The Newark Museum of Art hosts the Newark Arts Festival’s annual fall exhibition and the opening of NAF 2022.

The arts provide some of the most powerful outlets for spreading healing in our world. The theme in 2022 features art as medicine. As an acknowledgement of the challenges of our times, NAF 2022 aims to create a collective restorative experience through thoughtfully curated artwork, performances, and programming meant to help our artist community and Festival attendees heal holistically. Participating artists have been challenged to demonstrate what healing means or looks like to them and inspire others with their messages of hope, comfort, and encouragement.

Visit NAF’s website to learn more about the Festival, its programs, and the other venues showcasing art.

David James, Rollerskatin, 2021. Digital. 48” x 32”

Ron Ea Powell, Escape ‑ Long to Bleed, 2009. Oil on line. 38” x 56”

Juno Zago, King Of Wisps Considers the Impossibility Of Getting It All Done In One Mere Existence,2022. 60” x 50”

Gregg Banks, Steppin, 2020. Oil on canvas. 24” x 30”

Josephine Borreiro, Cat Devouring Bird, 2018. Acrylic, spray paint and oil stick on canvas 48” x 48”

Kelly Dennís Villalba, Ophelia. 2022. Crafting coil, acrylic and cotton yarn 21” x 21” x 17”

Rey Arvelo, Untitled, 2020. Oil on Title. 6"x8" Rey Arvelo, Floral Feeling, 2022. Oil on Masonite 10” x 8”

Beau McCall, Pretty Bald Hair and Healing, 2012. Buttons, Barbie doll, hair, thread, canvas, plexiglass 10” x 23” x 4”

Armisey Smith, Janayer, 2022. Acrylic paint, paper and gold leaf on canvas 40” x 50”

Richard Paz, Displacement, 2021. Glass. 12” x 3”

Dante Laughlin, Anxiety Unrest, 2022. Digital photography. 8” x 30”

Bryant Lebron, Supreme Court Justice RBG, 2020.

Patricia Dahlman, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, 2022. Canvas, pencil, thread. 10” x 12”

Ameerah Shabazz,Farasha, 2021. Digital Photography/digital Mosaic Collage 20” x 30”

Cathleen McCoy Bristol, Warrior Woman, 2022. Acrylic on Canvas. 14” x 22”

Wolfgang Gil, Resonant Bodies #8, 2021. Steel, aluminum, acrylic. Custom playback system 50” x 50” x 15”

Yvette Molina, Abuela Giver of Nourishment, 2016, Medium: Egg tempera and 24 K gold leaf on panel, 16” x 12” 

Artwork for Sale

All of the work in the Artful Healing exhibition is for sale. Must contact the artist directly.

Download the Art List with Artist Contact Information