cWOW Gallery

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| established = c. 1975{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/05/26/archives/city-without-walls-fostering-newark-arts.html |title=City Without Walls Fostering Newark Arts - Article - NYTimes.com |publisher=Select.nytimes.com |date=1976-05-26 |access-date=2012-10-20}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/17/nyregion/a-time-of-growth-in-museums-and-galleries.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm&gwh=20310177309F1D2FF59A4238B6E42516 |title=A Time of Growth in Museums and Galleries - New York Times |work=Nytimes.com |date=1996-11-17 |access-date=2012-10-20}}

| dissolved = 2018

| location = 6 Crawford Street
Newark 07102

| type = Contemporary art

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| website = http://cwow.org

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cWOW Gallery, also known as City Without Walls Gallery, is a defunct alternative art gallery located in Newark, New Jersey, occupying a building on Halsey Street at Crawford Street in the Lincoln Park/The Coast Cultural District.{{cite web|url=http://crawfordstreetpartners.com/index/?page_id=8 |title=419-421 Halsey St |publisher=Crawford Street Partners |date=2009-01-04 |access-date=2012-10-20}}

City Without Walls was New Jersey's oldest not-for-profit alternative art space, in continuous operation since 1975 with a "two-fold mission offers career development opportunities to new and emerging artists, while providing the public a chance to understand and enjoy challenging contemporary art." The alternative art space relied on members to curate their on-site and off-site gallery spaces, cWOW, which stands for City Without Walls, had an estimated 6-10 exhibitions per year.{{cite news|last1=Stewart|first1=Angela|title=City Without Walls frames books as visual art works|issue=Tuesday|publisher=The Star Ledger|date=June 24, 1986|location=Newark, New Jersey|page=41|quote="Pages of Revelation"}} It also ran three educational programs called City Murals,{{citation | last = Dooe | first = Mary E. | title = Newark program helps revitalize, celebrate city with murals painted by youths | newspaper = The Star-Ledger | date = December 11, 2010 | url = http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/12/newark_program_helps_revitaliz.html | access-date =2012-10-20 }} Newark New Media,{{citation | last = Wickenheisser | first = Jill | title = Newark New Media 2010 to premiere at Prudential Center | newspaper = The Star-Ledger | date = June 15, 2010 | url = http://www.nj.com/newark/community/index.ssf/2010/06/newark_new_media_2010_to_premiere_at_prudential_center.html | access-date = 2012-10-20}} and ArtReach.{{citation | last = Bischoff | first = Dan | title = On Art: ArtReach at City Without Walls | newspaper = The Star-Ledger | date = June 14, 2012 | url = http://www.nj.com/entertainment/arts/index.ssf/2012/06/city_without_walls_on_art.html | access-date =2012-10-20 }}

cWOW operated a gallery in the atrium of One Newark Center. Both spaces were on the citywide Open Doors Studio Tour.{{cite web | title = Open Doors | publisher = Newark Arts Council | url = http://newarkarts.org/opendoors/specialevents | access-date = 2012-10-20 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023413/https://newarkarts.org/opendoors/specialevents/ | archive-date = 2016-03-04 | url-status = dead }}

The CWOW gallery closed in 2018 after 43 years.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/arts/design/newark-artists.html|title=Newark Artists, Thriving Amid Crisis and Catharsis|publisher=The New York Times|date=July 10, 2020|accessdate=January 31, 2025}}