March 4 - 25: Creating Change Arts Trustee Learning Cohort

March 31: Building a Culture That Supports Equity Every Day

April 7: Updating Your Equity Policies for Today’s Realities

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These events, presented by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and the New Jersey Theatre Alliance, are peer-to-peer learning opportunities covering a wide range of arts accessibility topics.

Upcoming Roundtables:

March 5: Improving Arts Access for Community Arts Participation

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Free artist-specific tax season guidance for U.S.-based artists, freelancers, consultants, gallerists, and other self-employed creative professionals.

Event Date: March 5, 2026

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Call for Nominations

Each year, the Cultural Access Network Project recognizes organizations that have demonstrated leadership and innovation in serving and engaging arts patrons and artists with disabilities. While organizations that apply do not have to be solely arts-based, the initiative being nominated should be in support of increasing access for artists and arts patrons for arts specific programming.

Deadline: March 11, 2026

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Hear the highlights of the 2025 ArtsPay NJ survey - a compensation study of the nonprofit arts sector in New Jersey. The survey took a deep dive into the salaries, health and other employee benefits, job satisfaction, and characteristics and demographics of full-time, part-time, and contracted arts workers. Join New Jersey's arts service organizations, the collaborators of ArtsPay NJ, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, and the team at Baker Richards to hear highlights of the survey's findings and learn how to use the public interactive dashboard to enable workers and employers to compare salary and other information by artistic discipline, job title, budget size, and geographic area.

Event Date: March 10, 2026

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The Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants program provides one-time grants of up to $5,000 for recent unexpected medical, dental, and mental health emergencies to artists in financial need who are creating in the visual arts, film/video/electronic/digital arts, and choreography.

NEW: Previous recipients of a Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants may apply again, after five years have elapsed from their first grant award date

Next Deadline: March 10, 2026

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Earplay sponsors the annual Earplay Donald Aird Composers Competition, open to composers of any nationality and any age. Earplay performs the prizewinning piece and presents a cash prize of $1,500 to the winning composer.

Deadline: April 30, 2026

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Call for Nominations

NEA National Heritage Fellowships are the nation’s highest honor in the folk and traditional arts, and recognize artists and individuals who have significantly contributed to our nation’s rich cultural heritage. Nominees must be actively participating in their respective art form, whether as practitioners, mentors, instructors, or scholars, and must be worthy of national recognition.

Nomination Deadline: May 11, 2026

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Call for Nominations

coLAB Arts' Monthly Artist Grant celebrates NJ artists who use creative practice to support their local communities and create greater public good.

Ongoing/Monthly

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Hundreds of executive, marketing, and development professionals from arts organizations statewide will come together at Princeton University for this biennial arts conference. Produced in partnership by ArtPride New Jersey and the Lewis Center for the Arts, with support from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Thrive has grown into the largest professional development event dedicated strictly to confronting the challenges and opportunities facing New Jersey's cultural community.

June 25, 2026

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Call for Artists

Deadline: February 27, 2026

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Call for Artists

Deadline: March 3, 2026

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Open to Bergen and Hudson Counties

The DWR Fund provides one-time $1,000 grants to freelance dancers for eligible, contracted dance work completed between January 1, 2025 and April 30, 2026.

Deadline: March 3, 2025

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Free artist-specific tax season guidance for U.S.-based artists, freelancers, consultants, gallerists, and other self-employed creative professionals.

Event Date: March 5, 2026

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Vivid Stage is looking for visual artists to feature in their lobby gallery space. Selected artists may set their prices and determine their purchasing process; Vivid Stage will not take a cut of any sales made.

Deadline: March 8, 2026.

Contact sarah@vividstage.org with a link to a website/portfolio.

Applications are now open for four residency programs at ARTS 14C’s 125,000-square-foot arts incubator, performance, and exhibition space in downtown Jersey City.

12-Month Live/Work Residency

Deadline: March 9, 2026

The Fabric of a Nation Residency for Textile, Fashion, and Fiber Artists

Deadline: March 23, 2026

Back to the Studio Special Project Summer Residency for Artists who Teach

Deadline: May 11, 2026

Short-term, Special Project-based Residency

Deadline: May 18, 2026

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The Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants program provides one-time grants of up to $5,000 for recent unexpected medical, dental, and mental health emergencies to artists in financial need who are creating in the visual arts, film/video/electronic/digital arts, and choreography.

NEW: Previous recipients of a Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants may apply again, after five years have elapsed from their first grant award date

Next Deadline: March 10, 2026

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Request for Qualifications

Deadline: March 13, 2026

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Newark Arts Council invites performers, programmers, artists, curators, collectives, and community organizations to apply for North to Shore Newark Community Grants in support of the North to Shore Festival Newark. These grants, ranging from $1,000 to $5,000, are designed to support live performances, exhibitions, and arts and cultural programming that reflects the energy, talent, and richness of Newark. This opportunity is open to musicians, bands, singers, comedians, visual artists, curators, producers and programmers who are excited to be part of a statewide festival with a distinctly Newark voice.

Deadline: March 19, 2026

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Call for Entries

Deadline: March 20, 2026



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Call for Hudson County Artists

Deadline: March 20, 2026



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Call for Artists

Deadline: March 20, 2026



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Call for Artists

Deadline: March 22, 2026

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Call for Visual Art Inspired by Music

Deadline: March 30, 2026

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The Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants program provides one-time grants of up to $3,000 to professional dancers facing dire financial emergencies, due to the loss or lack of recent/current live performance work, because of circumstances outside of their control.

Next Deadline: March 31, 2026 (Next cycle begins March 3, 2026.)

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This quarterly, virtual series of meetings will serve as a platform for sharing experiences, discussing new opportunities, and connecting with each other.

Next Meeting: April 1, 2026

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Call for Panel Proposals

Deadline: April 2, 2026

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The Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grants provides grants of up to $20,000 to environmental art projects led by women, transgender, and gender-nonconforming artists in the United States and U.S. Territories.

Deadline: April 7, 2026

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Call for Visual Artists and Artisan Crafters

Event Date: April 25, 2026

Applications open until full.

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Earplay sponsors the annual Earplay Donald Aird Composers Competition, open to composers of any nationality and any age. Earplay performs the prizewinning piece and presents a cash prize of $1,500 to the winning composer.

Deadline: April 30, 2026

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Call for Art Celebrating New Jersey's Coastline

Deadline: May 17, 2026

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The Red Mill Museum Village and the Hunterdon Art Museum invite community members to participate in the Mill to Mill Peace Flag Project by creating peace flags that will be displayed outside the two museums. Inspired by traditional prayer flags, each piece reflects the maker’s personal interpretation of the question: “What does peace look like to you?” The Mill to Mill Peace Flag Project is part of Handwork 2026, Craft in America's nationwide semiquincentennial collaboration showcasing the importance of the handmade and celebrating the diversity of craft that defines America.

Deadline: May 15, 2026

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Call for Artists

Deadline: June 1, 2026

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Call for Nominations

coLAB Arts' Monthly Artist Grant celebrates NJ artists who use creative practice to support their local communities and create greater public good.

Ongoing/Monthly

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Selected artists are featured with detailed curatorial review essays in the catalogue, which are released in editions. Point Pleasant Publishing accepts experimental and alternative forms of visual art including photography, performance, video, film, installation, assemblage, collage, fiber, printmaking, light design, jewelry, fashion/costume design, and analogue digital (no AI).

Rolling Deadline

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Creative Capital Artist Lab is an online professional development curriculum designed to help artists working at any career stage, and in any discipline, build thriving practices. courses are created by art professionals, industry experts, and fellow artists who share vital concepts, skills, and tools to grow artists’ careers. Courses are delivered through Zoom lectures and discussions, long-form videos, and text-based learning formats. Artist Lab includes exercises, tips for best practices, and case studies that can be taken at participants’ own pace. Courses and videos are available in English and Spanish, with ASL interpretation.

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The Entertainment Community Fund understands that a life in the arts has its own unique set of challenges. Their free, online groups and workshops - facilitated by social workers - offer a safe and confidential setting where performing arts and entertainment professionals can share and learn, as well as provide and receive support.

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This online resource is designated to help connect, support, and elevate the vibrant dance artists across New Jersey. Whether you are a professional dancer, dance student, instructor, choreographer, or dance enthusiast, our unique directory will give you quick access to explore new services, opportunities, and partnerships within and beyond the state.

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Support available for artists working in craft or materials-based folk/traditional disciplines who have experienced a recent, unforeseen, career-threatening emergency.​

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NYFA 1-on-1 Consultations for Immigrant Artists offers individualized career-centered conversations for creatives of all disciplines. During these free 40-minute online consultation sessions with arts industry experts, you can seek advice on specific topics or general resources and opportunities to help you navigate building your arts career in the U.S.

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This national Semiquincentennial initiative will showcase the importance of the handmade, both throughout our history and in contemporary life. Handwork 2026 is a yearlong collaboration among organizations, educators, and makers to celebrate the diversity of the crafts that define America, bringing compelling stories and underrepresented art and artists into the spotlight.

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Used by more than 175,000 artists and over 800 arts organizations, CaFÉ is the leading application management system for art calls. CaFÉ strives to make art opportunities available to all by offering arts organizations an affordable submission platform and artists an easy way to apply. Artist registration is FREE!

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March 4 - 25: Creating Change Arts Trustee Learning Cohort

March 31: Building a Culture That Supports Equity Every Day

April 7: Updating Your Equity Policies for Today’s Realities

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These events, presented by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and the New Jersey Theatre Alliance, are peer-to-peer learning opportunities covering a wide range of arts accessibility topics.

Upcoming Roundtables:

March 5: Improving Arts Access for Community Arts Participation

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Throughout the year, ArtPride New Jersey packages content around unique themes - Winter Holidays, Black History Month, Women’s History Month, Summer Arts, and more - and promotes selected events as dedicated Discover Jersey Arts campaigns through jerseyarts.com and multiple marketing channels. Participation in the campaigns is available to those organizations registered with the Jersey Arts Marketers (JAM) network.

Next Deadline: March 19, 2026

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Guidelines and application materials for the National Endowment for the Arts’ principal grants category, Grants for Arts Projects, are now available. These grants support projects taking place in any part of the nation’s 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. jurisdictions.

Deadline: July 21, 2026

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The Local Arts Program (LAP) Grant enables the New Jersey State Council on the Arts to support local arts development within each of New Jersey’s 21 counties through a competitive grant application process by awarding funds to officially designated County Arts Agencies (CAAs). These LAP grants support eligible local arts organizations and other non-profit organizations within Hunterdon County that provide public art projects, programs, services, and development.

Deadline: Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis through September 30, 2026.

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New Jersey's rich arts community has a unique opportunity to engage their audiences with a once-in-a-generation initiative. RevolutionNJ is New Jersey's official commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, happening in 2026.

Watch a recorded informational workshop here.

Already in the know? Become a Proud Partner today by submitting an application here.

Interested in bringing the "Revolutionary Lives" traveling exhibition to your site? Fill out this Reservation Form.

If you have any questions about this initiative or the application, please reach out to Marc Lorenc: marc.lorenc@sos.nj.gov

Arts Reach supports leading arts professionals the Arts Reach website, conferences, magazine, webinars, and e-letters. The strategies and techniques presented via Arts Reach focus on successful revenue-generating techniques for arts practitioners and leaders.

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Free webinars on various topics related to emergency preparedness for performing arts organizations.

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The goal of the Grants Management Office is to make grant opportunities and resources easily accessible for municipalities, counties, nonprofit organizations, and other interested stakeholders. With a mission to increase the amount of federal grant dollars New Jersey receives, GMO works to help build the capacity of its partners to successfully apply for and manage grant programs.

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Two recorded webinars now available:

Part One | Research Findings

Part Two | Resource Roadmap

The purpose of an Art Bridges Learning & Engagement Award is to support art museum transformation and the engagement of new and diverse audiences through innovative programming.

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From the Massachusetts Cultural Council – A Guide for Communities to Develop Programs that Integrate Arts, Culture, and Nature Resources into Local Health and Social Care Systems

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The dPlan|ArtsReady tool guides you through the steps of creating elements of your performing arts organization’s emergency plan. Organizations can request a free year of access.

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