ARTBENDER IS BACK!
June 4, 2022 from 9 AM – 5 PM

All-day arts event celebrates creativity and self-expression with over twenty programs and performances scheduled throughout South Orange.

South Orange, NJ – Seton Village Neighborhood Preservation Program (NPP) and South Orange Village are pleased to bring back ArtBender, an event that returns after a two-year hiatus.

“ArtBender is near and dear to my heart,” said Danni Michaeli, lead architect of ArtBender. “We look forward to welcoming the public to any and all of our many scheduled events. We have missed gathering to celebrate the enormous creative spirit of our community and there are so many ways to join in the fun this Saturday. Paint, draw, sing, dance, garden, and build!”

Kathryne Hall Selected as Artist for Community Mural Project in Seton Village on Ward Place.

Mural will be installed on June 4, 2022 as part of ArtBender.

South Orange, NJ – Seton Village Neighborhood Preservation Program (NPP) and South Orange Village are pleased to announce that artist Kathryne Hall has been selected to design and lead a public art mural on Ward Place in the Seton Village NPP district. Hall is a resident of Maplewood and is a fine artist and Visuals Director for national contemporary magazines. The mural will be painted with the assistance of community members as part of ArtBender, an all-day arts festival happening in and around Seton Village on June 4, 2022. Community members are invited to help paint the mural, located on the corner of Ward Place and Irvington Avenue in South Orange, between 10 AM – 2 PM.

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