Department of Arts, Culture & Media at RU-N presents: TRACEWORK

The Department of Arts, Culture & Media at Rutgers University–Newark is pleased to announce the 2026 Senior Graphic Design Capstone Exhibition,TRACEWORK, presented at Project for Empty Space at Ironside Newark, located at 110 Edison Place, Newark, NJ 07102 (Parkside). The exhibition will open with a public reception on Thursday, April 16, 2026, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. It will remain on view and open to the public from April 16 through April 30, 2026.

TRACEWORK explores the theme of legacy: the cultural, social, environmental, and personal imprints that shape our present and inform our future. These legacies may be inherited, celebrated, or contested; visible or invisible. They live in traditions, stories, artifacts, and systems—and in the ways we choose to remember, challenge, or transform them.

The exhibition presents 24 transmedia projects that use communication design to tell compelling stories. It invites viewers to reflect on the legacies we inherit, the ones we reinforce or resist, and the role we play in shaping what endures.

Featured graphic designers include:
Afnan Saleh, Anthony Ramos-Oliveira, Cezar Regala, Daniela Murillo-Cifuentes, David DeLuca, Ek Kong, Emily Anderson, Estrellita Matheu Roca, Giselle Serrano, Hajra Siddique, Helen Jaramillo, Jourdy Pridgen, Kamara Smith, Kevyncia Housen, Liam Fuller, Matheus Cueva, Meagan Ngetich, Melanie Lescano, Miranda Peña Galicia, Miuni Wijerathne, Nakayla Johnson, Narieles Guaba, Rufiashley Moranchel, and Theo Desloges.

This year’s exhibition is led by Associate Professor Jennifer Bernstein and Visiting Adjunct Professor Rebecca Pauline Jampol.

The Senior Graphic Design Capstone Exhibition marks the culmination of each student designer’s development within the program, providing a platform to showcase their evolution, practice, and interests. To learn more about the designers and exhibition programming, visit @acm_gd on Instagram.
About the Department of Arts, Culture & Media
The Department of Arts, Culture & Media combines an interdisciplinary, community-oriented core curriculum shared by all majors in the department with discipline-based majors. The department offers innovative courses that emphasize integration across the arts and support the campus’s urban mission of community engagement. To learn more about ACM and the Graphic Design program, visit acm.newark.rutgers.edu.

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