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SUMMARY:Jersey Art Meetup (JAM)
DESCRIPTION:Ghada Amer: A New WorldOn View: October 10 – November 7\, 2026Opening Reception: Saturday\, October 10\, 3-5pmArtist talk + seated dinner: Friday\, October 9\, 6-9pm (tickets sold out)Ghada Amer: A New World\, marks the artist’s conclusion of a three-year Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Council of Princeton\, generously supported by Timothy M. Andrews. It is both record of that residency and reflection on our relationship with Ghada Amer\, which began long before the residency itself. Since 2013\, I have had the privilege of working with Ghada as a teacher\, facilitator\, collaborator\, and\, increasingly\, as a witness to the ways in which her ideas have evolved through clay. What began more than a decade ago as an experiment in a new material has become an extended conversation about art\, desire\, beauty\, failure\, and possibility. The residency provided this conversation with a sustained place and time. Over three years\, Ghada returned again and again to the Arts Council\, testing forms\, materials\, gestures\, and ideas. Clay was never simply a new medium for Ghada\, but became a means of asking questions that had always been present throughout her practice. Through clay\, those questions were allowed to take on new physical and conceptual dimensions. The works in this exhibition emerge from this process of experimentation — they are evidence of not only what Ghada physically created\, but of what can happen when an artist is given the time\, space\, resources\, and freedom to pursue an idea without knowing exactly where it will lead. This is the whole philosophical point of our residency. A New World also represents a continuation rather than a conclusion. Ghada’s ceramic practice has developed over more than 13 years\, and the works presented here demonstrate an artist who remains unwilling to settle into a fixed vocabulary — to becoming a brand. The introduction of new slab forms and vessels alongside the now-recognizable ceramic wall works reflects an ongoing restlessness. Clay continues to offer Ghada a material through which she can resist resolution\, allowing gesture\, image\, and chance to remain in productive tension. About Ghada Amer:Ghada Amer was born in Cairo (Egypt) in 1963. In 1974\, her parents relocated to France where she began her artistic training ten years later at Villa Arson\, Nice\, France. She currently lives and works between New York and Paris and has exhibited among others at the Venice Biennale\, the Sydney Biennale\, the Whitney Biennale\, and the Brooklyn Museum. “I believe that all women should like their bodies and use them as tools of seduction\,” Amer stated; and in her well-known erotic embroideries\, she at once rejects oppressive laws set in place to govern women’s attitudes toward their bodies and repudiates first-wave feminist theory that the body must be denied to prevent victimization. By depicting explicit sexual acts with the delicacy of needle and thread\, their significance assumes a tenderness that simple objectification ignores. Ghada Amer continuously allows herself to explore the dichotomies of an uneasy world and confronts the language of hostility and finality with unsettled narratives of longing and love. Ghada Amer’s work addresses first and foremost the ambiguous\, transitory nature of the paradox that arises when searching for concrete definitions of east and west\, feminine and masculine\, art and craft. Through her paintings\, sculptures and public garden projects\, Amer takes traditional notions of cultural identity\, abstraction\, and religious fundamentalism and turns them on their heads. 								\n				\n										\n						\n									Artist Website
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/jam/2027-04-14/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
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SUMMARY:Stretto Youth Chamber Orchestra
DESCRIPTION:Ghada Amer: A New WorldOn View: October 10 – November 7\, 2026Opening Reception: Saturday\, October 10\, 3-5pmArtist talk + seated dinner: Friday\, October 9\, 6-9pm (tickets sold out)Ghada Amer: A New World\, marks the artist’s conclusion of a three-year Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Council of Princeton\, generously supported by Timothy M. Andrews. It is both record of that residency and reflection on our relationship with Ghada Amer\, which began long before the residency itself. Since 2013\, I have had the privilege of working with Ghada as a teacher\, facilitator\, collaborator\, and\, increasingly\, as a witness to the ways in which her ideas have evolved through clay. What began more than a decade ago as an experiment in a new material has become an extended conversation about art\, desire\, beauty\, failure\, and possibility. The residency provided this conversation with a sustained place and time. Over three years\, Ghada returned again and again to the Arts Council\, testing forms\, materials\, gestures\, and ideas. Clay was never simply a new medium for Ghada\, but became a means of asking questions that had always been present throughout her practice. Through clay\, those questions were allowed to take on new physical and conceptual dimensions. The works in this exhibition emerge from this process of experimentation — they are evidence of not only what Ghada physically created\, but of what can happen when an artist is given the time\, space\, resources\, and freedom to pursue an idea without knowing exactly where it will lead. This is the whole philosophical point of our residency. A New World also represents a continuation rather than a conclusion. Ghada’s ceramic practice has developed over more than 13 years\, and the works presented here demonstrate an artist who remains unwilling to settle into a fixed vocabulary — to becoming a brand. The introduction of new slab forms and vessels alongside the now-recognizable ceramic wall works reflects an ongoing restlessness. Clay continues to offer Ghada a material through which she can resist resolution\, allowing gesture\, image\, and chance to remain in productive tension. About Ghada Amer:Ghada Amer was born in Cairo (Egypt) in 1963. In 1974\, her parents relocated to France where she began her artistic training ten years later at Villa Arson\, Nice\, France. She currently lives and works between New York and Paris and has exhibited among others at the Venice Biennale\, the Sydney Biennale\, the Whitney Biennale\, and the Brooklyn Museum. “I believe that all women should like their bodies and use them as tools of seduction\,” Amer stated; and in her well-known erotic embroideries\, she at once rejects oppressive laws set in place to govern women’s attitudes toward their bodies and repudiates first-wave feminist theory that the body must be denied to prevent victimization. By depicting explicit sexual acts with the delicacy of needle and thread\, their significance assumes a tenderness that simple objectification ignores. Ghada Amer continuously allows herself to explore the dichotomies of an uneasy world and confronts the language of hostility and finality with unsettled narratives of longing and love. Ghada Amer’s work addresses first and foremost the ambiguous\, transitory nature of the paradox that arises when searching for concrete definitions of east and west\, feminine and masculine\, art and craft. Through her paintings\, sculptures and public garden projects\, Amer takes traditional notions of cultural identity\, abstraction\, and religious fundamentalism and turns them on their heads. 								\n				\n										\n						\n									Artist Website
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/stretto-youth-chamber-orchestra-apr27/
LOCATION:Solley Theater – Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Events & Performances,Free or Low Cost
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SUMMARY:Jersey Art Meetup (JAM)
DESCRIPTION:Ghada Amer: A New WorldOn View: October 10 – November 7\, 2026Opening Reception: Saturday\, October 10\, 3-5pmArtist talk + seated dinner: Friday\, October 9\, 6-9pm (tickets sold out)Ghada Amer: A New World\, marks the artist’s conclusion of a three-year Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Council of Princeton\, generously supported by Timothy M. Andrews. It is both record of that residency and reflection on our relationship with Ghada Amer\, which began long before the residency itself. Since 2013\, I have had the privilege of working with Ghada as a teacher\, facilitator\, collaborator\, and\, increasingly\, as a witness to the ways in which her ideas have evolved through clay. What began more than a decade ago as an experiment in a new material has become an extended conversation about art\, desire\, beauty\, failure\, and possibility. The residency provided this conversation with a sustained place and time. Over three years\, Ghada returned again and again to the Arts Council\, testing forms\, materials\, gestures\, and ideas. Clay was never simply a new medium for Ghada\, but became a means of asking questions that had always been present throughout her practice. Through clay\, those questions were allowed to take on new physical and conceptual dimensions. The works in this exhibition emerge from this process of experimentation — they are evidence of not only what Ghada physically created\, but of what can happen when an artist is given the time\, space\, resources\, and freedom to pursue an idea without knowing exactly where it will lead. This is the whole philosophical point of our residency. A New World also represents a continuation rather than a conclusion. Ghada’s ceramic practice has developed over more than 13 years\, and the works presented here demonstrate an artist who remains unwilling to settle into a fixed vocabulary — to becoming a brand. The introduction of new slab forms and vessels alongside the now-recognizable ceramic wall works reflects an ongoing restlessness. Clay continues to offer Ghada a material through which she can resist resolution\, allowing gesture\, image\, and chance to remain in productive tension. About Ghada Amer:Ghada Amer was born in Cairo (Egypt) in 1963. In 1974\, her parents relocated to France where she began her artistic training ten years later at Villa Arson\, Nice\, France. She currently lives and works between New York and Paris and has exhibited among others at the Venice Biennale\, the Sydney Biennale\, the Whitney Biennale\, and the Brooklyn Museum. “I believe that all women should like their bodies and use them as tools of seduction\,” Amer stated; and in her well-known erotic embroideries\, she at once rejects oppressive laws set in place to govern women’s attitudes toward their bodies and repudiates first-wave feminist theory that the body must be denied to prevent victimization. By depicting explicit sexual acts with the delicacy of needle and thread\, their significance assumes a tenderness that simple objectification ignores. Ghada Amer continuously allows herself to explore the dichotomies of an uneasy world and confronts the language of hostility and finality with unsettled narratives of longing and love. Ghada Amer’s work addresses first and foremost the ambiguous\, transitory nature of the paradox that arises when searching for concrete definitions of east and west\, feminine and masculine\, art and craft. Through her paintings\, sculptures and public garden projects\, Amer takes traditional notions of cultural identity\, abstraction\, and religious fundamentalism and turns them on their heads. 								\n				\n										\n						\n									Artist Website
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/jam/2027-04-07/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
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SUMMARY:Jersey Art Meetup (JAM)
DESCRIPTION:Ghada Amer: A New WorldOn View: October 10 – November 7\, 2026Opening Reception: Saturday\, October 10\, 3-5pmArtist talk + seated dinner: Friday\, October 9\, 6-9pm (tickets sold out)Ghada Amer: A New World\, marks the artist’s conclusion of a three-year Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Council of Princeton\, generously supported by Timothy M. Andrews. It is both record of that residency and reflection on our relationship with Ghada Amer\, which began long before the residency itself. Since 2013\, I have had the privilege of working with Ghada as a teacher\, facilitator\, collaborator\, and\, increasingly\, as a witness to the ways in which her ideas have evolved through clay. What began more than a decade ago as an experiment in a new material has become an extended conversation about art\, desire\, beauty\, failure\, and possibility. The residency provided this conversation with a sustained place and time. Over three years\, Ghada returned again and again to the Arts Council\, testing forms\, materials\, gestures\, and ideas. Clay was never simply a new medium for Ghada\, but became a means of asking questions that had always been present throughout her practice. Through clay\, those questions were allowed to take on new physical and conceptual dimensions. The works in this exhibition emerge from this process of experimentation — they are evidence of not only what Ghada physically created\, but of what can happen when an artist is given the time\, space\, resources\, and freedom to pursue an idea without knowing exactly where it will lead. This is the whole philosophical point of our residency. A New World also represents a continuation rather than a conclusion. Ghada’s ceramic practice has developed over more than 13 years\, and the works presented here demonstrate an artist who remains unwilling to settle into a fixed vocabulary — to becoming a brand. The introduction of new slab forms and vessels alongside the now-recognizable ceramic wall works reflects an ongoing restlessness. Clay continues to offer Ghada a material through which she can resist resolution\, allowing gesture\, image\, and chance to remain in productive tension. About Ghada Amer:Ghada Amer was born in Cairo (Egypt) in 1963. In 1974\, her parents relocated to France where she began her artistic training ten years later at Villa Arson\, Nice\, France. She currently lives and works between New York and Paris and has exhibited among others at the Venice Biennale\, the Sydney Biennale\, the Whitney Biennale\, and the Brooklyn Museum. “I believe that all women should like their bodies and use them as tools of seduction\,” Amer stated; and in her well-known erotic embroideries\, she at once rejects oppressive laws set in place to govern women’s attitudes toward their bodies and repudiates first-wave feminist theory that the body must be denied to prevent victimization. By depicting explicit sexual acts with the delicacy of needle and thread\, their significance assumes a tenderness that simple objectification ignores. Ghada Amer continuously allows herself to explore the dichotomies of an uneasy world and confronts the language of hostility and finality with unsettled narratives of longing and love. Ghada Amer’s work addresses first and foremost the ambiguous\, transitory nature of the paradox that arises when searching for concrete definitions of east and west\, feminine and masculine\, art and craft. Through her paintings\, sculptures and public garden projects\, Amer takes traditional notions of cultural identity\, abstraction\, and religious fundamentalism and turns them on their heads. 								\n				\n										\n						\n									Artist Website
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/jam/2027-03-31/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
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SUMMARY:Café Improv
DESCRIPTION:Ghada Amer: A New WorldOn View: October 10 – November 7\, 2026Opening Reception: Saturday\, October 10\, 3-5pmArtist talk + seated dinner: Friday\, October 9\, 6-9pm (tickets sold out)Ghada Amer: A New World\, marks the artist’s conclusion of a three-year Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Council of Princeton\, generously supported by Timothy M. Andrews. It is both record of that residency and reflection on our relationship with Ghada Amer\, which began long before the residency itself. Since 2013\, I have had the privilege of working with Ghada as a teacher\, facilitator\, collaborator\, and\, increasingly\, as a witness to the ways in which her ideas have evolved through clay. What began more than a decade ago as an experiment in a new material has become an extended conversation about art\, desire\, beauty\, failure\, and possibility. The residency provided this conversation with a sustained place and time. Over three years\, Ghada returned again and again to the Arts Council\, testing forms\, materials\, gestures\, and ideas. Clay was never simply a new medium for Ghada\, but became a means of asking questions that had always been present throughout her practice. Through clay\, those questions were allowed to take on new physical and conceptual dimensions. The works in this exhibition emerge from this process of experimentation — they are evidence of not only what Ghada physically created\, but of what can happen when an artist is given the time\, space\, resources\, and freedom to pursue an idea without knowing exactly where it will lead. This is the whole philosophical point of our residency. A New World also represents a continuation rather than a conclusion. Ghada’s ceramic practice has developed over more than 13 years\, and the works presented here demonstrate an artist who remains unwilling to settle into a fixed vocabulary — to becoming a brand. The introduction of new slab forms and vessels alongside the now-recognizable ceramic wall works reflects an ongoing restlessness. Clay continues to offer Ghada a material through which she can resist resolution\, allowing gesture\, image\, and chance to remain in productive tension. About Ghada Amer:Ghada Amer was born in Cairo (Egypt) in 1963. In 1974\, her parents relocated to France where she began her artistic training ten years later at Villa Arson\, Nice\, France. She currently lives and works between New York and Paris and has exhibited among others at the Venice Biennale\, the Sydney Biennale\, the Whitney Biennale\, and the Brooklyn Museum. “I believe that all women should like their bodies and use them as tools of seduction\,” Amer stated; and in her well-known erotic embroideries\, she at once rejects oppressive laws set in place to govern women’s attitudes toward their bodies and repudiates first-wave feminist theory that the body must be denied to prevent victimization. By depicting explicit sexual acts with the delicacy of needle and thread\, their significance assumes a tenderness that simple objectification ignores. Ghada Amer continuously allows herself to explore the dichotomies of an uneasy world and confronts the language of hostility and finality with unsettled narratives of longing and love. Ghada Amer’s work addresses first and foremost the ambiguous\, transitory nature of the paradox that arises when searching for concrete definitions of east and west\, feminine and masculine\, art and craft. Through her paintings\, sculptures and public garden projects\, Amer takes traditional notions of cultural identity\, abstraction\, and religious fundamentalism and turns them on their heads. 								\n				\n										\n						\n									Artist Website
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/monthly-cafe-improv-open-mic-2/2027-03-27/
LOCATION:Solley Theater – Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Events & Performances,Free or Low Cost
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SUMMARY:Jersey Art Meetup (JAM)
DESCRIPTION:Ghada Amer: A New WorldOn View: October 10 – November 7\, 2026Opening Reception: Saturday\, October 10\, 3-5pmArtist talk + seated dinner: Friday\, October 9\, 6-9pm (tickets sold out)Ghada Amer: A New World\, marks the artist’s conclusion of a three-year Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Council of Princeton\, generously supported by Timothy M. Andrews. It is both record of that residency and reflection on our relationship with Ghada Amer\, which began long before the residency itself. Since 2013\, I have had the privilege of working with Ghada as a teacher\, facilitator\, collaborator\, and\, increasingly\, as a witness to the ways in which her ideas have evolved through clay. What began more than a decade ago as an experiment in a new material has become an extended conversation about art\, desire\, beauty\, failure\, and possibility. The residency provided this conversation with a sustained place and time. Over three years\, Ghada returned again and again to the Arts Council\, testing forms\, materials\, gestures\, and ideas. Clay was never simply a new medium for Ghada\, but became a means of asking questions that had always been present throughout her practice. Through clay\, those questions were allowed to take on new physical and conceptual dimensions. The works in this exhibition emerge from this process of experimentation — they are evidence of not only what Ghada physically created\, but of what can happen when an artist is given the time\, space\, resources\, and freedom to pursue an idea without knowing exactly where it will lead. This is the whole philosophical point of our residency. A New World also represents a continuation rather than a conclusion. Ghada’s ceramic practice has developed over more than 13 years\, and the works presented here demonstrate an artist who remains unwilling to settle into a fixed vocabulary — to becoming a brand. The introduction of new slab forms and vessels alongside the now-recognizable ceramic wall works reflects an ongoing restlessness. Clay continues to offer Ghada a material through which she can resist resolution\, allowing gesture\, image\, and chance to remain in productive tension. About Ghada Amer:Ghada Amer was born in Cairo (Egypt) in 1963. In 1974\, her parents relocated to France where she began her artistic training ten years later at Villa Arson\, Nice\, France. She currently lives and works between New York and Paris and has exhibited among others at the Venice Biennale\, the Sydney Biennale\, the Whitney Biennale\, and the Brooklyn Museum. “I believe that all women should like their bodies and use them as tools of seduction\,” Amer stated; and in her well-known erotic embroideries\, she at once rejects oppressive laws set in place to govern women’s attitudes toward their bodies and repudiates first-wave feminist theory that the body must be denied to prevent victimization. By depicting explicit sexual acts with the delicacy of needle and thread\, their significance assumes a tenderness that simple objectification ignores. Ghada Amer continuously allows herself to explore the dichotomies of an uneasy world and confronts the language of hostility and finality with unsettled narratives of longing and love. Ghada Amer’s work addresses first and foremost the ambiguous\, transitory nature of the paradox that arises when searching for concrete definitions of east and west\, feminine and masculine\, art and craft. Through her paintings\, sculptures and public garden projects\, Amer takes traditional notions of cultural identity\, abstraction\, and religious fundamentalism and turns them on their heads. 								\n				\n										\n						\n									Artist Website
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/jam/2027-03-24/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270317T210000
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SUMMARY:Jersey Art Meetup (JAM)
DESCRIPTION:Ghada Amer: A New WorldOn View: October 10 – November 7\, 2026Opening Reception: Saturday\, October 10\, 3-5pmArtist talk + seated dinner: Friday\, October 9\, 6-9pm (tickets sold out)Ghada Amer: A New World\, marks the artist’s conclusion of a three-year Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Council of Princeton\, generously supported by Timothy M. Andrews. It is both record of that residency and reflection on our relationship with Ghada Amer\, which began long before the residency itself. Since 2013\, I have had the privilege of working with Ghada as a teacher\, facilitator\, collaborator\, and\, increasingly\, as a witness to the ways in which her ideas have evolved through clay. What began more than a decade ago as an experiment in a new material has become an extended conversation about art\, desire\, beauty\, failure\, and possibility. The residency provided this conversation with a sustained place and time. Over three years\, Ghada returned again and again to the Arts Council\, testing forms\, materials\, gestures\, and ideas. Clay was never simply a new medium for Ghada\, but became a means of asking questions that had always been present throughout her practice. Through clay\, those questions were allowed to take on new physical and conceptual dimensions. The works in this exhibition emerge from this process of experimentation — they are evidence of not only what Ghada physically created\, but of what can happen when an artist is given the time\, space\, resources\, and freedom to pursue an idea without knowing exactly where it will lead. This is the whole philosophical point of our residency. A New World also represents a continuation rather than a conclusion. Ghada’s ceramic practice has developed over more than 13 years\, and the works presented here demonstrate an artist who remains unwilling to settle into a fixed vocabulary — to becoming a brand. The introduction of new slab forms and vessels alongside the now-recognizable ceramic wall works reflects an ongoing restlessness. Clay continues to offer Ghada a material through which she can resist resolution\, allowing gesture\, image\, and chance to remain in productive tension. About Ghada Amer:Ghada Amer was born in Cairo (Egypt) in 1963. In 1974\, her parents relocated to France where she began her artistic training ten years later at Villa Arson\, Nice\, France. She currently lives and works between New York and Paris and has exhibited among others at the Venice Biennale\, the Sydney Biennale\, the Whitney Biennale\, and the Brooklyn Museum. “I believe that all women should like their bodies and use them as tools of seduction\,” Amer stated; and in her well-known erotic embroideries\, she at once rejects oppressive laws set in place to govern women’s attitudes toward their bodies and repudiates first-wave feminist theory that the body must be denied to prevent victimization. By depicting explicit sexual acts with the delicacy of needle and thread\, their significance assumes a tenderness that simple objectification ignores. Ghada Amer continuously allows herself to explore the dichotomies of an uneasy world and confronts the language of hostility and finality with unsettled narratives of longing and love. Ghada Amer’s work addresses first and foremost the ambiguous\, transitory nature of the paradox that arises when searching for concrete definitions of east and west\, feminine and masculine\, art and craft. Through her paintings\, sculptures and public garden projects\, Amer takes traditional notions of cultural identity\, abstraction\, and religious fundamentalism and turns them on their heads. 								\n				\n										\n						\n									Artist Website
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/jam/2027-03-17/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
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SUMMARY:Jersey Art Meetup (JAM)
DESCRIPTION:Ghada Amer: A New WorldOn View: October 10 – November 7\, 2026Opening Reception: Saturday\, October 10\, 3-5pmArtist talk + seated dinner: Friday\, October 9\, 6-9pm (tickets sold out)Ghada Amer: A New World\, marks the artist’s conclusion of a three-year Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Council of Princeton\, generously supported by Timothy M. Andrews. It is both record of that residency and reflection on our relationship with Ghada Amer\, which began long before the residency itself. Since 2013\, I have had the privilege of working with Ghada as a teacher\, facilitator\, collaborator\, and\, increasingly\, as a witness to the ways in which her ideas have evolved through clay. What began more than a decade ago as an experiment in a new material has become an extended conversation about art\, desire\, beauty\, failure\, and possibility. The residency provided this conversation with a sustained place and time. Over three years\, Ghada returned again and again to the Arts Council\, testing forms\, materials\, gestures\, and ideas. Clay was never simply a new medium for Ghada\, but became a means of asking questions that had always been present throughout her practice. Through clay\, those questions were allowed to take on new physical and conceptual dimensions. The works in this exhibition emerge from this process of experimentation — they are evidence of not only what Ghada physically created\, but of what can happen when an artist is given the time\, space\, resources\, and freedom to pursue an idea without knowing exactly where it will lead. This is the whole philosophical point of our residency. A New World also represents a continuation rather than a conclusion. Ghada’s ceramic practice has developed over more than 13 years\, and the works presented here demonstrate an artist who remains unwilling to settle into a fixed vocabulary — to becoming a brand. The introduction of new slab forms and vessels alongside the now-recognizable ceramic wall works reflects an ongoing restlessness. Clay continues to offer Ghada a material through which she can resist resolution\, allowing gesture\, image\, and chance to remain in productive tension. About Ghada Amer:Ghada Amer was born in Cairo (Egypt) in 1963. In 1974\, her parents relocated to France where she began her artistic training ten years later at Villa Arson\, Nice\, France. She currently lives and works between New York and Paris and has exhibited among others at the Venice Biennale\, the Sydney Biennale\, the Whitney Biennale\, and the Brooklyn Museum. “I believe that all women should like their bodies and use them as tools of seduction\,” Amer stated; and in her well-known erotic embroideries\, she at once rejects oppressive laws set in place to govern women’s attitudes toward their bodies and repudiates first-wave feminist theory that the body must be denied to prevent victimization. By depicting explicit sexual acts with the delicacy of needle and thread\, their significance assumes a tenderness that simple objectification ignores. Ghada Amer continuously allows herself to explore the dichotomies of an uneasy world and confronts the language of hostility and finality with unsettled narratives of longing and love. Ghada Amer’s work addresses first and foremost the ambiguous\, transitory nature of the paradox that arises when searching for concrete definitions of east and west\, feminine and masculine\, art and craft. Through her paintings\, sculptures and public garden projects\, Amer takes traditional notions of cultural identity\, abstraction\, and religious fundamentalism and turns them on their heads. 								\n				\n										\n						\n									Artist Website
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/jam/2027-03-10/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/COMICMAKERS_JAMBANNER-e1718819987740-copy.webp
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270309T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270309T200000
DTSTAMP:20261014T141605Z
CREATED:20261014T141502Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261014T141605Z
UID:10002830-1804617000-1804622400@artscouncilofprinceton.org
SUMMARY:PRINCETON CRIT | Small Group Critique
DESCRIPTION:Ghada Amer: A New WorldOn View: October 10 – November 7\, 2026Opening Reception: Saturday\, October 10\, 3-5pmArtist talk + seated dinner: Friday\, October 9\, 6-9pm (tickets sold out)Ghada Amer: A New World\, marks the artist’s conclusion of a three-year Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Council of Princeton\, generously supported by Timothy M. Andrews. It is both record of that residency and reflection on our relationship with Ghada Amer\, which began long before the residency itself. Since 2013\, I have had the privilege of working with Ghada as a teacher\, facilitator\, collaborator\, and\, increasingly\, as a witness to the ways in which her ideas have evolved through clay. What began more than a decade ago as an experiment in a new material has become an extended conversation about art\, desire\, beauty\, failure\, and possibility. The residency provided this conversation with a sustained place and time. Over three years\, Ghada returned again and again to the Arts Council\, testing forms\, materials\, gestures\, and ideas. Clay was never simply a new medium for Ghada\, but became a means of asking questions that had always been present throughout her practice. Through clay\, those questions were allowed to take on new physical and conceptual dimensions. The works in this exhibition emerge from this process of experimentation — they are evidence of not only what Ghada physically created\, but of what can happen when an artist is given the time\, space\, resources\, and freedom to pursue an idea without knowing exactly where it will lead. This is the whole philosophical point of our residency. A New World also represents a continuation rather than a conclusion. Ghada’s ceramic practice has developed over more than 13 years\, and the works presented here demonstrate an artist who remains unwilling to settle into a fixed vocabulary — to becoming a brand. The introduction of new slab forms and vessels alongside the now-recognizable ceramic wall works reflects an ongoing restlessness. Clay continues to offer Ghada a material through which she can resist resolution\, allowing gesture\, image\, and chance to remain in productive tension. About Ghada Amer:Ghada Amer was born in Cairo (Egypt) in 1963. In 1974\, her parents relocated to France where she began her artistic training ten years later at Villa Arson\, Nice\, France. She currently lives and works between New York and Paris and has exhibited among others at the Venice Biennale\, the Sydney Biennale\, the Whitney Biennale\, and the Brooklyn Museum. “I believe that all women should like their bodies and use them as tools of seduction\,” Amer stated; and in her well-known erotic embroideries\, she at once rejects oppressive laws set in place to govern women’s attitudes toward their bodies and repudiates first-wave feminist theory that the body must be denied to prevent victimization. By depicting explicit sexual acts with the delicacy of needle and thread\, their significance assumes a tenderness that simple objectification ignores. Ghada Amer continuously allows herself to explore the dichotomies of an uneasy world and confronts the language of hostility and finality with unsettled narratives of longing and love. Ghada Amer’s work addresses first and foremost the ambiguous\, transitory nature of the paradox that arises when searching for concrete definitions of east and west\, feminine and masculine\, art and craft. Through her paintings\, sculptures and public garden projects\, Amer takes traditional notions of cultural identity\, abstraction\, and religious fundamentalism and turns them on their heads. 								\n				\n										\n						\n									Artist Website
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/princeton-crit-small-group-critique-mar27/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Events & Performances,Free or Low Cost,Workshops
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/image.webp
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270303T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270303T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001290-1804100400-1804107600@artscouncilofprinceton.org
SUMMARY:Jersey Art Meetup (JAM)
DESCRIPTION:Ghada Amer: A New WorldOn View: October 10 – November 7\, 2026Opening Reception: Saturday\, October 10\, 3-5pmArtist talk + seated dinner: Friday\, October 9\, 6-9pm (tickets sold out)Ghada Amer: A New World\, marks the artist’s conclusion of a three-year Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Council of Princeton\, generously supported by Timothy M. Andrews. It is both record of that residency and reflection on our relationship with Ghada Amer\, which began long before the residency itself. Since 2013\, I have had the privilege of working with Ghada as a teacher\, facilitator\, collaborator\, and\, increasingly\, as a witness to the ways in which her ideas have evolved through clay. What began more than a decade ago as an experiment in a new material has become an extended conversation about art\, desire\, beauty\, failure\, and possibility. The residency provided this conversation with a sustained place and time. Over three years\, Ghada returned again and again to the Arts Council\, testing forms\, materials\, gestures\, and ideas. Clay was never simply a new medium for Ghada\, but became a means of asking questions that had always been present throughout her practice. Through clay\, those questions were allowed to take on new physical and conceptual dimensions. The works in this exhibition emerge from this process of experimentation — they are evidence of not only what Ghada physically created\, but of what can happen when an artist is given the time\, space\, resources\, and freedom to pursue an idea without knowing exactly where it will lead. This is the whole philosophical point of our residency. A New World also represents a continuation rather than a conclusion. Ghada’s ceramic practice has developed over more than 13 years\, and the works presented here demonstrate an artist who remains unwilling to settle into a fixed vocabulary — to becoming a brand. The introduction of new slab forms and vessels alongside the now-recognizable ceramic wall works reflects an ongoing restlessness. Clay continues to offer Ghada a material through which she can resist resolution\, allowing gesture\, image\, and chance to remain in productive tension. About Ghada Amer:Ghada Amer was born in Cairo (Egypt) in 1963. In 1974\, her parents relocated to France where she began her artistic training ten years later at Villa Arson\, Nice\, France. She currently lives and works between New York and Paris and has exhibited among others at the Venice Biennale\, the Sydney Biennale\, the Whitney Biennale\, and the Brooklyn Museum. “I believe that all women should like their bodies and use them as tools of seduction\,” Amer stated; and in her well-known erotic embroideries\, she at once rejects oppressive laws set in place to govern women’s attitudes toward their bodies and repudiates first-wave feminist theory that the body must be denied to prevent victimization. By depicting explicit sexual acts with the delicacy of needle and thread\, their significance assumes a tenderness that simple objectification ignores. Ghada Amer continuously allows herself to explore the dichotomies of an uneasy world and confronts the language of hostility and finality with unsettled narratives of longing and love. Ghada Amer’s work addresses first and foremost the ambiguous\, transitory nature of the paradox that arises when searching for concrete definitions of east and west\, feminine and masculine\, art and craft. Through her paintings\, sculptures and public garden projects\, Amer takes traditional notions of cultural identity\, abstraction\, and religious fundamentalism and turns them on their heads. 								\n				\n										\n						\n									Artist Website
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/jam/2027-03-03/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/COMICMAKERS_JAMBANNER-e1718819987740-copy.webp
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270227T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270227T220000
DTSTAMP:20260521T162326Z
CREATED:20260521T162127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260521T162326Z
UID:10002658-1803754800-1803765600@artscouncilofprinceton.org
SUMMARY:Café Improv
DESCRIPTION:Ghada Amer: A New WorldOn View: October 10 – November 7\, 2026Opening Reception: Saturday\, October 10\, 3-5pmArtist talk + seated dinner: Friday\, October 9\, 6-9pm (tickets sold out)Ghada Amer: A New World\, marks the artist’s conclusion of a three-year Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Council of Princeton\, generously supported by Timothy M. Andrews. It is both record of that residency and reflection on our relationship with Ghada Amer\, which began long before the residency itself. Since 2013\, I have had the privilege of working with Ghada as a teacher\, facilitator\, collaborator\, and\, increasingly\, as a witness to the ways in which her ideas have evolved through clay. What began more than a decade ago as an experiment in a new material has become an extended conversation about art\, desire\, beauty\, failure\, and possibility. The residency provided this conversation with a sustained place and time. Over three years\, Ghada returned again and again to the Arts Council\, testing forms\, materials\, gestures\, and ideas. Clay was never simply a new medium for Ghada\, but became a means of asking questions that had always been present throughout her practice. Through clay\, those questions were allowed to take on new physical and conceptual dimensions. The works in this exhibition emerge from this process of experimentation — they are evidence of not only what Ghada physically created\, but of what can happen when an artist is given the time\, space\, resources\, and freedom to pursue an idea without knowing exactly where it will lead. This is the whole philosophical point of our residency. A New World also represents a continuation rather than a conclusion. Ghada’s ceramic practice has developed over more than 13 years\, and the works presented here demonstrate an artist who remains unwilling to settle into a fixed vocabulary — to becoming a brand. The introduction of new slab forms and vessels alongside the now-recognizable ceramic wall works reflects an ongoing restlessness. Clay continues to offer Ghada a material through which she can resist resolution\, allowing gesture\, image\, and chance to remain in productive tension. About Ghada Amer:Ghada Amer was born in Cairo (Egypt) in 1963. In 1974\, her parents relocated to France where she began her artistic training ten years later at Villa Arson\, Nice\, France. She currently lives and works between New York and Paris and has exhibited among others at the Venice Biennale\, the Sydney Biennale\, the Whitney Biennale\, and the Brooklyn Museum. “I believe that all women should like their bodies and use them as tools of seduction\,” Amer stated; and in her well-known erotic embroideries\, she at once rejects oppressive laws set in place to govern women’s attitudes toward their bodies and repudiates first-wave feminist theory that the body must be denied to prevent victimization. By depicting explicit sexual acts with the delicacy of needle and thread\, their significance assumes a tenderness that simple objectification ignores. Ghada Amer continuously allows herself to explore the dichotomies of an uneasy world and confronts the language of hostility and finality with unsettled narratives of longing and love. Ghada Amer’s work addresses first and foremost the ambiguous\, transitory nature of the paradox that arises when searching for concrete definitions of east and west\, feminine and masculine\, art and craft. Through her paintings\, sculptures and public garden projects\, Amer takes traditional notions of cultural identity\, abstraction\, and religious fundamentalism and turns them on their heads. 								\n				\n										\n						\n									Artist Website
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/monthly-cafe-improv-open-mic-2/2027-02-27/
LOCATION:Solley Theater – Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Events & Performances,Free or Low Cost
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270224T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270224T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001289-1803495600-1803502800@artscouncilofprinceton.org
SUMMARY:Jersey Art Meetup (JAM)
DESCRIPTION:Ghada Amer: A New WorldOn View: October 10 – November 7\, 2026Opening Reception: Saturday\, October 10\, 3-5pmArtist talk + seated dinner: Friday\, October 9\, 6-9pm (tickets sold out)Ghada Amer: A New World\, marks the artist’s conclusion of a three-year Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Council of Princeton\, generously supported by Timothy M. Andrews. It is both record of that residency and reflection on our relationship with Ghada Amer\, which began long before the residency itself. Since 2013\, I have had the privilege of working with Ghada as a teacher\, facilitator\, collaborator\, and\, increasingly\, as a witness to the ways in which her ideas have evolved through clay. What began more than a decade ago as an experiment in a new material has become an extended conversation about art\, desire\, beauty\, failure\, and possibility. The residency provided this conversation with a sustained place and time. Over three years\, Ghada returned again and again to the Arts Council\, testing forms\, materials\, gestures\, and ideas. Clay was never simply a new medium for Ghada\, but became a means of asking questions that had always been present throughout her practice. Through clay\, those questions were allowed to take on new physical and conceptual dimensions. The works in this exhibition emerge from this process of experimentation — they are evidence of not only what Ghada physically created\, but of what can happen when an artist is given the time\, space\, resources\, and freedom to pursue an idea without knowing exactly where it will lead. This is the whole philosophical point of our residency. A New World also represents a continuation rather than a conclusion. Ghada’s ceramic practice has developed over more than 13 years\, and the works presented here demonstrate an artist who remains unwilling to settle into a fixed vocabulary — to becoming a brand. The introduction of new slab forms and vessels alongside the now-recognizable ceramic wall works reflects an ongoing restlessness. Clay continues to offer Ghada a material through which she can resist resolution\, allowing gesture\, image\, and chance to remain in productive tension. About Ghada Amer:Ghada Amer was born in Cairo (Egypt) in 1963. In 1974\, her parents relocated to France where she began her artistic training ten years later at Villa Arson\, Nice\, France. She currently lives and works between New York and Paris and has exhibited among others at the Venice Biennale\, the Sydney Biennale\, the Whitney Biennale\, and the Brooklyn Museum. “I believe that all women should like their bodies and use them as tools of seduction\,” Amer stated; and in her well-known erotic embroideries\, she at once rejects oppressive laws set in place to govern women’s attitudes toward their bodies and repudiates first-wave feminist theory that the body must be denied to prevent victimization. By depicting explicit sexual acts with the delicacy of needle and thread\, their significance assumes a tenderness that simple objectification ignores. Ghada Amer continuously allows herself to explore the dichotomies of an uneasy world and confronts the language of hostility and finality with unsettled narratives of longing and love. Ghada Amer’s work addresses first and foremost the ambiguous\, transitory nature of the paradox that arises when searching for concrete definitions of east and west\, feminine and masculine\, art and craft. Through her paintings\, sculptures and public garden projects\, Amer takes traditional notions of cultural identity\, abstraction\, and religious fundamentalism and turns them on their heads. 								\n				\n										\n						\n									Artist Website
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/jam/2027-02-24/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/COMICMAKERS_JAMBANNER-e1718819987740-copy.webp
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270217T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270217T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001288-1802890800-1802898000@artscouncilofprinceton.org
SUMMARY:Jersey Art Meetup (JAM)
DESCRIPTION:Ghada Amer: A New WorldOn View: October 10 – November 7\, 2026Opening Reception: Saturday\, October 10\, 3-5pmArtist talk + seated dinner: Friday\, October 9\, 6-9pm (tickets sold out)Ghada Amer: A New World\, marks the artist’s conclusion of a three-year Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Council of Princeton\, generously supported by Timothy M. Andrews. It is both record of that residency and reflection on our relationship with Ghada Amer\, which began long before the residency itself. Since 2013\, I have had the privilege of working with Ghada as a teacher\, facilitator\, collaborator\, and\, increasingly\, as a witness to the ways in which her ideas have evolved through clay. What began more than a decade ago as an experiment in a new material has become an extended conversation about art\, desire\, beauty\, failure\, and possibility. The residency provided this conversation with a sustained place and time. Over three years\, Ghada returned again and again to the Arts Council\, testing forms\, materials\, gestures\, and ideas. Clay was never simply a new medium for Ghada\, but became a means of asking questions that had always been present throughout her practice. Through clay\, those questions were allowed to take on new physical and conceptual dimensions. The works in this exhibition emerge from this process of experimentation — they are evidence of not only what Ghada physically created\, but of what can happen when an artist is given the time\, space\, resources\, and freedom to pursue an idea without knowing exactly where it will lead. This is the whole philosophical point of our residency. A New World also represents a continuation rather than a conclusion. Ghada’s ceramic practice has developed over more than 13 years\, and the works presented here demonstrate an artist who remains unwilling to settle into a fixed vocabulary — to becoming a brand. The introduction of new slab forms and vessels alongside the now-recognizable ceramic wall works reflects an ongoing restlessness. Clay continues to offer Ghada a material through which she can resist resolution\, allowing gesture\, image\, and chance to remain in productive tension. About Ghada Amer:Ghada Amer was born in Cairo (Egypt) in 1963. In 1974\, her parents relocated to France where she began her artistic training ten years later at Villa Arson\, Nice\, France. She currently lives and works between New York and Paris and has exhibited among others at the Venice Biennale\, the Sydney Biennale\, the Whitney Biennale\, and the Brooklyn Museum. “I believe that all women should like their bodies and use them as tools of seduction\,” Amer stated; and in her well-known erotic embroideries\, she at once rejects oppressive laws set in place to govern women’s attitudes toward their bodies and repudiates first-wave feminist theory that the body must be denied to prevent victimization. By depicting explicit sexual acts with the delicacy of needle and thread\, their significance assumes a tenderness that simple objectification ignores. Ghada Amer continuously allows herself to explore the dichotomies of an uneasy world and confronts the language of hostility and finality with unsettled narratives of longing and love. Ghada Amer’s work addresses first and foremost the ambiguous\, transitory nature of the paradox that arises when searching for concrete definitions of east and west\, feminine and masculine\, art and craft. Through her paintings\, sculptures and public garden projects\, Amer takes traditional notions of cultural identity\, abstraction\, and religious fundamentalism and turns them on their heads. 								\n				\n										\n						\n									Artist Website
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/jam/2027-02-17/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/COMICMAKERS_JAMBANNER-e1718819987740-copy.webp
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270212T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270212T200000
DTSTAMP:20260716T152221Z
CREATED:20260716T152141Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260716T152221Z
UID:10002754-1802457000-1802462400@artscouncilofprinceton.org
SUMMARY:ACP BYOB: Paint Your Date!
DESCRIPTION:Ghada Amer: A New WorldOn View: October 10 – November 7\, 2026Opening Reception: Saturday\, October 10\, 3-5pmArtist talk + seated dinner: Friday\, October 9\, 6-9pm (tickets sold out)Ghada Amer: A New World\, marks the artist’s conclusion of a three-year Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Council of Princeton\, generously supported by Timothy M. Andrews. It is both record of that residency and reflection on our relationship with Ghada Amer\, which began long before the residency itself. Since 2013\, I have had the privilege of working with Ghada as a teacher\, facilitator\, collaborator\, and\, increasingly\, as a witness to the ways in which her ideas have evolved through clay. What began more than a decade ago as an experiment in a new material has become an extended conversation about art\, desire\, beauty\, failure\, and possibility. The residency provided this conversation with a sustained place and time. Over three years\, Ghada returned again and again to the Arts Council\, testing forms\, materials\, gestures\, and ideas. Clay was never simply a new medium for Ghada\, but became a means of asking questions that had always been present throughout her practice. Through clay\, those questions were allowed to take on new physical and conceptual dimensions. The works in this exhibition emerge from this process of experimentation — they are evidence of not only what Ghada physically created\, but of what can happen when an artist is given the time\, space\, resources\, and freedom to pursue an idea without knowing exactly where it will lead. This is the whole philosophical point of our residency. A New World also represents a continuation rather than a conclusion. Ghada’s ceramic practice has developed over more than 13 years\, and the works presented here demonstrate an artist who remains unwilling to settle into a fixed vocabulary — to becoming a brand. The introduction of new slab forms and vessels alongside the now-recognizable ceramic wall works reflects an ongoing restlessness. Clay continues to offer Ghada a material through which she can resist resolution\, allowing gesture\, image\, and chance to remain in productive tension. About Ghada Amer:Ghada Amer was born in Cairo (Egypt) in 1963. In 1974\, her parents relocated to France where she began her artistic training ten years later at Villa Arson\, Nice\, France. She currently lives and works between New York and Paris and has exhibited among others at the Venice Biennale\, the Sydney Biennale\, the Whitney Biennale\, and the Brooklyn Museum. “I believe that all women should like their bodies and use them as tools of seduction\,” Amer stated; and in her well-known erotic embroideries\, she at once rejects oppressive laws set in place to govern women’s attitudes toward their bodies and repudiates first-wave feminist theory that the body must be denied to prevent victimization. By depicting explicit sexual acts with the delicacy of needle and thread\, their significance assumes a tenderness that simple objectification ignores. Ghada Amer continuously allows herself to explore the dichotomies of an uneasy world and confronts the language of hostility and finality with unsettled narratives of longing and love. Ghada Amer’s work addresses first and foremost the ambiguous\, transitory nature of the paradox that arises when searching for concrete definitions of east and west\, feminine and masculine\, art and craft. Through her paintings\, sculptures and public garden projects\, Amer takes traditional notions of cultural identity\, abstraction\, and religious fundamentalism and turns them on their heads. 								\n				\n										\n						\n									Artist Website
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/acp-byob-paint-your-date/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Workshops
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/image.webp
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270210T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270210T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001287-1802286000-1802293200@artscouncilofprinceton.org
SUMMARY:Jersey Art Meetup (JAM)
DESCRIPTION:Ghada Amer: A New WorldOn View: October 10 – November 7\, 2026Opening Reception: Saturday\, October 10\, 3-5pmArtist talk + seated dinner: Friday\, October 9\, 6-9pm (tickets sold out)Ghada Amer: A New World\, marks the artist’s conclusion of a three-year Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Council of Princeton\, generously supported by Timothy M. Andrews. It is both record of that residency and reflection on our relationship with Ghada Amer\, which began long before the residency itself. Since 2013\, I have had the privilege of working with Ghada as a teacher\, facilitator\, collaborator\, and\, increasingly\, as a witness to the ways in which her ideas have evolved through clay. What began more than a decade ago as an experiment in a new material has become an extended conversation about art\, desire\, beauty\, failure\, and possibility. The residency provided this conversation with a sustained place and time. Over three years\, Ghada returned again and again to the Arts Council\, testing forms\, materials\, gestures\, and ideas. Clay was never simply a new medium for Ghada\, but became a means of asking questions that had always been present throughout her practice. Through clay\, those questions were allowed to take on new physical and conceptual dimensions. The works in this exhibition emerge from this process of experimentation — they are evidence of not only what Ghada physically created\, but of what can happen when an artist is given the time\, space\, resources\, and freedom to pursue an idea without knowing exactly where it will lead. This is the whole philosophical point of our residency. A New World also represents a continuation rather than a conclusion. Ghada’s ceramic practice has developed over more than 13 years\, and the works presented here demonstrate an artist who remains unwilling to settle into a fixed vocabulary — to becoming a brand. The introduction of new slab forms and vessels alongside the now-recognizable ceramic wall works reflects an ongoing restlessness. Clay continues to offer Ghada a material through which she can resist resolution\, allowing gesture\, image\, and chance to remain in productive tension. About Ghada Amer:Ghada Amer was born in Cairo (Egypt) in 1963. In 1974\, her parents relocated to France where she began her artistic training ten years later at Villa Arson\, Nice\, France. She currently lives and works between New York and Paris and has exhibited among others at the Venice Biennale\, the Sydney Biennale\, the Whitney Biennale\, and the Brooklyn Museum. “I believe that all women should like their bodies and use them as tools of seduction\,” Amer stated; and in her well-known erotic embroideries\, she at once rejects oppressive laws set in place to govern women’s attitudes toward their bodies and repudiates first-wave feminist theory that the body must be denied to prevent victimization. By depicting explicit sexual acts with the delicacy of needle and thread\, their significance assumes a tenderness that simple objectification ignores. Ghada Amer continuously allows herself to explore the dichotomies of an uneasy world and confronts the language of hostility and finality with unsettled narratives of longing and love. Ghada Amer’s work addresses first and foremost the ambiguous\, transitory nature of the paradox that arises when searching for concrete definitions of east and west\, feminine and masculine\, art and craft. Through her paintings\, sculptures and public garden projects\, Amer takes traditional notions of cultural identity\, abstraction\, and religious fundamentalism and turns them on their heads. 								\n				\n										\n						\n									Artist Website
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/jam/2027-02-10/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/COMICMAKERS_JAMBANNER-e1718819987740-copy.webp
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270209T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270209T200000
DTSTAMP:20261014T141838Z
CREATED:20261014T141327Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261014T141838Z
UID:10002829-1802197800-1802203200@artscouncilofprinceton.org
SUMMARY:PRINCETON CRIT | Small Group Critique
DESCRIPTION:Ghada Amer: A New WorldOn View: October 10 – November 7\, 2026Opening Reception: Saturday\, October 10\, 3-5pmArtist talk + seated dinner: Friday\, October 9\, 6-9pm (tickets sold out)Ghada Amer: A New World\, marks the artist’s conclusion of a three-year Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Council of Princeton\, generously supported by Timothy M. Andrews. It is both record of that residency and reflection on our relationship with Ghada Amer\, which began long before the residency itself. Since 2013\, I have had the privilege of working with Ghada as a teacher\, facilitator\, collaborator\, and\, increasingly\, as a witness to the ways in which her ideas have evolved through clay. What began more than a decade ago as an experiment in a new material has become an extended conversation about art\, desire\, beauty\, failure\, and possibility. The residency provided this conversation with a sustained place and time. Over three years\, Ghada returned again and again to the Arts Council\, testing forms\, materials\, gestures\, and ideas. Clay was never simply a new medium for Ghada\, but became a means of asking questions that had always been present throughout her practice. Through clay\, those questions were allowed to take on new physical and conceptual dimensions. The works in this exhibition emerge from this process of experimentation — they are evidence of not only what Ghada physically created\, but of what can happen when an artist is given the time\, space\, resources\, and freedom to pursue an idea without knowing exactly where it will lead. This is the whole philosophical point of our residency. A New World also represents a continuation rather than a conclusion. Ghada’s ceramic practice has developed over more than 13 years\, and the works presented here demonstrate an artist who remains unwilling to settle into a fixed vocabulary — to becoming a brand. The introduction of new slab forms and vessels alongside the now-recognizable ceramic wall works reflects an ongoing restlessness. Clay continues to offer Ghada a material through which she can resist resolution\, allowing gesture\, image\, and chance to remain in productive tension. About Ghada Amer:Ghada Amer was born in Cairo (Egypt) in 1963. In 1974\, her parents relocated to France where she began her artistic training ten years later at Villa Arson\, Nice\, France. She currently lives and works between New York and Paris and has exhibited among others at the Venice Biennale\, the Sydney Biennale\, the Whitney Biennale\, and the Brooklyn Museum. “I believe that all women should like their bodies and use them as tools of seduction\,” Amer stated; and in her well-known erotic embroideries\, she at once rejects oppressive laws set in place to govern women’s attitudes toward their bodies and repudiates first-wave feminist theory that the body must be denied to prevent victimization. By depicting explicit sexual acts with the delicacy of needle and thread\, their significance assumes a tenderness that simple objectification ignores. Ghada Amer continuously allows herself to explore the dichotomies of an uneasy world and confronts the language of hostility and finality with unsettled narratives of longing and love. Ghada Amer’s work addresses first and foremost the ambiguous\, transitory nature of the paradox that arises when searching for concrete definitions of east and west\, feminine and masculine\, art and craft. Through her paintings\, sculptures and public garden projects\, Amer takes traditional notions of cultural identity\, abstraction\, and religious fundamentalism and turns them on their heads. 								\n				\n										\n						\n									Artist Website
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/princeton-crit-small-group-critique-feb27/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Events & Performances,Free or Low Cost,Workshops
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/image.webp
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270203T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270203T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001286-1801681200-1801688400@artscouncilofprinceton.org
SUMMARY:Jersey Art Meetup (JAM)
DESCRIPTION:Ghada Amer: A New WorldOn View: October 10 – November 7\, 2026Opening Reception: Saturday\, October 10\, 3-5pmArtist talk + seated dinner: Friday\, October 9\, 6-9pm (tickets sold out)Ghada Amer: A New World\, marks the artist’s conclusion of a three-year Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Council of Princeton\, generously supported by Timothy M. Andrews. It is both record of that residency and reflection on our relationship with Ghada Amer\, which began long before the residency itself. Since 2013\, I have had the privilege of working with Ghada as a teacher\, facilitator\, collaborator\, and\, increasingly\, as a witness to the ways in which her ideas have evolved through clay. What began more than a decade ago as an experiment in a new material has become an extended conversation about art\, desire\, beauty\, failure\, and possibility. The residency provided this conversation with a sustained place and time. Over three years\, Ghada returned again and again to the Arts Council\, testing forms\, materials\, gestures\, and ideas. Clay was never simply a new medium for Ghada\, but became a means of asking questions that had always been present throughout her practice. Through clay\, those questions were allowed to take on new physical and conceptual dimensions. The works in this exhibition emerge from this process of experimentation — they are evidence of not only what Ghada physically created\, but of what can happen when an artist is given the time\, space\, resources\, and freedom to pursue an idea without knowing exactly where it will lead. This is the whole philosophical point of our residency. A New World also represents a continuation rather than a conclusion. Ghada’s ceramic practice has developed over more than 13 years\, and the works presented here demonstrate an artist who remains unwilling to settle into a fixed vocabulary — to becoming a brand. The introduction of new slab forms and vessels alongside the now-recognizable ceramic wall works reflects an ongoing restlessness. Clay continues to offer Ghada a material through which she can resist resolution\, allowing gesture\, image\, and chance to remain in productive tension. About Ghada Amer:Ghada Amer was born in Cairo (Egypt) in 1963. In 1974\, her parents relocated to France where she began her artistic training ten years later at Villa Arson\, Nice\, France. She currently lives and works between New York and Paris and has exhibited among others at the Venice Biennale\, the Sydney Biennale\, the Whitney Biennale\, and the Brooklyn Museum. “I believe that all women should like their bodies and use them as tools of seduction\,” Amer stated; and in her well-known erotic embroideries\, she at once rejects oppressive laws set in place to govern women’s attitudes toward their bodies and repudiates first-wave feminist theory that the body must be denied to prevent victimization. By depicting explicit sexual acts with the delicacy of needle and thread\, their significance assumes a tenderness that simple objectification ignores. Ghada Amer continuously allows herself to explore the dichotomies of an uneasy world and confronts the language of hostility and finality with unsettled narratives of longing and love. Ghada Amer’s work addresses first and foremost the ambiguous\, transitory nature of the paradox that arises when searching for concrete definitions of east and west\, feminine and masculine\, art and craft. Through her paintings\, sculptures and public garden projects\, Amer takes traditional notions of cultural identity\, abstraction\, and religious fundamentalism and turns them on their heads. 								\n				\n										\n						\n									Artist Website
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/jam/2027-02-03/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/COMICMAKERS_JAMBANNER-e1718819987740-copy.webp
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270127T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270127T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001285-1801076400-1801083600@artscouncilofprinceton.org
SUMMARY:Jersey Art Meetup (JAM)
DESCRIPTION:Ghada Amer: A New WorldOn View: October 10 – November 7\, 2026Opening Reception: Saturday\, October 10\, 3-5pmArtist talk + seated dinner: Friday\, October 9\, 6-9pm (tickets sold out)Ghada Amer: A New World\, marks the artist’s conclusion of a three-year Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Council of Princeton\, generously supported by Timothy M. Andrews. It is both record of that residency and reflection on our relationship with Ghada Amer\, which began long before the residency itself. Since 2013\, I have had the privilege of working with Ghada as a teacher\, facilitator\, collaborator\, and\, increasingly\, as a witness to the ways in which her ideas have evolved through clay. What began more than a decade ago as an experiment in a new material has become an extended conversation about art\, desire\, beauty\, failure\, and possibility. The residency provided this conversation with a sustained place and time. Over three years\, Ghada returned again and again to the Arts Council\, testing forms\, materials\, gestures\, and ideas. Clay was never simply a new medium for Ghada\, but became a means of asking questions that had always been present throughout her practice. Through clay\, those questions were allowed to take on new physical and conceptual dimensions. The works in this exhibition emerge from this process of experimentation — they are evidence of not only what Ghada physically created\, but of what can happen when an artist is given the time\, space\, resources\, and freedom to pursue an idea without knowing exactly where it will lead. This is the whole philosophical point of our residency. A New World also represents a continuation rather than a conclusion. Ghada’s ceramic practice has developed over more than 13 years\, and the works presented here demonstrate an artist who remains unwilling to settle into a fixed vocabulary — to becoming a brand. The introduction of new slab forms and vessels alongside the now-recognizable ceramic wall works reflects an ongoing restlessness. Clay continues to offer Ghada a material through which she can resist resolution\, allowing gesture\, image\, and chance to remain in productive tension. About Ghada Amer:Ghada Amer was born in Cairo (Egypt) in 1963. In 1974\, her parents relocated to France where she began her artistic training ten years later at Villa Arson\, Nice\, France. She currently lives and works between New York and Paris and has exhibited among others at the Venice Biennale\, the Sydney Biennale\, the Whitney Biennale\, and the Brooklyn Museum. “I believe that all women should like their bodies and use them as tools of seduction\,” Amer stated; and in her well-known erotic embroideries\, she at once rejects oppressive laws set in place to govern women’s attitudes toward their bodies and repudiates first-wave feminist theory that the body must be denied to prevent victimization. By depicting explicit sexual acts with the delicacy of needle and thread\, their significance assumes a tenderness that simple objectification ignores. Ghada Amer continuously allows herself to explore the dichotomies of an uneasy world and confronts the language of hostility and finality with unsettled narratives of longing and love. Ghada Amer’s work addresses first and foremost the ambiguous\, transitory nature of the paradox that arises when searching for concrete definitions of east and west\, feminine and masculine\, art and craft. Through her paintings\, sculptures and public garden projects\, Amer takes traditional notions of cultural identity\, abstraction\, and religious fundamentalism and turns them on their heads. 								\n				\n										\n						\n									Artist Website
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/jam/2027-01-27/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/COMICMAKERS_JAMBANNER-e1718819987740-copy.webp
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270123T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270123T220000
DTSTAMP:20260521T162326Z
CREATED:20260521T162127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260521T162326Z
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SUMMARY:Café Improv
DESCRIPTION:Ghada Amer: A New WorldOn View: October 10 – November 7\, 2026Opening Reception: Saturday\, October 10\, 3-5pmArtist talk + seated dinner: Friday\, October 9\, 6-9pm (tickets sold out)Ghada Amer: A New World\, marks the artist’s conclusion of a three-year Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Council of Princeton\, generously supported by Timothy M. Andrews. It is both record of that residency and reflection on our relationship with Ghada Amer\, which began long before the residency itself. Since 2013\, I have had the privilege of working with Ghada as a teacher\, facilitator\, collaborator\, and\, increasingly\, as a witness to the ways in which her ideas have evolved through clay. What began more than a decade ago as an experiment in a new material has become an extended conversation about art\, desire\, beauty\, failure\, and possibility. The residency provided this conversation with a sustained place and time. Over three years\, Ghada returned again and again to the Arts Council\, testing forms\, materials\, gestures\, and ideas. Clay was never simply a new medium for Ghada\, but became a means of asking questions that had always been present throughout her practice. Through clay\, those questions were allowed to take on new physical and conceptual dimensions. The works in this exhibition emerge from this process of experimentation — they are evidence of not only what Ghada physically created\, but of what can happen when an artist is given the time\, space\, resources\, and freedom to pursue an idea without knowing exactly where it will lead. This is the whole philosophical point of our residency. A New World also represents a continuation rather than a conclusion. Ghada’s ceramic practice has developed over more than 13 years\, and the works presented here demonstrate an artist who remains unwilling to settle into a fixed vocabulary — to becoming a brand. The introduction of new slab forms and vessels alongside the now-recognizable ceramic wall works reflects an ongoing restlessness. Clay continues to offer Ghada a material through which she can resist resolution\, allowing gesture\, image\, and chance to remain in productive tension. About Ghada Amer:Ghada Amer was born in Cairo (Egypt) in 1963. In 1974\, her parents relocated to France where she began her artistic training ten years later at Villa Arson\, Nice\, France. She currently lives and works between New York and Paris and has exhibited among others at the Venice Biennale\, the Sydney Biennale\, the Whitney Biennale\, and the Brooklyn Museum. “I believe that all women should like their bodies and use them as tools of seduction\,” Amer stated; and in her well-known erotic embroideries\, she at once rejects oppressive laws set in place to govern women’s attitudes toward their bodies and repudiates first-wave feminist theory that the body must be denied to prevent victimization. By depicting explicit sexual acts with the delicacy of needle and thread\, their significance assumes a tenderness that simple objectification ignores. Ghada Amer continuously allows herself to explore the dichotomies of an uneasy world and confronts the language of hostility and finality with unsettled narratives of longing and love. Ghada Amer’s work addresses first and foremost the ambiguous\, transitory nature of the paradox that arises when searching for concrete definitions of east and west\, feminine and masculine\, art and craft. Through her paintings\, sculptures and public garden projects\, Amer takes traditional notions of cultural identity\, abstraction\, and religious fundamentalism and turns them on their heads. 								\n				\n										\n						\n									Artist Website
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/monthly-cafe-improv-open-mic-2/2027-01-23/
LOCATION:Solley Theater – Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Events & Performances,Free or Low Cost
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/9330769.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270120T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270120T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001284-1800471600-1800478800@artscouncilofprinceton.org
SUMMARY:Jersey Art Meetup (JAM)
DESCRIPTION:Ghada Amer: A New WorldOn View: October 10 – November 7\, 2026Opening Reception: Saturday\, October 10\, 3-5pmArtist talk + seated dinner: Friday\, October 9\, 6-9pm (tickets sold out)Ghada Amer: A New World\, marks the artist’s conclusion of a three-year Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Council of Princeton\, generously supported by Timothy M. Andrews. It is both record of that residency and reflection on our relationship with Ghada Amer\, which began long before the residency itself. Since 2013\, I have had the privilege of working with Ghada as a teacher\, facilitator\, collaborator\, and\, increasingly\, as a witness to the ways in which her ideas have evolved through clay. What began more than a decade ago as an experiment in a new material has become an extended conversation about art\, desire\, beauty\, failure\, and possibility. The residency provided this conversation with a sustained place and time. Over three years\, Ghada returned again and again to the Arts Council\, testing forms\, materials\, gestures\, and ideas. Clay was never simply a new medium for Ghada\, but became a means of asking questions that had always been present throughout her practice. Through clay\, those questions were allowed to take on new physical and conceptual dimensions. The works in this exhibition emerge from this process of experimentation — they are evidence of not only what Ghada physically created\, but of what can happen when an artist is given the time\, space\, resources\, and freedom to pursue an idea without knowing exactly where it will lead. This is the whole philosophical point of our residency. A New World also represents a continuation rather than a conclusion. Ghada’s ceramic practice has developed over more than 13 years\, and the works presented here demonstrate an artist who remains unwilling to settle into a fixed vocabulary — to becoming a brand. The introduction of new slab forms and vessels alongside the now-recognizable ceramic wall works reflects an ongoing restlessness. Clay continues to offer Ghada a material through which she can resist resolution\, allowing gesture\, image\, and chance to remain in productive tension. About Ghada Amer:Ghada Amer was born in Cairo (Egypt) in 1963. In 1974\, her parents relocated to France where she began her artistic training ten years later at Villa Arson\, Nice\, France. She currently lives and works between New York and Paris and has exhibited among others at the Venice Biennale\, the Sydney Biennale\, the Whitney Biennale\, and the Brooklyn Museum. “I believe that all women should like their bodies and use them as tools of seduction\,” Amer stated; and in her well-known erotic embroideries\, she at once rejects oppressive laws set in place to govern women’s attitudes toward their bodies and repudiates first-wave feminist theory that the body must be denied to prevent victimization. By depicting explicit sexual acts with the delicacy of needle and thread\, their significance assumes a tenderness that simple objectification ignores. Ghada Amer continuously allows herself to explore the dichotomies of an uneasy world and confronts the language of hostility and finality with unsettled narratives of longing and love. Ghada Amer’s work addresses first and foremost the ambiguous\, transitory nature of the paradox that arises when searching for concrete definitions of east and west\, feminine and masculine\, art and craft. Through her paintings\, sculptures and public garden projects\, Amer takes traditional notions of cultural identity\, abstraction\, and religious fundamentalism and turns them on their heads. 								\n				\n										\n						\n									Artist Website
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/jam/2027-01-20/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/COMICMAKERS_JAMBANNER-e1718819987740-copy.webp
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270113T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270113T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001283-1799866800-1799874000@artscouncilofprinceton.org
SUMMARY:Jersey Art Meetup (JAM)
DESCRIPTION:Ghada Amer: A New WorldOn View: October 10 – November 7\, 2026Opening Reception: Saturday\, October 10\, 3-5pmArtist talk + seated dinner: Friday\, October 9\, 6-9pm (tickets sold out)Ghada Amer: A New World\, marks the artist’s conclusion of a three-year Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Council of Princeton\, generously supported by Timothy M. Andrews. It is both record of that residency and reflection on our relationship with Ghada Amer\, which began long before the residency itself. Since 2013\, I have had the privilege of working with Ghada as a teacher\, facilitator\, collaborator\, and\, increasingly\, as a witness to the ways in which her ideas have evolved through clay. What began more than a decade ago as an experiment in a new material has become an extended conversation about art\, desire\, beauty\, failure\, and possibility. The residency provided this conversation with a sustained place and time. Over three years\, Ghada returned again and again to the Arts Council\, testing forms\, materials\, gestures\, and ideas. Clay was never simply a new medium for Ghada\, but became a means of asking questions that had always been present throughout her practice. Through clay\, those questions were allowed to take on new physical and conceptual dimensions. The works in this exhibition emerge from this process of experimentation — they are evidence of not only what Ghada physically created\, but of what can happen when an artist is given the time\, space\, resources\, and freedom to pursue an idea without knowing exactly where it will lead. This is the whole philosophical point of our residency. A New World also represents a continuation rather than a conclusion. Ghada’s ceramic practice has developed over more than 13 years\, and the works presented here demonstrate an artist who remains unwilling to settle into a fixed vocabulary — to becoming a brand. The introduction of new slab forms and vessels alongside the now-recognizable ceramic wall works reflects an ongoing restlessness. Clay continues to offer Ghada a material through which she can resist resolution\, allowing gesture\, image\, and chance to remain in productive tension. About Ghada Amer:Ghada Amer was born in Cairo (Egypt) in 1963. In 1974\, her parents relocated to France where she began her artistic training ten years later at Villa Arson\, Nice\, France. She currently lives and works between New York and Paris and has exhibited among others at the Venice Biennale\, the Sydney Biennale\, the Whitney Biennale\, and the Brooklyn Museum. “I believe that all women should like their bodies and use them as tools of seduction\,” Amer stated; and in her well-known erotic embroideries\, she at once rejects oppressive laws set in place to govern women’s attitudes toward their bodies and repudiates first-wave feminist theory that the body must be denied to prevent victimization. By depicting explicit sexual acts with the delicacy of needle and thread\, their significance assumes a tenderness that simple objectification ignores. Ghada Amer continuously allows herself to explore the dichotomies of an uneasy world and confronts the language of hostility and finality with unsettled narratives of longing and love. Ghada Amer’s work addresses first and foremost the ambiguous\, transitory nature of the paradox that arises when searching for concrete definitions of east and west\, feminine and masculine\, art and craft. Through her paintings\, sculptures and public garden projects\, Amer takes traditional notions of cultural identity\, abstraction\, and religious fundamentalism and turns them on their heads. 								\n				\n										\n						\n									Artist Website
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/jam/2027-01-13/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/COMICMAKERS_JAMBANNER-e1718819987740-copy.webp
END:VEVENT
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270112T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270112T200000
DTSTAMP:20261014T141037Z
CREATED:20261014T140751Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261014T141037Z
UID:10002828-1799778600-1799784000@artscouncilofprinceton.org
SUMMARY:PRINCETON CRIT | Small Group Critique
DESCRIPTION:Ghada Amer: A New WorldOn View: October 10 – November 7\, 2026Opening Reception: Saturday\, October 10\, 3-5pmArtist talk + seated dinner: Friday\, October 9\, 6-9pm (tickets sold out)Ghada Amer: A New World\, marks the artist’s conclusion of a three-year Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Council of Princeton\, generously supported by Timothy M. Andrews. It is both record of that residency and reflection on our relationship with Ghada Amer\, which began long before the residency itself. Since 2013\, I have had the privilege of working with Ghada as a teacher\, facilitator\, collaborator\, and\, increasingly\, as a witness to the ways in which her ideas have evolved through clay. What began more than a decade ago as an experiment in a new material has become an extended conversation about art\, desire\, beauty\, failure\, and possibility. The residency provided this conversation with a sustained place and time. Over three years\, Ghada returned again and again to the Arts Council\, testing forms\, materials\, gestures\, and ideas. Clay was never simply a new medium for Ghada\, but became a means of asking questions that had always been present throughout her practice. Through clay\, those questions were allowed to take on new physical and conceptual dimensions. The works in this exhibition emerge from this process of experimentation — they are evidence of not only what Ghada physically created\, but of what can happen when an artist is given the time\, space\, resources\, and freedom to pursue an idea without knowing exactly where it will lead. This is the whole philosophical point of our residency. A New World also represents a continuation rather than a conclusion. Ghada’s ceramic practice has developed over more than 13 years\, and the works presented here demonstrate an artist who remains unwilling to settle into a fixed vocabulary — to becoming a brand. The introduction of new slab forms and vessels alongside the now-recognizable ceramic wall works reflects an ongoing restlessness. Clay continues to offer Ghada a material through which she can resist resolution\, allowing gesture\, image\, and chance to remain in productive tension. About Ghada Amer:Ghada Amer was born in Cairo (Egypt) in 1963. In 1974\, her parents relocated to France where she began her artistic training ten years later at Villa Arson\, Nice\, France. She currently lives and works between New York and Paris and has exhibited among others at the Venice Biennale\, the Sydney Biennale\, the Whitney Biennale\, and the Brooklyn Museum. “I believe that all women should like their bodies and use them as tools of seduction\,” Amer stated; and in her well-known erotic embroideries\, she at once rejects oppressive laws set in place to govern women’s attitudes toward their bodies and repudiates first-wave feminist theory that the body must be denied to prevent victimization. By depicting explicit sexual acts with the delicacy of needle and thread\, their significance assumes a tenderness that simple objectification ignores. Ghada Amer continuously allows herself to explore the dichotomies of an uneasy world and confronts the language of hostility and finality with unsettled narratives of longing and love. Ghada Amer’s work addresses first and foremost the ambiguous\, transitory nature of the paradox that arises when searching for concrete definitions of east and west\, feminine and masculine\, art and craft. Through her paintings\, sculptures and public garden projects\, Amer takes traditional notions of cultural identity\, abstraction\, and religious fundamentalism and turns them on their heads. 								\n				\n										\n						\n									Artist Website
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/princeton-crit-small-group-critique-jan27/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Events & Performances,Free or Low Cost,Workshops
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/image.webp
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270106T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270106T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001282-1799262000-1799269200@artscouncilofprinceton.org
SUMMARY:Jersey Art Meetup (JAM)
DESCRIPTION:Ghada Amer: A New WorldOn View: October 10 – November 7\, 2026Opening Reception: Saturday\, October 10\, 3-5pmArtist talk + seated dinner: Friday\, October 9\, 6-9pm (tickets sold out)Ghada Amer: A New World\, marks the artist’s conclusion of a three-year Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Council of Princeton\, generously supported by Timothy M. Andrews. It is both record of that residency and reflection on our relationship with Ghada Amer\, which began long before the residency itself. Since 2013\, I have had the privilege of working with Ghada as a teacher\, facilitator\, collaborator\, and\, increasingly\, as a witness to the ways in which her ideas have evolved through clay. What began more than a decade ago as an experiment in a new material has become an extended conversation about art\, desire\, beauty\, failure\, and possibility. The residency provided this conversation with a sustained place and time. Over three years\, Ghada returned again and again to the Arts Council\, testing forms\, materials\, gestures\, and ideas. Clay was never simply a new medium for Ghada\, but became a means of asking questions that had always been present throughout her practice. Through clay\, those questions were allowed to take on new physical and conceptual dimensions. The works in this exhibition emerge from this process of experimentation — they are evidence of not only what Ghada physically created\, but of what can happen when an artist is given the time\, space\, resources\, and freedom to pursue an idea without knowing exactly where it will lead. This is the whole philosophical point of our residency. A New World also represents a continuation rather than a conclusion. Ghada’s ceramic practice has developed over more than 13 years\, and the works presented here demonstrate an artist who remains unwilling to settle into a fixed vocabulary — to becoming a brand. The introduction of new slab forms and vessels alongside the now-recognizable ceramic wall works reflects an ongoing restlessness. Clay continues to offer Ghada a material through which she can resist resolution\, allowing gesture\, image\, and chance to remain in productive tension. About Ghada Amer:Ghada Amer was born in Cairo (Egypt) in 1963. In 1974\, her parents relocated to France where she began her artistic training ten years later at Villa Arson\, Nice\, France. She currently lives and works between New York and Paris and has exhibited among others at the Venice Biennale\, the Sydney Biennale\, the Whitney Biennale\, and the Brooklyn Museum. “I believe that all women should like their bodies and use them as tools of seduction\,” Amer stated; and in her well-known erotic embroideries\, she at once rejects oppressive laws set in place to govern women’s attitudes toward their bodies and repudiates first-wave feminist theory that the body must be denied to prevent victimization. By depicting explicit sexual acts with the delicacy of needle and thread\, their significance assumes a tenderness that simple objectification ignores. Ghada Amer continuously allows herself to explore the dichotomies of an uneasy world and confronts the language of hostility and finality with unsettled narratives of longing and love. Ghada Amer’s work addresses first and foremost the ambiguous\, transitory nature of the paradox that arises when searching for concrete definitions of east and west\, feminine and masculine\, art and craft. Through her paintings\, sculptures and public garden projects\, Amer takes traditional notions of cultural identity\, abstraction\, and religious fundamentalism and turns them on their heads. 								\n				\n										\n						\n									Artist Website
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/jam/2027-01-06/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/COMICMAKERS_JAMBANNER-e1718819987740-copy.webp
END:VEVENT
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261219T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261219T220000
DTSTAMP:20260521T162326Z
CREATED:20260521T162127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260521T162326Z
UID:10002656-1797706800-1797717600@artscouncilofprinceton.org
SUMMARY:Café Improv
DESCRIPTION:Ghada Amer: A New WorldOn View: October 10 – November 7\, 2026Opening Reception: Saturday\, October 10\, 3-5pmArtist talk + seated dinner: Friday\, October 9\, 6-9pm (tickets sold out)Ghada Amer: A New World\, marks the artist’s conclusion of a three-year Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Council of Princeton\, generously supported by Timothy M. Andrews. It is both record of that residency and reflection on our relationship with Ghada Amer\, which began long before the residency itself. Since 2013\, I have had the privilege of working with Ghada as a teacher\, facilitator\, collaborator\, and\, increasingly\, as a witness to the ways in which her ideas have evolved through clay. What began more than a decade ago as an experiment in a new material has become an extended conversation about art\, desire\, beauty\, failure\, and possibility. The residency provided this conversation with a sustained place and time. Over three years\, Ghada returned again and again to the Arts Council\, testing forms\, materials\, gestures\, and ideas. Clay was never simply a new medium for Ghada\, but became a means of asking questions that had always been present throughout her practice. Through clay\, those questions were allowed to take on new physical and conceptual dimensions. The works in this exhibition emerge from this process of experimentation — they are evidence of not only what Ghada physically created\, but of what can happen when an artist is given the time\, space\, resources\, and freedom to pursue an idea without knowing exactly where it will lead. This is the whole philosophical point of our residency. A New World also represents a continuation rather than a conclusion. Ghada’s ceramic practice has developed over more than 13 years\, and the works presented here demonstrate an artist who remains unwilling to settle into a fixed vocabulary — to becoming a brand. The introduction of new slab forms and vessels alongside the now-recognizable ceramic wall works reflects an ongoing restlessness. Clay continues to offer Ghada a material through which she can resist resolution\, allowing gesture\, image\, and chance to remain in productive tension. About Ghada Amer:Ghada Amer was born in Cairo (Egypt) in 1963. In 1974\, her parents relocated to France where she began her artistic training ten years later at Villa Arson\, Nice\, France. She currently lives and works between New York and Paris and has exhibited among others at the Venice Biennale\, the Sydney Biennale\, the Whitney Biennale\, and the Brooklyn Museum. “I believe that all women should like their bodies and use them as tools of seduction\,” Amer stated; and in her well-known erotic embroideries\, she at once rejects oppressive laws set in place to govern women’s attitudes toward their bodies and repudiates first-wave feminist theory that the body must be denied to prevent victimization. By depicting explicit sexual acts with the delicacy of needle and thread\, their significance assumes a tenderness that simple objectification ignores. Ghada Amer continuously allows herself to explore the dichotomies of an uneasy world and confronts the language of hostility and finality with unsettled narratives of longing and love. Ghada Amer’s work addresses first and foremost the ambiguous\, transitory nature of the paradox that arises when searching for concrete definitions of east and west\, feminine and masculine\, art and craft. Through her paintings\, sculptures and public garden projects\, Amer takes traditional notions of cultural identity\, abstraction\, and religious fundamentalism and turns them on their heads. 								\n				\n										\n						\n									Artist Website
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/monthly-cafe-improv-open-mic-2/2026-12-19/
LOCATION:Solley Theater – Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Events & Performances,Free or Low Cost
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261217T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261217T210000
DTSTAMP:20260515T194844Z
CREATED:20260515T194830Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260515T194844Z
UID:10002641-1797534000-1797541200@artscouncilofprinceton.org
SUMMARY:Story & Verse: A Storytelling and Poetic Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Ghada Amer: A New WorldOn View: October 10 – November 7\, 2026Opening Reception: Saturday\, October 10\, 3-5pmArtist talk + seated dinner: Friday\, October 9\, 6-9pm (tickets sold out)Ghada Amer: A New World\, marks the artist’s conclusion of a three-year Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Council of Princeton\, generously supported by Timothy M. Andrews. It is both record of that residency and reflection on our relationship with Ghada Amer\, which began long before the residency itself. Since 2013\, I have had the privilege of working with Ghada as a teacher\, facilitator\, collaborator\, and\, increasingly\, as a witness to the ways in which her ideas have evolved through clay. What began more than a decade ago as an experiment in a new material has become an extended conversation about art\, desire\, beauty\, failure\, and possibility. The residency provided this conversation with a sustained place and time. Over three years\, Ghada returned again and again to the Arts Council\, testing forms\, materials\, gestures\, and ideas. Clay was never simply a new medium for Ghada\, but became a means of asking questions that had always been present throughout her practice. Through clay\, those questions were allowed to take on new physical and conceptual dimensions. The works in this exhibition emerge from this process of experimentation — they are evidence of not only what Ghada physically created\, but of what can happen when an artist is given the time\, space\, resources\, and freedom to pursue an idea without knowing exactly where it will lead. This is the whole philosophical point of our residency. A New World also represents a continuation rather than a conclusion. Ghada’s ceramic practice has developed over more than 13 years\, and the works presented here demonstrate an artist who remains unwilling to settle into a fixed vocabulary — to becoming a brand. The introduction of new slab forms and vessels alongside the now-recognizable ceramic wall works reflects an ongoing restlessness. Clay continues to offer Ghada a material through which she can resist resolution\, allowing gesture\, image\, and chance to remain in productive tension. About Ghada Amer:Ghada Amer was born in Cairo (Egypt) in 1963. In 1974\, her parents relocated to France where she began her artistic training ten years later at Villa Arson\, Nice\, France. She currently lives and works between New York and Paris and has exhibited among others at the Venice Biennale\, the Sydney Biennale\, the Whitney Biennale\, and the Brooklyn Museum. “I believe that all women should like their bodies and use them as tools of seduction\,” Amer stated; and in her well-known erotic embroideries\, she at once rejects oppressive laws set in place to govern women’s attitudes toward their bodies and repudiates first-wave feminist theory that the body must be denied to prevent victimization. By depicting explicit sexual acts with the delicacy of needle and thread\, their significance assumes a tenderness that simple objectification ignores. Ghada Amer continuously allows herself to explore the dichotomies of an uneasy world and confronts the language of hostility and finality with unsettled narratives of longing and love. Ghada Amer’s work addresses first and foremost the ambiguous\, transitory nature of the paradox that arises when searching for concrete definitions of east and west\, feminine and masculine\, art and craft. Through her paintings\, sculptures and public garden projects\, Amer takes traditional notions of cultural identity\, abstraction\, and religious fundamentalism and turns them on their heads. 								\n				\n										\n						\n									Artist Website
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/story-verse-a-storytelling-and-poetic-open-mic-dec26/
LOCATION:Solley Theater – Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Events & Performances,Free or Low Cost
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261217T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261220T180000
DTSTAMP:20260916T203322Z
CREATED:20260916T203018Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T203322Z
UID:10002805-1797508800-1797789600@artscouncilofprinceton.org
SUMMARY:Artist Winter Village: Week 6
DESCRIPTION:Ghada Amer: A New WorldOn View: October 10 – November 7\, 2026Opening Reception: Saturday\, October 10\, 3-5pmArtist talk + seated dinner: Friday\, October 9\, 6-9pm (tickets sold out)Ghada Amer: A New World\, marks the artist’s conclusion of a three-year Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Council of Princeton\, generously supported by Timothy M. Andrews. It is both record of that residency and reflection on our relationship with Ghada Amer\, which began long before the residency itself. Since 2013\, I have had the privilege of working with Ghada as a teacher\, facilitator\, collaborator\, and\, increasingly\, as a witness to the ways in which her ideas have evolved through clay. What began more than a decade ago as an experiment in a new material has become an extended conversation about art\, desire\, beauty\, failure\, and possibility. The residency provided this conversation with a sustained place and time. Over three years\, Ghada returned again and again to the Arts Council\, testing forms\, materials\, gestures\, and ideas. Clay was never simply a new medium for Ghada\, but became a means of asking questions that had always been present throughout her practice. Through clay\, those questions were allowed to take on new physical and conceptual dimensions. The works in this exhibition emerge from this process of experimentation — they are evidence of not only what Ghada physically created\, but of what can happen when an artist is given the time\, space\, resources\, and freedom to pursue an idea without knowing exactly where it will lead. This is the whole philosophical point of our residency. A New World also represents a continuation rather than a conclusion. Ghada’s ceramic practice has developed over more than 13 years\, and the works presented here demonstrate an artist who remains unwilling to settle into a fixed vocabulary — to becoming a brand. The introduction of new slab forms and vessels alongside the now-recognizable ceramic wall works reflects an ongoing restlessness. Clay continues to offer Ghada a material through which she can resist resolution\, allowing gesture\, image\, and chance to remain in productive tension. About Ghada Amer:Ghada Amer was born in Cairo (Egypt) in 1963. In 1974\, her parents relocated to France where she began her artistic training ten years later at Villa Arson\, Nice\, France. She currently lives and works between New York and Paris and has exhibited among others at the Venice Biennale\, the Sydney Biennale\, the Whitney Biennale\, and the Brooklyn Museum. “I believe that all women should like their bodies and use them as tools of seduction\,” Amer stated; and in her well-known erotic embroideries\, she at once rejects oppressive laws set in place to govern women’s attitudes toward their bodies and repudiates first-wave feminist theory that the body must be denied to prevent victimization. By depicting explicit sexual acts with the delicacy of needle and thread\, their significance assumes a tenderness that simple objectification ignores. Ghada Amer continuously allows herself to explore the dichotomies of an uneasy world and confronts the language of hostility and finality with unsettled narratives of longing and love. Ghada Amer’s work addresses first and foremost the ambiguous\, transitory nature of the paradox that arises when searching for concrete definitions of east and west\, feminine and masculine\, art and craft. Through her paintings\, sculptures and public garden projects\, Amer takes traditional notions of cultural identity\, abstraction\, and religious fundamentalism and turns them on their heads. 								\n				\n										\n						\n									Artist Website
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/artist-winter-village-week-6/
LOCATION:Hinds Plaza\, 66 Witherspoon Street\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08542
CATEGORIES:Community,Events & Performances,Free or Low Cost
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261216T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261216T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
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SUMMARY:Jersey Art Meetup (JAM)
DESCRIPTION:Ghada Amer: A New WorldOn View: October 10 – November 7\, 2026Opening Reception: Saturday\, October 10\, 3-5pmArtist talk + seated dinner: Friday\, October 9\, 6-9pm (tickets sold out)Ghada Amer: A New World\, marks the artist’s conclusion of a three-year Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Council of Princeton\, generously supported by Timothy M. Andrews. It is both record of that residency and reflection on our relationship with Ghada Amer\, which began long before the residency itself. Since 2013\, I have had the privilege of working with Ghada as a teacher\, facilitator\, collaborator\, and\, increasingly\, as a witness to the ways in which her ideas have evolved through clay. What began more than a decade ago as an experiment in a new material has become an extended conversation about art\, desire\, beauty\, failure\, and possibility. The residency provided this conversation with a sustained place and time. Over three years\, Ghada returned again and again to the Arts Council\, testing forms\, materials\, gestures\, and ideas. Clay was never simply a new medium for Ghada\, but became a means of asking questions that had always been present throughout her practice. Through clay\, those questions were allowed to take on new physical and conceptual dimensions. The works in this exhibition emerge from this process of experimentation — they are evidence of not only what Ghada physically created\, but of what can happen when an artist is given the time\, space\, resources\, and freedom to pursue an idea without knowing exactly where it will lead. This is the whole philosophical point of our residency. A New World also represents a continuation rather than a conclusion. Ghada’s ceramic practice has developed over more than 13 years\, and the works presented here demonstrate an artist who remains unwilling to settle into a fixed vocabulary — to becoming a brand. The introduction of new slab forms and vessels alongside the now-recognizable ceramic wall works reflects an ongoing restlessness. Clay continues to offer Ghada a material through which she can resist resolution\, allowing gesture\, image\, and chance to remain in productive tension. About Ghada Amer:Ghada Amer was born in Cairo (Egypt) in 1963. In 1974\, her parents relocated to France where she began her artistic training ten years later at Villa Arson\, Nice\, France. She currently lives and works between New York and Paris and has exhibited among others at the Venice Biennale\, the Sydney Biennale\, the Whitney Biennale\, and the Brooklyn Museum. “I believe that all women should like their bodies and use them as tools of seduction\,” Amer stated; and in her well-known erotic embroideries\, she at once rejects oppressive laws set in place to govern women’s attitudes toward their bodies and repudiates first-wave feminist theory that the body must be denied to prevent victimization. By depicting explicit sexual acts with the delicacy of needle and thread\, their significance assumes a tenderness that simple objectification ignores. Ghada Amer continuously allows herself to explore the dichotomies of an uneasy world and confronts the language of hostility and finality with unsettled narratives of longing and love. Ghada Amer’s work addresses first and foremost the ambiguous\, transitory nature of the paradox that arises when searching for concrete definitions of east and west\, feminine and masculine\, art and craft. Through her paintings\, sculptures and public garden projects\, Amer takes traditional notions of cultural identity\, abstraction\, and religious fundamentalism and turns them on their heads. 								\n				\n										\n						\n									Artist Website
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/jam/2026-12-16/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261215T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261215T200000
DTSTAMP:20260826T154340Z
CREATED:20260716T154749Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T154340Z
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SUMMARY:Pop-Up Choir Princeton
DESCRIPTION:Ghada Amer: A New WorldOn View: October 10 – November 7\, 2026Opening Reception: Saturday\, October 10\, 3-5pmArtist talk + seated dinner: Friday\, October 9\, 6-9pm (tickets sold out)Ghada Amer: A New World\, marks the artist’s conclusion of a three-year Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Council of Princeton\, generously supported by Timothy M. Andrews. It is both record of that residency and reflection on our relationship with Ghada Amer\, which began long before the residency itself. Since 2013\, I have had the privilege of working with Ghada as a teacher\, facilitator\, collaborator\, and\, increasingly\, as a witness to the ways in which her ideas have evolved through clay. What began more than a decade ago as an experiment in a new material has become an extended conversation about art\, desire\, beauty\, failure\, and possibility. The residency provided this conversation with a sustained place and time. Over three years\, Ghada returned again and again to the Arts Council\, testing forms\, materials\, gestures\, and ideas. Clay was never simply a new medium for Ghada\, but became a means of asking questions that had always been present throughout her practice. Through clay\, those questions were allowed to take on new physical and conceptual dimensions. The works in this exhibition emerge from this process of experimentation — they are evidence of not only what Ghada physically created\, but of what can happen when an artist is given the time\, space\, resources\, and freedom to pursue an idea without knowing exactly where it will lead. This is the whole philosophical point of our residency. A New World also represents a continuation rather than a conclusion. Ghada’s ceramic practice has developed over more than 13 years\, and the works presented here demonstrate an artist who remains unwilling to settle into a fixed vocabulary — to becoming a brand. The introduction of new slab forms and vessels alongside the now-recognizable ceramic wall works reflects an ongoing restlessness. Clay continues to offer Ghada a material through which she can resist resolution\, allowing gesture\, image\, and chance to remain in productive tension. About Ghada Amer:Ghada Amer was born in Cairo (Egypt) in 1963. In 1974\, her parents relocated to France where she began her artistic training ten years later at Villa Arson\, Nice\, France. She currently lives and works between New York and Paris and has exhibited among others at the Venice Biennale\, the Sydney Biennale\, the Whitney Biennale\, and the Brooklyn Museum. “I believe that all women should like their bodies and use them as tools of seduction\,” Amer stated; and in her well-known erotic embroideries\, she at once rejects oppressive laws set in place to govern women’s attitudes toward their bodies and repudiates first-wave feminist theory that the body must be denied to prevent victimization. By depicting explicit sexual acts with the delicacy of needle and thread\, their significance assumes a tenderness that simple objectification ignores. Ghada Amer continuously allows herself to explore the dichotomies of an uneasy world and confronts the language of hostility and finality with unsettled narratives of longing and love. Ghada Amer’s work addresses first and foremost the ambiguous\, transitory nature of the paradox that arises when searching for concrete definitions of east and west\, feminine and masculine\, art and craft. Through her paintings\, sculptures and public garden projects\, Amer takes traditional notions of cultural identity\, abstraction\, and religious fundamentalism and turns them on their heads. 								\n				\n										\n						\n									Artist Website
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/pop-up-choir-princeton-dec26/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Events & Performances,Free or Low Cost
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261211T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261211T203000
DTSTAMP:20260716T151629Z
CREATED:20260716T151535Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260716T151629Z
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SUMMARY:ACP BYOB: Printed Ceramic Trinket Dishes
DESCRIPTION:Ghada Amer: A New WorldOn View: October 10 – November 7\, 2026Opening Reception: Saturday\, October 10\, 3-5pmArtist talk + seated dinner: Friday\, October 9\, 6-9pm (tickets sold out)Ghada Amer: A New World\, marks the artist’s conclusion of a three-year Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Council of Princeton\, generously supported by Timothy M. Andrews. It is both record of that residency and reflection on our relationship with Ghada Amer\, which began long before the residency itself. Since 2013\, I have had the privilege of working with Ghada as a teacher\, facilitator\, collaborator\, and\, increasingly\, as a witness to the ways in which her ideas have evolved through clay. What began more than a decade ago as an experiment in a new material has become an extended conversation about art\, desire\, beauty\, failure\, and possibility. The residency provided this conversation with a sustained place and time. Over three years\, Ghada returned again and again to the Arts Council\, testing forms\, materials\, gestures\, and ideas. Clay was never simply a new medium for Ghada\, but became a means of asking questions that had always been present throughout her practice. Through clay\, those questions were allowed to take on new physical and conceptual dimensions. The works in this exhibition emerge from this process of experimentation — they are evidence of not only what Ghada physically created\, but of what can happen when an artist is given the time\, space\, resources\, and freedom to pursue an idea without knowing exactly where it will lead. This is the whole philosophical point of our residency. A New World also represents a continuation rather than a conclusion. Ghada’s ceramic practice has developed over more than 13 years\, and the works presented here demonstrate an artist who remains unwilling to settle into a fixed vocabulary — to becoming a brand. The introduction of new slab forms and vessels alongside the now-recognizable ceramic wall works reflects an ongoing restlessness. Clay continues to offer Ghada a material through which she can resist resolution\, allowing gesture\, image\, and chance to remain in productive tension. About Ghada Amer:Ghada Amer was born in Cairo (Egypt) in 1963. In 1974\, her parents relocated to France where she began her artistic training ten years later at Villa Arson\, Nice\, France. She currently lives and works between New York and Paris and has exhibited among others at the Venice Biennale\, the Sydney Biennale\, the Whitney Biennale\, and the Brooklyn Museum. “I believe that all women should like their bodies and use them as tools of seduction\,” Amer stated; and in her well-known erotic embroideries\, she at once rejects oppressive laws set in place to govern women’s attitudes toward their bodies and repudiates first-wave feminist theory that the body must be denied to prevent victimization. By depicting explicit sexual acts with the delicacy of needle and thread\, their significance assumes a tenderness that simple objectification ignores. Ghada Amer continuously allows herself to explore the dichotomies of an uneasy world and confronts the language of hostility and finality with unsettled narratives of longing and love. Ghada Amer’s work addresses first and foremost the ambiguous\, transitory nature of the paradox that arises when searching for concrete definitions of east and west\, feminine and masculine\, art and craft. Through her paintings\, sculptures and public garden projects\, Amer takes traditional notions of cultural identity\, abstraction\, and religious fundamentalism and turns them on their heads. 								\n				\n										\n						\n									Artist Website
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/acp-byob-printed-ceramic-trinket-dishes/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261210T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261213T180000
DTSTAMP:20260916T202909Z
CREATED:20260916T202736Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T202909Z
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SUMMARY:Artist Winter Village: Week 5
DESCRIPTION:Ghada Amer: A New WorldOn View: October 10 – November 7\, 2026Opening Reception: Saturday\, October 10\, 3-5pmArtist talk + seated dinner: Friday\, October 9\, 6-9pm (tickets sold out)Ghada Amer: A New World\, marks the artist’s conclusion of a three-year Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Council of Princeton\, generously supported by Timothy M. Andrews. It is both record of that residency and reflection on our relationship with Ghada Amer\, which began long before the residency itself. Since 2013\, I have had the privilege of working with Ghada as a teacher\, facilitator\, collaborator\, and\, increasingly\, as a witness to the ways in which her ideas have evolved through clay. What began more than a decade ago as an experiment in a new material has become an extended conversation about art\, desire\, beauty\, failure\, and possibility. The residency provided this conversation with a sustained place and time. Over three years\, Ghada returned again and again to the Arts Council\, testing forms\, materials\, gestures\, and ideas. Clay was never simply a new medium for Ghada\, but became a means of asking questions that had always been present throughout her practice. Through clay\, those questions were allowed to take on new physical and conceptual dimensions. The works in this exhibition emerge from this process of experimentation — they are evidence of not only what Ghada physically created\, but of what can happen when an artist is given the time\, space\, resources\, and freedom to pursue an idea without knowing exactly where it will lead. This is the whole philosophical point of our residency. A New World also represents a continuation rather than a conclusion. Ghada’s ceramic practice has developed over more than 13 years\, and the works presented here demonstrate an artist who remains unwilling to settle into a fixed vocabulary — to becoming a brand. The introduction of new slab forms and vessels alongside the now-recognizable ceramic wall works reflects an ongoing restlessness. Clay continues to offer Ghada a material through which she can resist resolution\, allowing gesture\, image\, and chance to remain in productive tension. About Ghada Amer:Ghada Amer was born in Cairo (Egypt) in 1963. In 1974\, her parents relocated to France where she began her artistic training ten years later at Villa Arson\, Nice\, France. She currently lives and works between New York and Paris and has exhibited among others at the Venice Biennale\, the Sydney Biennale\, the Whitney Biennale\, and the Brooklyn Museum. “I believe that all women should like their bodies and use them as tools of seduction\,” Amer stated; and in her well-known erotic embroideries\, she at once rejects oppressive laws set in place to govern women’s attitudes toward their bodies and repudiates first-wave feminist theory that the body must be denied to prevent victimization. By depicting explicit sexual acts with the delicacy of needle and thread\, their significance assumes a tenderness that simple objectification ignores. Ghada Amer continuously allows herself to explore the dichotomies of an uneasy world and confronts the language of hostility and finality with unsettled narratives of longing and love. Ghada Amer’s work addresses first and foremost the ambiguous\, transitory nature of the paradox that arises when searching for concrete definitions of east and west\, feminine and masculine\, art and craft. Through her paintings\, sculptures and public garden projects\, Amer takes traditional notions of cultural identity\, abstraction\, and religious fundamentalism and turns them on their heads. 								\n				\n										\n						\n									Artist Website
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/artist-winter-village-week-5/
LOCATION:Hinds Plaza\, 66 Witherspoon Street\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08542
CATEGORIES:Community,Events & Performances,Free or Low Cost
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