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Newark Grounds

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Newark Grounds

Newark Grounds is a walkable cultural corridor in Downtown Newark, New Jersey, featuring almost 100 consecutive public artworks and dedicated arts and culture spaces.

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Newark Grounds is a walkable cultural corridor in Downtown Newark, New Jersey, featuring almost 100 consecutive public artworks and dedicated arts and culture spaces. Led by Project for Empty Space, this initiative is a collaboration with the City of Newark Division of Art and Cultural Affairs, the City of Newark Arts and Education District, Newark City Parks Foundation, Newark Alliance, Newark Happening, Newark Downtown District, Newark Arts, Four Corners Public Arts Partnership, and the Rutgers University-Newark Design Consortium. The project connects Newark Penn Station to Teachers Village through a dynamic arts path. The initiative bridges public art projects from Four Corners Public Arts, Project for Empty Space, and Gateways to Newark: Portraits, along with selected works from New Jersey Transit’s public art program at Newark Penn Station. It is strategically situated within the Arts and Education District, established by Mayor Ras J. Baraka in Fall 2022.

Constellation Bench by Eirini Linardaki, Mulberry Commons, Photo by RFA.

Newark Grounds is a walkable cultural corridor in Downtown Newark, New Jersey, featuring almost 100 consecutive public artworks and dedicated arts and culture spaces.

Led by Project for Empty Space, this initiative is a collaboration with the City of Newark Division of Art and Cultural Affairs, the City of Newark Arts and Education District, Newark City Parks Foundation, Newark Alliance, Newark Happening, Newark Downtown District, Newark Arts, Four Corners Public Arts Partnership, and the Rutgers University-Newark Design Consortium. The project connects Newark Penn Station to Teachers Village through a dynamic arts path.

The initiative bridges public art projects from Four Corners Public Arts, Project for Empty Space, and Gateways to Newark: Portraits, along with selected works from New Jersey Transit’s public art program at Newark Penn Station. It is strategically situated within the Arts and Education District, established by Mayor Ras J. Baraka in Fall 2022.

Newark, NJ, USA

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