New Jersey Historic Trust and New Jersey State Council on the Arts Announce FY23 Recipients of the Capital Arts - Historic Locations Grant Program

• Posted on: 06/28/2023

Grant Funding Supports Capital Projects for Nonprofit Arts Organizations in NJ

TRENTON, NJ – The New Jersey Historic Trust and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts today announced the FY23 Capital Arts – Historic Locations grant award recipients. This grant opportunity prioritized project proposals that will be used to halt and remediate the physical deterioration of historic locations. There were 13 grants awarded totaling more than $2.6 million, with a maximum award of $250,000.

The FY23 Capital Arts - Historic Locations grant program is presented through a new partnership between the New Jersey State Council on the Arts (Arts Council), a division of the New Jersey Department of State, and the New Jersey Historic Trust (the Trust), affiliated with the Department of Community Affairs. The grant program is designed to assist New Jersey’s nonprofit arts organizations that are operating within buildings that are listed or eligible for listing in the New Jersey Register of Historic Places. Funds may be used for construction expenses related to the preservation, restoration, repair, and expansion to improve or enhance the facility. Grant funding is provided by the Arts Council and reviewed and administered by the Trust.

"Keeping history alive through preservation is key to building generational awareness and providing educational and recreational opportunities," said Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver, who serves as DCA Commissioner. "We are pleased that the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and the New Jersey Historic Trust are combining resources to preserve historic properties, which play a key role in increasing tourism and economic development at both the local and state level."

"The extraordinary partnership between the State Arts Council and the Historic Trust highlights the best of state government – two sister agencies working together to address the needs of our state’s arts sector," said Secretary of State Tahesha Way. "I’m honored to work closely with the Arts Council as they find new and innovative ways to support the arts in New Jersey, and I’m excited to see the expertise and dedication that the Trust will bring in helping preserve these organizations and buildings as crucial anchors in their communities."

"Funding these worthy projects will assist in providing for the continued growth and development of the arts in many communities in the state," said New Jersey Historic Trust Executive Director Dorothy Guzzo. "These projects will also create jobs and bolster the economy for years to come."

"This program is in direct response to what we learned last year about the needs of arts organizations operating out of historic properties," said New Jersey State Council on the Arts Executive Director Allison Tratner. "By partnering with the Trust, we can simultaneously invest in the preservation of important historic spaces while we help build sustainability in our state’s arts industry."

FY23 Capital Arts - Historic Locations Grant Program Awards

Applicant	Project Name	County	Municipality	Award
Perkins Center for the Arts	Perkins House	Burlington	Moorestown	$250,000
Montclair Art Museum	Montclair Art Museum	Essex	Montclair	$248,488
Newark Public Radio, Inc. WBGO-FM	WBGO News (Military Park Commons HD)	Essex	Newark	$106,334
The Newark Museum Association	Ballantine Mansion, Newark Museum (James Street Commons HD)	Essex	Newark	$250,000
Hunterdon Art Museum	Hunterdon Art Museum (Dunham’s/ Parry’s Mill)	Hunterdon	Clinton	$250,000
CoLAB Arts	Fellowship Hall (First Dutch Reformed Church)	Middlesex	New Brunswick	$250,000
American Repertory Ballet Company	ARB Princeton (Cranbury HD)	Middlesex	Cranbury	$47,138
Ocean Grove Historic Preservation Society/Jersey Shore Arts Center	Old Neptune High School (Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association HD)	Monmouth	Ocean Grove	$175,000
Axelrod Performing Arts Center	Bell Labs	Monmouth	Holmdel	$250,000
Growing Stage/The Children’s Theatre of NJ	Palace Theatre	Morris	Netcong	$218,417
South Street Theatre/The Community Theatre	Community Theatre (Morristown HD)	Morris	Morristown	$250,000
Ocean Professional Theatre Company	Surflight Theatre (Beach Haven HD)	Ocean	Beach Haven	$250,000
Peters Valley Crafts Center Inc.	Munson House (Peters Valley HD)	Sussex	Layton	$126,496

 

ABOUT THE NEW JERSEY STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS

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.

ABOUT THE NEW JERSEY HISTORIC TRUST

Created by the State Legislature, the New Jersey Historic Trust is a nonprofit historic preservation organization affiliated with the Department of Community Affairs. Governed by a 15-member board of trustees, the mission of the Trust is to advance historic preservation in New Jersey for the benefit of future generations through education, stewardship and financial investment programs that save New Jersey’s heritage and strengthen its communities.

DCA offers a wide range of programs and services, including local government management and finance, affordable housing production, fire safety, building safety, community planning and development, disaster recovery and mitigation, historic preservation, and information privacy.

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