Gallery Aferro

This year marks the 20th anniversary of Gallery Aferro as an artist-founded DIY space, originally launched in a self-renovated warehouse in the Ironbound. "Aferro" is an idiom that connotes being bound or chained to a difficult or impossible idea.

Nothing Lasts Forever Gallery Aferro 2003-2023 Dear friends, Gallery Aferro will be closing down after a truly spectacular twenty-year run as a DIY artist space. Let the legacy be love. Co-Founders, Evonne M. Davis and Emma Wilcox

Visit the poem booth at Gallery Aferro this month to dial for poems. Here's a snippet from @samforbreakfast full work, "Sonnet" #yourliterarymag #poetry

What do Amanda Gorman, Kay WalkingStick, Stephen King, Luis Jimenez, Lucianne Walkowicz and Zac Posen all have in common? They are all past Gold Key winners of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. To learn more about how you can be just like them, visit buff.ly/3T29dHy.

Don't forget us when the air turns chilly! Why? Because we have 5 fascinating creative feasts for your eyes and ears each with a message you won't want to miss. Stop in today! For more info, visit us at buff.ly/3CeM7on.

Gallery Aferro and the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers invite New Jersey teens and tweens in 8 Northern New Jersey counties to enter their original work in the 2024 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Submit your art by December 16, 2023. Learn more at buff.ly/3T29dHy

Wondering what you could win if you submitted your original works of art and writing to the 2024 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards? ⠀ ⠀ * Portfolio Scholarships * Summer Scholarships * College and University Scholarships To learn more, visit buff.ly/3PK3ntL.

Come out Friday, Oct 27th at 6:30p - 8:30p for a fascinating discussion about life, the afterlife & the journey in-between. Panelists include: -- Resham Mantri -- Jelisa Difo -- Adrian Allotey -- Nicky Rivera -- Anjali Benjamin-Webb For info, visit buff.ly/2J20vd9.

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What can you do at Gallery Aferro's Open Doors Studio Tour today? - Connect over art & ideas while enjoying free coffee, tea & bagels⠀ - Chat with 18 artists in our Studio Residency program⠀ - Bask in the brilliance of 5 amazing solo art 7 sound exhibitions ⠀ Join us!

VISIT TODAY: Gallery Aferro's Studio Residents during the Open Door Studio Tour, a featured event during the Newark Arts Festival ! Sunday, October 1st from 12pm-5pm. Artwork Featured: artwork & photos provided by Gallery Aferro studio residents

VISIT Lisette Morel's (@lisettemorel) studio during the Open Door Studio Tour, a featured event during the Newark Arts Festival ! Sunday, October 1st from 12pm-5pm.

TODAY, opening as a part of the annual Newark Arts Festival -- but continuing throughout the rest of the 2023 -- enjoy 5 soul-stirring creative feasts brought to you by the innovative minds of established, emerging and unsung artists each with a message you won't want to miss.

🚨T-MINUS 24 HOURS!🚨 The clock is ticking down, and we hope to see you there! You don’t want to miss it 😉! PUBLIC ENEMY 🎯🎨™️ @bmt_arts 🐐 @GalleryAferro 🏢

VISIT Jo-El Lopez's (@jo_ellopez) studio during the Open Door Studio Tour, a featured event during the Newark Arts Festival ! Sunday, October 1st from 12pm-5pm. Artwork Featured: Jo-El Lopez ,The Millianal Guardian Angel, 42x72,acrylic on canvas, -

Once again, here is your chance to meet, observe and chat with each of our incredible studio residents during the 2023 Newark Arts Festival’s Open Doors Studio Tour event taking place on Sunday, October 1st from 12pm – 5pm. For more info, visit buff.ly/2J20vd9.

🚨1 DAY AWAY!🚨 COME JOIN US! 🙏🏾 Opening Reception Tomorrow!! September 29th 6-9 PM 73 Market St, Newark, NJ 07102 Main Gallery @bmt_arts 🐐 @GalleryAferro 🏢 PUBLIC ENEMY🎯🎨™️

VISIT Matilda Forsberg's (@iamapainter) studio during the Open Door Studio Tour, a featured event during the Newark Arts Festival ! Sunday, October 1st from 12pm-5pm. Artwork Featured: Matilda Forsberg, Like all things that cross, Acrylic on canvas, 50 x 50, 2023

In the fiery crucible we call America. We are the survivors. We are the dreamers. 🚨2 DAYS AWAY!!🚨 Opening Reception September 29th, 6-9pm! 73 Market Street, Newark, Nj 07102 Main Gallery @GalleryAferro @bmt_arts PUBLIC ENEMY🎯🎨™️

VISIT Hasnat Mehmood's (@studio.hasnatmehmood) studio during the Open Door Studio Tour, a featured event during the Newark Arts Festival ! Sunday, October 1st from 12pm-5pm. Hasnat Mehmood, Division of a Rectangle into Two Circles and More, 6 (detail), Scratchboard drawing

VISIT Amanda Thackray's (@mandattacks) studio during the Open Door Studio Tour, a featured event during the Newark Arts Festival ! Sunday, October 1st from 12pm-5pm. Artwork Featured: Amanda Thackray, Discarded nets, Hand pigmented cotton paper pulp, 66x27x0.5, 2020