For 25 years, Newark Arts Festival has created opportunities to experience the city through its artists. On Sunday, October 11, one of the festival’s longest-standing traditions returns.Open Doors invites you beyond the gallery walls and into the studios, galleries, and independent creative spaces where Newark artists are making work right now. Spend the afternoon meeting artists in their own spaces, discovering new work, purchasing directly from creators, and moving through the neighborhoods that continue to shape Newark’s creative identity.Whether you’re a collector, an art lover, or simply curious about what’s being created across the city, Open Doors offers a way to experience Newark that you won’t find anywhere else.

Come curious. Leave with a new artist to follow, a new work to love, or an entirely new perspective on the city.

See Newark through the artists who know it best.

The 25th Newark Arts Festival is powered by Newark Arts Council and supported by: Prudential, New Jersey State Council on the Arts, City of Newark, Newark Arts and Education District, Newark Alliance, Hanini Group, Express Newark, The Newark Museum of Art, NJPAC, Russo Development, Edison Properties, Newark City Parks Foundation, Arts Ed Newark and Newark Public Schools.

For more information and the full NAF2026 lineup, visit NewarkArtsFestival.com.

This event is free with a suggested donation. Your support helps Newark Arts Council continue creating programs, opportunities and resources for artists and our community