800 Mayor Kenneth A. Gibson Boulevard – Black Revolutionary Women: 250 Years of a Colony Within a Colony, a new exhibition by Cycle 9 Artist in Residence Noelle Lorraine Williams, explores Black women’s resistance, survival, and freedom-making across the Americas, reexamining the American Revolution as the nation approaches the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

MULBERRY COMMONS, NEWARK - Newark Grounds, led by Project for Empty Space in collaboration with its civic and cultural partners, is proud to announce the unveiling of Constellation Bench, a new public sculpture by artist Eirini Linardaki. The work is located at Mulberry Commons in Newark, New Jersey, and will remain on view through August 2026.

CITY OF CREATORS is a public art initiative that activates vacant storefronts in Downtown Newark by transforming empty retail spaces into temporary sites for art, storytelling, and community engagement. Partners include Invest Newark, the Newark Urban Enterprise Zone, the City of Newark Division of Arts and Cultural Affairs, the Newark Downtown District, Newark Alliance, the Newark Arts & Education District, and Project for Empty Space.

Newark Grounds is a walkable cultural corridor in Downtown Newark, New Jersey, featuring over 75 consecutive public artworks and dedicated arts and culture spaces.

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.