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Arts Panels at 2018 NJ League of Municipalities Conference

Posted on October 30, 2018 by ArtPride in Category ArtPride New Jersey Foundation, Economy, NJ Tourism Industry Association, Tourism

The NJ League of Municipalities Conference 2018 rolls out inspiration to plan for the future with a theme of Municipalities Leading the Way. The 103rd League Conference will be held at the Atlantic City Convention Center November 13-15. ArtPride has helped to organize two panels that focus on the relationship of the arts to municipalities: The […]

Secretary of State Visits McCarter to Support Voter Registration

Posted on October 19, 2018 by ArtPride in Category Advocacy, ArtPride New Jersey Foundation

Last week, we had the extreme pleasure of welcoming  the New Jersey Secretary of State, Tahesha Way, to McCarter Theatre Center. Our partners at New Jersey State Council on the Arts invited Ms. Way to visit one of the fantastic cultural organizations hosting voter registration tables as part of the Support the Arts – VOTE […]

Make Your Voice Heard: Support the Arts – VOTE!

Posted on October 17, 2018 by ArtPride in Category Advocacy, ArtPride New Jersey Foundation, Community

By Koren Rife, Marketing & Communications Manager, ArtPride New Jersey Elections are determined by those who make their voices heard, and with 13 seats up for election in New Jersey’s midterms, there’s a lot to be said. Moreover, there’s a lot at stake in the November 6 election. For example, influential arts supporter and chair […]

New Jersey Celebrates National Arts in Education Week

Posted on September 12, 2018 by ArtPride in Category Arts Education

By Priscilla Hopkins-Smith, Programs and Communications Manager, Arts Ed NJ It’s back to school time and that means this week is National Arts in Education Week. It is such a critical time to show your support for arts education in New Jersey. Arts education creates not only artists but well-rounded humans that thrive in creative workplace […]

Rick Springfield Concert to Support ArtPride

Posted on August 16, 2018 by ArtPride in Category ArtPride New Jersey Foundation

See singer, actor, and author Rick Springfield and support ArtPride! Rick Springfield Friday, September 14 at 8 PM The Wellmont Theater, Montclair Proceeds from this concert will support the ArtPride New Jersey Foundation. Over the past four decades, Rick Springfield has worn many hats as an entertainer and performer. The creator of some of the finest power-pop of the […]

Never Stop Asking Questions

Posted on August 15, 2018 by ArtPride in Category Community, Creativity and Innovation, New Jersey Arts

By Dan Swern, Producing Director and Co-Founder, coLAB Arts Five years ago, I put a personal and institutional moratorium on making theatre. coLAB Arts had a massive question that had been hanging in the air for the five years since the organization first started: Why do we exist? Why does there need to be another […]

What Is the Future of the Arts?

Posted on July 18, 2018 by ArtPride in Category Community, New Jersey Arts, Nonprofits, Technology

By Steve Runk, Director of Communications at Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton University Chair of Thrive Conference Planning Committee Nearly 300 arts professionals from across New Jersey gathered at Princeton University’s Lewis Arts complex and McCarter Theatre Center on June 7 for the Thrive Arts Conference to explore that very question. Thrive is presented every […]

Celebrate All 48 Blocks of Atlantic City

Posted on June 13, 2018 by ArtPride in Category Community, New Jersey Arts, Tourism

By Joyce Hagen, Executive Director,  Atlantic City Arts Foundation What is 48 Blocks Atlantic City? Atlantic City is fairly small as cities go. It stretches only 48 blocks from the inlet to neighboring Ventnor City. Tucked within those 48 blocks, in the shadows of towering casino-hotels, is a community of wonderfully diverse and creative residents. […]

The New Jersey State Teen Arts Festival

Posted on May 15, 2018 by ArtPride in Category Arts Education

By Harrison H. Haney, New Jersey State Teen Arts Coordinator The New Jersey State Teen Arts Festival will celebrate the third year of its revival on May 30th, 31st and June 1st at Ocean County College in Toms River. Thousands of students and teachers from all 21 counties, along with professional artists and leaders in arts […]

Examining Inequities in the Cultural Landscape

Posted on April 10, 2018 by ArtPride in Category funding, NJ Arts Jobs

By Sharnita C. Johnson, Program Director, Arts, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation I recently had the opportunity to plan and co-host a Council of New Jersey Grantmakers (CNJG) funder briefing in collaboration with New Jersey State Council on the Arts. The session featured nationally recognized philanthropy thought-leaders Holly Sidford and Edwin Torres. They spoke about inequities in […]

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