SJCA Partner Opportunities Vol. 54
Check out what our partners are doing in the field!
New Jersey State Council on the Arts | Public Meeting via Zoom | The New Jersey State Council on the Arts will convene a regularly scheduled public meeting on Tuesday, October 29, 2024. The meeting agenda will be available on the Council's website one week prior to the meeting. | Date & Time: TUESDAY, October 29, 2024 at 11:00 AM EST | Information and registration.
New Jersey State Council on the Arts | Webinar Watch Party Series: Financial Management | Join New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Nonprofit Finance Fund, and other nonprofit leaders for a Webinar Watch Party series on key financial management concepts for arts nonprofits! The series will be held through June 2025 and all sessions will be held from 1:30-3:00 p.m. Upcoming watch parties include: Financial Planning Part 1 and Part 2, October 9 & 30 | Cash Flow Planning, November 13 | Strategic Budgeting and Scenario Planning, December 11 | More information.
New Jersey Economic Development Authority | A.R.T. Program Phase II Info Session | The New Jersey Economic Development Authority's Activation, Revitalization, and Transformation (A.R.T) Program – Phase II is a competitive grant program for nonprofit organizations aimed at catalyzing community placemaking efforts by leveraging the arts and cultural sector as a creative force for change. Funding will support the creation of public space activation initiatives, such as placemaking projects, public art installations, and arts-based projects, in the downtowns of 31 select municipalities whose commercial corridors have been significantly impacted by reduced commuter traffic due to COVID-19. Join this session for an overview of this program, eligibility, the application process, and more. There will be time for questions at the end of the session. | Date and Time: Sep 19, 2024 @ 02:00 PM | Automated captions via Zoom will be available. If you require accessibility services, please contact Lindsay Dandeo at least two weeks prior to session: 609-984-7020 (NJ Relay 711) or lindsay.dandeo@sos.nj.gov. | Register here.
NJ Theatre Alliance & ArtPride NJ | Creating Change Symposium | This annual in-person gathering of the New Jersey arts and culture community is focused on learning, inspiration, and action as we move together toward a more just, equitable, accessible, and anti-racist arts sector. | Date & Time: October 23rd, 2024 - 9:30am to 5pm | Location: Count Basie Center for the Arts | Tickets and information.
NJ Theatre Alliance | ArtsPayNJ: Offering Retirement Benefits at Arts Organizations | The ArtsPay data showed that only 38% of arts organizations offer retirement plans, and only 28% offer a match. New rules in New Jersey went into effect in September 2024, requiring employers with 25 employees to offer access to a retirement plan, and many organizations with smaller staffs are also eager to find ways to offer this to their employees. This conversation will feature the expertise of Todd Hassler (director of the NJ Secure Choice program), James O’Doneghue (from Benefits Consulting Group), John McEwen (New Jersey Theatre Alliance) and managers from arts organizations that have successfully implemented retirement plans at their companies to discuss affordable, simple, and compliant paths to offering retirement benefits at your organization. | Date & Time: Tuesday, October 15, 2024 -10:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Zoom Meeting Registration.
Performing Arts Center of Stockton University | Celebrity Actors Take the PAC Stage: Selected Shorts- Danger & Discovery | The hit radio show and podcast Selected Shorts comes to the Stockton Performing Arts Center for an evening of intriguing short fiction filled with cryptic characters, treachery, and unexpected twists. With performances by Zach Grenier (The Good Wife), Jayne Atkinson (24), and Colby Minifie (The Boys)! Our greatest actors transport us through the magic of fiction, one short story at a time. Sometimes funny. Always moving. Selected Shorts connects you to the world with a rich diversity of voices from literature, film, theater, and comedy. | Date & Time: Saturday, Oct 5, 2024 at 7:30 PM (ET) | Location: Stockton Performing Arts Center | SJCA MEMBERS RECIEVE FREE TICKETS WITH THE CODE: SJCASELECT Tickets and more information.
Perkins Center for the Arts | True Colors: The Path to Pride | On Sunday, October 13, Collingswood Pride and Perkins Center will come together to present True Colors: The Path to Pride - an afternoon of storytelling, creative outlets, kids programming, and conversations about LGBTQ+ History and current events. Participate in Story Pad - Perkins’ mobile story gathering project - as well as Creation Stations, kids’ programming, and more! Light bites and non-alcoholic beverages will be provided. $10 donation / free for children under 12 | Date & Time: October 13, 2024 from 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Location: Perkins Center for the Arts | More information.
Rowan University Art Gallery & Museum | Artist’s Talk- Wendel White: Folding Time | Wendel White is a distinguished South Jersey-based photographer known for focusing on Black history and the legacy of slavery through his foundational projects: Schools for the Colored, Red Summer, and Manifest. The exhibition Folding Time will display a selection of photographs from each series. Through these bodies of work, White is effectively folding time by bringing the past and the present into a shared space. This talk is a presentation about his research in creating his three pivotal bodies of work: Manifest, Schools for the Colored, and Red Summer. | Date & Time: Saturday, October 5 · 3:30 - 5pm EDT | Location: Rowan University Art Gallery & Museum, 301 High Street West Glassboro, NJ 08028 | Register here.
Rowan University Art Gallery & Museum | Prima Materia: Blanka Amezkua, Esperanza Cortés, and Anthony Carlos Molden, curated by Anabelle Rodríguez-González | Prima Materia brings together new and recent works by Blanka Amezkua, Esperanza Cortés, and Anthony Carlos Molden, three interdisciplinary artists working across a dynamic range of expressive forms, including but not limited to sculpture, painting, ceramics, musical and theatrical collaborations, performative actions, curatorial work, community interventions, site-specific installations, and public art commissions. All three artists are experienced makers actively creating provocative artworks that relate to materials and techniques associated with crafts such as embroidery, beadwork, decorative paper folding and cutting, and elements from the scenic arts. Their efforts consistently yield marvelous results, including novel sculptural objects, sumptuously detailed and evocative two-dimensional works, and challenging mixed-media installations that appeal to the senses through their impressive individual and collective visuality. The exhibition is on display from November 7th, 2024 through January 4th, 2025 | Opening Reception and Gallery Talk: November 14 from 5:00PM-7:00 PM | Location: 301 High Street Gallery | More exhibition information.
NJ Theatre Alliance | ArtsPayNJ: Wage and Hour Essentials: Employee Classification and Overtime Rules for New Jersey Arts Organizations | ArtsPay NJ Data shows that a majority of arts workers work more than 40 hours oer week, but an small minority are eligible for overtime pay at their organization. In addition, upcoming changes to federal labor laws will adjust the salary threshold for overtime eligibility which could impact many arts organizations. This informative session led by Amy Vasquez of the Employers Association of New Jersey, will help clarify the laws in our state related to Wage and Hour, Wage Payment and Wage Theft. Designed to familiarize you with how these laws apply to your employees and highlight common pitfalls to avoid, this session will cover Minimum Wage, Overtime, Employee Classification, Wage Payment Requirements, Wage Theft Law, Earned Sick Leave. | Date & Time: Tuesday, November 19, 2024 - 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Zoom Meeting Registration.
NJ Theatre Alliance | ArtsPayNJ: Salary Banding and Benchmarking as a Pay Equity Strategy | ArtsPay NJ data shows that many employers want to address pay equity at their companies, but don’t know where to start. This session will feature several arts organizations of varying budget sizes that have recently implemented salary banding and/or benchmarking as a way to address this issue.This discussion will feature Adam Perle (ArtPride NJ), Lori Rovera (Young Audiences of New Jersey and Pennsylvania) Gary Garrido Schneider (Grounds for Sculpture), and Mike Stotts (Paper Mill Playhouse) as they share their experience working toward pay equity. | Date & Time: Thursday, February 20, 2025 - 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Zoom Meeting Registration.
NJ Theatre Alliance | ArtsPayNJ: Ethical Internship Models | ArtsPay NJ Data shows that about 50% of arts organizations still offer unpaid internships. Only 17% offer paid internship opportunities. This session will offer case studies and learnings from people who have created and supervised paid internship, fellowship, and/or apprenticeship programs in the nonprofit sector. The conversation will focus on how they budget for the programs, create opportunities for feedback, build partnerships, and prioritize the professional learning experience of the participants. Panelists will include Andrew Walker and Carolyn Parelli (Eleven Plus), Tess James (Princeton University), Gina E. Beviglia (F.M. Kirby Foundation) and Daria M. Sullivan (New Jersey Theatre Alliance). | Date & Time: Thursday, March 13, 2025 -10:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Zoom Meeting Registration.
New Jersey Council for the Humanities | Community Conversations: Seeking Interested Speakers | NJCH is currently looking for public speakers passionate about environmental topics viewed through the public humanities lens to provide scholarly presentations and facilitate conversations across New Jersey. Presentations typically take place in libraries, community and senior centers, historical societies, civic organizations, and environmental organizations. NJCH is looking for proposals that encourage participation and discussion and seek to bring people of different perspectives and backgrounds together. | Deadline to Apply: October 30th, 2024. | More information.
NJ Theatre Alliance | Cultural Access Network Virtual "Access Thursdays" - Webinars | The Cultural Access Network Project is a program of The New Jersey State Council on the Arts and New Jersey Theatre Alliance. To register for upcoming webinars, click here.
Noyes Arts Garage of Atlantic City | Still Here! The Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape and Powhatan-Renape nations of Southern New Jersey | Please join us in celebrating two southern New Jersey tribal communities that share a common Woodlands culture, Algonquin languages, historical roots, eastern geographical locations, and above all a united commitment to preserving their past, present, and future Indigenous heritage and identity. The Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation is made up of the American Indian families from southern New Jersey and the Delmarva Peninsula. Powhatan people have maintained an unbroken history of thousands of years settlement along the coastal areas of the mid-Atlantic. This exhibition will feature art and historical artifacts from the two tribal communities. This exhibition is on view at the Noyes Arts Garage of Atlantic City from October 9th, 2024 to February 2nd, 2025. The Opening Reception takes place October 12, 2024, 1:00 - 3:00 PM | More information available here.
NJ Historical Commission | New Jersey History Conference: Imperfectly Civil: History of Politics and Civics in New Jersey | Join the NJHC and the Eagleton Institute of Politics on Tuesday, December 3rd at Rutgers – New Brunswick for the 2024 New Jersey History Conference! This year’s theme – Imperfectly Civil: History of Politics and Civics in New Jersey – will examine how New Jerseyans have historically engaged with civic life through elections, public debates, activism, and beyond in addition to exploring how we can support democracy today. | Date & Time: Tuesday, December 3 · 8am - 5pm EST | Location: Douglass Student Center, 100 George Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901 | Tickets and information.
NJ Historical Commission | 2024 New Jersey History Conference Call for Proposals | We encourage proposals that feature diverse figures, events, and narratives. Presentations
exploring the history of politics and civics in New Jersey may address topics including, but not
limited to: • History of elections in New Jersey, • Expansion and retraction of voting rights in New Jersey, • History of media and its role in politics, • History of activism and political protest
- Local politics during times of crisis, • The ways in which historians and historical organizations can contemporarily support the democratic process. The Conference Planning Committee will also review and consider proposals on general topics in New Jersey history unrelated to this year’s theme. | Deadline for Submission: October 11th, 2024 | Submission form.
RevolutionNJ | Become a Proud Partner! | As New Jersey plans to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America, we aim to create a statewide experience that invites participation from everyone. We invite all organizations to join us in this endeavor by submitting an application to become a RevolutionNJ Partner. Click here to get started. | More information and application.
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