New Genres Art Space

06/27/2022

NEW WAYS summer art program is back in action this week. Look at these young artists lighting, staging, and animating legos!

06/27/2022

We had an incredible time with the people of Rockford, who wrote and painted their responses to the SCOTUS decision. We will have the time lapse/animation up soon! Thank you and for the opportunity!

06/21/2022

People ask, “do you teach animation to young kids?” Yes we do and, actually, we think these two animations quick first time animations from grade schoolers speak for themselves! All made during the New Ways program with RAAC Rockford Area Arts Council and Fairgrounds Boys & Girls Club.

06/21/2022

New Ways is back and better than ever! This popular summer program focuses on a variety of animation and 3D modeling skills for middle and high school students! Students utilize iPads, Apple pens, animation stop motion stations, 3D software and more. RAAC Rockford Area Arts Council Fairgrounds Boys & Girls Club

06/15/2022

🤯 Look at these young artists create! Another day of mural painting and animation with Iga Puchalska of New Genres Art Space and Eddaviel! We are floored by the magic that is happening. RAAC Rockford Area Arts Council Emily Klonicki Prairie Street Brewing Co.

06/14/2022

We are so excited to be such an important part of the RAAC Rockford Area Arts Council Somnium project and the art camp leading up to the project! Students are work with artist Eddaviel to create a mural and Iga Puchalska from New Genres Art Space to create the animation portion, along with other outstanding artists! Keep your eyes open for updates! Emily Klonicki

06/14/2022

We are so excited to be such an important part of the Somnium project and the art camp leading up to the project! Students are work with artist to create a mural and Iga Puchalska from New Genres Art Space, along with other outstanding artists! Keep your eyes open for updates!

06/01/2022

BYOB : BRING YOUR OWN BEAMER

JUNE 4 | 7 - 11 PM

Here Rockford, 727 1ST AVE. ROCKFORD, IL

HERE and New Genres Art Space have partnered to produce a one-night participatory art exhibition that is the first of its kind in Rockford. BYOB (bring your own beamer) is a one-night exhibition in which anyone is invited to bring any kind of projector and project whatever they wish (non-commercial) onto any free space on the wall. The result is a room filled with different projected images—some moving, some still, some abstract, some narrative— from different projectors from the most modern, to overhead projectors, to film projectors.

What does BYOB mean?
BYOB is an acronym for “Bring Your Own Beamer”. In Europe projectors are often referred to as “beamers”.

Can anyone with a projector just walk in and join the exhibition?
YES! 1) Come with any way to project an image, video, film, ETC, 2) find some empty space on any surface 3)Then you plug in and project! 4) you have added to the exhibition!

Why BYOB?
BYOB is for anyone who is interested in moving light, sound and performance. Projection can mean many things. Projections are flexible and create a freedom to react to each other's works, move things around, and create a dynamic collaborative experience.

05/20/2022

BYOB : BRING YOUR OWN BEAMER

JUNE 4 | 7 - 11 PM

Here Rockford, 727 1ST AVE. ROCKFORD, IL

HERE and New Genres Art Space have partnered to produce a one-night participatory art exhibition that is the first of its kind in Rockford. BYOB (bring your own beamer) is a one-night exhibition in which anyone is invited to bring any kind of projector and project whatever they wish (non-commercial) onto any free space on the wall. The result is a room filled with different projected images—some moving, some still, some abstract, some narrative— from different projectors from the most modern, to overhead projectors, to film projectors.

What does BYOB mean?
BYOB is an acronym for “Bring Your Own Beamer”. In Europe projectors are often referred to as “beamers”.

Can anyone with a projector just walk in and join the exhibition?
YES! 1) Come with any way to project an image, video, film, ETC, 2) find some empty space on any surface 3)Then you plug in and project! 4) you have added to the exhibition!

Why BYOB?
BYOB is for anyone who is interested in moving light, sound and performance. Projection can mean many things. Projections are flexible and create a freedom to react to each other's works, move things around, and create a dynamic collaborative experience.

05/18/2022

NGAS is excited to announce that we are the recipient of a $50,000 Regrow grant from the City of Rockford to produce an after school program at the Fairgrounds Boys and Girls Club! The Regrow grant is an equity-driving, restorative justice and community reinvestment grant program funded by the City of Rockford’s 3% local tax on adult-use cannabis retail sales.

City of Rockford Government Fairgrounds Boys & Girls Club

New Genres Art Space provides a pioneering interdisciplinary platform that continually reflects the fluctuating ideas of multiculturalism and diversity while investing in innovative ways to reveal how new and digital art forms translate their value to therapeutic, educational, and community settings

05/17/2022

Our amazing 4-week summer art camp is open! Register now for animation, 3D design, and more!
RAAC Rockford Area Arts Council

NEW WAYS is a dynamic collaboration between three Rockford nonprofits. Led by educators who hold various arts technology and education degrees, from internationally recognized universities, United Way’s houses will offer cutting edge classes in animation, sound art, and 3-D printing. The pioneerin...