The mission of the Arts Council is to improve the quality of life of this state by helping the arts to flourish.
Council Members
Elizabeth A. Mattson, Chair Carol Ann Herbert, 1st Vice Chair Gina Hulings, 2nd Vice Chair
Sharon Burton Turner
Ofelia Garcia
Lana Gold Walder
Joyce C. Goore
Felicia Grant
Jeremy Grunin
Dolores A. Kirk
Ruth Lipper
Kevin M. O'Brien
Dr. Michael Penna
Vivian Scott Chew
ex officio members Tahesha Way, 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.
Registration now open for our Teaching Artist Speed Networking event! Learn about employment opportunities and resources from arts education organizations across New Jersey.
The New Jersey Arts and Culture Renewal Fund supports the arts, cultural, and historical sector through equitable grantmaking to smaller nonprofit organizations most vulnerable to sector disruptions.
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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