Many independent curators work across artistic roles and institutional contexts, moving in and out of cultural institutions, and figuring hybrid practices. Join curators Marýa Wethers and Gabri Christa, and Wesleyan’s Institute for Curatorial Practice in Performance (ICPP) alumnx for an artist talk and public conversation, moderated by Candace Thompson-Zachery. The talks are accompanied by exhibition […]
Artists Jenny Hata Blumenfield and Rosie Quick interrogate our understanding of space. This Features installation is established in dialogue with Mana Contemporary exhibition, I Shall Tell Only What I Want to Tell, inviting viewers to contemplate preconceived notions of our environment. Depth is flattened, perspective is distorted, and existing spaces are reconceptualized. Hata Blumenfield and […]
The Jersey City Arts Council presents the 2nd Annual Jersey City Arts Awards! 12 Awards will recognize artists, organizations, and leaders in our community who have demonstrated excellence and positive impact in the arts, including Public Art, Performing Arts, Arts Education, and more. Live music by the Brian Beninghove Trio, plus pop-up performances and live […]
JC Fridays is a seasonal arts festival in Jersey City, New Jersey presented by Art House Productions. JC Fridays features art events that take place in restaurants, galleries, stores, and event spaces in almost every neighborhood of our great city. All events are free and open to the public. As one of the preeminent art […]
Nimbus Launches: Stagedoor Series | ONLINE - Saturdays, 7pm Featuring in-depth conversation, behind-the-scenes engagement with Nimbus Dancers, Choreographers, Collaborators, PLUS preview of inaugural season at the Nimbus Arts Center. April 25 - Get to Know a Nimbus Dancer! With Donterreo Culp, Victoria Santaguida and Hannah Weeks May 2 - Process deconstructed: A look inside Samuel […]
JC Fridays began in the summer of 2006 and is a seasonal arts festival in Jersey City, New Jersey presented by Art House Productions. JC Fridays features art events that take place in restaurants, galleries, stores, and event spaces in almost every neighborhood of our great city. On June 5, Art House Productions will celebrate […]
A show that's equal measures hilarious, educational and deeply personal. Scientist turned stand-up comedian Ben Miller takes you on a journey that explores everything from milk to the thermodynamics of refrigerators with a wit and humour that makes these topics both approachable and delightful. And you probably like that sort of thing, nerd. Come see […]
Artist & Maker Market is an open-air bazaar featuring locally created fine art and premium hand-crafted goods while connecting artists and artisans with the metro NYC community. Founded in 2015 with only 5 dates and one location, we have grown to over 60 market event dates in 2022 in our Grove St. PATH Plaza location. […]
Artistic worlds collide for this fascinating dialogue featuring Blakeley White-McGuire, former star of the Martha Graham Dance Company, Samuel Pott, Founding Artistic Director of Nimbus Dance, and Dr. Jeff Friedman, Professor of Dance Studies at Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts. Ms. White-McGuire will read from and discuss her recently published book The […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, the Office of Cultural Affairs were honored to commemorate The Chadian Independence today Friday, August 11, 2023. The Chadian Community of New Jersey has directly contributed to the diversity and positive growth of Jersey City in various fields, including education, entrepreneurship, government as well as all aspects of life throughout the United States and abroad. Today the City of Jersey City and members of the Chadian community commemorate this day August 11, 2023 by proudly displaying the flags of the United States and the Republic of Chad together, high above City Hall in recognition of the socially adopted culture and ethnic diversity of our community of Jersey City.
The Republic of Chad is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon to the southwest, Nigeria to the to the southwest (at Lake Chad), and Niger to the west. Chad has a population of 16 million, of which 1.6 million live in the capital and largest city N’Djamena.
Beginning in the 7th millennium BC, human populations moved into the Chadian basin in great numbers. By the end of the 1st millennium AD, a series of states and empires had risen and fallen in Chad’s Sahelian strip, each focused on controlling the trans-Saharan trade routes that passed through the region. France conquered the territory by 1920 and incorporated it as part of French Equatorial Africa. In 1960, Chad obtained independence under the leadership of François Tombalbaye. Resentment towards his policies in the Muslim north culminated in the eruption of a long-lasting civil war in 1965. In 1979 the rebels conquered the capital and put an end to the South’s hegemony. The rebel commanders then fought amongst themselves until Hissène Habré defeated his rivals. The Chadian–Libyan conflict erupted in 1978 by the Libyan invasion which stopped in 1987 with a French military intervention (Operation Épervier). Hissène Habré was overthrown in turn in 1990 by his general Idriss Déby. With French support, a modernization of the Chad National Army was initiated in 1991. From 2003, the Darfur crisis in Sudan spilt over the border and destabilized the nation. While many political parties participated in Chad’s legislature, the National Assembly, power laid firmly in the hands of the Patriotic Salvation Movement during the presidency of Idriss Déby. After President Déby was killed by FACT rebels in April 2021, the Transitional Military Council led by his son Mahamat Déby assumed control of the government and dissolved the Assembly. Chad remains plagued by political violence and recurrent attempted coups d’état.
Today’s flag raising reflects the camaraderie built between the United States and Republic of Chad and our enduring love for freedom, liberty and democracy that today the world is still inspired by.
