“Girl in Carriage” at Newark Arts Festival 2025

We’re thrilled to share that Brielle “Sunshine” Wallace has been selected to exhibit her painting Girl in Carriage at this year’s Newark Arts Festival (NAF2025) — a celebration of creativity, culture, and community that transforms the city of Newark into a living gallery.

The piece is currently on display at NJPAC’s Nico Kitchen + Bar, where it joins the works of an incredible group of artists:Amalia Mallard, Benjamin Saah III, Brielle Wallace, Carole Bailey, Charity Derby Akeiti, Cynthia Vaughn, Daniel Jenkins, Elaine Wladyga, Ellen June Wright, Gregg Banks, Joya Angola Thompson, Kaylee Daryl, Kenia Akridge, Manman Huang, Nicolette Alexandra Brito-Cruz, Sharon Dennise Davis, Sue Ellen Leys, and Sylvia Padilla.

"Girl in Carriage" at NJPAC Opening Reception for NAF, Brielle pictured with the CEO of Boys and Girls Club of Newark.

Centering Joy at Newark Arts Festival

This year’s Newark Arts Festival embraces JOY as its guiding theme — a bold, creative force that sustains, uplifts, and sparks transformation. Artists were invited to explore how joy can be both personal and collective, quiet and revolutionary — a golden state of being that connects us to our shared humanity.

Girl in Carriage captures that essence with quiet grace. The oil-on-canvas painting, part of Sunshine’s ongoing Landscape Series, depicts a young girl resting peacefully amid lush summer fields — a moment of stillness, reflection, and renewal. Through this imagery, Sunshine transforms simpl

Brielle with Atlanta based Film Director Nalani Dowling at NJPAC Opening Reception

icity into transcendence, using nature as both muse and mirror for the soul.

“I wanted this work to feel like a pause — a moment of deep breath and gratitude,” Sunshine shares. “It’s about finding joy not in escape, but in reflection.”

Exhibition Details

📍 Location: NJPAC – Nico Kitchen + Bar, Newark, NJ🗓️ Exhibition: Newark Arts Festival 2025🎨 Category: Elation

The exhibition at Nico Kitchen + Bar highlights the diverse voices and visions shaping today’s creative landscape — from painters and poets to sculptors and storytellers — each interpreting joy in their own language of light, color, and form.

See the Work in Person

Visitors are invited to experience Girl in Carriage in person at NJPAC, alongside the many extraordinary works showcased throughout the festival. Together, these pieces remind us that joy, in all its forms, is both an act of resistance and a return to wholeness. Girl in Carriage will be exhibited at Nico's from October 2025-February 2026.

✨ Through every canvas, Sunshine continues to illuminate the spaces where reflection meets renewal — where art becomes light.

For Exhibition & Gallery Inquiries

Imagination by Sunshine is open to new gallery partnerships and exhibition opportunities.Please direct inquiries to:📩 info@imaginationbysunshine.com