Two Noyes Locations are Transformed Into VR

Recent Stockton grad, Melanie Irizarry, showed off her tech skills with an incredible new addition to our website! Irizarry, Digital Studies class of 2024, completed her senior project at the Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University. She created an interactive virtual reality tour of our two locations in Atlantic City and Hammonton, NJ. The project was designed to improve accessibility for all visitors by offering comprehensive, navigational views of key features such as accessible parking, wheelchair ramps, main entrances, event rental spaces, and interior spaces. By bringing these spaces online to a digital format, the tours aim to empower guests to plan their visits with confidence and ease.  

With the new virtual tour, guests can click on the image and rotate the camera view to navigate through our museum locations. This accomplishment was no easy feat and required technology that Irizarry had never worked with before. After much research and many video tutorials, Irizarry used a camera that captures 360° photos and a program called Matterport. After days of uploading and editing the photos, they were published live to the Noyes Museum’s website. 

Melanie’s virtual tours are available on our website at https://noyesmuseum.org/locations.

Emily Wise & Sam Brendle - Spring 2025 interns designed Noyes Museum stickers

Once again, our Noyes interns STICK the landing! Spring 2025 interns, Emily Wise and Sam Brendle designed Noyes Museum stickers! Inspired by pieces in the museum’s permanent collection, they illustrated artwork using a program called Adobe Illustrator. The digital designs were printed and will be distributed at our tabling events. They are also available for purchase in the gift shop at the Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University, located at 2200 Fairmount Ave,. Atlantic City, NJ. 

Emily Wise, Stockton University Alumna, B.A Visual Arts 2025, was inspired by the work of artist and museum founder Fred Noyes. She recreated the piece “Primitive Flowers in White Vase on Orange Table,” which features a bright and colorful bouquet of round flowers. Fred Noyes painted this piece in 1980. 

Sam Brendle is currently a student at Stockton University and is a Digital Studies major. He recreated a 1971 Fred Noyes piece titled, “Bog Snipe,” which features three birds with a sunset on the horizon.  

Link to photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/frednoyes/albums/72177720326949636/  

Celeste Casino Designs for Alliance Heritage Center Project

Celeste Casino is Stockton University Alumna with a B.F.A. in Visual Arts, class of 2024. In the Summer of 2024, Celeste completed her internship at the Noyes Museum of Art of Stockton University, where she put her visual arts education to the test!

Over the summer she created and designed eight exhibition wall panels for our exhibition, Still Here: The Powhatan Renape and the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Nations of Southern New Jersey.  Celeste’s work was featured in the gallery alongside art, clothing, and historical artifacts from two regional Indigenous tribes. 

Throughout the internship, she worked on various graphic design projects for the Noyes. Another exciting project was designing a T-shirt for the museum’s gift shop. She was tasked with creating a shirt illustration based on the artwork of the museum's founder, Fred Noyes. Celeste was excited to see her work come to life and on display in the gift shop.  

Recently, the Noyes Museum has commissioned Celeste to design a new set of wall panels for a new exhibit featuring the Alliance Colony. The exhibition is being installed at an old synagogue that is being converted into a museum. The public open house for this location is set for September 21.

Read more about the project and her involvement at https://stockton.edu/news/2025/alliance-chapel-renovations.html.

Alumna Visits Woodstown Elementary for ‘Meet the Artist’ Series

May 29, 2025 - Artist Tania Pomales visited Woodstown Elementary School for a “Meet the Artist” series, sponsored by the Noyes Museum of Art of Stockton University. Pomales is a New Jersey-based Puerto Rican artist and a Stockton alumna (’12, BFA in painting with program distinction).

On May 21, she kicked off the programming by presenting to 160 students in kindergarten through fifth grade. She demonstrated, step by step, how to draw a portrait. Students drew along with Pomales and were able to ask her questions about her experience as an artist. Her message to students emphasized the importance of diversity and inclusion in their own art:

“Growing up, on TV and in video games, I didn’t see any characters that looked like me. It’s so important to create art that people can identify with.”

This event is one of many leading up to the Woodstown School District’s Juneteenth celebration. Sixteen more presentations, also sponsored by the Noyes, will continue this week for groups of 30 middle and high school students in the Woodstown schools. Pop-up exhibitions are also installed at each Woodstown school, featuring diverse selections from the Noyes permanent collection.

A pop-up exhibition featuring selections from the Noyes Permanent Collection also accompanied this educational series.