The Newark Arts Photo Documentary Project

Working on my PhD in American Studies at Rutgers Newark focusing on: Conceptual Art Environmental Inequalities Public Humanities

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I am updating my website! Check out www.newarkartsphotodoc.com to see my most recent large-scale project, The Newark Artists Photo Documentary Project.

Top5 Tips for Embracing the Journey in Academia & the Real World hosts by Tara Thurber.

Today, Tara Thurber sat down with guest Colleen Gutwein O’Neal to discuss her, “Top5 Tips for Embracing the Journey in Academia & the Real World.” Listen as they review strategies for overcoming obstacles throughout the pandemic. Special thanks to Tara for inviting me to do the Top 5 Defined Talent podcast! Catch this episode and a whole bunch more at the iHeart podcast feed.

Mapping Apparitions: An Amorphous Art History Pilot

Curated by Colleen Gutwein O’Neal  November 20, 2021 – January 15, 2022 (extended through March, 2022) Opening Reception Saturday, November 20, 2021 7 – 11pm MAPPING APPARITIONS HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH THE END OF MARCH. GALLERY HOURS BY APPOINTMENT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE AT INDEXARTCENTER.ORG RE: SPECIAL PROGRAMMING *Please bring your personal images, memories, and…

Mapping Apparitions: An Amorphous Art History Pilot. Index Art Center 11/20/21 - 1/15/22. We need you to add to the collective history of art in Newark!

Mapping Apparitions: An Amorphous Art History Pilot Curated by Colleen Gutwein O’Neal November 20, 2021 – January 15, 2022 Opening Reception Saturday, November 20, 2021 7 – 11pm Additional Gallery Hours: December 4, 11, 18 and January 15 from 1 – 5pm *Please bring your images, memories, and ephemera to document in the exhibition.  Mapping Apparitions is an experimental pilot exhibition at…

Four Corners Public Arts Mural

I am ecstatic to announce the The Newark Artists Photo Documentary Project has been included in Phase II of the Four Corners Public Arts mural program. I have be working closely with curator Rebecca Jampol, on a 37′ long mural honoring the work and contributions of 6 artists from the project. The mural will be completed by the end of 2020.

“The Four Corners Public Arts partnership is…

Learn about documentary photography with me in a new online course hosted through the Newark Museum of Art

Time and Tide: Battambang, Cambodia, 2018

Learn to build a narrative around  your photographs in this four-part online course led by photographer, curator, and educator Colleen Gutwein O’Neal.

Documentary photography is deeply rooted in conveying a message to an audience through a meaningful series of images. Participants will explore how photography can be used as a tool for scientific…

Opening Reception tonight - 2.7.20 at the George Segal Gallery, Montclair State University, I am exhibiting in the group show "Fifty Years of Inspiration and Impact: The Photographic Legacy of Klaus Schnitzer and His Students"

Exhibition runs Tuesday, February 4 – Saturday, April 4, 2020

View From E. Kinney, Newark Artists Photo Documentary Project.

The George Segal Gallery announces Fifty Years of Inspiration and Impact: The Photographic Legacy of Klaus Schnitzer and His Students. The exhibition is a celebration of the career of Klaus Schnitzer, long-time professor of photography at Montclair State University, who…

"The Camera I Always Wanted" release date: Oct. 11, 2019 part of The Plume House of Prayer Series published by SHINE.

The Plume House of Prayer Series, 2019, is Shine’s newly published edition of books referencing a historic site in Newark, NJ. Once a ”cozy farmhouse on the outskirts of a little town on the riverside,” and rectory to The House of Prayer church, is the Plume House. Built in approximately 1725, and the second oldest home in the city  of Newark, now has its foundation visibly shaken by the vehicles…

#miniretro 5.18.19 - 7.12.19 20 years of photography by Colleen Gutwein at Art & Artifacts of Newark Opening reception 5.18 6-9pm

#miniretro

5.18.19 – 7.12.19

20 years (1999 – 2019) of photographic works by Colleen Gutwein. At the age of 5, Colleen developed her first image in a basement darkroom at her Grandparents house in Metuchen NJ. Years later she earned a degree in photography at Montclair State University with her Grandfather’s old Canon FT-b camera. This #miniretro shows Gutwein’s early use of…

We Are The Ghosts of Our Future: on view through dec. 22

Index Art Center 2nd floor main gallery 237 Washington St. Newark, NJ, 07102

‘We Are the Ghosts of Our Future’ encapsulates the analog portion of The Newark Artists Photo Documentary Project. Utilizing vintage Jem Jr. box cameras manufactured in Newark in the 1940s, Colleen Gutwein O’Neal forgoes the slow and methodical techniques of portraiture in favor of a more urgent and instinctive approach.…

Win a $150 Dinner for 2 at Marcus Samuelson’s Newark restaurant, Marcus B&P!

Enter to win your chance for a $150 Dinner for 2 at Marcus B&P!

Each ticket has a 1 in 50 chance to win!

check out the restaurant here: https://www.marcusbp.com/

And a great look into the restaurant in the article This Celeb Chef's Newark Restaurant is so Good we made him an Honorary New Jerseyan by NJ.com HERE

Pleased to announce my newest curatorial endeavor, The Ether Acre at Index Art Center 5.12.18 – 6.10.18  See images from the opening reception here: RECEPTION IMAGES

The Ether Acre explores the parallels between photography and poetry, from direct application to the surreal. These works lay bare the artists’ inclinations as testimony to the human experience.

Richard Cammarieri Jennifer Coard Jasm…

Photography on view at the new Marcus Samuelsson restaurant in Newark

It was a pleasure working with the curator from Marcus Samuelsson’s new restaurant in Newark,  Marcus B&P.  There was a strong intention to represent Newark artists inside the new restaurant, and they were happy to have The Newark Arts Photo Documentary Project website as a resource.  Meet me for a photoshoot at Shine, and a celebratory cocktail after…all in the same spot, hard to believe that I…

I am super excited to be a mentor in the NYFA 2017 Immigrant Mentor Program: Newark, with support from the Ford Foundation. “The program’s goal is to foster a local community of immigrant artists through entrepreneurial training, access to other artists, arts professionals, and organizations. It will offer 18 immigrant artists the opportunity to focus on their creative practice and gain support…

Honored to be a community partner at SHINE Portrait Studio

Image credit: Kati Vilim SHINE is a working portrait photography studio that facilitates and supports the expression and self-representation of the Newark, New Jersey community. SHINE Community PartnersFrom its foundation, Shine has been built together with Community Partners who are artists, photographers, entrepreneurs and others whose work is committed to representing the City of Newark, NJ in…