Art Against Racism
Wielding the power of art for
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Art Against Racism strives to promote social justice, inclusion, equity, and anti-racist community-building through the arts.
ARTISTS CONVERSATION ON JUNE 28, 2026
AT 2 PM
On Sunday, June 28th at 2:00 pm, artists Spriha Gupta, Terrance Cummings, Ryan Lilienthal and poet Timothy Brennan will discuss their practice and work in the Freedoms Reframed: Art on the Edges of the Constitution exhibition at the Trent House Museum in Trenton. The talk will be moderated by co-curator and artist Rhinold Ponder.
Freedoms Reframed, which opened on June 14th and will continue through June 28th, is a compelling art exhibition examining fundamental human rights and social freedoms that extend beyond those explicitly enumerated in the U.S. Constitution but are significant to contemporary American life. Co-curated by Judith K. Brodsky and Ponder, it offers over 30 artworks and features a diverse collection of 22 artists and 11 poets who responded to individual artworks with ekphrastic poetry.
All are welcome to attend the artist talk. The event will begin with a reception and light refreshments at 1pm.
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Not Afraid Exhibition
GALLERY COMING SOON
Introducing: The Manifesting Beloved Community Catalog 2022–2025
The Manifesting Beloved Community exhibition began in the fall of 2021 as a call to artists to create and share art works that explored Dr. Martin Luther King’s vision of a world in which we all share in the well-being of our communities, and work together toward the healing of the planet, will be good for everyone.
Now, we are thrilled to present the exhibition catalog featuring all the artwork that has been exhibited from 2022 through 2025 at West Windsor Arts in West Windsor, New Jersey. The catalog also features forwards by our Executive Director, Rhinold Ponder and Executive Director of West Windsor Arts, Aylin Green, and statements by the artists and jurors of each year
Manifesting Beloved Community
2025
Exhibition dates: January 7 to March 1, 2025
Art Against Racism and West Windsor Arts Council, invited artists to submit artwork for “Manifesting Beloved Community” a juried exhibition consisting of work exploring the interrelationship of community health and efforts to create an antiracist society. This is the fourth year of their collaboration.
JURORS: Isabel Alvarez and Julio Nazario are artists and founding co-directors of the West Strand Art Gallery in Kingston, New York. Both are recently retired as academic leaders and faculty from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Their professional experience includes teaching in university settings, academic administration, funding development, managing gallerist, and museum education.
Artists included in the exhibition: Robert Arbogast, Sejal Ashar, Tasha Branham, Marlon Davila, Leon Devero, Dellis Frank, Nancie Gunkelman, Nancy Lewis-Shell, Elizabeth Miller, Rhinold Ponder, Elizabeth Reynolds. Helene Ruiz and SERARI
“The Art of Black Joy: A Celebration of Life, Happiness and Culture,” is a juried exhibition that showcase the beauty, vibrancy, and diversity of Black culture. The group exhibition features a collection of artworks that explore the joy and resilience that is inherent in Black culture, despite structural and personal challenges to one’s being.
In essence, Black Joy is a survival response to systemic and individualized attacks on a community’s humanity. It is an expression of resistance, hope, and love for life and living.
Inspired by Michael Jackson’s environmental anthem “Earth Song,” this group exhibition reflects a tradition of Black and Brown artists using art to address issues related to mankind’s behavior and relationship to the planet, including the threatened beauty of a healthy planet, and the consequences of global warming, environmental racism, and climate change. The exhibition seeks to inspire conversations and considerations about the disproportionate impact of the climate crisis on communities of color around the world by centering their perspectives.
“Earth Song Refrain” is both a call to action and a celebration of the resilience and creativity of those voices that inspire others to appreciate and work towards a healthier planet and safe, secure communities.
Featured Artist Videos
Collections
It consists of galleries from our various exhibitions, projects and collaborations with over 1,000 images including photography, artworks and videos.
In The Press
Jesse North and Dave Tavani of Discover Jersey Arts talk to co-chairs of the Memorial. Monument. Movement exhibition, Rhinold Lamar Ponder and Judith Brodsky, about mounting a social justice art exhibit during a pandemic.