Opportunities for the Field | |
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December 26, 2024
We compile opportunities for artists and arts organizations that are available in
New Jersey, or benefit those working in the arts in New Jersey. You'll find professional development workshops, grant announcements, calls for artists, resources, and more. Check out all three categories: Featured Opportunities, Opportunities for Artists, and Opportunities for Organizations.
While we do not share Job Opportunities, we do recommend the following resources for those looking for work in the arts field: ArtPride NJ Job Bank, NJ Theatre Alliance, Dance NJ, NJ Motion Picture & Television Commission, and Arts Admin Jobs.
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New Jersey Arts Annual: Artist as Activist | |
Hosted by Rowan University Art Gallery and Museum
Call for New Jersey artists!
Applications Open January 2, 2025
Deadline: March 3, 2025
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Free Webinar Watch Party Series on Financial Management for New Jersey Arts Nonprofits | |
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! Covering everything from cash flow planning to financial storytelling, this series is meant to give nonprofit arts leaders a comprehensive understanding of the techniques they need to run effective organizations for the long haul.
January 8: Understanding Full Cost
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New Jersey Heritage Fellowship Grant Program Rules and Instructions Now Available! | |
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.
Online and In-Person Information Sessions Available through January 2025
Early Nomination Deadline: January 9, 2025
Nomination Deadline: February 6, 2025
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Register for the upcoming Access Thursday Roundtable Series - six peer-to-peer learning opportunities covering a wide range of arts accessibility topics.
January 9, 2025: Access is a Partnership Between the Organization and Host Venue
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ArtsPay NJ Educational Offerings | |
The New Jersey Theatre Alliance has announced a series of upcoming educational offerings curated based on the findings of the ArtsPay NJ survey data:
February 20: Salary Banding and Benchmarking as a Pay Equity Strategy
March 13: Ethical Internship Models
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ArtsCONNECT supports performing arts touring projects collaboratively developed by presenters working together in the mid-Atlantic region.
Deadline: February 25, 2025
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Creative Aging Initiative Guidelines Now Available | |
The Creative Aging Initiative Grant 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.
Technical assistance available through February 2025.
Deadline: February 27, 2025
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Opportunities for Artists | |
New Jersey International Film Festival Summer | |
Call for Entries
Regular: December 31, 2024
Late Deadline: January 20, 2025
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New Jersey Arts Annual: Artist as Activist | |
Hosted by Rowan University Art Gallery and Museum
Call for New Jersey artists!
Applications Open January 2, 2025
Deadline: March 3, 2025
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Calling All Assembly Artists! | |
Young Audiences of New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania is seeking new assembly programs for grades PreK-12, led by teaching artists who love not just sharing their art form, but educating children about it.
Deadline: January 7, 2025
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New Jersey Heritage Fellowship Grant Program Rules and Instructions Now Available! | |
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.
Online and In-Person Information Sessions Available through January 2025
Early Nomination Deadline: January 9, 2025
Nomination Deadline: February 6, 2025
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The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love | |
Open Call for Male-presenting Artists
Deadline: January 11, 2025
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Exhibition: Show Your Work | |
Call for Artists
Deadline: January 15, 2025
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Murphy Writing of Stockton University's 31st Annual Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway | |
A supportive, participant-focused writers’ conference.
Event Date: January 17 - 20, 2025
Registration Deadline: January 12, 2025
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Exhibition: Resistance and Resilience | |
Call for Artists
National Nurses United invites you to submit work exploring the theme “Resistance and Resilience.” Existing work and proposals for new art are welcome.
Deadline: January 24, 2025
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Exhibition: Viewpoints 2025 | |
Call for Artists
Deadline: February 7, 2025
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New Jersey Glass Workshop | |
In Summer 2025, WheatonArts will offer a two-part, seven-day intensive workshop during which eight selected New Jersey-based artists will be invited to learn about glass and glass-making processes, and will be offered the opportunity to apply this intriguing material to their individual artistic aspirations.
Deadline: February 14, 2025
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ArtsPay NJ Educational Offerings | |
The New Jersey Theatre Alliance has announced a series of upcoming educational offerings curated based on the findings of the ArtsPay NJ survey data:
February 20: Salary Banding and Benchmarking as a Pay Equity Strategy
March 13: Ethical Internship Models
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Join the 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.
Next Meeting: March 5, 2025
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Calling all New Jersey-based LGBTQ+ artists! | |
Garden State Equality has several paid opportunities for artists across all mediums coming up in 2025! Join their database to be the first to know when they go live.
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CERF+ Emergency Relief Grant | |
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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1-on-1 Consultation for Immigrant Artists | |
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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Catalogue Publication and Online Exhibit | |
Up to six Best in Show artists will have their work published with a critical review in Aedra Fine Arts' Artist Feature Catalogue. These artists will have two works of art on display and links to their website and social media. Artists keep 100% sales of their work.
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A monthly series for artists to share their work, ideas, and coffee.
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Handwork: Celebrating American Craft 2026 | |
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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Opportunities for Arts Organizations | |
Announcing Mid Atlantic Arts’ Cultural Sustainability: Community Roots Program! | |
Cultural Sustainability, a new grant program offered by the six U.S. Regional Arts Organizations (USRAOs) in partnership with The Wallace Foundation, provides general operating support to arts organizations rooted in communities of color with annual operating expenses under $500,000.
Deadline: January 6, 2025
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Free Webinar Watch Party Series on Financial Management for New Jersey Arts Nonprofits | |
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! Covering everything from cash flow planning to financial storytelling, this series is meant to give nonprofit arts leaders a comprehensive understanding of the techniques they need to run effective organizations for the long haul.
January 8: Understanding Full Cost
Learn More
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Register for the upcoming Access Thursday Roundtable Series - six peer-to-peer learning opportunities covering a wide range of arts accessibility topics.
January 9, 2025: Access is a Partnership Between the Organization and Host Venue
Learn More
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FY 2026 Performing Arts Global Exchange | |
Performing Arts Global Exchange (PAGE) is a nationwide program designed to increase availability of international performing arts programming throughout the United States and to promote a greater understanding of other cultures through the performing arts. Through the PAGE program, the NEA will award funds to a U.S. Regional Arts Organization (RAO) to provide subawards to nonprofit arts presenters located anywhere in the United States and its territories that contract performing artists from the PAGE roster, curated annually by the RAO. An emphasis is placed on funding projects in underserved communities that have little access to this type of artistic work.
Deadline: January 23, 2025
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Applications are now open for NEA Big Read grants to support community-wide reading programs between September 2025 and June 2026 under the new theme, “Our Nature: How Our Physical Environment Can Lead Us to Seek Hope, Courage, and Connection.” An initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts, in partnership with Arts Midwest, the NEA Big Read supports a range of events and activities designed around a single NEA Big Read book.
Intent to Apply Deadline: January 23, 2025
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ArtsPay NJ Educational Offerings | |
The New Jersey Theatre Alliance has announced a series of upcoming educational offerings curated based on the findings of the ArtsPay NJ survey data:
February 20: Salary Banding and Benchmarking as a Pay Equity Strategy
March 13: Ethical Internship Models
Learn More
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Creative Aging Initiative Guidelines Now Available | |
The Creative Aging Initiative Grant 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.
Technical assistance available through February 2025.
Deadline: February 27, 2025
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Become an RevolutionNJ Partner Organization! | |
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.
If you have any questions about this initiative or the application, please reach out to Marc Lorenc: marc.lorenc@sos.nj.gov
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Succession Planning for Cultural Institutions | |
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Learning and Engagement Funding from Art Bridges | |
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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Arts on Prescription: A Field Guide for US Communities | |
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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Tools, Resources, and Training for Creating and Sustaining a Culture of Equity, Inclusion, and Justice through the Arts
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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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The New Jersey State Council on the Arts, created in 1966, is a division of the NJ Department of State and a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. The Council was established to 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 Council believes the arts are central to every element we value most in a modern society including: human understanding; cultural and civic pride; strong communities; excellent schools; lifelong learning; creative expression; and economic opportunity. To learn more about the Council, please visit www.artscouncil.nj.gov. | | | | |
