A New View !

.On April 22, 2021 (Earth Day), The City of Camden, Cooper's Ferry Partnership, and the Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts unveiled A New View - Camden, an innovative, six-month-long exhibition featuring six, one-of-a-kind and family-friendly public art projects.
A New View concluded on October 31, 2021 with a celebration at Cooper's Poynt Waterfront Park.
For more information about art, public art and place making in the City of Camden visit the project partners at:
Connect the Lots and Rutgers Camden Center for the Arts.
"Thank you for the art exhibits in Camden.  It brings me joy to see the beauty of Camden being shared through the art pieces."
-Nina Scarpa, Retired Camden School Teacher and Hopeworks Volunteer

From "Passion-ists" to Professionals....The Subaru A New View Artist Apprentices made a splash in Camden, NJ.

 “This is the beginning of our identity.” Donald Williams, an educator-artist for over 20 years in Camden, describes the A New View Art Installation as an artistic reimagination of Camden. The 6 short-term public art installations, aptly titled,  “A New View - Camden”,  are challenging community members and visitors to see the city with more dimension.
-Excerpt from "Once Hidden Artists Now Become Public," By Loan Nguyen

For more photos visit the Gallery section of this site!

For an amazing summer of 2021
A New View would like to thank...

  STEERING COMMITTEE

  • Derrick Davis, Camden County Historical Society
  • Anthony Frazier, Community Foundation of South Jersey
  • Clara Hollander, CraftNOW
  • David Harmon, Architect
  • Cynthia Primas, IDEA Performing Arts Center
  • Felisha Reyes Morton, Councilperson
  • Sarah Rice, Curator, Campbell Soup Company
 
COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

  • Vania Abdul Badee, 360 Marketing
  • Erin Crean, Shade Tree Advisory Board
  • Erika Cruz, The Flower Pot
  • Alfred Dansbury, City of Camden, Planning Department
  • Samir Nichols, Superior Arts Institute
  • Ajeenah Riggs, The Camden Store/Camden Renaissance Leaders
  • Dominique Williams, Legency League
 
PROJECT FUNDERS & SPONSORS

  • Bloomberg Philanthropies
  • Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation
  • New Jersey Council for the Humanities
  • New Jersey State Council for the Arts
  • Subaru of America
  • Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
  • US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • William Penn Foundation
  • US Environmental Protection Agency
  • Campbell Soup Company
 
IN-KIND PROJECT/COMMUNITY SUPPORT

  • Brian McAndrews, Art teacher, Creative Arts Morgan Village Academy
  • Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority
  • Camden County – Parks Department
  • Camden County Pop-Up Library - Tom Martin
  • Camden Lutheran Housing
  • Camden PowerCorps
  • Camden Youth Advisory Council/Delaware Regional Planning Commission
  • Center for Family Services
  • David’s Tires (Camden, NJ)
  • Delaware River Port Authority/PATCO
  • Gloria Vega, Principal, Charles H. Dudley School
  • iCreate LLC
  • Keller Engineers of New Jersey (Camden, NJ) - Sam Mody, President
  • Little Blooming Garden (Merchantville, NJ) - Lisa Koory
  • Pennoni Associates (Camden, NJ) - Joseph Raday, Office Manager
  • South Jersey Cultural Alliance
  • South Jersey Port Corporation
  • St. Joseph’s Carpenter Society
  • Synergetics
  • University of Michigan
  • Watu Moja
  • WHYY
 
INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

  • Avi Steinhardt
  • Camden County - Engineering
  • Camden County Police
  • City of Camden, Law Department
  • City of Camden, Office of the Mayor
  • En Route Marketing
  • Kamile Kuntz
  • Kate Blair, Communications Office, Rutgers—Camden
  • Kristin Walker, Events Office , Rutgers—Camden
  • Mike Sepanic, Vice Chancellor and Chief of Staff, Rutgers—Camden
  • Rob Smith, Eleven22 Productions
  • Rutgers University Information Technology
  • Rutgers—Camden Writer’s House
 
 A New View is made possible due to the generous contributions of many members of the Camden community!

A New Home for #INVINCIBLECAT
Welcome Invincible Cat to Farnham Park next to Camden High School!

"Camden is Bright not Blight"
Who gets to say what "Camden is..."

"Camden is Bright Not Blight"
Video by Eleven 22 Productions

Portraits of residents proclaiming what "Camden is..." are popping up throughout Camden, beautifying neighborhoods and bringing more attention to the ongoing issue of illegal dumping.

Read More on our NEWS page

A Public Service Announcement from A New View Camden and Power Corps

Illegal dumping costs the city of Camden $4 million annually.
Join A New View Camden in the fight for environmental justice and help us
reclaim our environment through art.
Meet the 8 artists joining Camden residents in
Reclaiming Our City Through Art!