Tag: New Jersey State Council on the Arts
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New Jersey Senior Citizen Art Show returns to in-person exhibit for 56th year
The annual New Jersey Senior Citizen Art Show has returned to an in-person exhibit in the hall galleries at Meadow Lakes Senior Living. The show is in its 56th year and is featuring more than 270 works of art – professional and nonprofessional – created by New Jersey artists over the age of 60 in…
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Walter C. Black Elementary School residency program will create outdoor learning space
Walter C. Black Elementary School in Hightstown has been awarded an Artists in Education Residency Grant for the 2020-21 school year. Michelle Ruff, second-grade special education teacher, and Mariagrace Welsh, fine arts teacher wrote the grant last year and were notified late last spring that Walter C. Black Elementary was chosen as a recipient, according…
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Arts Council of Princeton receives New Jersey State Council on the Arts Grant
The Arts Council of Princeton is the recipient of a general operating support grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. The council has awarded more than $16.3 million in grants to more than 700 arts organizations, projects and artists throughout the state. The awards were announced at the Arts Council’s 54th annual…
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Boheme Opera NJ offers podcast series
Boheme Opera NJ received an Emergency Federal CARES Act Award through the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, as well as a grant award from Roma Bank Community Foundation. Boheme Opera NJ (BONJ) has been busy with its virtual programming, much of which highlights productions, singers and professionals from a 31-year history, according to…
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Keep Jersey Arts Alive campaign urges support for the arts
The ArtPride New Jersey Foundation has partnered with the New Jersey State Council on the Arts on Keep Jersey Arts Alive, a digital campaign to build support for keeping the state’s arts institutions afloat. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, theaters, museums, galleries, performing arts centers, dance studios and other groups have already lost over $30 million in revenue,…
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Polls open for New Jersey arts contest
The ArtPride New Jersey Foundation and New Jersey State Council on the Arts are pleased to announce that the polls are now open for the 2018 JerseyArts.com People’s Choice Awards. The contest invites arts lovers to lend their support for their favorite local art organizations by voting at www.JerseyArts.com/Vote. This year, 11 arts districts and…
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‘Black and Blue’ to play at Woodbridge Middle School Dec. 1-2
Dragonfly Multicultural Arts Center will present “Black and Blue,” a play about a police shooting, at 8 p.m. Dec. 1-2 at Woodbridge Middle School, 525 Barron Ave., Woodbridge. Black and Blue traces the parallel lives of Alex, a young black man, and Mark, a young white man, as they grow up in the same suburban…
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Decorate for the fall at the Lodge Nov. 8
Marianne Axon of Homemade by Marianne will demonstrate a fall, harvest-themed tablescape and lead attendees in hands-on crafts, such as decorating pumpkins and creating glass luminaries at 2 p.m. Nov. 8 at The Lodge at Thompson Park, 1701 Perrineville Road, Monroe. The free event is funded by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a…
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Film, discussion to focus on racial tension
Dragonfly Multicultural Arts Center will present a new play, “Black & Blue,” at 12:30 p.m. Oct. 22 at The Unitarian Society, 176 Tices Lane, East Brunswick. “Black & Blue” addresses racial issues in the United States, specifically focusing on interactions of young black men and police. Based on real events, the fictional story is told…