SJCA Partner Opportunities Vol. 60
Check out what our partners are doing in the field!
New Jersey State Council on the Arts | Public Meeting | The New Jersey State Council on the Arts will convene a regularly scheduled public meeting on Tuesday, February 11, 2025 @ 11am ET. The meeting agenda will be available on the Council's website one week prior to the meeting.To join the meeting, click here.
New Jersey State Council on the Arts | Creative Aging Initiative Grant | The Creative Aging Initiative Grant (CAI) provides $10,000 to eligible arts organizations, libraries, veterans homes, senior and community centers, colleges/universities, and units of government to cover costs for arts learning experiences with New Jersey older adults aged 55 and over. Successful applicants will receive $10,000 of funding for each year of the two-year grant cycle, pending available resources. A CAI project is defined as an arts-based learning experience that directly engages older adults for multiple sessions. Projects may be sequential and build to a project culmination (residencies) or include a series of individual workshops that focus on skill-building and development in the performing, visual, media, or literary arts. The CAI guidelines are now available on the Arts Council website. | Deadline: February 27, 2025 by 12:00 NOON ET. | More information.
New Jersey State Council on the Arts | 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. These sessions provide an opportunity to network with other New Jersey teaching artists, share challenges and successes of working in our state, and discuss what teaching artistry could look like as we move into the future. | Date & Time: March 5, 2025 from 12:00 - 1:00 PM ET | Register here.
New Jersey State Council on the Arts | Register for New Jersey Heritage Fellowship Grant Program Information Sessions | Online and In-Person Information Sessions Available November 2024 - January 2025. The New Jersey State Council on the Arts will award up to ten New Jersey Heritage Fellowships to exemplary folk and traditional artists. These Fellowships, which come with an award of $20,000 each, recognize lifetime achievement, artistic excellence, and contributions to our state's living traditional arts heritage. | Nomination Deadline: February 6, 2025, 12:00 PM ET | Information Session registration links.
New Jersey State Council on the Arts | Families First Discovery Pass Program | The Families First Discovery Pass program was launched in 2019 as a partnership between the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, the New Jersey Historical Commission, and the New Jersey Departments of Human Services (DHS) and Health (DOH). This program provides families and individuals enrolled in state assistance programs with free or highly discounted admission to arts and history organizations, venues, and programs – both in-person and virtual. Under this initiative, we are encouraging organizations to sign up to offer discounted or free admission and/or virtual registration to individuals and families with a Families First card or eWIC card. These items are issued by DOH and DHS to families in transitional assistance programs, including SNAP (food stamps), TANF (welfare), and WIC (nutrition assistance for women, infants, and children). | Deadline: January 31, 2025 | More information and application.
New Jersey State Council on the Arts | Save the Date! Making it Public | This is a free five-week training series designed for artists interested in exploring and expanding their public artmaking practice. | Registration opens: January 22, 2025 | Dates & Times: Wednesdays, March 12 - April 9, 2025 from 6pm to 7:30pm ET | More information.
New Jersey Theatre Alliance | Access Thursday Round Table :Ensuring Trustees Know the Importance of ADA Planning | The accessibility journey needs to be an organizational priority and all individuals and departments need to be engaged in the work, including the Board of Trustees. We will hear from organizations whose trustees are engaged in the access work of their organizations, the important role the Board plays in setting access policy and ensuring there are financial and human resources dedicated to access, and how the Board can assist in the ADA planning of their organization. | Thursday, February 6, 2025 | 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Register here
New Jersey Theatre Alliance | ArtsPay NJ Educational Offerings | Register for the next ArtsPay NJ webinar: Salary Banding and Benchmarking as a Pay Equity Strategy | Date & Time: Thursday, February 20, 2025 from 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Register here.
ArtPride & New Jersey Theatre Alliance | Art Trustees Learning Cohort | This 5-session virtual series, offered at no charge each fall and spring, is led by leading experts in diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-oppression. It is a space of learning, growth, and connection exclusively for trustees of New Jersey Arts organizations. Participation is limited to 30, and registration closes on January 24. While we encourage two trustees from an organization to attend together, it is not required. | Deadline for registration: January 24, 2025 | More information and registration.
Rowan University Art Gallery & Museum | Carrying On: Black Panther Artists Continue the Legacy | This exhibition brings together the legacy and current work of four former artists from the Black Panther Party to illuminate the role of art in cultivating a radical imagination and developing activist practices. These cultural pioneers are all dedicated to the belief that art motivates and inspires people to work for their own liberation. Curated by Colette Gaiter | Date: January 21 - March 15, 2025 | Opening Reception and Artist’s Panel: February 8, 3pm to 6pm EST | Location: 301 High Street Gallery | More information and RSVP.
Rowan University Art Gallery and Museum | New Jersey Arts Annual: Artist as Activist | The theme for the Arts Annual 2025 will be Artist as Activist and we will request work that reflects artistic thoughts and responses to that concept. Artist as activist is an artist who harnesses the power of creativity to inspire social and political action. Unlike traditional activism that primarily uses direct action or advocacy, artists engage in activism through various forms. In this case visual art. They use their work to challenge norms, raise awareness about issues, and inspire audiences to think critically about the world around them. We will look for artists whose work tackles a wide range of topics and concerns such as human rights and access to resources, environmental awareness and justice, racial and gender equalities, health and well-being, and the political and cultural climate. Their work may serve as vehicles for expressing advocacy, highlighting injustices, and envisioning alternatives. By capturing emotions, experiences, and truths through their art, they aim to promote empathy, ignite dialogue, and encourage individuals toward collective action. | Deadline: March 3, 2025 | More information and application.
Murphy Writing Center of Stockton University | World Above Poetry Open Mic | Murphy Writing Center of Stockton University's open mic poetry program, World Above, is held every month at the Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. For those attending virtually, there will be a synchronous live stream of the reading so that people can tune in if they are not able or comfortable attending in-person events. Questions or concerns can be forwarded to emari@murphywriting.com. | Date: Wednesday, January 29 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. | Location: Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University, Atlantic City | More information.
Stockton University Kramer Hall | By Her Hands, From Her Garden: Baskets by Mary May and Niki Giberson | Check out the upcoming exhibition "By Her Hands, From Her Garden: Baskets by Mary May and Niki Giberson" this January at the Noyes Galleries at the Noyes Galleries at Stockton University Kramer Hall in Hammonton. This exhibition runs from January 23 through March 21, 2025. The public is welcome to attend the opening reception on Thursday, February 20 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Light refreshments will be available and live music will accompany the evening. | Opening Reception: Thursday, February 20 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. | Location: Stockton University Kramer Hall, Hammonton | More information.
Noyes Galleries at Seaview | Art Exhibition: Joanne Coffman, Tim Faherty, Marion Lotka | See the upcoming group exhibition featuring work by Joanne Coffman, Tim Faherty, and Marion Lotka January 10 through March 16, 2025. These three local artists will exhibit their new work. The public is welcome to attend the opening reception on Thursday, January 30 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. at the Noyes Galleries at Seaview Hotel in Galloway. The Noyes Gallery at Seaview Hotel, a Dolce Hotel by Wyndham is open during operational hours set by the Seaview Hotel. For more information, call 609-652-1800. | Opening Reception: Thursday, January 30 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. | Location: Noyes Galleries at Seaview, Galloway | More information.
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