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Camden: A guide: Arts & Literature

A guide to the city for students, faculty, and the community. Curated by Bart Everts, 2017Civic Engagement Faculty Fellows cohort member.

Poetry in Camden

Nick Virgilio was a Camden-based Haiku poet.

Rocky Wilson is a Camden poet.

Gregory Pardlo's 'Digest" was the 2015 recipeiend of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Pardlo is a graduate of Rutgers University-Camden.

Walt Whitman spent the last 19 years of his life in Camden.

Poerty and literature

Music

Symphony in C
Orchestra based at the Rutgers Camden Center for the Arts.

Galleries

la Unique African American Bookstore and Cultural Center
Features works from African American artists and artists from various African countries.
Stedman Gallery
The Stedman Art Gallery is located at the Rutgers Center for the Arts on the campus Rutgers University-Camden,
Studio ElevenOne
Artist William Butler's studio featuring his work as well as the work of other artists. Usually open to the public on Third Thursdays, by appointment otherwise.

Exhibitions

Picturing Camden

Theaters

Black Box Studio Theater
Located in the Fine Arts building at Rutgers, features student and community works.
South Camden Theater Company
A professional theater company with productions year round.
The Walter K. Gordon Theater
Features programming open to the public from the Theater Program at Rutgers University-Camden

Studio space

Camden Fireworks
Artist studios in South Camden

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