Exhibitions are listed in reverse chronological order by opening date after linked exhibitions.
March 26, 2003 - March 2, 2004
This exhibition is a collection of sixteen shields highlighting both the artistry of African shields, as well as the political and social significance of their use and creation. As an art form, the shield offers an intriguing play between its fundamentally sculptural qualities as a three-dimensional object and the two-dimensional nature of its relatively flat surface.
February 14, 2003 – June 1, 2003
A visual feast of contemporary ceramic art from the late 1930s to the beginning of the 21st century, this exhibition explores the beauty, utility and wisdom of the great pot, examining all the various ways in which potters have transformed clay into art. Most of the 175 works are from the Newark Museum’s world-renowned ceramic collection, but the exhibition is enriched with loans from several major private collections.
November 28, 2003 – November 28, 2006
The Newark Museum’s collection comprises not only a great variety of the colorful textiles for which this period in Egypt is famous, but also sculpture, bronzes, terracottas, ivories and a rare panel painting on wood. Selected loans from The Brooklyn Museum of Art and the Kelsey Museum at The University of Michigan augment this exhibition.
November 28, 2003 – January 11, 2004
The trappings and trimmings of a traditional Victorian holiday are re-created in the 1885 Ballantine House, a restored National Historic Landmark. The historically accurate installation, complete with period menus, offers visitors the opportunity to step back in time to learn about 19th century life and traditions.
October 17, 2003 – January 11, 2004
Quilt Masterpieces from Folk Art to Fine Art showcases quilts from the Museum’s nationally known collection, focusing on the histories of the women who made the quilts, and the many social and cultural meanings that quilts have had from colonial America to the present day.
October 4, 2003 – Continuing
Designed to strengthen the financial literacy of school-aged children, this highly interactive exhibition involves visitors in the full story of money’s role and importance in our society and other societies throughout history. While having fun, visitors can learn about the universal themes of money, from how it evolved to how it is used today.
November 28, 2003 – Continuing
This is an interactive educational gallery for individuals, families and school groups. Surrounded by a mural of Tibet’s snowy mountains, traditional architecture and folk culture painted by artist Phuntsok Dorje, visitors are able to play games, see videos and try on clothes as they learn about Tibetan culture.
October 29, 2003 – April 11, 2004
The result of a twelve-year collaboration between physician and archaeologist Giraud Foster and biomedical/scientific photographer Norman Baker, this exhibition merges art and science together. The innovative, high-magnification photographic technique produces boldly colored images. The 20 photographs in this exhibition magnify forms, textures and colors of fossils ordinarily invisible to the naked eye.
October 15, 2003 – February 15, 2004
Emerging artists Nicolás Dumit Estévez, Scherezade Garcia, Miguel Luciano and Juana Valdes explore the varied experience of migration from Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico to the continental United States. Themes emerge in works of diverse media and formats from video, perfomance, interactive and plastic “soft” sculptures, to conceptual art that merges text and image.
July 30, 2003 – September 28, 2003
Fifteen pieces of diversified media, including sculpture, paintings, collage and digital drawings, explore the relevance that organized religion will have in the 21st century. Participating artists include Vivian Duffy, Betty McGeehan, Janet Taylor Pickett, Gloria Rodriquez, Ela Sha and Ilene Stegiltz.
June 25, 2003 – August 31, 2003
Organized by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, this is the first complete retrospective of the works of renowned American artist Gordon Parks. Parks, an American Renaissance man, has mastered many media to express an uplifting and influential message of hope in the face of adversity. Featuring over 200 photographs with significant works from each of Parks’ major series from 1940 through 1997, as well as books, music and films, this is in the artist’s words, a “tone-poem” that impressionistically tells his own story.
June 14, 2003 – January 11, 2004
Showcasing the unsurpassed work of Marilyn Druin, a nationally known jeweler and enamelist, this exhibition features 25 pieces of enameled silver works from early in her career, to the last piece she completed: “Big Red,” a gold, enamel and diamond brooch.
June 14, 2003 – July 27, 2003
For more than twenty years, Timothy White has been capturing images of high-profile, instantly recognized people. He is one of the most sought-after celebrity photographers in the world. The Newark Museum celebrates the New Jersey-born photographer with a special presentation of 25 of these spectacular, large-scale photographs.
May 3, 2003 – November 30, 2003
David Sestak, a Pennsylvania collector, has put together one of the most comprehensive collections of twentieth-century American photography. This exhibition showcases approximately 70 images that powerfully represent Post-War America, beginning with the consumerism of the 50’s and the nation’s love affair with synthetic, high-tech products.
May 3, 2003 – September 7, 2003
A selection of work from the Museum's great collection of American art pays tribute to both the one-hundredth anniversary of mechanized aviation and the 75th anniversary of the Newark Airport. This small show includes Arshile Gorky's two 1935-36 murals from the famous Newark Airport Building 51, and Theodore Roszak's 1932 Airport Structure.
April 23, 2003 – July 6, 2003
A Brush with History features four artists, Zhang Hongtu, Nina Kuo, Er Tai Gao and Yun-Fei Ji, who explore China’s long and rich artistic heritage through Chinese ink brush paintings. All of the artists affirm the global nature of artistic production and identity in the 21st century.
April 5, 2003 – April 20, 2003
Organized by Congressman Donald M. Payne, this competition features artwork by high school students in Newark’s 10th Congressional District. The annual exhibition shows two-dimensional art in a variety of media including drawings, prints, paintings and computer and photographic arts.
March 1, 2003 – March 23, 2003
The Museum’s annual celebration of Youth Art Month centers around this two-part event that highlights the visual and performing arts talents of students from the city’s public secondary schools. The exhibition features original works by artists ages 13–18 in a variety of media, including watercolor, tempera, oil and more. An opening day concert showcases the gifts of teen vocalists, instrumentalists and dancers.
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Great Pots: Contemporary Ceramics from Function to Fantasy