PORTRAITS OF CAMDEN
September 6 – December 10, 2022
Portraits of Camden presents the work of six artists with very strong personal and professional ties to the City of Camden: Kimberly Camp, Pedro Fuller, Rafael J. Miranda-Mattei, Erik James Montgomery, Beverly Collins-Roberts, and Donald T. Williams.
We hope that our public will appreciate and enjoy the pieces in the exhibition and invite you to attend our public programming, where the curator and artists will present other aspects of their work.
PROGRAMS FOR PORTRAITS OF CAMDEN
Portraits of Camden – Meet the Artists! – Saturday, October 15, 2022, 2 – 4:30 pm
A public reception for the exhibition and artists at the Stedman Gallery
Special Programs – Dates and Times Vary
These programs are the perfect way to take a break and experience Portraits of Camden on a deeper level. Hear the artists talk about their work and/or demonstrate their process at the posted dates, times, and locations. All are invited, admission is free, and street parking is suggested for this series.
Thursday, October 20
11 AM – 1 PM – Donald T. Williams, sketching in the quad
1 PM – 2 PM – Beverly Collins Roberts, artist’s talk in the Stedman Gallery
Tuesday, October 25
11 AM – 1 PM – Donald T. Williams, sketching in the quad
Thursday, October 27
11 AM – 1 PM – Donald T. Williams, sketching in the quad
1 PM – 2 PM – Rafael J. Miranda-Mattei, artist’s talk in the Stedman Gallery
Thursday, November 3rd
1 PM – 2 PM – Donald T. Williams, artist’s talk in the Stedman Gallery
Thursday, November 10th
1 PM – 2 PM – Kimberly Camp, artist’s talk in the Stedman Gallery
Tuesday, November 15th
9:30 AM – 11 AM – Kimberly Camp, Honors College Seminar, contact cyril.reade@rutgers.edu for a reservation (limited seating)
Thursday, November 17th
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM – Pedro Fuller, artist’s talk in the Stedman Gallery
Thursday, December 8th
1 PM – 2 PM – Erik James Montgomery, artist’s talk in the Stedman Gallery – “History of Black Portraiture”
All events are free and open to the public.
For questions or to schedule class or group tours of Portraits of Camden, contact Noreen Scott Garrity at ngarrity@camden.rutgers.edu or call (856) 225-6306.
KIMBERLY CAMP
Kimberly Camp was born in Camden, NJ and currently lives in Collingswood, NJ, where she owns and operates Galerie Marie. She is best known for her handmade dolls and paintings.. Camp graduated with a BA in Studio Arts and Art History from University of Pittsburgh and a MS in Arts Administration from Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA. Camp’s awards include the 2020 Award of Excellence: Craft Makes Us Human from the American Craft Council; Roger L. Stevens Award for Contributions to the Arts and Culture, Carnegie Mellon University; and City of Camden Arts Achievement Award (1984).

PEDRO FULLER
Pedro Fuller was born in Nicaragua in 1961. Fuller enrolled in La Escuela de Bellas Artes in Managua, Nicaragua from 1976 to 1978 while simultaneously continuing his regular studies in public school. By 1981 he moved to Camden, NJ because of political unrest in his home country. He graduated from Woodrow Wilson High school in Camden before attending the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, PA, where he graduated with a degree in painting in 1985. He has been the recipient of many awards, including prizes from the Perkins Center for the Arts Juried Exhibit (1988), Moorestown, NJ; Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders Prominent Hispanic Honorary Award (1997); and the Camden County Cultural & Heritage Commission (2000).

RAFAEL J. MIRANDA-MATTEI
Rafael J. Miranda-Mattei is a multimedia artist who was born in Bayamon, Puerto Rico in 1984 to parents who worked within the education system and who fostered his love of teaching. In 2008, he graduated from Escuela de Artes Plásticas in Puerto Rico with a BFA in printmaking. Miranda-Mattei’s abstract, commentative, and performative works draw inspiration from Puerto Rico and its social, economic, and political climates. He is currently an art instructor at the LEAP Academy University Charter School and director of the Puerto Rican Arts Center in Camden, NJ.

ERIK JAMES MONTGOMERY
Erik James Montgomery is a self-taught fine arts photographer based in Camden, NJ. Montgomery’s work focuses on creating revolutionary, thought-provoking, and community-based art. Montgomery attended the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, CA as well as Columbia University in New York City, NY. Montgomery’s work has been presented in exhibitions including A New View – Camden a public art exhibition (2021). His project Camden Is…Bright not Blight, consisted of close to 100 portraits of Camden residents. Select exhibitions include (IL)Legal Lynching (2021) and Red, White, Blue, and YOU (2020).

BEVERLY COLLINS-ROBERTS
Beverly Collins-Roberts is a documentary and fine arts photographer, historian, and filmmaker born and raised in Camden, NJ. Collins-Roberts has written, directed, and produced several documentary films. In 2005 she released UNHUSHED! which documented the details of Camden’s 18th-century slave plantation at Pomona Hall. In 2007 and 2009, Collins-Roberts received Art & Change Grants from the Leeway Foundation and a Leeway Transformation Award in 2009. In 2010 she released The Journey, which unearthed the buried history of Camden’s slave plantations, the history of African Americans in the United States, and her travels to the slave castles in Ghana, West Africa.

DONALD T. WILLIAMS
Donald T. Williams is a Camden, NJ native who has worked as a multimedia artist, educator, and art teacher for over 20 years. Williams graduated from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA in 1992 with a BFA in Printmaking and Book Arts with a concentration in Art Education. Williams has worked in Camden as an art teacher at LEAP Academy University Charter School and East Camden Middle School. Awards include the Continuing Ed Community Scholarship Award, LEAP Academy Pioneer Award, Teacher of the Year Award from the Leap Academy University Charter School, New Jersey National Arts Program Best of Show, and Camden Arts Renaissance Best of Show.

PROGRAMS FOR PORTRAITS OF CAMDEN
We invite you to attend our public programming (please check back for additional programs). For questions or to schedule class or group tours of Portraits of Camden, contact Noreen Scott Garrity at ngarrity@camden.rutgers.edu or call (856) 225-6306.
Portraits of Camden – Meet the Artists! – Saturday, October 15, 2022, 2 – 4:30 pm
A public reception for the exhibition and artists at the Stedman Gallery
Special Programs – Dates and Times Vary
These programs are the perfect way to take a break and experience Portraits of Camden on a deeper level. Hear the artists talk about their work and/or demonstrate their process at the posted dates, times, and locations. All are invited, admission is free, and street parking is suggested for this series.
Thursday, October 20
11 AM – 1 PM – Donald T. Williams, sketching in the quad
1 PM – 2 PM – Beverly Collins Roberts, artist’s talk in the Stedman Gallery
Tuesday, October 25
11 AM – 1 PM – Donald T. Williams, sketching in the quad
Thursday, October 27
11 AM – 1 PM – Donald T. Williams, sketching in the quad
1 PM – 2 PM – Rafael J. Miranda-Mattei, artist’s talk in the Stedman Gallery
Thursday, November 3rd
1 PM – 2 PM – Donald T. Williams, artist’s talk in the Stedman Gallery
Thursday, November 10th
1 PM – 2 PM – Kimberly Camp, artist’s talk in the Stedman Gallery
Tuesday, November 15th
9:30 AM – 11 AM – Kimberly Camp, Honors College Seminar, contact cyril.reade@rutgers.edu for a reservation (limited seating)
Thursday, November 17th
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM – Pedro Fuller, artist’s talk in the Stedman Gallery
Thursday, December 8th – POSTPONED – please check back for rescheduled date and time
1 PM – 2 PM – Erik James Montgomery, artist’s talk in the Stedman Gallery – “History of Black Portraiture”
All events are free and open to the public.
This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts; to find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov.
Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts’ exhibitions, education, and community artist programs are funded in part by New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts; The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation; The National Endowment for the Arts Big Read program, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest; EA Michelson Philanthropy; Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; and other generous contributors.