Gallery Aferro
11-5 pm: Open Studios
On exhibit: Estimated Distance, Newark Scene and Heard: Narratives of an Artist Community, Sidewalk Alchemy, What Persists (Lillian)

The Garage Gallery - 121 Arlington Street
11-5 pm: Open Studio Hours
An NKISI is essentially a "Container" of spiritual forces that are directed to investigate the underlying cause of some chromic problem. As spiritual experts, banganga are approached by clients to address any of a multitude of crises that may emerge in the Community, including illness, political instability, and social strife. Minkisi are essential to the nganga's profession, creating a focal point from which to draw upon the spirit realm and its powers.

Glassroots
12 - 4pm: Glassblowing Demonstrations
Our studio gift shop will be open along with flameworking and glassblowing demonstrations. We will also be offering the opportunity for participants to try their hand at making a bead over the flame.

Sumei Art Center
2-5pm: Drama Workshop for children
An interactive 2 hour workshop of acting techniques for children, voice projection, storytelling without words, using clowning, timing, inventiveness and problem solving. Instructor: Virginia Hammer

Iandor Fine Arts - 74 Garden Street
3-5pm: Rhythmic Intrinsics: The Work of Oliver Lake
Reception for Rhythmic Intrinsics and the gallery re-launch

Quarter Mile Print - Washington Park
9am-6pm
Printmaking is a process that is tailor-made for community involvement. This project is a community effort to create a print that is a quarter mile long. Open to everyone to participate and FREE of charge.

Not all events are listed here. Please visit the official site of Open Doors by the Newark Arts Council for complete details.