FREE live music on Saturdays from 6:30-8:30pm starting June 7 through Aug 30th in Spiotta Park. A fun, casual environment to sit back, relax, and enjoy the music.
Southern New Jersey was a hotbed of slave fugitives, freedmen, and abolitionists in the Civil War era. Ellen D. Alford recounts compelling narratives of abolition and the Underground Railroad in South Jersey.
Each of the six vignettes in this installation contains a bus ticket from various cities throughout the country and a purse surrounded by the items that a domestic worker might have carried or used to fulfill their chosen ambition.
Artist: Beverly McCutcheon Curated by: Nette Forné Thomas
Additional Viewings on Saturday and Sunday | 2 - 4PM 6/21, 6/22, 6/28, 6/29, 7/5, 7/6, 7/12, 7/13
Enjoy an evening of live music, powerful readings, delicious food trucks, and a spectacular fireworks display as we honor freedom, history, and community.
In honor of Deaf-Blind Awareness Week, please join us as Liz Kelly, Adult Services Librarian, and Luisa Martucci, Hispanic Outreach Coordinator, from NJ Talking Book and Braille Center, provide an overview of the resources and services available at no cost to qualified NJ residents.
Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. invites all non-professional and professional senior citizen artists who are ages 60 and older and reside in Essex County to participate in the 2025 Essex County Senior Citizens Juried Art Show and Exhibition. The deadline to submit artwork is Tuesday, August 19.
“Essex County has a thriving arts community and our Senior Art Show enables our older residents, both professionals and non-professionals, to display their original creations where everyone can see them,” DiVincenzo said. “This is an excellent means for us to promote the arts and inspire our residents to use their talents. I encourage our seniors to submit their work and invite our residents to visit the Art Show,” he added.
Artists must be at least 60 years old and residents of Essex County to participate. Senior citizens will be considered as professional artists if they meet at least two of the following conditions: have sold their art through commercial channels including craft fairs; have shown their artwork in professional galleries or professional art exhibits for two or more years; have had their work selected in two or more juried art or craft shows; have received two or more awards for their work; or have a professional membership in an artist’s or craft person’s guild or association. Seniors with non-professional status do not meet at least two of the above criteria.
Awards will be presented in the following categories, without exceptions: acrylic painting. craft, digital, mixed media, oil painting, pastel, photography, print, sculpture, watercolor painting and works on paper (drawing). First place winners will be eligible to participate in the New Jersey Senior Art Contest.
Seniors can submit two entries of original artwork that were completed within the last three years. Artwork must be matted, mounted or framed, with screw eyes and wire attached. Hanging artwork may be no larger than 30 inches in any dimension or smaller than 10 inches in any dimension. Sculpture or 3-D crafts cannot exceed 20 inches in width and 36 inches in height and may not weigh more than 40 pounds.
All photographs of the artwork must be clearly labeled with the following information: the artist’s name, address, title of work, medium, date created, size, professional or non-professional status, and approximate value of the painting.
For more information or to obtain an application, please visit www.essexcountynj.org or contact Jackie Matthews at 973-735-6228 or jmatthews@parks.essexcountynj.org.
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