07/10/2026
Now on view as part of A CITY OF CREATORS!
MIRRORS OF SELF: ECONOMIES OF CARE & STYLE by Shoshanna Weinberger
📍 707 Mayor Kenneth A. Gibson Blvd.
This citywide initiative transforms more than 20 vacant storefronts into an immersive arts corridor featuring work by 25 local artists and organizations. Through window-based installations, A CITY OF CREATORS connects artists, small businesses, and neighborhood stories, reimagining vacant retail spaces as sites of creativity, visibility, and opportunity.
🪮 Born in Kingston, Jamaica, raised in 🪮 Born in Kingston, Jamaica, and raised in Montclair, New Jersey, Shoshanna Weinberger (Shoshanna Weinberger) is a Newark-based artist whose abstract work explores Caribbean-American identity. She earned an MFA from Yale School of Art and has exhibited widely, including at the Newark Museum of Art, the Bronx Museum, and the National Gallery of Jamaica. She teaches at Rutgers University–Newark.1
💈MIRRORS OF SELF: ECONOMIES OF CARE & STYLE explores how, in Newark, style is identity, ritual, & cultural expression. Hair salons, barbershops, jewelry stores, & beauty supply shops are spaces of gathering, transformation, & community rooted in Black & Brown cultural traditions shaped by migration, heritage, & resilience.
✂ Scan the QR code to learn more about the artist and featured businesses.
Nearby businesses (within a 5-minute walk):
Amina Hair Braiding Salon – 358 Washington St.
At the Pillars: Pooka, Pure & Simple Healhaus (The Pillars) – 33 Washington St.
Bella Nails (𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐍𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐋𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞 & 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐫) – 41 Maiden Ln.
Tommy’s Wig (TOMMY'S WIG) – 98 Market St.
UrBestUnisex LLC (UrBestUnisex LLC.) – 45 Halsey St.
A CITY OF CREATORS is presented by the City of Newark Division of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Newark Arts & Education District, Invest Newark, Newark Urban Enterprise Zone, Newark Alliance, Newark Downtown District, and Project for Empty Space.
