coLAB Arts Summer Institute uses the arts as a lens to learn how to fully respond to and influence culture and community. Participants will learn a wide range of skills and techniques to become civic change-makers. Students will work on storytelling, design, music, and movement. Ages 8-18.
Friday: 1:00pm to 4:00pm. The gallery is located at coLAB Arts Studios —6 Kirkpatrick Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. No RSVP is needed, the gallery is open for walk-ins during this time. Gallery is also open by appointment.
Saturday: 12:00pm to 4:00pm. The gallery is located at coLAB Arts Studios —6 Kirkpatrick Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. No RSVP is needed, the gallery is open for walk-ins during this time. Gallery is also open by appointment.
Friday: 1:00pm to 4:00pm.The gallery is located at coLAB Arts Studios —6 Kirkpatrick Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. No RSVP is needed, the gallery is open for walk-ins during this time. Gallery is also open by appointment.
Saturday: 12:00pm to 4:00pm. The gallery is located at coLAB Arts Studios —6 Kirkpatrick Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. No RSVP is needed, the gallery is open for walk-ins during this time. Gallery is also open by appointment.
The ERGS! + Hunchback. Did someone way ‘what a cool homecoming?’ Can’t hear you over the noise of this night. Doors at 6 pm, tickets are $20 dollars. A night to not miss!
Join us for the opening of Dennis Redmoon Darkeem’s gallery in our Open Studio event from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Dennis RedMoon Darkeem is an Afro-Indigenous interdisciplinary artist born in New York City and currently living and practicing in the Bronx. He is the founder of RedMoon Arts Movement Inc., a community-centered arts initiative dedicated to environmental education, public art, and cultural healing. His work spans sculpture, installation, photography, film, collage, public murals, and socially engaged practice. RSVPs are highly encourage but walk-ins are welcome at this event.
Enjoy light refreshments, drinks, and speed networking —this time at coLAB Arts Studios at 6 Kirkpatrick Street in New Brunswick. New faces are encouraged so please feel free to bring your friends and colleagues.
This month's storytellers will share short true stories about the ghosts that have shaped them. Maybe it's a supernatural encounter that still can't be explained or a time you swore there was somebody sitting in the chair of your victorian AirBnB! This month, we are embracing all things that go bump in the night.
Join us for the opening of Misha Tyutyunik’s gallery in our Open Studio event from at 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. He is a Ukrainian-born painter, muralist, street artist, illustrator, and virtual reality artist living and working in Brooklyn, New York. A graduate of Pratt Institute, he collaborates with communities around the world to create public art and is regularly commissioned by organizations, brands, publications, and collectors.
Join us for the opening of Kate Eggleston’s gallery in our Open Studio event from at 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Multidisciplinary artist and educator Kate Eggleston was born in Massachusetts in 1982. Her studio practice serves as a dialogue between her personal experiences and a broader exploration of themes such as motherhood, Jewish culture, and folk tales, working across paper, sculpture, and fiber. RSVPs are highly encourage but walk-ins are welcome at this event.
Saturday: 12:00pm to 4:00pm. The gallery is located at coLAB Arts Studios —6 Kirkpatrick Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. No RSVP is needed, the gallery is open for walk-ins during this time. Gallery is also open by appointment.
Join us for Hamee Han’s artist talk from 4-5pm followed by the Open Studio where we share Haemee Han’s gallery. She is a public artist, landscape architect, and educator born in South Korea, with her practice based in New Jersey. She works at the intersection of sculpture and landscape, investigating how objects can operate as landscapes and how landscapes can be distilled into discrete, human-occupiable forms. RSVPs are highly encourage but walk-ins are welcome at this event.
ASÉ ASÉ ASÉ - A new play by Jasmine Carmichael in partnership with Lost Souls Memorial Project: It’s Vanessa’s 18th birthday. She’s searching for purpose in loss, an outlet for joy, and the embrace of community. Along the way she discovers the power of ceremony. This new one-woman show explores the history of slavery in New Jersey and the importance of remembrance. Free, please RSVP.
This event, taking place on Friday, July 24 from 4:00-5:30pm, is a Q&A about Traci Johnson's textile making process, history, and inspirations. Inspired by Afrofuturism, queer philosophy, and bodily restoration, Johnson's work explores our relationship with the past, the present, ourselves, and the world around us.
Gallery is open Friday and Saturdays until July 30th.
Friday: 1:00pm to 4:00pm, Saturday: 12:00pm to 4:00pm. The gallery is located at coLAB Arts Studios —6 Kirkpatrick Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. No RSVP is needed, the gallery is open for walk-ins during this time. Gallery is also open by appointment.
4USBYUS: a benefit show series is a clothing swap, market AND live show all dedicated to creating a celebrated space for queer people, people of color and queer people of color! The clothing swap & market will take place at 2pm, and the live show kicks off at 4pm with performances by Cyan Xavier, Niche Kink, and Teddy Grump! 50% of ticket proceeds will go to the Coalition for Black Trans Economic Liberation based in Philadelphia, PA. Clothing swap sign ups are available online as well as the day of.
The Imagining Together Creative Healing Collective invites you to join them for an evening of experiencing what is possible when we choose to imagine - together. Join us on July 18th at 7pm and share in the worlds they have shared and created together. Collective Members -- Donniee Barnes, Doriane Swain, Kenya Bullock, Nayette Windley and healing arts facilitator Sandrine Dupiton look forward to sharing an intimate evening of creative healing arts. More details to come ️.
No Punk Time Promotions, in association with coLAB Arts, presents Depressionista playing with New Jersey hardcore upstarts Quiz, Buffalo's Slam Dunk, Pennsylvania bruisers Streets of Rage, and Quadri-Tier Aggression.
The next Art City Open Studio features Traci Johnson from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Open to walk through during that to see her new gallery and to see the other artists’ studios.
Traci Johnson (b. 1998, New York City) is a Brooklyn-based textile artist creating immersive installations that transform sanctuary into spaces of queer healing, community, and self-discovery through vibrant, narrative-rich textiles.
Tickets for Sunday, the 21st. Performances include: The Whispers of the Banyan Tree (English & Hindi), Crossing to Talikota (English), Theater in Life 4, Medea’s Sisters (Multilingual).
Tickets for Saturday, June 20th performances. Ticket options include tickets for each performance or all day ticket passes. Performances include: Eidur Kol (Bengali), Medea’s Sisters (Multilingual),Theater in Life 3, Crossing to Talikota (English).
Tickets for Sunday, June 14th. Performances include The Whispers of the Banyan Tree (English & Hindi), Omanush (Bengali),Theater in Life 2, and Omanush (Bengali).
Tickets for Saturday, June 13th including all day passes and tickets to select performances. Performance schedule includes Inauguration, Heart Burst (Dil Ka Phootna) (English), Attojon (Bengali), Theater in Life 1, and Attojon (Bengali).
Monument Unveiling!
After months of deep listening, storytelling, and collaboration, the vision is becoming real. Join us for the official unveiling of En Root: A Monument to Migration and Labor—an inspiring new public work by artist Chat Travieso that was shaped by the voices and experiences of project participants from New Brunswick and the broader Central Jersey community.
Join us at our 6 Kirkpatrick studio space for an open studios and celebration of Andrew Harrison’s gallery opening.
Art After Hours goes to Art City Open Studio Tour: Join coLAB Arts and artist Andrew Harrison at the Art City Studios in New Brunswick for a private studio tour and art demonstration before attending the gallery exhibit opening night reception. Meet up location is coLAB Arts 9 Bayard St. New Brunswick, NJ. Open studios is open to all. Art After Hours is open to young creatives 16-24.
Join Monument Artist Chat Travieso and the NJMML team for the community painting of En Root, the installation he is building for War Memorial Park. The monument honors community stakeholders, whose collective vision helped to shape this monument. You are invited to help paint the Monarch butterfly-inspired patterns on the facade of the monument.Snacks and refreshments will be provided.Come by anytime between 1 and 4PM, and drop in and paint. No skills or experience needed!
A Healthy Marriage is a new musical comedy, with book, music, and lyrics by Dave Seamon based on the 1922 Hall Mills Murders in New Brunswick. A local pastor and a member of the church choir start an affair and are found brutally murdered. The event becomes the largest tabloid story in the country. What’s going to happen to the choir that’s left behind? A Healthy Marriage has humor, heart, and homicide. Performances run May 27 - June 7.
Join us at coLAB Arts on May 16th for a drag competition hosted by La Gatita! Expect fierce performances, high kicks, and claws out as contestants battle for the crown!
Join us for an artist talk and conversation around “Resonance,” a solo exhibition by Chanika Svetvilas presented by coLAB Arts. Svetvilas will be in conversation with Karin Jervert, a teaching artist, writer, and Mad Pride activist, and founder of the Woodland Sunflower Collective. Art Talk is at 2 pm, the open gallery is from 12:00 to 4:00pm.
coLAB Arts invites high school students from the graduating classes of ‘26, ‘27 and ‘28 to apply for the position of Youth Board Member on the coLAB Arts Board of Directors for the 2025-2026 academic school year. Youth board members will have the opportunity to learn about socially engaged art and the world of nonprofit management.
coLAB Arts está lanzando una nueva y emocionante oportunidad de desarrollo de liderazgo, e invita a estudiantes de escuela secundaria de las clases graduandas ‘27, ‘28 y ‘29 a postularse para el puesto de Miembro Juvenil de la Junta de Directores de coLAB Arts para el año académico 2026-2027.
No Punk Time Promotions, in association with coLAB Arts, will have an amazing night with another Mosh for Charity— help raise money for the Mens’ Interfaith Rotating Shelter.
coLAB Arts goes to Aqualumina Festival: Join us as for a riverside lantern festival involving music, performance, and inspiring lighting at the river’s edge. May 9th parade field trip includes dinner and transportation to Artyard in Frenchtown NJ from coLAB Arts Studio in New Brunswick. Program is open to all ages but adults must be accompanied by a student!
Thinkery & Verse will host an immersive, family friendly event that explores Indigenous History during the American Revolution as well as celebrates Indigenous culture and life. The event will include traditional dance, tribal story-telling, a presentation led by historian, Dr. John Meyer, gourd painting, pinch pot crafting, as well as a Q&A with Native American educators from the Rappahannock and Karankawa tribes. There will also be snacks and music to enjoy. This event is 100% free to the public.
Art City Open Studio events are monthly opportunities to meet and see the work of our resident artists. May features the work of Resident Artist Chanika Svetvilas.
Join us for our first stand-up comedy night at coLAB Arts. Come laugh with us and celebrate the kind of Jersey energy that even Jon Bon Jovi would appreciate.
Deathness and rtf Presents Eric Raven: Send Off to Seattle. Doors are 6:30 pm, will music starting around 7:00 pm for a full. night of music. $15 in advance, $20 day of— join us for a great night of goth, techno, and darkwave.
Join us on April 14 from 5:30–7:30 PM for the New Brunswick Documenters Board of Education Election Forum, an evening focused on community access, election information, and voting rights education.
SETU presents, in collaboration with coLAB Arts, When Gandhi and Mohammed Meet. Neel Gandhi from London and Mohammed Aslam from New Delhi meet at a scientific conference in Bangalore, both facing intense opposition from families and friends in their planned interfaith marriages to their girlfriends.
SETU presents, in collaboration with coLAB Arts, When Gandhi and Mohammed Meet. Neel Gandhi from London and Mohammed Aslam from New Delhi meet at a scientific conference in Bangalore, both facing intense opposition from families and friends in their planned interfaith marriages to their girlfriends.
