EXHIBIT: Jersey Gents

Posted on: September 23, 2024, by :
Starts
01
Oct2024
Ends
27
Dec2024

Works By Male Artists from throughout New Jersey & Tribute to Leonard Wilkinson

At AAHMSNJ Newtonville (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Center)

Martin Luther King Center, 661 Jackson Road, Newtonville, NJ

Admission is FREE. Donations are encouraged.

Our newest exhibit, "Jersey Gents," features a wide variety of works by local male artists. The exhibit opens October 1st at the museum's Newtonville location in the Martin Luther King Center at 661 Jackson Road in Newtonville. The exhibit also is also tribute to the legacy of late artist and South Jersey's own Leonard Wilkinson.

The "Jersey Gents" exhibit is a multi-generational blend of talented artists who work with a variety of mediums. It is the first of its kind to feature over 20 New Jersey artists — curated by Gabrielle L. Peterson. Some artists will be exhibiting their work for the first time at AAHMSNJ and others will be returning to showcase new pieces. "Jersey Gents" artists include: German Acosta, Miko Beach, Desmond Blair, Patrick Freeman, Dr. Richmond Garrick, Ruben Garcia, Sidney B. Gary, Quinton Green, Todd Johnson, Mike Longo, Sahr Mortatay Songu-Mbriwa, John Morris, Aaron Pines, Melvin Smith, Lennox Warner and Romare Wilson.

Oil pastel, pointillism, and other mediums and techniques by Leonard Wilkinson (pictured in self-portrait), who passed away in 2017, will also be on display. Wilkinson, is an internationally renowned artist, but little do people know his greatest passion was creating opportunities for up and coming artists. Among some of Wilkinson's greatest artistic contributions is the original portrait of James Usry, the first Black Mayor of Atlantic City.