WHAT: Press preview for Exhibition: Coexistence, a collection of 45 striking, billboard-sized artworks erected at sites throughout New Brunswick, including the Rutgers campus and downtown area, officially opening Saturday, April 28, and running through May 20. Created by artists from around the world, the images communicate central themes of diversity, tolerance and harmony. The massive, colorful panels are designed and situated to capture attention and provoke discussion.
WHO: Raphie Etgar, curator of the Museum on the Seam in Jerusalem, who created the international exhibition, and Marshall Jones III of the New Brunswick Community Arts Council, which has coordinated New Brunswicks exhibition.
WHEN: 4 p.m., Friday, April 27
WHERE: Voorhees Mall on Rutgers College Avenue Campus, near the Hamilton Street entrance.
BACKGROUND: Exhibition: Coexistence is an international traveling outdoor art exhibition that brings the universal message of diversity and acceptance of the other to the world community. It has traveled to cities around the globe including London, Berlin, Paris, Cape Town, San Paolo and Washington, D.C. A two-day Coexistence Festival featuring food and music will take place on the streets of downtown New Brunswick May 5 and 6 to celebrate the exhibition and its themes. The newest artwork in the traveling exhibition, selected last month in a juried competition for New Jersey artists, will be unveiled to the public along with the entire exhibition at the official opening on Saturday, April 28, at 3 p.m. With the addition of the winning artwork, New Brunswick will take its place among the cities that have not only hosted the exhibition, but also contributed to it.
Contact: Rebecca Brenowitz
732-932-7237, ext. 611
E-mail: brenowit@rci.rutgers.edu
