Opportunities for the Field | |
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February 28, 2025
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!
Deadline: March 3, 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.
March 6: Making Museums, Galleries, and Visual Arts Organizations Accessible
April 3: Sensory Friendly Experiences
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2025 State of the Nonprofit Sector Survey | |
Call for New Jersey Nonprofit Organizations
Nonprofit Finance Fund’s State of the Nonprofit Sector Survey - one of the largest of its kind - collects data about US nonprofits’ health and challenges and formulates them into an accessible, evidence-based illustration of how the nonprofit sector is faring.
Deadline: March 7, 2025
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Webinar: Cultural Arts Facilities Expansion Program (CAFE) | |
In partnership with the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, the Council will host a virtual information session about the NJEDA’s new Cultural Arts Facilities Expansion (CAFE) Program. This incentive program will provide financial resources to support capital projects for arts and culture venues across New Jersey. Learn how your organization can benefit from transferable tax credits, covering up to 100% of eligible costs for new and rehabilitation construction projects ranging from $5 million to $75 million. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about this program and the application process.
Webinar Date: March 13, 2025
Register Here
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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:
March 13: Ethical Internship Models
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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.
March 19: Managing Risks and Opportunities
April 9: Financial Leadership for Boards
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Walking Together: Investing in Folklife in Communities of Color | |
The program will award significant, nonmatching grants to traditional artists, practitioners, and keepers of traditional knowledge that show a deep commitment to sustaining folklife rooted in communities of color, as well as community organizations and collectives supporting folklife in communities of color, including nonprofits, local and Tribal governments, businesses, and more.
Deadline: March 19, 2025
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Call for Organizations to Be Nominated for Leadership and Innovation in Cultural Access Awards | |
Each year, the Cultural Access Network Project recognizes organizations that have demonstrated leadership and innovation in serving and engaging patrons and artists with disabilities. Award categories: Excellence in Leadership and Excellence in Cultural Access Innovation.
Nomination Deadline: March 21, 2025
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2026 Open Call: Creative Capital Award & State of the Art Prize | |
The 2026 Open Call seeks proposals for new artistic works in the Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Film, and Literature.
The Creative Capital Award provides unrestricted project grants of up to $50,000 to individual artists to create new work.
The new State of the Art Prize provides unrestricted artist grants of $10,000.
Info Session Date: February 28, 2025
Deadline: April 3, 2025 (The application portal opens on Monday, March 3, 2025.)
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NJ Human Services Opens Fourth Round of Grant Funding to Create Inclusive, Healthy Communities | |
NJ Human Services announces that non-profits and county or municipal government agencies can now apply for the next round of funding in the Inclusive Healthy Communities Grant Program to help communities across NJ support the health and well-being of individuals with disabilities where they live, work, learn and play.
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Opportunities for Artists | |
Newark ArtSource Artist Registry | |
Call for Artists from Newark and the Newark Area
Through Newark ArtSource, Newark Arts brokers relationships, connecting local artists and their work to major development projects throughout the City.
Deadline: March 1, 2025
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Wheaton Arts Glass Studio Internship | |
Call for Emerging Artists Pursuing or Recently Completing an Undergraduate Degree in Glass
Deadline: March 1, 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!
Deadline: March 3, 2025
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New Jersey International Film Festival Summer | |
Call for Entries
Super Super Late Deadline: March 3, 2025
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Public Art Opportunity: Barn Quilt Trail of Central Jersey | |
Call for Artists and Artist Teams
Deadline: March 5, 2025
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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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Call for Art
Deadline: March 5, 2025
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Professional Development Opportunity for Arts Educators: AI in the Art Classroom | |
Join award-winning AI artist Maribeth Woodford for a one-hour Zoom workshop exploring how AI is reshaping art education. Learn how AI can unlock creativity, make art accessible for all students, and ethically enhance artistic expression. This session will cover AI-generated imagery, animation, prompt writing, the fusion of AI with traditional art, and the ethics of AI in the creative process.
Event Date: March 10, 2025
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ArtsPay New Jersey Educational Offerings | |
The NJ Theatre Alliance has announced a series of upcoming educational offerings curated based on the findings of the ArtsPay NJ survey data:
March 13: Ethical Internship Models
Learn More
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NJ Wolf Trap: Arts Integration Professional Development for Early Childhood Educators | |
In this workshop, educators use select drama strategies to create lively stories and miniature plays with young children. Educators will practice guiding young children through this creative development process from start to finish. Presenter: Ali Oliver-Krueger.
Event Date: March 18, 2025
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Walking Together: Investing in Folklife in Communities of Color | |
The program will award significant, nonmatching grants to traditional artists, practitioners, and keepers of traditional knowledge that show a deep commitment to sustaining folklife rooted in communities of color, as well as community organizations and collectives supporting folklife in communities of color, including nonprofits, local and Tribal governments, businesses, and more.
Deadline: March 19, 2025
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Exhibition: a fervent and necessary arrangement | |
Call for Art
Deadline: March 20, 2025
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Exhibition: Works on Paper | |
Call for Art (Cash prizes awarded.)
Deadline: March 21, 2025
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Call for Artists
Deadline: March 28, 2024
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Vermont Studio Center Fellowship | |
Call for Visual Artists and Writers
Deadline: March 31, 2025
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Exhibition: The Color of Rebellion | |
Call for Art
Deadline: March 31, 2025
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2026 Open Call: Creative Capital Award & State of the Art Prize | |
The 2026 Open Call seeks proposals for new artistic works in the Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Film, and Literature.
The Creative Capital Award provides unrestricted project grants of up to $50,000 to individual artists to create new work.
The new State of the Art Prize provides unrestricted artist grants of $10,000.
Info Session Date: February 28, 2025
Deadline: April 3, 2025 (The application portal opens on Monday, March 3, 2025.)
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Exhibition/Artist Representation Opportunity: Khawam Gallery | |
Call for Painters, Sculptors, and Photographers
Deadline: April 4, 2025
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Exhibition: The Unusual Suspects | |
Call for Art
Deadline: April 6, 2025
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Call for creative projects that uplift Newark’s youth and neighborhoods.
Deadline: April 13, 2025
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Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants | |
Are you a dancer anywhere in the US in dire financial emergency? Have you recently lost engagements, or been ill or injured? You may be eligible for a one-time Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grant of up to $3,000.
Cycle 18 will be open March 18 - April 15, 2025.
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Call for Art
Deadline: May 15, 2025
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Eight-month curriculum for writers that includes working with a team of teachers as well as an assigned mentor.
Now accepting applications for the 2025-2026 season.
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Survey: Developing Equitable Artists’ Contracts | |
Yancey Consulting wants to hear from artists about which contract clauses have the most negative impact on current and future earnings, ownership rights, and protections.
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Dance New Jersey’s Resource Directory | |
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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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 in the catalogue with critical essays written by the curator. Artists participating in the online exhibit will have two works on display and a link to their website. No fees.
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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 | |
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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.
March 6: Making Museums, Galleries, and Visual Arts Organizations Accessible
April 3: Sensory Friendly Experiences
Learn More
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2025 State of the Nonprofit Sector Survey | |
Call for New Jersey Nonprofit Organizations
Nonprofit Finance Fund’s State of the Nonprofit Sector Survey - one of the largest of its kind - collects data about US nonprofits’ health and challenges and formulates them into an accessible, evidence-based illustration of how the nonprofit sector is faring.
Deadline: March 7, 2025
Learn More
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Webinar: Cultural Arts Facilities Expansion Program (CAFE) | |
In partnership with the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, the Council will host a virtual information session about the NJEDA’s new Cultural Arts Facilities Expansion (CAFE) Program. This incentive program will provide financial resources to support capital projects for arts and culture venues across New Jersey. Learn how your organization can benefit from transferable tax credits, covering up to 100% of eligible costs for new and rehabilitation construction projects ranging from $5 million to $75 million. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about this program and the application process.
Webinar Date: March 13, 2025
Register Here
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ArtsPay New Jersey Educational Offerings | |
The NJ Theatre Alliance has announced a series of upcoming educational offerings curated based on the findings of the ArtsPay NJ survey data:
March 13: Ethical Internship Models
Learn More
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Become an Access/VSA Program Site! | |
The Kennedy Center Office of VSA and Accessibility seeks U.S. arts, education, and cultural organizations to provide accessible, arts-based education experiences to students with disabilities. U.S. organizations are invited to submit proposals to implement VSA Programs.
Deadline: March 13, 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.
March 19: Managing Risks and Opportunities
April 9: Financial Leadership for Boards
Learn More
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Walking Together: Investing in Folklife in Communities of Color | |
The program will award significant, nonmatching grants to traditional artists, practitioners, and keepers of traditional knowledge that show a deep commitment to sustaining folklife rooted in communities of color, as well as community organizations and collectives supporting folklife in communities of color, including nonprofits, local and Tribal governments, businesses, and more.
Deadline: March 19, 2025
Learn More
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Research Grants in the Arts and NEA Research Labs | |
Research Grants in the Arts funds research studies that investigate the value and/or impact of the arts, either as individual components of the U.S. arts ecosystem or as they interact with each other and/or with other domains of American life.
NEA Research Labs funds projects that support transdisciplinary research teams grounded in the social and behavioral sciences, yielding empirical insights about the arts for the benefit of arts and non-arts sectors alike. The NEA may enter into up to one subsequent renewal award with the recipient of a NEA Research Labs grant for a project consistent with the intent of these guidelines. Any such future awards are subject to agency priorities, the availability of funds, awardee performance, and the agency’s regular review process.
Deadline: March 24, 2025
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This program brings exemplary performing arts ensembles to communities across the Mid Atlantic Arts region. Presenters select from a curated roster of artists that changes annually.
Deadline: March 27, 2025
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Call for creative projects that uplift Newark’s youth and neighborhoods.
Deadline: April 13, 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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NJ Human Services Opens Fourth Round of Grant Funding to Create Inclusive, Healthy Communities | |
NJ Human Services announces that non-profits and county or municipal government agencies can now apply for the next round of funding in the Inclusive Healthy Communities Grant Program to help communities across NJ support the health and well-being of individuals with disabilities where they live, work, learn and play.
Learn More
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Arts Reach: The Association of Arts Management, Marketing and Development Professionals | |
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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Performing Arts Readiness | |
Free webinars on various topics related to emergency preparedness for performing arts organizations.
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The New Jersey Department of the Treasury’s Grants Management Office is here to help you! | |
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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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. | | | | |
