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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/2028-02-09/
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/2028-02-16/
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/2028-02-23/
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-2/2028-02-26/
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/2028-03-01/
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/2028-03-08/
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/2028-03-15/
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/2028-03-22/
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:20280325T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20280325T220000
DTSTAMP:20260521T162326Z
CREATED:20260521T162127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260521T162326Z
UID:10002671-1837623600-1837634400@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-2/2028-03-25/
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
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20280329T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20280329T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001346-1837969200-1837976400@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/2028-03-29/
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:20280405T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20280405T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001347-1838574000-1838581200@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/2028-04-05/
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:20280412T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20280412T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001348-1839178800-1839186000@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/2028-04-12/
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:20280419T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20280419T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001349-1839783600-1839790800@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/2028-04-19/
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:20280422T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20280422T220000
DTSTAMP:20260521T162326Z
CREATED:20260521T162127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260521T162326Z
UID:10002672-1840042800-1840053600@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-2/2028-04-22/
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
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20280426T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20280426T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001350-1840388400-1840395600@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/2028-04-26/
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:20280503T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20280503T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001351-1840993200-1841000400@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/2028-05-03/
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:20280510T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20280510T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001352-1841598000-1841605200@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/2028-05-10/
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:20280517T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20280517T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001353-1842202800-1842210000@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/2028-05-17/
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
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20280524T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20280524T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001354-1842807600-1842814800@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/2028-05-24/
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:20280527T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20280527T220000
DTSTAMP:20260521T162326Z
CREATED:20260521T162127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260521T162326Z
UID:10002673-1843066800-1843077600@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-2/2028-05-27/
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
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20280531T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20280531T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001355-1843412400-1843419600@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/2028-05-31/
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:20280607T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20280607T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001356-1844017200-1844024400@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/2028-06-07/
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:20280614T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20280614T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001357-1844622000-1844629200@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/2028-06-14/
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:20280621T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20280621T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001358-1845226800-1845234000@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/2028-06-21/
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:20280624T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20280624T220000
DTSTAMP:20260521T162326Z
CREATED:20260521T162127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260521T162326Z
UID:10002674-1845486000-1845496800@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-2/2028-06-24/
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:20280628T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20280628T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001359-1845831600-1845838800@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/2028-06-28/
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:20280705T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20280705T210000
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/2028-07-05/
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:20280712T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20280712T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001361-1847041200-1847048400@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/2028-07-12/
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:20280719T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20280719T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001362-1847646000-1847653200@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/2028-07-19/
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:20280722T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20280722T220000
DTSTAMP:20260521T162326Z
CREATED:20260521T162127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260521T162326Z
UID:10002675-1847905200-1847916000@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-2/2028-07-22/
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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