Elizabeth A. Mattson, Chair Carol Ann Herbert, 1st Vice Chair Felicia Grant, 2nd Vice Chair
Sharon Burton Turner
Ofelia Garcia
Lana Gold Walder
Joyce C. Goore
Jeremy Grunin
Gina Hulings
Dolores A. Kirk
Ruth Lipper
Kevin M. O'Brien
Dr. Michael Penna
Vivian Scott Chew
ex officio members Tahesha Way, Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of State Senator Holly T. Schepisi
Assemblyman James J. Kennedy
Contact The NJ State Council
on the Arts
Mailing Address:
NJ State Council on the Arts
P.O. Box 306
Trenton, NJ 08625-0306
Office Address:
33 West State Street, 4th Floor
Trenton, NJ 08608 Directions
In 1966, the legislature passed and the governor signed a law creating the NJ State Council on the Arts and directing us to do all that is necessary and appropriate to: support, encourage, and foster public interest in the arts; enlarge public and private resources devoted to the arts; promote freedom of expression in the arts; and facilitate the inclusion of art in every public building in New Jersey.
The Folk & Traditional Arts Project grant program provides emerging to mid-career folk and traditional artists access to opportunities that significantly advance skills in their art form. Applicants may request up to $10,000 to cover the costs of a structured learning opportunity in their art form.
We’re looking for grant review panelists for these FY25 grant program opportunities: General Operating Support, General Program Support, Projects Serving Artists, Folk & Traditional Arts Project.
Photo Credits: AC Jimenez/Appel Farm Arts & Music Center; Seward Johnson, La Promenade, 1999, Photo by David W. Steele/Grounds For Sculpture; NJ Youth Theatre
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