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Juvenile In Justice

Posted May 3, 2015 in Exhibitions, Past Exhibitions

March 4, 2015 – April 22, 2015

Juvenile-in-Justice is a project by photographer Richard Ross to document the placement and treatment of American juveniles housed by law in facilities that treat, confine, punish, assist, and, occasionally, harm them. To date, the project includes photographs and interviews with more than 1,000 juveniles at over 200 facilities in 31 states in the U.S., from detention, correction, and treatment facilities to group homes, police departments, and courtrooms. The work exists at the juncture of art, social practice, and politics

From The Digital Toolbox

Posted June 3, 2014 in Exhibitions, News, Past Exhibitions

January 12, 2015 – February 20, 2015

Computers are ubiquitous in so many aspects of life. Everyone with a cell phone generates digital images, and students are increasingly interested in media art. Responding to this, From the Digital Toolbox features four artists-Nancy Burson, Tim Portlock, Shuli Sade, Siebren Versteeg-all trained as painters, who have turned to multiple digital technologies to produce a variety of work.

Sounds of Camden

Posted June 2, 2014 in Exhibitions, Past Exhibitions

September 29, 2014 – December 18, 2014

As a sequel to the 2012 exhibition, Visions of Camden, which presented a visual history of Camden, Sounds of Camden will explore the city through its music, poetry, and voices from past to present. The exhibition will present examples of Victrolas and phonographs developed in Camden, visual memorabilia and artifacts, and offer recordings from the company’s vast playlist. It will also present live performances and recordings that carry historic and contemporary Sounds of Camden: Camden resident Walt Whitman, music recorded in Camden and contemporary compositions, poetry, recorded oral history.