Center for the Arts

A Conversation with Writer & Performer Annie Lanzillotto
Moderated by Edvige Giunta and Rosa Garcia-Lopez

Presented by: The NJCU Center for the Arts, and The English Department Student Events and Publications Committee at New Jersey City University

Thursday, March 18, 11:30 - 12:30 p.m.
Virtual Event
Free with RSVP

Annie Rachele Lanzillotto is an author, poet, performance-artist, actor, director, songwriter, and activist who has promoted audience participation in hundreds of performances everywhere from the Arthur Avenue Retail Market to the Guggenheim Museum.  While sheltering-in-place alone, Lanzillotto embarked on a solo decameron - to tell one hundred original stories -- in her podcast "Annie's Story Cave."  Lanzillotto’s books include: Hard Candy: Caregiving, Mourning, and Stage Light, Pitch Roll Yaw, L Is for Lion: an italian bronx butch freedom memoir (finalist for the LAMBDA Literary Award), and Schistsong. Lanzillotto was on the founding board of the Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition. Visit:  annielanzillotto.com, and StreetCryInc.org.

For information contact egiunta@njcu.edu

How the Triangle Fire Is Remembered by a New Generation 110 Years later

Hosted by Edvige Giunta
Thursday, March 25, 11:30 A.M.
Virtual Event
Free with RSVP

More information will be available soon.

A Conversation with Poet & Performer Phyllis Capello
Moderated by Edvige Giunta

Presented by: The NJCU Center for the Arts, and The English Department Student Events and Publications Committee at New Jersey City University

Tuesday March 30 11:30-12:30pm
Virtual Event
Free with RSVP

Phyllis Capello is the author of Packs Small Plays Big, a collection of poems published in 2018. She is a New York Foundation for the Arts fiction fellow and a winner of an Allen Ginsberg Poetry Award. Her work appears in The Dream Book, From the Margin, The Milk of Almonds, The Voices We Carry, Embroidered Stories and other anthologies. She works as a musician/clown, entertaining children, families, & older adults in hospitals with Healthy Humor Inc. Phyllis also teaches poetry to students in schools and libraries all over NYC with Community-Word Project.

For information contact egiunta@njcu.edu

Jaz Graf Virtual Art Talk - The Art and (Im)Possibilities of Belonging

Wednesday, March 31, 3:00 p.m.
Virtual Event
Free with RSVP

Introducing Jaz Graf, an interdisciplinary artist in paper, print and book making. In this virtual visit she invites us into her studio, for a discussion about her creative practice exploring hidden family history, a sense of belonging as mixed race, and failure as empowerment. Graf works with nonprofits and city officials to coordinate public initiatives which raise awareness on issues of natural resources and endangered practices, and advocates for inclusivity by engaging the arts as a catalyst for social responsibility. Recent collaborative projects include healing through art with Veterans, increasing visibility of transboundary rivers through conservation photography and contemporizing cross-cultural narratives through Southeast Asian traditions.

Creative Process Virtual Series: Jersey City Arts!

Saturday, April 10th at 2 p.m. 

Free with RSVP

featuring Art Curator Stefania Panepinto of Panepinto Galleries, NJCU President Sue Henderson, Canopy by Hilton General Manager & Chief Enthusiast Sietse Nabben, and visual artist Gabriela Gomez-Mestre '20, moderated by NJCU Center for the Arts Director Stephanie Chaiken.

Panepinto Galleries is partnering with Canopy by Hilton to support the robust culture of the Arts District with the area’s first truly elevated hospitality offering, providing a new hub for the fast-growing creative community in Jersey City. As a tribute to the Powerhouse Arts District, Canopy by Hilton is showcasing the exceptional work of talented local artists selected by the hotel’s Art Curator, Stefania Panepinto. 

A DIGITAL INSTALLATION DISPLAY of Gomez-Mestre's work is projected onto the Reception Wall at Canopy by Hilton, 159 Morgan Street, Jersey City, NJ.

Join us for an exciting discussion about curating art and creating welcoming environments for guests and communities.

The Honey Dewdrops

Saturday, April 17 at 8:00 P.M.
Virtual Event

Free with RSVP

Join us for a wonderful evening with the Americana duo The Honey Dewdrops. Their latest album, Anyone Can See, is drenched in sonic roominess, each of the tracks stretching to fill the space, but with a warmth that allows the album to fit comfortably anywhere.