Dome (detail), Lola Flash, 2019. Archival pigment print. Courtesy of the artist © Lola Flash

Peter “Souleo” Wright curates entertaining and informative events, exhibitions, and cultural programs. His focus on education and amplifying underrepresented stories are paramount to his curatorial mission and practice.

Navindren Hodges, Bill Hodges Gallery Director , boasts the gallery’s collection ranges from 19th-century Black artists Henry Ossawa Tanner to modernist, abstraction icon Norman Lewis to contemporaries Willie Cole and Carrie Mae Weems. Image: Demetrius Oliver, Totem, 2004

Artist Victor Davson’s professional and charismatic leadership has, and continues to have after 35 years, a profound impact on the artistic landscape of Newark and the Tri-State region.