2009

Exhibitions are listed in reverse chronological order by opening date. 

Christmas in the Ballantine House
November 27, 2009 through January 2010 

The trappings and trimmings of a traditional Victorian holiday are re-created in the 1885 Ballantine House, a restored National Historic Landmark. 

New Work: Newark in 3D
A Centennial Film Commission by Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno and Jerome Bongiorno
September 23, 2009 through January 10, 2010 

These award-winning, Newark-based filmmakers have created a black-and-white, 3D film about present-day Newark that is an homage to the 1920 avant-garde film Manhatta which documents a day in the life of Manhattan and plays on continuous loop. 

100 Masterpieces of Art Pottery, 1880-1930

September 23, 2009 through January 10, 2010

This centennial project highlights one hundred pieces of pottery and porcelain, including American and Native American as well as European and Asian ceramics.  Masterpieces of Art Pottery is entirely drawn from the Museum's own collection, with the exception of two loans from the American Decorative Arts 1900 Foundation.

Party Time: Re-imagine America
A Centennial Commission by Yinka Shonibare MBE 

July 1, 2009 through November 7, 2010

Set in the historic Ballatine House, this major sculptural installation was created expressly for the Newark Museum by internationally celebrated artist Yinka Shonibare MBE.

100 Years: Always New  

April 2009 through April 2010

Explore the Museum's evolution from two galleries at the top of the Newark Free Public Library to an eight-building campus and the largest art institution in the state. 

Unbounded: New Art for a New Century

February 11, 2009 through August 16, 2009

This provocative exhibition presents works by more than thirty contemporary artists and is drawn from throughout the Museum's various collections.  A dynamic thematic display highlights the universal concerns and ideas that inspire artistic creativity, creating unexpected connections that transcend traditional divisions based on geography, genre or media.

Revelations in Stone: The Art of William Edmondson

February 2009 through January 2011 

This installation features eleven sculptures by William Edmondson, who crafted chisels and files out of railroad spikes and, for his stones, used discarded blocks of limestone from abandoned buildings and quarries.  The artist initially believed God intended him to create tombstones, which he sculpted in the form of lambs, doves, and angels.  Before long, his subject matter grew to include an astonishing variety of figures, animals and imaginary beasts.  With twenty-one sculptures by the artist in the Newark Museum collection, it is one of the largest repositories of Edmondson's work in the United States.