Art After Dark: 6th Annual Pride Ball

Bringing you the ultimate fusion of art, music, and community. The category is electrifying immersive experiences as you enjoy an official LGBTQ ballroom/house event with gallery tours, dazzling presentations, and a night to kiki like no other. Whether you’re here for PRIDE, creativity, or connections, this is the night where culture comes alive and all communities are celebrated. Get your tickets early. Price is $25 at the door.

Host: Havoc 007 aka Hall of Fame Voice of NJ & Master of Sounds the Legendary Belinda

Categories & Points:
-Com Vs Com: Tonight we want you to create a chant using the words Pride Ball for your tens, then return to battle with a remix to that same chant.

-Twerk Off

Just bring it.

-Hair Affair- Pride Month the Beginning: The look and style of your hair is completely up to you however we must see pieces that would have been used during the celebration of the first ever Pride Month. Please include the year Pride Month started. Think Bronner Brothers Hair Shows

-Best Dressed Spectator- Just bring it in a Pride Ball worthy look.

-Master of my Element- Pride Festival Around the World: Bring it with the flag from one of the 10 Biggest Gay Pride Festivals World Wide in 2024. If your going to pick the USA you must add the city and state.

-Realness- Stonewall Uprising. The Stonewall Uprising was a 6 day series of events and protest that began June 28, 1969. These series of events would fundamentally change the discourse surrounding LGBTQ+ activism in the US. Bring it with a sign to join the protest a one key item you would need to last 6 days of protesting. Effect don’t matter.

-OTA Face- Club Kid Carter: Bring us a sickening look that pays homage to the Clubs Kids fashion and aesthetics.

OTA PERFORMANCE GRAND PRIZE:

1st Pride Flag- Mini Grand A $200
The first Pride Flag was created in 1978, by gay artist Gilbert Baker and originally had 8 stripes. Tonight we want you to create a look that shows all 8 original stripes in one piece, please don’t forget a color or you may be chopped.

-Runway- Marriage Equality-Team Runway Mini Grand B $250
Marriage Equality was achieved in 2015, and same sex couples were finally able to say I do and tie the knot. We need you to come in a cohesive look with your same sex partner to celebrate this huge moment in LGBTQIA history.

-Performance- Progress Pride Flag- Grand Prize $500 The Progress Pride Flag was created in 2018 by Daniel Quasar and was based off the iconic flag from 1978. For each performance category tonight you must use the color assigned to you and create a Stunty Cunty Effect. ( you can only use that one color) Please don’t forget to display the meaning of your color somewhere on your effect.

-Virgin Vouge- Black

-Realness with a Twist - Brown

-Fem Queen Performance - Pink

-Drag Performance- Purple

-Women Performance - Blue

-Vogue Fem- Light Blue

-Legendary Performance- Red

-Iconic Performance- Orange

For ALL PARTICIPANTS: Please familiarize yourself with the items you cannot bring into our Museum as part of your costume for the Pride Ball.

Plants/Flowers

No plants with soil are allowed in the Museum. If you see a visitor with a plant, please let VEx know or ask the guest to check their plant at coat check. The only exception is soil that is used in our own craft activities and that is because we buy the soil sealed from Home Depot and it is sterilized. Farmers market style produce is not allowed inside, as it usually contains roots/soil sediment which houses bugs.

Cut flowers are allowed in the court, they need to be certified treated for pesticides. Usually, the flower provider can let you know if the flowers were treated.

Balloons/Glitter

No glitter is allowed in the Museum or Galleries for crafts, fashion shows, or performances. Balloons that are not filled with helium are allowed inside the Court and Welcome Center. No balloons are allowed in the galleries. All balloons need to be latex powder-free. Balloon arches are allowed, as long as they don't touch the Odita Mural in the Welcome Center or the Molly Hatch plates in the court.

Food/Drink

Food and drink are allowed in the Welcome Center and Engelhard Court. No food or drinks are allowed in the galleries, including candy or gum.

Food and drink are not allowed in the back gallery where the Willie Cole Sole Sitter is located. Food can be stationed in Traphagen as long as there is no artwork hung on the Traphagen walls.

In the Court, nothing is allowed to rest on the Molly Hatch ledges, including food/drink, jackets, handbags, or coats.

Come celebrate, compete, and make history at the 6th Anniversary of NMOA PRIDE BALL!

Traveling to the Museum

We anticipate a large turnout for this event. We encourage you to take public transportation to the Museum. You will find more information below:

Public Transportation

You can easily get to the Museum using the Newark Light Rail, getting off at the Harriet Tubman Square stop or the Washington Street stop. You can also arrive via NJ Transit heavy rail, as we are three blocks from Broad Street Station.

Driving

• Hahne & Co Garage (25 New Street) | Mon-Sun: up to $25 | Hours: 6am-10pm daily | Discounted rate of $13 if pre-booked online.
• Edison Park Fast (42 Central Ave) | Mon-Fri: up to $18 | 7am-7pm | Closed weekends
• Edison Park Fast (14 Central Ave) | Mon-Fri: up to $18 | 7am-7pm | Closed weekends
• Atlantic Parking Garage (6-32 Atlantic St) | Mon-Sun: $6/hour | Full Day: $18 | Open 24 hours
• Street Parking | Mon-Sat: $1/hour | 9am-6pm | For additional parking, metered street spaces are available near the Museum. You can pay using the ParkMobile app or with quarters, at a rate of $0.25 per 15 minutes. Each space allows a maximum of 2 hours of parking. On Sundays, street parking is free.

Uber/Lyft

The Museum is located at 49 Washington Street. You will enter through our main entrance, which faces Washington Street.

Also check out other Arts events in Newark, Festivals in Newark.