Making Good Trouble with Bad Printing Artist Talk with Amos Paul Kennedy Jr.

Wednesday, October 11th, 6pm-7:30pm

Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102

FREE

Join Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. and Frontline Arts at the Main Branch of the Newark Public Library for an evening you won’t want to miss! Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. is visiting Frontline Arts and is facilitating a series of workshops, culminating in this FREE artist talk!

This visit was made possible by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

About the artist: 

Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. is a Detroit-based letterpress artist known for his inky, layered, textured and text-based posters on chipboard. Kennedy’s work usually centers on social justice and political commentary, directly addressing uncomfortable issues of race, as well as gatekeeping and pretension in the arts.Kennedy received his MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has works in the collection of the Library of Congress, was a United States Artists Glasgow Fellow in Crafts in 2015, and is the subject of the 2008 documentary film “Proceed and Be Bold.”

Traveling to the Newark Public Library (Main Branch):

Via https://www.npl.org/main-library/

Public Transportation

#13, #27, Go Bus 28, #30, #76, #78 stop on Broad St. at Lombardy St. (heading north along Broad St.)

Go Bus 28, #59, #66 stop on Broad St. at Harriet Tubman Square (formerly Washington Park)

#11, #13, #27, #28, #29, #30, #41 stop on Broad St. across from Lombardy St. (heading south along Broad St.)

#59, #66 stop on Washington St. & Washington Pl.

#11, #28, #29, #72 stop at Washington St. & James St.

Parking

The Main Library does not have patron parking.  Several parking options exist on the surrounding surface streets as well as privately operated lots.  Parking on Washington St.: No parking 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Metered parking Monday to Saturday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 25 cents for 20 minutes, one hour maximum. Click here for more information on parking.

Library Accessibility: Click here for Newark Public Library’s available accessibility services.

Registration deadline is Tuesday, October 10th at midnight