About As:
The mission of Gallery Aferro is to bring cultural education and aesthetic engagement with contemporary issues to all people equally, and to create an environment where artists can gather and share physical and intellectual resources.
We are working towards an arts community that is available to everyone, without sacrificing standards or quality of experience.
Gallery Aferro is an artist-originated organization serving a diverse community through the import and export of ideas. We offer an average of 12 yearly exhibitions featuring local, national and international artists, a wide range of public events such as interactive public art projects, performances, talks, on and off-site film screenings, portfolio reviews, a year-round residency program, educational offerings and a publication line.
Two floors of our building are devoted to exhibitions taking place in our Main Gallery, Project Room, Liminal Space and New Media Room. The Project Room and Liminal Space are reserved primarily for solo exhibitions by alumni studio residents. Gallery Aferro’s year-round residency program serves artists by offering large studios to continue or create ambitious work. Selection is based on a demonstrated commitment to chosen field, especially in the face of financial or other personal disadvantage, excellence of artwork, an interest in engaging with the public via one’s art-making process, and by the probable effect of the program as allowing art-making that otherwise would not have been possible to occur. Educational offerings consist of tours, demonstrations and talks for K-12, college or other groups, and Identity Blueprint, our new program for young women from Newark's Public Schools (grades 10-12), offering 3 months of free workshops in cyanotype photography, digital animation and sculptural carpentry.
