Join PES STUDIOS, Sunday, October 11th from 1 pm - 5 pm for Project for Empty Space's annual Fall Open Studios.

Join us on October 10, from 1-3 PM, for “Community Sing Shout,” a free community gathering (for ages 10 and up).

Join us on Saturday, October 10, from 11 AM–2 PM at Riverbank Park, as part of the Newark Arts Festival.

Fall NIGHT FEST, Newark's evening makers festival, returns on Friday, October 9, transforming Mulberry Commons into an evening filled with art, music, food, and hands-on creativity under the night sky.

Project for Empty Space is pleased to present La Sierpe, a new solo exhibition by Cycle 9 Artist In Residence Lina Puerta, on view September 9, 2026, through January 29, 2027, at Project for Empty Space at 110 Edison Place in Newark, New Jersey. The exhibition will open with a special reception on Wednesday, September 9th, from 6 - 8pm. 

Join us on August 5 from 3-5 PM at Ironside Newark for a drawing class hosted by Layqa Nuna Yawar!

Join us on July 16 from 4-6 PM at Ironside Newark for a tote bag painting workshop hosted by CAZORLA + SALEME!

Join us on July 15 from 4-6 PM for an all-ages watercolor portrait workshop hosted by Shoshanna Weinberger!

Join us on July 14 from 4-6 PM at Ironside Newark for a tote bag painting workshop hosted by CAZORLA + SALEME!

Join us on July 11 from 2-5 PM at Ironside Newark for a public sculpture workshop hosted by Amy Ritter!

Join artist Eirini Linardaki for Cosmic Story Time at the Constellation Bench, an interactive public sculpture at Mulberry Commons!

Join us on July 9 from 4-6 PM at Ironside Newark for a painting class hosted by Black Painters Academy!

Join us on July 8 from 4-6 PM for an all-ages watercolor portrait workshop hosted by Shoshanna Weinberger!

Join us on July 7 from 4-6 PM at Ironside Newark for a painting class hosted by Black Painters Academy!

Join us on July 5, from 1-3 PM, for “I Declare, I am Free,” a free community writing project (for ages 14 and up).

Join us for NIGHT FEST on Friday, June 26, 2026, from 5–9 PM at Mulberry Commons Park!

Join us on June 25 from 6–9 PM at Ironside Newark for a drawing class hosted by Layqa Nuna Yawar!

Join us on June 25 from 4–6 PM at Ironside Newark for a protest pin workshop hosted by Aimee Koran!

Join us on June 23 from 4–6 PM at Ironside Newark for a protest pin workshop hosted by Aimee Koran!

Join artist Eirini Linardaki for Cosmic Story Time at the Constellation Bench, an interactive public sculpture at Mulberry Commons!

Join PES on Juneteenth for the opening reception of "Black Revolutionary Women," a new exhibition by Noelle Lorraine Williams.

Join PES for a celebration of CITY OF CREATORS, a new public art initiative bringing art to more than 20 vacant storefronts across Downtown Newark.

Project for Empty Space is proud to launch Newark Grounds: Benefit for Public Art + Celebration of Groundbreakers—honoring the leaders who champion and invest in Newark’s public art and creative spaces.

Join us on Saturday, May 9, from 11 AM to 3 PM for "Sounds Like Home/Suena a Casa", co-hosted by Para KIDS!

Join us on Monday, April 27, from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM for "Fire In Every Direction" with Tareq Baconi.

Join us on Tuesday, April 21, at 11:30 AM and 2:30 PM for "Languages In The City: A Language Documentation Workshop" with Ross Perlin.

Join us on Tuesday, April 14, from 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM for "AI and Human Expertise in Translator Training" with Sarita Monjane Henriksen.

Join PES on Thursday, April 2, for the opening reception of A Feeling of Itself with Lives in Translation and the Design Consortium.

SHINE Portrait Studio, in partnership with Project for Empty Space, proudly announces the launch of In Search of the Spirit House, a new artbook by interdisciplinary artist Adama Delphine Fawundu. The publication will debut on March 31, 2026, from 6–8 PM with a celebratory launch event at Express Newark in downtown Newark. The evening will feature a conversation with fayemi shakur, Director of the City of Newark’s Division of Arts and Cultural Affairs, highlighting the themes of the book and Fawundu’s relationship to the city.