Newark Lifts, Newark Lights Through the Arts Facilitating Artists
NLNL Facilitating Artists in action at the Victoria Foundation's Centennial Celebration at Rutgers University-Newark Arts Festival. "Newark Future Forum: Bringing Together"
All four Newark Lifts, Newark Lights Through the Arts Facilitating Artists. Clockwise from upper left: Denise Toney, Suliman Onque, Maria Estrela, and Yvonne Onque.
Suliman Onque is a multifaceted artist from Newark NJ that does paintings, portraits, murals, logos, graphic design, comic books, wearable art and NFT art.
Suliman Graduated from Arts High School 1992. He Created his own comic book Super Sketch painter 2015, 2016.
Suliman Has been in over 60 different Art exhibits throughout his art career. He Has created 2000 plus art creation physical and digit
Maria Luis Estrela was born in Cascais, Portugal and raised in a large extended family from Cape Verde, West Coast of Africa. Settling in Newark, NJ in 2002, she attended The Newark School of the Arts in 2008, where she met her mentor, Andrew Cohen, and further developed her interest in digital photography. Estrela’s photographs of nature and travel serve as an expression of self-healing, stilln
Yvonne Onque is a native of Newark, NJ. She has been making art since she was a child. Mother of five and grandmother of 18, Yvonne is dedicated to family but art has always been her passion. She attended Arts High School but most of her artistic skills are self-taught. She worked professionally as a graphic designer for over thirty five years. She has also owned a wearable art business for o
Denise Toney is a New Jersey multi-disciplinary artist who delves into fiber art: quilting, découpage, collage, mixed media, digital art, functional art, and wearable art using predominantly African, Aboriginal, Dutch, Asian, and other imported and domestic textiles. She is the founder of "Newark Lifts, Newark Lights Through the Arts", a community art workshop series in the City of Newark, NJ th