New Jersey State Council on the Arts

04/24/2022

Public Art Decreases Traffic Accidents by 17%, Report Finds

Public Art Decreases Traffic Accidents by 17%, Report Finds: https://hyperallergic.com/725316/public-art-decreases-traffic-accidents-report-finds/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=D042022&utm_content=D042022+CID_41524dae5ddc6c31411b6c9c598060ee&utm_source=hn&utm_term=public+art+decreases+traffic+accidents+by+17 Hyperallergic

Art makes streets safer by “increasing visibility of pedestrian spaces and crosswalks” and “encouraging drivers to slow down.”

04/24/2022

Please Join Us: Final FY22 Teaching Artist Listening Session 4/27

Calling all New Jersey teaching artists! The NJ State Council on the Arts will be hosting a teaching artist listening session THIS WEDNESDAY, April 27, at 4 PM. Join us to network with other NJ teaching artists, share your pandemic challenges and successes, and discuss what teaching artistry could look like as we move into the future. Click below to learn more and register.

Calling all NJ teaching artists! The State Arts Council wants to hear from you. The New Jersey State Council on the Arts will be hosting its final FY22 teaching artist listening session on April 27th.

04/23/2022

Please Join Us: Final FY22 Teaching Artist Listening Session 4/27

Calling all New Jersey teaching artists! The NJ State Council on the Arts will be hosting a teaching artist listening session on April 27 at 4 PM. Join us to network with other NJ teaching artists, share your pandemic challenges and successes, and discuss what teaching artistry could look like as we move into the future. Click below to learn more and register.

Calling all NJ teaching artists! The State Arts Council wants to hear from you. The New Jersey State Council on the Arts will be hosting its final FY22 teaching artist listening session on April 27th.

04/22/2022

Opportunities for the Field

NEW: Check out this week's edition of Opportunities for the Field for grant announcements, calls for artists, professional development workshops, #COVID recovery resources, and more. Don't miss an opportunity! Click here: https://conta.cc/37qOLxv #NJarts

April 21, 2022 We compile opportunities for artists and arts organizations that are available in New Jersey, or benefit those working in the arts in New Jersey. You'll find professional development w

04/22/2022

Eighth Blackbird, an Award-Winning Ensemble, to Perform With Rowan University Wind Ensemble — JerseyArts.com Features

NEW from Discover Jersey Arts: Eighth Blackbird, an Award-Winning Ensemble, to Perform With Rowan University Wind Ensemble Next Friday.

Read the full article here: https://jerseyartsfeatures.com/content/2022/4/21/eighth-blackbird-an-award-winning-ensemble-to-perform-with-rowan-university-wind-ensemble #NJarts Performing Arts at Rowan University

It’s not often that college students get to perform on stage with an award-winning sextet, but the members of Rowan University’s Wind Ensemble are getting that opportunity. They will be performing with Eighth Blackbird , a four-time Grammy winner for Best Small Ensemble/Chamber Music Performance...

04/22/2022

Please Join Us: Final FY22 Teaching Artist Listening Session 4/27

Calling all New Jersey teaching artists! The NJ State Council on the Arts will be hosting a teaching artist listening session on April 27 at 4 PM. Join us to network with other NJ teaching artists, share your pandemic challenges and successes, and discuss what teaching artistry could look like as we move into the future. Click below to learn more and register.

Calling all NJ teaching artists! The State Arts Council wants to hear from you. The New Jersey State Council on the Arts will be hosting its final FY22 teaching artist listening session on April 27th.

04/22/2022

NEW Americans for the Arts #ARTSblog series: 2022 Trends That Will Impact the Arts

Introduction: https://blog.americansforthearts.org/2022/04/19/2022-trends-that-will-impact-the-arts
Shifts in Labor, Work, and Training: https://blog.americansforthearts.org/2022/04/19/2022-trends-shifts-in-labor-work-and-training
Global (and Local) Unrest and Dysfunction: https://blog.americansforthearts.org/2022/04/20/2022-trends-global-and-local-unrest-and-dysfunction
Digital Goes Mainstream: https://blog.americansforthearts.org/2022/04/21/2022-trends-digital-goes-mainstream
And more to come...

04/21/2022

Registration now open!

Registration is now open for the 2022 Thrive Arts Conference! https://tinyurl.com/APThrive2022 Hear Keynote Speaker Maysoon Zayid, get inspired by our session presenters, network with other arts professionals, and get in on the fun during a round of Thrive Jeopardy! ArtPride members get a 20% discount off registration. Not a member? ArtPride is offering a FREE Introductory Membership for arts organizations that have not previously been members. Click here to become a member today https://artpridenj.org/artsorgs and watch for the promo code in your receipt. Join us at the Lewis Arts Complex at Princeton University on June 16 for this day-long, in-person gathering of arts leaders.

04/21/2022

Riverview Jazz announces Covid-Relief Grant for local jazz musicians. Deadline: May 16, 2022. Apply here: https://riverviewjazz.org/grants #NJarts New Jersey Arts and Culture Recovery Fund Princeton Area Community Foundation

Riverview Jazz announces Covid-Relief Grant for local jazz musicians.

The grant will award ten recipients with a check of $2,000. Applicants must be 18 years of age or older,
reside in Hudson County, and be a performing jazz musician. The deadline for applications is May 16,
2022 and the winners will be announced at the Jersey City Jazz Festival June 4-5, 2022.

For more information or to apply for the grant, please visit: https://riverviewjazz.org/grants

The grant, made possible by the New Jersey Arts and Culture Renewal Fund, is aimed at professional musicians who have been financially affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

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04/21/2022

NEW: Check out this week's edition of Opportunities for the Field for grant announcements, calls for artists, professional development workshops, Covid recovery resources, and more. Don't miss an opportunity! Click here: https://www.nj.gov/state/njsca/dos_njsca_opportunities-for-the-field.html #NJarts

04/21/2022

Eighth Blackbird, an Award-Winning Ensemble, to Perform With Rowan University Wind Ensemble — JerseyArts.com Features

NEW from Discover Jersey Arts: Eighth Blackbird, an Award-Winning Ensemble, to Perform With Rowan University Wind Ensemble #NJarts Performing Arts at Rowan University

It’s not often that college students get to perform on stage with an award-winning sextet, but the members of Rowan University’s Wind Ensemble are getting that opportunity. They will be performing with Eighth Blackbird , a four-time Grammy winner for Best Small Ensemble/Chamber Music Performance...

04/21/2022

Roxey Ballet and Artist Malcolm Mobutu Smith Join Creative Forces at the Hunterdon Art Museum — JerseyArts.com Features

THIS SATURDAY: Roxey Ballet Company and Artist Malcolm Mobutu Smith Join Creative Forces at the Hunterdon Art Museum.

Hear all about it on the Jersey Arts Podcast: https://jerseyartsfeatures.com/content/2022/4/20/roxey-ballet-and-artist-malcolm-mobutu-smith-join-creative-forces-at-the-hunterdon-art-museum #NJarts Clinton, NJ Visit Clinton, NJ Discover Jersey Arts

This Saturday at the Hunterdon Art Museum, visitors are invited to a unique experience that brings together the visual and performing arts. Roxey Ballet Company has teamed up with artist Malcolm Mobutu Smith – whose exhibition Evermore Nevermore closes this weekend – and have created an exclusiv...

04/21/2022

Concert and Closing Reception: Painting the Moon and Beyond | Trenton City Museum

SATURDAY: The Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Mansion will host the closing reception for its acclaimed exhibition Painting the Moon and Beyond. In addition to meeting the show’s artists, attendees will hear a moon- and art-inspired concert of Nocturnes, Arias, and Artistic Memories performed by cellists Eric Schultz and Mira Kang, and pianist Sandra Pucciatti. Learn more and register here: https://ellarslie.org/closing-reception-with-cello-concert/ #NJarts City of Trenton NJ - City Hall

Sunday, April 30; 1-4 p.m. We bid farewell to Painting the Moon and Beyond: Lois Dodd and Friends with a closing reception that features cellist Eric Schultz.

04/21/2022

Opportunities for the Field

NEW: Check out this week's edition of Opportunities for the Field for grant announcements, calls for artists, professional development workshops, Covid recovery resources, and more. Don't miss an opportunity! Click here: https://conta.cc/37qOLxv #NJarts

April 21, 2022 We compile opportunities for artists and arts organizations that are available in New Jersey, or benefit those working in the arts in New Jersey. You'll find professional development w

04/21/2022

Roxey Ballet and Artist Malcolm Mobutu Smith Join Creative Forces at the Hunterdon Art Museum — JerseyArts.com Features

NEW PODCAST: Roxey Ballet and Artist Malcolm Mobutu Smith Join Creative Forces at the Hunterdon Art Museum

Listen here: https://jerseyartsfeatures.com/content/2022/4/20/roxey-ballet-and-artist-malcolm-mobutu-smith-join-creative-forces-at-the-hunterdon-art-museum #NJarts

This Saturday at the Hunterdon Art Museum, visitors are invited to a unique experience that brings together the visual and performing arts. Roxey Ballet Company has teamed up with artist Malcolm Mobutu Smith – whose exhibition Evermore Nevermore closes this weekend – and have created an exclusiv...

04/21/2022

Please Join Us: Final FY22 Teaching Artist Listening Session 4/27

Calling all New Jersey teaching artists! The NJ State Council on the Arts will be hosting a teaching artist listening session on April 27 at 4 PM. Join us to network with other NJ teaching artists, share your pandemic challenges and successes, and discuss what teaching artistry could look like as we move into the future. Click below to learn more and register.

Calling all NJ teaching artists! The State Arts Council wants to hear from you. The New Jersey State Council on the Arts will be hosting its final FY22 teaching artist listening session on April 27th.

04/20/2022

Tonight at 7 PM. #NJarts

Join us tonight for a virtual artist lecture with Ernest Aryee!

Ernest Aryeeis a creative professional whose experience spans the fields of ceramics, business, and construction engineering. Born in Accra, Ghana, Ernest credits his education in Ghana and the vibrant creative and intellectual atmosphere within his family for influencing his decision to be an artist. He is widely-traveled as an artist and educator, and organizes “The Accra Sculpture Invitational” residency program which encourages artists to experience the indigenous crafts environment of Ghana. Virtual lectures are FREE to attend! Be sure to register beforehand in order to receive the link to tune in.

Register Below
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/6516484901450/WN_e9QFOEApTqG-mNeujHLpMQ

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04/20/2022

Please Join Us: Final FY22 Teaching Artist Listening Session 4/27

Calling all New Jersey teaching artists! The NJ State Council on the Arts will be hosting a teaching artist listening session on April 27 at 4 PM. Join us to network with other NJ teaching artists, share your pandemic challenges and successes, and discuss what teaching artistry could look like as we move into the future. Click below to learn more and register.

Calling all NJ teaching artists! The State Arts Council wants to hear from you. The New Jersey State Council on the Arts will be hosting its final FY22 teaching artist listening session on April 27th.

04/20/2022

Call for artists! #NJarts

Attention Artists—Trenton City Museum’s Ellarslie Open 39 Call for Art is accepting entries online through May 12! Awards and prizes in multiple categories. Enter today!

Image: “A Jacob View”, photography, by C.a. Shofed, Trenton, NJ, exhibited in 2021 Ellarslie Open

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04/20/2022

Please Join Us: Final FY22 Teaching Artist Listening Session 4/27

Calling all New Jersey teaching artists! The NJ State Council on the Arts will be hosting a teaching artist listening session on April 27 at 4 PM. Join us to network with other NJ teaching artists, share your pandemic challenges and successes, and discuss what teaching artistry could look like as we move into the future. Click below to learn more and register.

Calling all NJ teaching artists! The State Arts Council wants to hear from you. The New Jersey State Council on the Arts will be hosting its final FY22 teaching artist listening session on April 27th.

04/19/2022

Call for Cape May and Cumberland County songwriters Grades 6 - 12! Deadline: May 6, 2022. Submit you song here: https://compassionateheartproductions.org/songwriting-competition #NJarts Cape May County Government Cumberland County New Jersey

Attention Songwriters Grades 6 -16 from Cape May and Cumberland Counties!

04/18/2022

Call for Black visual artists based in New Jersey. #NJarts

The Black Artist Resilience (“BAR”) Grant, in honor of ATA Founder Victoria LeBeaux Clark Craig, is open to Black visual artists based in New Jersey. Eleven (11) artists will receive $1000.00 each.

Grantees will be selected on the basis of need and the merit of their work. The deadline is Sunday, May 1 at 12 midnight.

The BAR Grant has been made possible by the New Jersey Arts and Culture Renewal Fund.

Apply now! https://artintheatrium.org/

#30yearsofATA #ATA2022

04/18/2022

BIPOC Critics Lab Trains the Next Generation

NEW from the Americans for the Arts #ARTSblog: BIPOC Critics Lab Trains the Next Generation

The goal of the 10-week program is to nurture and help develop the unique voices of future critics through a multimedia lens—written essays, traditional reviews, as well as podcasting, audiovisual, and social media platforms.

04/18/2022

Mark your calendars for May 1 to watch New Jersey Poetry Out Loud State Champion Italy Ja'rae Lee compete against 55 states and territories participating in this year's virtual competition! #POL22 #IAmPoetryOutLoud

Cheer on NJ at the @poetryoutloud Semifinals! Mark your calendars for May 1 at 1:00 PM to watch NJ State Champion Italy Ja'rae Lee compete against 55 states and territories participating in this year's virtual competition.

Stream live at: https://www.arts.gov/

New Jersey Poetry Out Loud is a project of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, in collaboration with Count Basie Center for the Arts. Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest was founded by the National Endowment for the Arts and Poetry Foundation & Poetry Magazine and is carried out annually in partnership with the state arts agencies of the United States. Additional support for NJPOL is provided by ArtPride NJ Foundation and local partners. #PoetryOutLoud