MAPS EVERYWHERE NJCU VISUAL ARTS GALLERY 100 CULVER AVENUE, JERSEY CITY, NJ 07305 OCTOBER 17 – NOVEMBER 26, 2019
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An exhibit of illustrative maps
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The exhibition includes a large wall map of Jersey City, on which visitors are invited to interact. Using the prompts, pins and materials provided, they are invited to “pin” their story and memories to the map.
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The works exhibited have been chosen for their visual and illustrative qualities, and will challenge the viewer to redefine the influence which maps have in their lives. The twelve featured artists are Charlie Ahearn, Connie Brown, Jacob Ford, Keith Godard, Abby Goldstein, Jennifer Maravillas, David Nuttall, Adrienne Ottenberg, Kingsley Parker, Viviane Rombaldi Seppey, Jan Rothhuizen, and Robert Sikoryak.
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but maps can also be used creatively to capture memories, explore personal histories and create narratives. The design of every map, whether printed or digital, is imbued with characteristics that tell us about a place, and even about the person who made the map. What is left off the map is just as important as what has been included.
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NJCU Visual Arts Gallery 100 Culver Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07305 201-200-2496 https://www.njcu.edu/community/center-arts/visual-arts https://www.njcu.edu/directions-njcu
The exhibition is curated by Donna David, Associate Professor, Communication Design Pathways, FIT/SUNY. www.mapseverywhere.net/njcu
@mapseverywhere
Maps Everywhere is one of two concurrent exhibitions on the NJCU campus dedicated to mapping the human experience. Visit Mapping Life in The Harold B. Lemmerman Gallery, Hepburn Hall, Room 323.
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Abby Goldstein, Reimagining Brooklyn, 2017-2018
NJCU VISUAL ARTS GALLERY 100 CULVER AVENUE, JERSEY CITY, NJ 07305
OCTOBER 17 – NOVEMBER 26, 2019
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Made possible by the funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.
NJCU Center for the Arts 2039 Kennedy Boulevard Jersey City, NJ 07305
YOUR JERSEY CITY You live here, you go to school here, you work here. Jersey City is a big, interesting, diverse and ever-changing place. Using the prompts, pins and materials provided, you are invited to “pin” your story and memories to this map of your wonderful city.
Exhibiting Artists, left to right Viviane Rombaldi Seppey, Home Sweet Home, 2012 Connie Brown, Burkina Faso, 2015
Over the course of this exhibition, please stop back often to see how this map develops. By the end of the exhibition, you will see the intersection of everyday life, memories and geography in this unique map of Jersey City.
Adrienne Ottenberg, A Walk in Algiers, 2015
Visitors are invited to share photos: @MapsEverywhere #MapsEverywhereNJCU #myJerseyCityNJ
Kingsley Parker, page from Atlas, 2019
Charlie Ahearn, New York Subway Hitting Spots, 2016 Robert Sikoryak, Soprano Land, 2002 David Nuttall, Human Terrain No. 9 Set in France, 2014 Jacob Ford, MTA Peutingeriana, 2015 Jennifer Maravillas, JERSEY CITY: 1841, 1976, 2013, 2019 Keith Godard, Villefranche du Périgord La plus ancienne Bastide du Périgord, 2013 To read more about the artists and their work, visit
www.mapseverywhere.net/njcu