State of the Arts has been taking you on location with the most creative people in New Jersey and beyond since 1981. The New York and Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award-winning series features documentary shorts about an extraordinary range of artists and visits New Jersey’s best performance spaces. State of the Arts is on the frontlines of the creative and cultural worlds of New Jersey.
State of the Arts is a cornerstone program of NJ PBS, with episodes co-produced by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and Stockton University, in cooperation with PCK Media. The series also airs on WNET and ALL ARTS.
On this week's episode, acclaimed choreographer Lauren Lovette premieres Jewel Box with the New Jersey Ballet. In a solo exhibition at the Newark Museum of Art, Dominican American artist Bony Ramirez uses surrealism to probe the legacies of colonialism and tourism. And Kenneth Leap creates grand public art with stained glass, around the world and in the State House, Boardwalk Hall, and transit centers and other public spaces across New Jersey.
The State Arts Council will convene a public meeting on Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM ET via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public.
Photo: Artist Tiffany Leps, photo courtesy of WheatonArts
The application is now open for the FY27 FTAP grant, which provides $10,000 to support an individualized, structured learning opportunity between an Apprentice Artist and one or more Mentor Artists. Application Part 1 is due by January 8, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET.
Mentor Korean Dance Teacher, Eunjoo Kang (rear), and Apprentice Angela Jung (front). Photo: Steph Nerbak.
NJ TRANSIT and the State Arts Council announce the latest installment of the TRANSITional Art Project at the NJ TRANSIT Rahway Rail Station. The exhibition - Arriving Home - features artists Tim Heauser, John Cerra, Wendy Sheridan, and Lauren Reidy, and will be on view until December 2025.
Photo: Steph Nerbak.
NJPOL is a free, national poetry recitation program for students in grades 9 – 12 or grade equivalent. NJPOL can be facilitated in school or homeschool classrooms, after-school programs, community organizations, and libraries. Registration for the 2025-2026 school year opens November 24th!
Photo courtesy of Count Basie Center for the Arts
The 2025 New York Emmy Awards nominations were announced in July, and the acclaimed arts and culture series State of the Arts, which has covered the arts in New Jersey since 1981, received four.
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Monument Lab, in partnership with the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, the New Jersey Historical Commission, and RevolutionNJ, has launched an Open Call for Artist Ideas for a new performance series – Revolutionary Acts – that will animate stories of the American Revolution in time for the 250th anniversary in 2026.
The New Jersey State Council on the Arts held its first public meeting of 2025 today, where $2 million was awarded to 216 New Jersey artists through the Council’s Individual Artist Fellowship program - the highest number of artists awarded in one year in the program's history.
State of the Arts, one of the longest-running arts programs in the nation, has won its 35th Emmy Award for the segment "Layqa", which follows Newark-based Indigenous Ecuadorian artist Layqa Nuna Yawar as he creates a colossal mural for Newark Liberty International Airport's newly redesigned Terminal A.
One of the most diverse states in the country, New Jersey is home to an amazing array of traditional artists, each a keeper of an age-old art form.
Investment Strengthens Economic and Creative Vitality of Communities in Every County
The New Jersey State Council on the Arts has been approved for a grant of $1,195,200 from the National Endowment for the Arts.
The New Jersey State Council on the Arts held its first public meeting of 2024 today, where just over $1.7 million was awarded to 161 New Jersey artists through the Council’s Individual Artist Fellowship program.
The New Jersey Office of Faith-Based Initiatives, in collaboration with the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority and Kean University, is pleased to announce the "Unlock the Potential: Faith in Action in Sustainable Development Symposium."
Four New Jersey community-based organizations (CBOs) recently received funding to work with regional artists to develop community-engaged art projects that communicate climate risks to the public.
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The New Jersey State Council on the Arts meets a minimum of five times annually in open public session at which it acts on matters of policy, funding, and program development. The Council's Annual Meeting, at which it elects officers, adopts a program plan and budget, and approves the majority of grant awards, is traditionally held in late July, in Trenton, New Jersey. Other meetings are conducted either virtually or at various locations around the state. All are conducted at fully accessible sites and the public is enthusiastically invited to attend. Persons who have sight, hearing or other disabilities are encouraged to notify the Council office two weeks in advance of any meeting so that appropriate accommodations may be arranged. In keeping with the Open Public Meetings Act, notice of each public meeting is shared with the required media outlets, posted in the Office of the Secretary of State, on the Council’s website, and shared via social media.
FY26 Council Public Meeting Dates: October 21, 2025 December 16, 2025 February 10, 2026 May 19, 2026 July 21, 2026 Information for each meeting will be shared via the Council’s website, newsletters, and social media at least four weeks prior to each meeting date. Please note: Dates and times listed here are subject to change.
In order to better familiarize prospective applicants with the Council’s various organizational and individual artist grant programs, Council staff annually conduct a battery of technical assistance workshops, webinars, and open office hours to accompany all grant opportunities. Information about the Council’s technical assistance workshops are shared widely in grant guidelines, on the Council website, and via social media. Please visit the Grants page for more information about grant application technical assistance, pending open funding opportunities.
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