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TWO WEEKS ONLY!

The City of Newark Division of Planning & Community Development and Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art are pleased to present THIS IS NEWARK, an exhibition of proposals for marking the points of arrival to Newark and addressing the history and culture of Newark in the urban landscape.

THIS IS NEWARK Gateway Urban Design

April 8–18, 2009

Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art

591 Broad Street (near the north end of Military Park)

Newark, NJ 07102

(973) 622-1600

www.aljira.org

Closing reception: Friday, April 17, 6 pm–8 pm

Roundtable discussion: Saturday, April 18, 2 pm–4 pm

Gallery Hours: Wednesday–Friday 12 pm–6 pm; Saturday 11 am–4 pm

Featured designers and artists:

• Ade Tugbiyele Sedita
• Agrest and Gandelsonas Architects
• All of the Above
• Andrew Maishman
• Anker West and Ada Caro
• Brian McGrath and Victoria Marshall
• C+C Architecture with Charlee Swanson and Kati Vilim
• Christian Prasch, Inbar Kishoni, Nicholas Giuliano, Eliot Maltby
• Damon Rich
• Dana Koenitzer, Lisa Smith, Troy Therrien, Sarah Williams
• Gladys Grauer / Black Woman in Visual Perspective
• Glenn Smith Studio
• G Tects
• HTDSTUDIO DESIGNOFFICE
• Interboro
• John Kudos, Preeti Sodhi, Mabel Wilson
• Ken Smith Landscape Architect
• Marielly Casanova, Jake Dorler, KJ Kim, Ashley Villapaz, and Claire Weisz
• Matt Gosser
• Michael Sorkin Studio / Terreform
• M|RUIZ design
• Newwork and City Without Walls
• Otis Berkin, Natalia Roumelioti, Erin Shaefer, David Smiley, Manuel Miranda
• Pentagram Architects
• Peter Cocoziello, Chris Gee, Jacob Gerson, and Ala Rustom
• pod design + media
• Rickenbacker + Leung
• SCAPE & MTWTF
• SL Prevost Design
• Tritronic
• WXY architecture + urban design

Project team:

• Toni L. Griffin, City of Newark Director of Community Development
• Damon Rich, City of Newark Urban Designer: Project Director
• Glen Cummings, MTWTF: Exhibition Front Matter Graphic Designer
• Janette Kim, Urban Landscape Lab: Exhibition Front Matter Co-Editor
• Grace Bogdan, Exhibition Coordinator

Thank you:

• Stefan Pryor, Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development
• Victor Davson and Edwin Ramoran, Aljira, A Center for Contemporary Art
• Clement Price and Mark Krasovic, Rutgers University Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience
• Urban Landscape Lab, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• New Jersey School of Architecture, New Jersey Institute of Technology
• Linwood J. Oglesby, Newark Arts Council