University of Orange

Life Tapestries - Weaving Workshops
2025-02-22 13:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | 35 Cleveland St, 35 Cleveland Street, City of Orange, NJ, 07050, United States
Life Tapestries is an interactive workshop series that combines personal storytelling and hands-on crafting. Participants will explore their familial ties to New Jersey through two intertwined mediums; quilting and weaving. This three-part workshop is for artists of all ages interested in drawing connections between cartography, creative writing, and fiber arts. Students will create a personal cartographic map of key moments, relationships, and places. Then, translating that map into a woven tapestry, participants will reflect on the paths they’ve traveled and the connections they’ve formed along the way. This unique process invites self-reflection and community building while teaching basic weaving principles and techniques.

This class will meet on three consecutive Saturdays: February 1, 8, and 15 from 1pm-3:30pm. Taught by fiber artist Donelle Wedderburn. These workshops will be held at 35 Cleveland Street, Orange, NJ. Please register for this class here.

COUSINS Closing Party + Garden State Art Weekend
2025-04-26 15:00 - 18:00 | Hale House, 47 Cleveland Street, Orange, NJ, 07050, United States
The COUSINS art show is coming to a close! Join us for the closing party on Saturday, April 26th from 3pm-6pm. The show is featured in the Garden State Art Weekend’s annual celebration of visual arts across NJ.
“Thinking of all things, people and places in our world as cousins allows us to treat them as relatives. We may not always agree, or even like all of our cousins, but we know that we are related. With many of them, we feel a sense of community and comfort when we are with them.” – Dr. Margaux Simmons
The COUSINS art show focuses on the theme of universal interconnectivity and its implications. This multimedia show features photography, collage, audio recordings, paintings, videos, and more from 22 artists. Many of the artists are from the Essex County area, others are from New York, Baltimore, D.C., Vermont, and South Korea.
The art show is at Hale House: 47 Cleveland Street, Orange, NJ.
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Garden State Art Weekend is a four-day celebration of NJ’s dynamic art scene. The annual event celebrates visual arts across the state. Its mission is to foster community engagement, support local artists and arts organizations, and raise the profile of New Jersey as a center for contemporary art.
Find out more about GSAW and other venues participating here.
