Perkins Center for the Arts in Collingswood, New Jersey, opens its winter gallery season with a joint artists' reception on January 10, 2026, featuring two exhibitions. In the Main Gallery, 'Room For My Lens' surveys the first 20 years of photographer Liz Wuillermin's career, pairing images with personal stories. Upstairs in the Loft Gallery, 'The Untitled Art Exhibition' presents oil, acrylic, and mixed-media works by Anthony Charles Christopher Johnson and special guest artist Jamil Ameer Cobb, exploring freedom of expression, transformation, and truth through layered surfaces and reimagined found objects. Both shows run from January 5 through February 27, 2026.
This dual exhibition matters because it highlights the diversity of visual storytelling within a single community arts center, contrasting a retrospective of a working photojournalist's career with an open-ended, abstract group show. It underscores the role of local art institutions in fostering direct public engagement with artists and their creative processes, while also providing a platform for both established and emerging artists to present their work in a shared, accessible setting. Such programming strengthens community ties to the arts and encourages dialogue around different artistic approaches.