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Enjoy a three-weekend art party in Asbury Park, with large-scale murals, installations, immersive experiences, and a lineup of artist talks, tours, and workshops.

Opening Reception: Scott Harbison, Recent Sightings

New paintings by outsider artist Scott Harbison.

Art All Day

Art All Day is Artworks Trenton's open studio tour showcase, a unique opportunity to experience Trenton as a hub of art, creation, and innovation.

Abode

Join DayGlow NJ on Saturday, September 19th from 6-9 pm to celebrate its grand opening and the opening of Abode, its inaugural exhibition featuring the work of Kim Bricker, Unimuke Agada, Kathy Peck, and Matthew Casanovas.

Trenton Art Festival

The Trenton Downtown Development Authority proudly presents the third annual Trenton Art Festival, an immersive art experience that will transform the streets of Trenton.

ArtPop

Take a self-guided tour of Red Bank art venues and public murals.

Opening Reception: Valerie Huhn: 
A Life Rebuilt in Fingerprints

A solo exhibition of work by New Jersey-based artist Valerie Huhn exploring the relationship between the fingerprint and identity.

Ceremony for Revolutionary Seeds: The Historic William Trent House Museum

Ceremony for Revolutionary Seeds is a traveling installation and participatory ritual series by Idlewild Experiential and Nandi Jordan as part of Monument Lab's "Revolutionary Acts" performance and public art series. By activating historic locations across the state, Ceremony for Revolutionary Seeds invites residents and visitors to reflect on memory, resilience, and the stories that continue to shape civic life.

Imagine

“Imagine” is an Art Alliance of Monmouth County members exhibition.

POSTPONED: The Art Generators Outdoor Art Party & Shopping Crawl

Enjoy a free day of art, music, hands-on art activities, and local shopping in South Orange.

The Fort Lee Artists Guild

Featuring works by Fort Lee Artists Guild members across a variety of styles and media.

Opening Reception: Judy Targan: A Life In Art

Spanning work from the 1940s through the present day, the exhibition traces South Orange artist Judy Targan's artistic evolution over her eight-decade career.

Opening Reception & Artist Talk: Annie Norbeck: Afield

In Afield, painter Annie Norbeck explores the visual and emotional landscape of being far from home, treating the land as a shifting record of distance, transience, and memory.

Re-visioning America Gallery Crawl

A community collaboration showcasing art about the past, present, and future of the nation.

Artist Talk - Cat, Stick, Easel, Moon: Surrealist Paintings by Rachel L Bedder

Join artist Rachel L Bedder, SMUSH gallerist Katelyn Halpern, and fellow artist Buttered Roll in conversation about the gently strange world of Cat, Stick, Easel, Moon. Happening at SMUSH Gallery in Jersey City, NJ!

Opening Reception & Artist Talk: Milcah Bassel: Imaginal Cells

Imaginal Cells presents highlights of Milcah Bassel's recent work exploring the relationship between geometric and human patterns.

Small Works Artist Talks

FOUR ARTISTS TAKE ON SMALL WORKS. Exploring ideas, techniques, and creative processes in creating impactful small works and an informal + fun critique.

Opening Reception: Fired En Masse

An exhibition of large-scale ceramic works by eight New Jersey artists.

Ceremony for Revolutionary Seeds: Historic Johnson Cemetery Memorial Park

Ceremony for Revolutionary Seeds is a traveling installation and participatory ritual series by Idlewild Experiential and Nandi Jordan as part of Monument Lab's "Revolutionary Acts" performance and public art series. By activating historic locations across the state, Ceremony for Revolutionary Seeds invites residents and visitors to reflect on memory, resilience, and the stories that continue to shape civic life.

WAE Studio Art Sale & Exhibit 2026

Experience the work of WAE Center Studio Artists across a rich range of mediums, textures, and colors. Fall in love with a piece? Take it right off the wall and bring it home with you!

Hunterdon Art Museum Members Exhibition 2026

Spanning photography, sculpture, fiber, glass, printmaking, painting, drawing, and collage, the exhibition reflects the breadth of creative practices represented within the Hunterdon Art Museum member community.

Fort Lee Artists Guild: Autumn Renewal

The Fort Lee Artists Guild presents Autumn Renewal, celebrating the creativity and diverse voices of our member artists across painting, sculpture, photography, fiber arts, mixed media, and more.

Fall Exhibition Opening Reception

Join the Hunterdon Art Museum for a shared Opening Reception celebrating three dynamic fall exhibitions that explore cultural heritage, contemporary narrative, and creative experimentation.

Opening Reception: Root System

Root System is an outdoor group exhibition of ten site specific artworks made during a residency program hosted by Wildflower Sculpture Park.

Opening Reception: Human Family: Works on Paper by Otávio Roth

Human Family: Works on Paper by Otávio Roth shares the artist’s 1978 series of prints illustrating all thirty articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a statement of self-determination inspired by our nation’s founding documents.

Jersey City Art & Studio Tour (JCAST)

Celebrating Jersey City's vibrant creative community, this citywide festival highlights over 200 artist studios, 100 gallery exhibitions, hands-on workshops, and live performances.

In Conversation | “Silks” by Laura Wheeler Waring

Come listen to an intriguing art detective story about a painting by Laura Wheeler Waring, an African American artist whose portraits of Black Americans are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Brooklyn Museum, that has been hidden in an attic for 110 years.

Frame Your Space

Ricardo Roig welcomes you to his new Art Gallery in Upper Montclair for his hand-cut prints on paper, with an opening hosted by DWELL NJ.

Opening Reception: Paulina Olivares: Memories

A solo exhibition of paintings by New Jersey-based artist Paulina Olivares rooted in her personal journey from Chile.

Meet the Artist: Cat, Stick, Easel, Moon: Surrealist Paintings by Rachel L Bedder

Meet Rachel L Bedder, the artist featured in Cat, Stick, Easel, Moon: Surrealist Paintings on view at SMUSH Gallery during JCAST.

JCAST at 150 Bay

For the 37th Annual Jersey City Art & Studio Tour, 150 Bay Street opens all its doors for a weekend of open studios, exhibitions, performances, installations and more.

Misha Tyutyunik Open Studio and Gallery Opening

Misha Tyutyunik is a Ukrainian-born, Brooklyn-based painter, muralist, street artist, illustrator, and virtual reality artist who collaborates with communities around the world to create public art.

Opening Reception: You Again

Selected works from Project 14C's Special Project Residencies 2025-2026.

Fall Exhibitions Opening

Join the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey for the opening of its four fall exhibitions.

Festival of Fine Craft

Celebrating 27 years of artistic excellence at the Festival of Fine Craft at WheatonArts! At this crowd-favorite South Jersey two-day event, engage with a diverse collection of 150+ artists exhibiting and selling their handcrafted works of art.

Ceremony for Revolutionary Seeds: Fort Lee Historic Park Visitor Center

Ceremony for Revolutionary Seeds is a traveling installation and participatory ritual series by Idlewild Experiential and Nandi Jordan as part of Monument Lab's "Revolutionary Acts" performance and public art series. By activating historic locations across the state, Ceremony for Revolutionary Seeds invites residents and visitors to reflect on memory, resilience, and the stories that continue to shape civic life.

Opening Reception: Jackie Boyd: In the Making

In the Making, presented through Stanek Gallery’s OUTSIDE THE BOX programming, marks the debut of Jacqueline Boyd’s Ephemeral series, a new body of mixed media works that lingers in the space between making and memory.

Opening Reception: Scratch and Tear: Works by Winifred McNeill

Spanning three decades, this solo exhibition presents works from five of Winifred McNeill’s series, featuring drawings on challenging surfaces like pipes and shells.

Newark Arts Festival - Artist Talk: Bisa Butler On Purpose.

Bisa Butler joins Salamishah Tillet for an intimate conversation exploring purpose, artistic practice, and the ideas behind her work.

Newark Arts

Celebrate 25 years of Newark Arts Festival, New Jersey’s largest and longest-running arts festival, with five days of citywide art exhibitions, live performances, workshops, and more.

Newark Arts Festival - 2026 Festival Kickoff

Kick off the 25th Newark Arts Festival with three floors of art, live music, performances, open studios and more at Express Newark.

Newark Grounds FALL NIGHT FEST

Newark's evening makers festival returns, transforming Mulberry Commons into an evening filled with art, music, food, and hands-on creativity under the night sky.

Affordable Art Market

Browse and shop original artwork from local artists and makers, with pieces priced at $500 or less.

Opening Reception: Tatyana Kazakova: Symphony for the Unnoticed

A series of paintings and drawings inspired by the small, overlooked things around us by New Jersey artist Tatyana Kazakova.

Opening Reception: ALL OF US

In “All of Us,” Johan Wahlstrom explores the human figure as a vehicle for examining identity, social interaction, and the experience of contemporary life.

Cryptid Mountain Live

Cryptid Mountain is a live multimedia reimagining of the Jersey Devil myth, think Jersey Devil meets Dante’s “Inferno”.

Opening Reception: Anna Shukeylo: Entropic Flora

An exhibition of floral paintings by New Jersey-based artist Anna Shukeylo.

Project for Empty Space Open Studios

Explore four floors of artist studios and community workshop spaces while enjoying a warm brunch and breakfast cocktails.

Opening Reception: Twisting Wool into Thread: Works by Marcy Chevali

In Marcy Chevali’s work, glass expands and contracts. Thin and transparent borosilicate glass rods are bent into shape with a torch and adjoined to form an irregular grid. These grids appear to swell, as if cast around an invisible, dimensional form. Chevali refers to the structures she makes out of glass, metal, and sometimes mohair as “nets.” No matter the material, the treatment is similar; wire and mohair are likewise knotted or interlaced. This solo exhibition presents fifteen works by the artist.

Opening Reception: Disturbing the Surface Contemporary Printmaking by the American Color Print Society

Showcasing work by members of the American Color Print Society, this exhibition spans traditional and contemporary approaches, from etching and lithography to cyanotype, risograph, digital printmaking, relief, and screenprint.

Manufacturers Village Artists Fall Open Studios

Manufacturers Village Artists Fall Open Studios showcases more than 35 artists and makers including painters, sculptors, printmakers, photographers, and installation artists, all housed in a 19th-century factory complex typically closed to the public.

FLOCK TOGETHER!

Let's celebrate our feathered friends all month long! Join us for FLOCK TOGETHER! an art show all about birds, open all month.

Art City New Brunswick

Outdoor festival celebrating contemporary art, culture, and community in New Brunswick, featuring visionary artists alongside immersive installations, live performance, and large-scale creative experiences.

Fall Exhibitions Opening Reception 2026

Join ArtYard for the opening of three new exhibitions and a celebration of its 10th anniversary season.

Museum for All Ball

The Museum for All Ball is the Princeton University Art Museum's annual celebration for local arts and culture lovers! Join the Museum for an evening of art, dancing, food, and fashion. By supporting the ball, you further their mission of providing access to world-class art for all.

MANA Contemporary Fall Open Studios

Open to the public, this venue-wide event invites visitors to explore 100+ artist studios, special exhibitions, and site-specific installations.

Artist Talk: Lonnie Holley

Join artist Lonnie Holley for a conversation inside How We Got Over, his new exhibition at ArtYard.

Artist Talk: Dean Millien & Jude Tallichet

Join artists Dean Millien and Jude Tallichet for an informal conversation inside Gleam, their newly opened exhibition at ArtYard.

Jin Jung Open Studio and Gallery Opening

Jin Jung is a visual artist based in Jersey City, whose work combines historical and scientific research with personal narratives, focusing on the untold stories of marginalized individuals through grassroots community outreach.

ART UNCORKED

Join the Montclair Art Museum for its annual ART UNCORKED party, where you can bid on original artwork, mix and mingle with featured artists, and get your party on with an unlimited bar and live DJ.

Garden State Watercolor 2026 Members Exhibition

Garden State Watercolor Society: Annual Members’ Exhibition Call for Art: September 1 – October 16, 2026. Online Exhibit Dates: November 6 – December 31, 2026.

ArtYard’s Tin Anniversary Gala

Join ArtYard for its Tin Anniversary Gala, celebrating a decade of creative experimentation and community building, and help lay the groundwork for the next decade of impact.

Studio Tour SOMA

Visit 100+ Artists in their studios, homes, and group venues in South Orange and Maplewood, NJ.

Closing Event: Ghost Optics & Portals and Passages

Join the Museum of American Glass for the closing event of its current exhibitions, Ghost Optics and Portals and Passages.

Fall Open Studios

Artist Open Studios

Closing Reception: Cat, Stick, Easel, Moon: Surrealist Paintings by Rachel L Bedder

Chock full of surrealist landscapes rendered in rich elemental hues, the paintings in Rachel L Bedder’s atmospheric solo show are deliberately ambiguous, and resist easy categorization.

Opening Reception: A Sense of Place

This photography exhibit, “A Sense of Place”, curated by Bob McKay and Dan Epstein, brings the work of exemplary photographers and their images into view.