Rutgers–Camden Center for the Arts presents a series of public programs related to exhibitions and special collaborations with university partners and community organizations. Programs include receptions, performances, speaker series, guided tours, open houses, and other special events!
Spring 2024 Events
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Artist Talk & Closing Reception, Thursday, April 11th, 5:00-7:00
Margery Amdur: Seams to be Constructed, an Exhibition and Community Project
Join us on Thursday, April 11th in the Stedman Gallery for an Artist Talk and Closing Reception of Seams to be Constructed, an exhibition and community project by Margery Amdur. For over three months, Amdur has transformed the Stedman Gallery into a working studio, developing a mixed-media process-oriented fiber installation.
Hear Margery discuss her work from 5:00-6:00, and then join us for a reception from 6:00-7:00. This event is free and open to the public. Food and refreshments will be provided.
This event is hosted in partnership with the Rutgers-Camden Department of Visual, Media, and Performing Arts. Afterwards, Rutgers-Camden Gordon Theater presents Urinetown: the Musical in the adjacent Gordon Theater, starting at 7:30pm. Get your tickets here!
PAST EVENTS:
Coming February 28th at the Gordon Theater at 10AM.
Join us as we celebrate Black History Month with a riveting performance by Karen “Queen nur” Abdul-Malik.
No Mystery in Black History
This interactive program is filled with story, rhythm, history, and song. Featuring a call and response song followed by “An African Drum Story,” Queen Nur introduces various drums from West Africa and describes their communal importance. Engagement continues with Black History in the U.S. through freedom stories, civil rights chants, poetry, music and empowerment tales. Featured are: Henry Box Brown, Stage Coach Mary, MLK, Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, John Lewis, Fannie Lou Hamer, Jackie Robinson and Mamie Peanut Johnson.
Karen “Queen Nur” Abdul-Malik is a nationally renowned storyteller and teaching artist. Queen has performed in venues from the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. to Equity Theater on Broadway, from the National Black Storytelling Festival to the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesboro.
This Event is free to schools in Camden, NJ.
For More Info, Contact:
Rcca-Info@Camden.Rutgers.edu
February 13th at 10AM at the Gordon Theater
New Jersey Poetry Out Loud
Poetry Out Loud (POL) is a national poetry recitation program for students in grades 9-12, or the age/grade equivalent.
National Poetry Out Loud is a partnership of the National Endowment for the Arts, The Poetry Foundation, and the state arts agencies of the United States.
In New Jersey, POL is a project of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts in collaboration with Count Basie Center for the Arts.
Join us for a moving event full of passionate presentations from students all around the region.
For More Info, Contact:
Rcca-Info@Camden.Rutgers.edu