SJCA Partner Opportunities Vol. 42
February 23, 2024
- New Jersey State Council on the Arts | State Arts Council Grants Nearly $2 Million to New Jersey Artists | (Trenton, NJ) The New Jersey State Council on the Arts held its first public meeting of 2024 today, where just over $1.7 million was awarded to 161 New Jersey artists through the Council’s Individual Artist Fellowship program. In 2022, the Council voted to authorize an unprecedented investment of $2 million in the Fellowship program. Through this continued commitment of funding, this year’s Fellowship cohort is the largest one the Council has added to its distinguished list of Fellows in over 30 years. | View the full list of fellows here
- New Jersey State Council on the Arts | Artists and Community Organizations Work Together to Communicate Climate Risks in New Jersey | Four New Jersey community-based organizations (CBOs) recently received funding to work with regional artists to develop community-engaged art projects communicating climate risks to the public. These projects were made possible through funding awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Coastal Management Program (CMP). Since 2019, the CMP has partnered with the New Jersey State Council on the Arts (Arts Council) to develop and implement a Community-Based Art Grant Program, which - as part of a larger risk communications campaign - addresses the need to involve and inform the public about coastal hazard impacts and what actions they can take to reduce their risk. | Full Press Release
- New Jersey State Council on the Arts | Join the Teaching Artist Community of Practice | The New Jersey State Council on the Arts is hosting quarterly Teaching Artist Community of Practice meetings. These virtual sessions serve as a platform for teaching artists to share their experiences, discuss new opportunities, and connect with each other and the State Arts Council. Through loosely moderated discussions, the sessions provide an opportunity to network with other New Jersey teaching artists, share challenges and successes of working in the state, and discuss what teaching artistry could look like as we move into the future. | Next Meeting: March 27, 2024 | 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET | Register
- ArtPride |ArtsPay NJ Webinar | Please join New Jersey's arts service organizations, the collaborators of ArtsPay NJ, and the research team at Baker Richards to hear highlights of the survey's findings and learn how to use the public interactive dashboard that will enable workers and employers to compare salary and other information by artistic discipline, job title, budget size, geographic area, etc.. | March 8, 2024 10:00am - 11:00 am | Register
- ArtPride | Preparing for Arts Advocacy Day Webinar | ArtPride, along with arts advocates from around New Jersey, is heading down to the nation’s capital to meet with elected federal officials to garner support for arts in the state. A delegation of advocates, accompanied by ArtPride staff, will travel to the United States Capitol to represent the state of New Jersey. | Wed, Mar 13, 2024 | 10:00am - 11:00am
- New Jersey Theatre Alliance | Cultural Access Network | Accessibility Awareness Training for Staff, Volunteers, and Board | This session is designed for those who run and work in arts programs within a university setting. When planning and implementing programs and policies, what steps towards accessibility can you develop specifically for your arts programming? How can you be an accessibility advocate for the entire university campus? | Thursday, March 7, 2024 | 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Register
- Noyes Arts Garage | Black Art Matters: Film Screening and Discussion of The League | February’s Black Art Matters program will feature a film screening and discussion of The League. The League is a Magnolia Pictures documentary about the formation and evolution of the Negro League through the early 1900’s in America. The film also mentions the Negro League-winning baseball team the Bacharach Giants that existed in Atlantic City in 1928. This 2023 film is rated PG and is 1 hour 43 minutes.| Sunday, February 25 from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m
- New Jersey Historical Commission | FY2025 Project Grant Guidelines Release | The New Jersey Historical Commission (NJHC) is now accepting Declarations of Intent (DOI) to apply for its annual Project Grant program. Applicants can ask for up to $20,000 for eligible New Jersey history proposals. This includes, but is not limited to, research, conservation of historical materials, educational initiatives, editorial and publication projects, exhibitions, media, public programs, and capacity building. For FY 2025, a 1-year pilot initiative will allow prospective applicants with organizational budgets of at least $50,000 to apply directly to the NJHC for project grant support. This is a decrease from the traditional $100,000 threshold of previous years. This budget figure should be based on income received for the applicant’s most recently completed fiscal year. | Guidelines | Declarations of Intent (DOIs) to Apply are due by 3pm on March 8, 2024. Full applications will be due by 3pm on April 12, 2024. | February 28th - Virtual Workshop | March 1 - Virtual Workshop | To register for the in-person workshop, please email Shawn.Crisafulli@sos.nj.gov with your name and/or organization and how many will attend no later than Monday, March 4th.
