Rowan University Museum of Contemporary Art

08/24/2026

Now Open: Diane Burko: Extraction, A Dialogue of Extremes

Artist Diane Burko has created two bodies of work that operate within a shared framework of extraction. One extracts scientific data depicting the chemical changes and flow of elements recorded in the Arctic that may offer pathways toward understanding climate change; the other depicts the extraction of natural resources from the Amazon rainforest that accelerates it.

On view August 24 – October 17, 2026
RUMOCA at 301 High Street
Opening Reception + Panel Discussion
September 16 | 4–7 PM
RSVP at go.rowan.edu/burko

08/21/2026

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07/22/2026

A new season of exhibitions is coming to the Rowan University Museum of Contemporary Art (RUMOCA)! 🌿

The 2026–2027 season explores our complex relationship with the natural world through painting, photography, sculpture and multimedia works.

At RUMOCA’s 301 High Street West gallery, the season features:
🧊 Diane Burko: Extraction, A Dialogue of Extremes | Aug. 24–Oct. 17, 2026
🌎 Eco-Social Realism | Nov. 2–Dec. 19, 2026
🧵 Margarita Cabrera: Space in Between | Feb. 3–March 13, 2027
🌱 Eileen Neff: Through That Which Is Seen | March 29–May 22, 2027

At RUMOCA at Westby Hall, explore selections from the museum’s permanent collection, including Emergence is Now, Picturing Motherhood and The Sister Chapel.

All exhibitions are FREE and open to the public.

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06/23/2026

In the spirit of Juneteeth, Jazlyne reflects on her research and the history of Black
Americans. Depicted is many of her paintings are photos taken of locations in parts of New Jersey that were once slave markets.
📷 Always Sleep in Paw Paw’s Lap - back drop is Burlington Island was a slave plantation in the middle of the Delaware river in what is now Burlington City, NJ
📷 Rest is a Side Effect of love - backdrop American Dream Mall in the Meadowlands. In addition to this location as a slave market there is a history of it functioning as a hideout for maroon colonies that escaped enslavement in the north.
📷 Between Drips and Dignity - Backdrop Camden, NJ Virtua Hospital was included in Camden’s history as one of the earliest NJ slave plantations.

05/28/2026

Many of the works in this exhibition, Spectrum of Resilience, reflect on the practice of art making can provide a space for healing. In this image Jazlyee shares her experience being in the hospital due to a lupus flare up. Her full gallery talk about her work is available through the You Tube link in website .edu/artmuseum. Sabree says, "I was in the hospital last year for quite a bit. Chronic illnesses, the generational traumas, the history is something that I explore a lot in my research as well is the relationship between chronic illness and environmental justice. What I found is that when you experience years and decades and centuries of trauma, it actually lives within your DNA. And so in the fabric of my DNA is the trait that carries lupus. All of the things I discovered about lupus is that it is a disease that largely impacts African diasporic women across the world. Especially the Western world. Thinking through that and pairing that with the history, thinking about how very literally down to our DNA, these oppressive forces are a constant and current threat to our survival. So in this piece, what was coming to me in this pose is there's so much resilience. That's what I had to do every day in the hospital. I was there for five days. Every day I woke up, I put my lipstick on. I did my eyeliner so that was the way that I felt that I survived. That's the best I could in that situation."

05/28/2026

05/20/2026

It is often said that we must make our dreams a reality, but few take that quite as literally as artist Jazlyne Sabree.

04/30/2026

Jazlyne Sabree offers insights into some of the work in Spectrum of Resilience - now through June 27th. "An overarching theme in my work is the idea of the black diaspora community and all of those struggles and sufferings and all of these oppressions that overwhelm us is uncovered that history. These are the stories. This is what took place. There is memory there. I am trying to capture that in the work and then pairing them with these contrasting, juxtaposing images of care, nurturing and healing."

For more about Jazlyne and her work go to the press links in our bio and website: https://www.rowan.edu/arts/museum/exhibitions/js_spectrum_of_resilience.html

📷1.gallery view. photo credit Contance Mensh
📷1.Stillness. photo by Stillness. photo credit Erik James Montgomery
📷3. Between Drips and Dignity. photo credit Erik James Montgomery
📷4. Domestic Regulation. photo credit Erik James Montgomery

04/16/2026