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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/2028-08-02/
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/2028-08-09/
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/2028-08-16/
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/2028-08-23/
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-2/2028-08-26/
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/2028-08-30/
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/2028-09-06/
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/2028-09-13/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/COMICMAKERS_JAMBANNER-e1718819987740-copy.webp
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20280920T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20280920T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001371-1853089200-1853096400@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/2028-09-20/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/COMICMAKERS_JAMBANNER-e1718819987740-copy.webp
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20280923T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20280923T220000
DTSTAMP:20260521T162326Z
CREATED:20260521T162127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260521T162326Z
UID:10002677-1853348400-1853359200@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-2/2028-09-23/
LOCATION:Solley Theater – Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Events & Performances,Free or Low Cost
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/9330769.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20280927T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20280927T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001372-1853694000-1853701200@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/2028-09-27/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/COMICMAKERS_JAMBANNER-e1718819987740-copy.webp
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20281004T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20281004T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001373-1854298800-1854306000@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/2028-10-04/
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:20281011T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20281011T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001374-1854903600-1854910800@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/2028-10-11/
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:20281018T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20281018T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001375-1855508400-1855515600@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/2028-10-18/
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:20281025T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20281025T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001376-1856113200-1856120400@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/2028-10-25/
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:20281028T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20281028T220000
DTSTAMP:20260521T162326Z
CREATED:20260521T162127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260521T162326Z
UID:10002678-1856372400-1856383200@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-2/2028-10-28/
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:20281101T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20281101T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001377-1856718000-1856725200@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/2028-11-01/
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:20281108T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20281108T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001378-1857322800-1857330000@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/2028-11-08/
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:20281115T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20281115T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001379-1857927600-1857934800@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/2028-11-15/
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:20281122T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20281122T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001380-1858532400-1858539600@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/2028-11-22/
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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20281125T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20281125T220000
DTSTAMP:20260521T162326Z
CREATED:20260521T162127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260521T162326Z
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SUMMARY:Café Improv
DESCRIPTION:Ghada Amer: A New WorldOn View: October 10 – November 7\, 2026Opening Reception: Saturday\, October 10\, 3-5pmArtist talk + seated dinner: Friday\, October 9\, 6-9pm (tickets sold out)Ghada Amer: A New World\, marks the artist’s conclusion of a three-year Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Council of Princeton\, generously supported by Timothy M. Andrews. It is both record of that residency and reflection on our relationship with Ghada Amer\, which began long before the residency itself. Since 2013\, I have had the privilege of working with Ghada as a teacher\, facilitator\, collaborator\, and\, increasingly\, as a witness to the ways in which her ideas have evolved through clay. What began more than a decade ago as an experiment in a new material has become an extended conversation about art\, desire\, beauty\, failure\, and possibility. The residency provided this conversation with a sustained place and time. Over three years\, Ghada returned again and again to the Arts Council\, testing forms\, materials\, gestures\, and ideas. Clay was never simply a new medium for Ghada\, but became a means of asking questions that had always been present throughout her practice. Through clay\, those questions were allowed to take on new physical and conceptual dimensions. The works in this exhibition emerge from this process of experimentation — they are evidence of not only what Ghada physically created\, but of what can happen when an artist is given the time\, space\, resources\, and freedom to pursue an idea without knowing exactly where it will lead. This is the whole philosophical point of our residency. A New World also represents a continuation rather than a conclusion. Ghada’s ceramic practice has developed over more than 13 years\, and the works presented here demonstrate an artist who remains unwilling to settle into a fixed vocabulary — to becoming a brand. The introduction of new slab forms and vessels alongside the now-recognizable ceramic wall works reflects an ongoing restlessness. Clay continues to offer Ghada a material through which she can resist resolution\, allowing gesture\, image\, and chance to remain in productive tension. About Ghada Amer:Ghada Amer was born in Cairo (Egypt) in 1963. In 1974\, her parents relocated to France where she began her artistic training ten years later at Villa Arson\, Nice\, France. She currently lives and works between New York and Paris and has exhibited among others at the Venice Biennale\, the Sydney Biennale\, the Whitney Biennale\, and the Brooklyn Museum. “I believe that all women should like their bodies and use them as tools of seduction\,” Amer stated; and in her well-known erotic embroideries\, she at once rejects oppressive laws set in place to govern women’s attitudes toward their bodies and repudiates first-wave feminist theory that the body must be denied to prevent victimization. By depicting explicit sexual acts with the delicacy of needle and thread\, their significance assumes a tenderness that simple objectification ignores. Ghada Amer continuously allows herself to explore the dichotomies of an uneasy world and confronts the language of hostility and finality with unsettled narratives of longing and love. Ghada Amer’s work addresses first and foremost the ambiguous\, transitory nature of the paradox that arises when searching for concrete definitions of east and west\, feminine and masculine\, art and craft. Through her paintings\, sculptures and public garden projects\, Amer takes traditional notions of cultural identity\, abstraction\, and religious fundamentalism and turns them on their heads. 								\n				\n										\n						\n									Artist Website
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/monthly-cafe-improv-open-mic-2/2028-11-25/
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:20281129T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20281129T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001381-1859137200-1859144400@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/2028-11-29/
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:20281206T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20281206T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001382-1859742000-1859749200@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/2028-12-06/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/COMICMAKERS_JAMBANNER-e1718819987740-copy.webp
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20281213T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20281213T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001383-1860346800-1860354000@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/2028-12-13/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/COMICMAKERS_JAMBANNER-e1718819987740-copy.webp
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20281220T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20281220T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001384-1860951600-1860958800@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/2028-12-20/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/COMICMAKERS_JAMBANNER-e1718819987740-copy.webp
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20281223T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20281223T220000
DTSTAMP:20260521T162326Z
CREATED:20260521T162127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260521T162326Z
UID:10002680-1861210800-1861221600@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-2/2028-12-23/
LOCATION:Solley Theater – Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Events & Performances,Free or Low Cost
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20281227T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20281227T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001385-1861556400-1861563600@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/2028-12-27/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/COMICMAKERS_JAMBANNER-e1718819987740-copy.webp
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20290103T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20290103T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001386-1862161200-1862168400@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/2029-01-03/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20290110T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20290110T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001387-1862766000-1862773200@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/2029-01-10/
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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20290117T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20290117T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T171612Z
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T171612Z
UID:10001388-1863370800-1863378000@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/2029-01-17/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
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