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Fall Art Guide

Ingrid Harbour

Sep 27, 2026

thru

Frontline Arts

Make Your Mark: Frontline Arts Community Day

Somerset

Join us for a family-friendly community arts event, including paper-crafting activities, printmaking, and papermaking! Participate in a public art exhibit in our gallery, tour our building, and meet our staff of artists and creative thinkers.

David G LaMorte

Oct 10, 2026

thru

SMUSH Gallery

Cryptid Mountain Live

Hudson

Cryptid Mountain is a multimedia art and storytelling performance by creator David LaMorte.

Cate Griffin

Sep 15, 2026

Dec 11, 2026

thru

Montclair State University Galleries

Maria Yolanda Liebana: A Place to be Held

Essex

A Place to Be Held is the first solo museum exhibition by NYC-based artist Maria Yolanda Liebana. Inspired by the birth of her daughter, Liebana explores motherhood as both a physical and spiritual terrain. Through her immersive installations and mixed-media works shaped by mythology, Tarot, Catholic imagery, art history, and popular culture, she creates a vibrant world of care, transformation, and belonging.

GSAG

Jun 27, 2026

Sep 20, 2026

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ArtYard

Tamara Kostianovsky: Phantom Limbs

Hunterdon

Through life-size textile sculptures of carcasses and severed trees, the artist invites viewers to experience ecological loss as intimate and immediate.

GSAG

Aug 15, 2026

Jan 10, 2027

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Art@Bainbridge

Joyce J. Scott: Declarations

Mercer

Spanning the career of Baltimore artist Joyce J. Scott, this exhibition showcases her intricate sculptural beadwork to create compelling, timely “declarations” connecting past and present themes of gun violence, misogyny, and racial injustice.

Monica Schneider-Brewer

Sep 27, 2026

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Monica Schneider

Beyond the Paper: Building Dynamic Mixed Media Collages

Essex

Heidi Gallery is an art venue dedicated to the practice and belief that creative endeavors enrich lives and communities. The gallery is committed to showcasing the highest quality visual art created by established, emerging, and underrepresented artists. The current Exhibit filling this space features the work of the WAE Studio Artists, a progressive art studio located in the same building as Heidi Gallery. Workshops are offered to the public in a fully ADA compliant space.

Fiona Clark

Sep 10, 2026

Oct 3, 2026

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Arts Council of Princeton

Charles Evans Scholars Exhibition

Mercer

This annual exhibition celebrates the artistic achievements of exceptional Princeton High School students. Made possible by the Charles Evans Foundation, the scholarship program was established in 2011 to support young artists through a partnership with the Arts Council of Princeton.

Kean Galleries and Collections

Sep 8, 2026

Sep 4, 2026

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Liberty Hall Academic Center Gallery - Kean Galleries and Collections

Unfolding: Early American Accounts from Liberty Hall

Union

Unfolding: Early American Accounts from Liberty Hall considers how paper functioned in the eighteenth-century, transferring knowledge and conveying social obligations. These stories emerge from paper records held by Kean Galleries and Collections and the adjacent Liberty Hall Museum, home to William Livingston—New Jersey’s first elected governor and a signer of the U.S. Constitution—and the Kean family into the twentieth century.

Kean Galleries and Collections

Sep 8, 2026

Dec 4, 2026

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Nancy Dryfoos Gallery- Kean Galleries and Collections

Scratch and Tear: Works by Winifred McNeill

Union

Winifred McNeill’s work almost always starts with drawing. McNeill often draws on unexpected and demanding surfaces, including pipes and shells. McNeill’s feat of conquering material is matched by her equally challenging choice of subject matter: Hands, private parts, and perfect circles. This solo exhibition presents work from five series over the span of three decades, leading to the present.

Kean Galleries and Collections

Sep 8, 2026

Dec 4, 2026

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Karl and Helen Burger Gallery- Kean Galleries and Collections

Twisting Wool into Thread: Works by Marcy Chevali

Union

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.

Mary Salvante

Aug 24, 2026

Oct 17, 2026

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Rowan University Museum of Contemporary Art

Diane Burko: Extraction, A Dialogue of Extremes

Gloucester

August 24 - October 17, 2026
RUMOCA at 301 High Street
Intersections of Art and Science panel discussion with reception to follow September 16th, 4 - 7pm - Let us know you are coming!

In collaboration with the Arctic Radium Isotope Observing Network (ARION) research project led by Rowan Associate Professor Dr. Lauren E. Kipp, with Dr. Matt Charette and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Diane Burko: Extraction, A Dialogue of Extremes is the community engagement component of the National Science Foundation grant that has funded the research.

Pulling from scientific drawings and maps provided by the research team, artist Diane Burko has depicted in her paintings the chemical changes and flow of elements recorded in the Arctic. Rendered as markings and data-like graphs, these flows circulate within and around recurring spherical forms that anchor the paintings. The compositions feel distant and restrained, their cool detachment echoing the region’s vast isolation, yet they remain quietly captivating, amplifying the Arctic’s environmental extremities.

Danielle Cartier

Sep 20, 2026

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DC Gallery & Studio

The Art of Shibori: Indigo & Resist Dyeing Workshop

Cumberland

The Art of Shibori: Indigo & Resist Dyeing Workshop

Danielle Cartier

Aug 21, 2026

Sep 30, 2026

thru

DC Gallery & Studio

Outside the Box

Cumberland

Outside the Box art exhibition at DC Gallery & Studio

Fiona Clark

Aug 29, 2026

Oct 3, 2026

thru

Arts Council of Princeton

Rooted in Bloom

Mercer

Using bold color and gestural forms, Prajakta Joshi’s paintings move beyond traditional depictions of flowers and landscapes, seeking instead to translate the invisible pulse of living things.

GSAG

Oct 1, 2026

Jan 8, 2027

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The Noyes Arts Garage

Disturbing the Surface Contemporary Printmaking by the American Color Print Society

Atlantic

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.

GSAG

Aug 5, 2026

Nov 8, 2026

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Zimmerli Art Museum

One Long Look/Una mirada con calma: Sam Gilliam, Breeze, 1967

Middlesex

Featuring Sam Gilliam’s piece Breeze, this installation encourages slow, mindful looking to explore the artist's intuitive, time-based painting process.

GSAG

Aug 5, 2026

Dec 20, 2026

thru

Zimmerli Art Museum

Ruth Asawa: a string of related possibilities

Middlesex

Installation bringing together three of the artist's iconic wire sculptures from different periods.

GSAG

Nov 18, 2026

Apr 11, 2027

thru

Zimmerli Art Museum

Sam Gilliam: In Time

Middlesex

Focusing on Sam Gilliam's signature beveled-edge canvases from 1970–1972, this exhibition explores a pivotal period of spatial and structural innovation in abstract painting.

GSAG

Aug 5, 2026

Feb 14, 2027

thru

Zimmerli Art Museum

Decolonial Dialogues

Middlesex

Questioning conventional museum narratives, this exhibition invites viewers to engage critically with art, exploring the assumptions that shape how we look.

GSAG

Sep 9, 2026

Feb 14, 2027

thru

Zimmerli Art Museum

Japan In/Out of View

Middlesex

Prints, photographs, archival materials, and other works by Japanese and Japanese-American artists explore 150 years of cultural exchange between Japan and the United States.

Sep 2, 2026

Jul 18, 2027

thru

Zimmerli Art Museum

The Beast of Joy: Women Artists from Soviet Republics

Middlesex

Spotlighting pioneering women artists from the 1970s and 80s, this exhibition presents paintings and works on paper from Soviet-era nonconformist art movements.

GSAG

Sep 2, 2026

Dec 20, 2026

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Zimmerli Art Museum

Hank Willis Thomas Selects the NJ Arts Annual

Middlesex

Curated by conceptual artist Hank Willis Thomas, this statewide survey highlights works by visual artists living and working across New Jersey.

GSAG

Sep 14, 2026

Aug 1, 2027

thru

Grounds For Sculpture

Salvador Jiménez-Flores: Raíces & Resistencias

Mercer

Spanning an 80-foot earthen mural alongside ceramic and bronze sculptures, this solo exhibition explores migration, identity, and the demand for justice and human dignity.

GSAG

Sep 20, 2026

Jul 23, 2028

thru

Grounds for Sculpture

Shantell Martin: Past, Present, Future

Mercer

An immersive, site-specific installation featuring murals, textiles, and an engagement space that invite visitors to explore their relationship with time.

Fiona Clark

Aug 26, 2026

Aug 26, 2026

thru

Arts Council of Princeton

Craft Corner

Mercer

Connect with fellow creatives and tackle a hands-on project at the Arts Council of Princeton Craft Corner.

Fiona Clark

Aug 29, 2026

Oct 3, 2026

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Arts Council of Princeton

Echoes in Our Bones: The Empowering Legacy of Black Women Artists in American Art and Culture

Mercer

Pairing works by artists from past and present generations, such as Faith Ringgold and Bisa Butler, this exhibition explores how themes of identity, history, and cultural resilience have endured and transformed over time.

Fiona Clark

Aug 5, 2026

Aug 29, 2026

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Arts Council of Princeton

The Pat Fisher Memorial Exhibition

Mercer

Honoring the legacy of Princeton-area artist and community figure Pat Fisher, this memorial exhibition features works by local artists Aaron Fisher and Freddie A. Young Jr.

Nov 2, 2026

Dec 19, 2026

thru

Rowan University Museum of Contemporary Art

Eco-Social Realism

Gloucester

Highlighting regional artists, this exhibition examines how built and natural environments shape our understanding of climate change and ecological solutions across the region.

Aug 24, 2026

Oct 17, 2026

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Rowan University Museum of Contemporary Art

Diane Burko: Extraction, A Dialogue of Extremes

Gloucester

Spanning painting and sculpture, artist Diane Burko examines the theme of extraction through three interconnected bodies of work exploring Arctic climate research to Amazon deforestation.

Sep 1, 2026

Dec 12, 2026

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Stedman Gallery , Rutgers–Camden Center for the Arts

Light of the Guiding Star

Camden

Featuring contemporary works by immigrant artists, this exhibition explores themes of memory, identity, ritual, and transformation in the search for a new place to call home.

Sep 9, 2026

Oct 14, 2026

thru

Berrie Center

Translucence of Time: Jonathan Lipkin

Bergen

A solo photography exhibition by Jonathan Lipkin meditating on the infinite, time, and perception.

Sep 14, 2026

Nov 26, 2026

thru

Art House Productions

IN THE WIND

Hudson

The largest public art initiative in Hudson County history, transforming Lincoln Park in Jersey City with artist-designed flags featuring original work by Hudson County artists.

Sep 2, 2026

Oct 18, 2026

thru

TCNJ Art Gallery

Sharing Perspectives: The TCNJ Biennial Faculty Exhibition

Mercer

Featuring works by faculty and staff across fine art, interactive multimedia, and graphic design, this biennial exhibition celebrates creative practice and pedagogy at TCNJ.

Nov 14, 2026

Dec 5, 2026

thru

Mason Gross Galleries

MFA Visual Arts First-Year Exhibition 2026

Middlesex

Marking the start of their graduate studies, first-year MFA artists present a diverse array of interdisciplinary works.

Oct 25, 2026

Oct 25, 2026

thru

MANA Contemporary

Fall Open Studios

Hudson

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

Oct 1, 2026

Oct 4, 2026

thru

Jersey City Art & Studio Tour (JCAST)

Jersey City Art & Studio Tour (JCAST)

Hudson

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

Sep 2, 2026

Dec 30, 2026

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Zimmerli Art Museum

Hank Willis Thomas: LOVERULES — From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation

Middlesex

Surveying nearly 90 iconic works, this retrospective highlights conceptual artist Hank Willis Thomas, connecting historical moments of resistance to contemporary life.

Sep 19, 2026

Jan 17, 2027

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Montclair Art Museum

Nadia Myre: Analog/ues

Essex

Examining complex Indigenous and settler histories, artist Nadia Myre explores memory and identity through experimental ceramic sculptures, videos, and text-based works.

Sep 14, 2026

Dec 31, 2026

thru

Musuem of American Glass at Wheaton Arts

Portals and Passages

Cumberland

Five artists investigate the optical depth of a sheet of glass, manipulating light, surface, and refraction.

Jul 21, 2026

Oct 15, 2026

thru

The Newark Museum of Art

DREAMTIME IN NEWARK Aljira and the Making of Global Contemporary Art

Essex

Celebrating the 35-year legacy of Newark’s groundbreaking Aljira: a Center for Contemporary Art, this sweeping exhibition features 44 local and global artists.

Jul 21, 2026

Feb 21, 2027

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Montclair Art Museum

Victoria Sambunaris: Transforming the American Landscape

Essex

Through large-format photographs, Victoria Sambunaris documents an American terrain shaped by heavy industry, evolving infrastructure, and national expansion.

Oct 4, 2026

Jan 31, 2027

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Princeton University Art Museum

Basquiat, the Blue Ribbon Paintings, and the Art of Reproduction

Mercer

Focusing on Jean-Michel Basquiat's rare Blue Ribbon series, this exhibition investigates how the artist incorporated reproductive media to define 1980s visual culture.

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