Past Events + Exhibits
Since 2018, SMUSH Gallery has provided a vibrant home for art and community events in the Journal Square neighborhood of Jersey City, NJ. In our lifetime, we have hosted visual art, dance, music, multidisciplinary performance, installation art, pop up markets, open mics, workshops, artist services, and a wide range of community events including seasonal potlucks, movie and game nights, and an eighteen month anti-racism discussion series.
What We’ve Been Up To…
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2023-2024 Season
Black History Month Pop Up by Eleven
Old School, New Worlds, curated by Dense Magazine/Jersey Art Book Fair
Fever Dream
disaster [place], an immersive installation by Katelyn Halpern
Hangups II: A(nother) Community Curated Art Show2022-2023 Season
Zero to 90: An Affordable Art Show
Nocturnal Medicine’s Earth Temple
Once She Dries, a multimedia installation about coral reefs and climate change
Black History Month Pop Up by Jo Bell
Are You There? An Immersive Poetry Installation by Benedicto Figueroa
Hangups: A Community Curated Art Show2021-2022 Season
Zero to 80: An Affordable Art Show
Bodies Boobies Bootys: An Intimately Public Display of Pleasure and Play
The Body As An Archive, photography by Olga Rabetskaya
Alive is a Matter of Opinion: Photography by Christian Gallo
Please Scream Inside Your Heart, art by Kate Eggleston2020-2021 Season
Innards, curated by Danni Bellando
An Artist’s Duty, curated by Stephanie Geremito
Exile in Orange: Visual Art by Buttered Roll
Occupation: Artists in 2020, curated by Morgaine De Leonardis
The Zine Show2019-2020 Season
īîìïíinches by Myssi Robinson
Heart Echoes: Paintings by Marta Blair
Art on Toast: a surreal collection from SMUSH Gallery
Netted Seas: work by Zoe Frederick & Caroline McAuliffe
Tangible Imaginings, curated by Fred Fleisher2018-2019 Season
TouchTouch: Interactive Sculpture by Alex Pergament & Friends
Zero to 70 // Seventy Works of Art for $70 or Less
In The In Between: Contemporary Queer Portraiture, curated by Joey Sbarro
Home Space, curated by Danni Bellando
Soft News: immediate, everyday artwork for the human in you
Heartstrung, an immersive installation by Talita Cabral & Katelyn Halpern
In This House: Gestures of Unrest by Rina Espiritu2018 Season
Be Southern, photography by Breathing Art Company
Modern Life: paintings by Tom Wolf
Zero to 60 // fast art // sixty dollars max
The Flower Show, curated by Maria Ross
Instax Arrangements, 2018, art by Katelyn Halpern
Artist Talks
disaster [place] Artist Talk
Nocturnal Medicine Earth Temple Artist Talk
Once She Dries Artist Talk
Are You There? Artist Talk
Tour The Zine Show, Hosted by GOMO aka Ghost of Mr. Oberon
Myssi Robinson on ìīíïîinches
An Evening In the In Between -
Dance Fellowship + Spring Dance Series, 2024
Friends Who Dance’s MOLD
Mamiko Usuda’s Echoes of the Subconscious
morgaine de leonardis + Regina IppolitoCuratorial Fellowship In Dance, 2021-2022
Brooke Rucker’s The [Jersey] Function
Olga Rabetskaya’s The Body As An Archive
Sarah Rose’s Begin, AgainCuratorial Fellowship In Dance, 2020-2021
Maranda Barry’s Dreamlife
Alison Clancy’s Mutant Gifts
Iman Louis-Jeune’s Essence of Embodiment Festival
Jonathan Matthews-Guzman’s Protean PiecesSolo Projects
new immortal
Sarah Rose’s 12 Hours
DanielRose Projects’ four shores
Breathing Art Company’ s Be Southern
A Day with eSKay Art Collective
DanielRose Projects’ Translocate
stb x at’s Blanc & Bonk
Rachel Erdo’s Castle
Tinted Windows
kamrDANCE’s Defining CharacteristicsMixed Bills
International Women’s Day of Dance, co-produced with MeenMoves
I Love Your Vibe
We Are Particles
SMUSH Moves, Vol. 1-9Monira Foundation Performance Residency
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Comedy
Emotionally Inappropriate Stand Up Comedy Series
A Comedy Show!Music
The Stop Shopping Choir
Movie Night with the Just Now Orchestra
"I wonder if she can tell I'm hard right now... Hmm." and Other Classics
The Just Now Orchestra & Bonnie Lander*
The Ukuladies in Wintertime!
Gengis Don & The Empire*
The Just Now Orchestra w/ Max and Los Americanos
Alex & Ben Play Quietly
The Just Now Orchestra & Viktor.Digital
Bonnie&Batya + LoveLoveLove
After School Activities | “TouchTouchTouch”
After School Orchestra | COVER(songs)
Color of the Snow
Marmalakes + FriendsOpen Mics
2nd Annual Black History Month Open Mic: Sunday Service
Golden Light Open Mic at Hangups II
Earth Temple Open Mic, Honoring Mama Gaia
Black History Month Open Mic
Are You There? Open Mic
GOMO’s Pre-Summer Open Mic & Lounge
GOMO’s Pre-Halloween Open Mic & Lounge
GOMO’s 2nd, 3rd, & 4th Annual Pe-Christmas Open Mic & Lounge
Slyce of Lyfe: Poetry Reading + Open Mic SeriesTheater
Message in a BottleVariety Shows
Disaster Theater
The New Fantastics II
An Evening In the In Between
Fake SummerVirtual
GOMO’s Pre-Tax Day Open Mic & Lounge
GOMO’s Pre-Valentine’s Open Mic & Lounge
GOMO’s Pre-Christmas Open Mic & Lounge
Occupy My Mind: Livestream Virtual Performance
Quarantine: Solo. The No Contact Telethon.
GOMO TV
Weekly MORESOUND Mini Series w/Ben Figueroa, Ezzy Nightingale*, Movie Night with the Just Now Orchestra, Zach Herchen, Rashad Wright, Elliot Cole, Alex Pergament, Gengis Don, & Lateef Dameer
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Markets
Winter Market
Gallery Aferro Holiday Market
Spring Market at Zero to 80
Cold Weather Free Store
MUYU Market
T-Shirt Pop Up ShopOff Site Events
Infinite Possibility: an Urban Plant Walk
Curious Birds
Jersey Art Book Fair
Art Fair 14C @ the Armory
Golden Light Open Mic @ Lackawanna Coffee
Bergen Square Day
ESTIA Day Fest
“The Meaning of The Seed” Dinner Gathering
Field Trip w/ Larissa Belcic [Bayway Oil Refinery/ Morses Creek Area]Other Unique Happenings
Desire Line
”Coral Woman” Screening
JC Fridays Open House & Portfolio Review
Tarot with Joe's Instant Reading Guide Release Party
Xmas Emergency Dance Jam
“The Meaning of The Seed” Screening
JC Fridays Open House
White Space - Conversations for Anti-Racism Series
Earth Day Manifesto E-Book Release & Online Discussion
Drag Queen Megillah Hour
Honey, What’s a Femdom?
Refresh Your Headshots w/ Joey Sbarro
Masked Halloween Dance Party
The Wet Lounge: A Meadowlands Clubhouse
Midterms are Coming: Vote For Freedom! a For Freedoms Lawn Sign project
I Ran in Jersey City - A Celebration of the Democratic Process
Art + Community MixerSeries
Seasonal Community Potlucks
Neighborhood Game Night
The “I Haven’t Seen It” Film Festival
Family Focused Open Studio Days -
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WORK/SHARE monthly artist feedback series
Backstitch Gatherings
Sound + Motion Improvisation
The Silent CommitteeDance, Music, & Performance
Body of Letters
Improv Jam with Indah Walsh
Drills & Skills with spacejunk dance
Spatial Economy with Hannah Garner
Structured Exploration with Sienna Blaw
Yoga with Allison
Introduction to Ableton
Find Your Funny: Improv Comedy Workshops
The "Art" of Translation Workshop by Mignolo Dance
Making Dances: a kamrDANCE Workshop Fusing Body Rhythms + Modern Movement
DRIGGProductions Community Dance ClassVisual Art
How to Summon an Elemental: a workshop by Sean Suchara
Once She Dries Youth Arts Workshop
Visible Mending
48 Hour Zine-A-Thon
Beginning Weaving Workshop
Open Crafting Circle: Lez Craft
Natural Dye Workshops with Talita Cabral -
2023
Katelyn Halpern
Heather Warfel Sandler
Rachel Murdy2021
Muhammad Moves and Artists, Movement
Reaction Dance Company NYC, Movement
Black Sheep Contemporary Ensemble, Music
coHERence, Movement
Aubin Niragira, Photography
Jacqueline Viola Moulton, Poetry
Candice Schnurr, Movement
Julie Opiel, Movement2020
Benedicto Figueroa, music + poetry
Rita Jimenez, light installation
Heather Warfel-Sandler, dance + craft
Rachel Murdy, performance + visual art
Anisa Rahim, photography
Zach Herchen, music
2019
Myssi Robinson, Visual Art
Sarah Rose, Dance
Nerissa Tutiven, Visual Art
Larissa Belcic, Landscape Architecture/Social Practice
Holly Ledbetter, Dance
Leslie Ann Kilpatrick, Dance/Pedagogy2018
Grant Jacoby, Dance
Curet Performance Project, Dance
Valleto Dance, Dance
Sam Pullin + Noah Tavlin, Visual Art