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By Chelsey Jaipersaud | Published by May 3, 2021 Someone once asked me why do I believe in God? I simply replied “because I’ve seen too much not to believe.” I grew up with a lot of sadness surrounding my heart, constant worry of what bad thing was going to happen next. I struggled with making friends; I struggled with […]
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By Valerie Sanabria | Published by April 15, 2021 After a semester studying Cervantes’ writing and going through a terrible break up I learned that “True love has no conditions” as Dr. Gregory Shepherd, World-Languages Coordinator at Kean, constantly repeated during one of the many literature classes I took with him during the last two years. I’m not sure how […]
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By: Chelsey Jaipersaud | Published by April 1, 2021 A thirteen year old’s first protest captured by an artist who led the protest was given a bullhorn and the opportunity to speak her truth, chanting “can I get a Black lives matter, when I say Black lives, you say matter” and from that moment carried the next fight against injustice. […]
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By Christian Grullon | Published by October 23, 2020 Kean’s Art History program has faced some trials and tribulations with the retrenchment of staff members along with classes being cut obviously affecting the students of the program. Even through the retrenchment, which means reduction in the extent or quantity of something, reduction of costs or spending in response to economic […]
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By Lena Zhu | Published by March 23, 2020 Danielle Mejia has struggled with Rheumatoid Arthritis since she was 15 years old. Now a sophomore at Kean University, she wants to show others her struggles through the power of art. “To me, art is self-expression and storytelling. ‘Too Young’ is my story,” the 21-year-old said. In a little corner on the […]
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By Monica Sudfield | Published by October 25, 2018 “American Latinx,” an exhibit by artist Linda Vallejo, opened at the Karl and Helen Burger Gallery in Kean’s Center for Academic Success (CAS) building on Sept. 4 and will run until Dec. 14. Vallejo’s works include a variety of paintings and sculptures of brown individuals that were originally created white. She […]
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By Wynter Aiken | Published by Oct. 25, 2018 Kean University and the Roselle Park Arts Community came together to celebrate Roselle Park’s 4th Annual Arts Festival on Sat., Sept. 29. Chestnut Street in downtown Roselle Park was filled with festival goers, volunteers and artists participating in the day’s excitement. Roselle Park gives recognition to various artists every year by […]
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By Estefani Hernandez | Published by Oct. 5, 2018 The Human Rights Institute invites the Water is Life Exhibit to shed light on water issues and how they affect women around the world. The Water is Life exhibition started out in the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland and has traveled to different venues, Kean University being the last stop. The […]
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By Gail Fredricks | Published May 8, 2017 Kean University galleries invited the campus community to submit a ‘Kean Art Selfie’ – with a picture with any of the artwork around campus. The university has five galleries to choose from; but community members were encouraged to take a picture with an outdoor sculpture or a painting found in any office […]
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By Monica Sudfield | Published May 8, 2017 Nancy Staub Laughlin, established pastel and photography artist, has reunited with Kean by arranging some of her latest pieces in the Nancy Dryfoos Gallery. Seven years prior, Laughlin’s work was featured in Kean’s “New Jersey Masters 2010” exhibition, according to Kean Galleries website. Impressed by the 2010 exhibition, Laughlin was eager to […]
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