National Endowment for the Arts FY16 Grants
State
NJ
Congressional
District
1
Grantee
City
Category
NEA Discipline
Amount
Project Description
Rutgers, The
State
University of
New JerseyCamden
Campus
Rutgers, The
State
University of
New JerseyCamden
Campus
Wheaton
Arts and
Cultural
Center, Inc.
Camden
Art Works
Literature
$10,000
To support The Writers
at Camden series.
NJ
1
Camden
Art Works
Museum
$35,000
Millville
Art Works
Artist
Communities
$20,000
To support an
exhibition, catalogue,
and residency project
that examines urban
design issues in
Camden, New Jersey.
To support artist
residencies for U.S.
emerging and/or midcareer glass artists at
the Creative Glass
Center of America.
To support a series of
exhibits, educational
programs, and
presentations
celebrating the
traditions of the state's
Caribbean culture.
To support the
development and
implementation of an
education and
community outreach
program.
To produce a series of
programs celebrating
jazz as a uniquely
American art form
during April through
May 2016.
To support the
Dialogues and
Discoveries initiative.
To support public art
installations and an arts
festival at the Gateway
National Recreation
Area.
To support planning
for an exhibition to
document the
printmaking legacy of
the Brodsky Center for
Innovative Edition
NJ
2
NJ
2
Wheaton
Arts and
Cultural
Center, Inc.
Millville
Art Works
Folk &
Traditional Arts
$20,000
NJ
3
Garden State
Philharmonic
Symphony
Society
Toms River
Arts
Engagement in
American
Communities
$10,000
NJ
4
Count Basie
Theatre, Inc.
Red Bank
Challenge
America:
Arts
Engagement
in American
Communities
Art Works
Presenting &
Multidisciplinary
Works
$14,871
NJ
4
Hamilton
Art Works
Visual Arts
$20,000
NJ
4
International
Sculpture
Center, Inc.
Monmouth
County Arts
Council, Inc.
Red Bank
Art Works
Local Arts
Agencies
$20,000
NJ
4
Trenton
Art Works
Museum
$50,000
New Jersey
State
Museum
Foundation
Prepared by Americans for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts FY16 Grants
NJ
4
NJ
4
NJ
5
NJ
New Jersey
State
Council on
the Arts
Two River
Theater
Company
Trenton
Partnerships
(State &
Regional)
State & Regional
$872,100
Red Bank
Art Works
Theater &
Musical Theater
$20,000
Peters Valley
Craft Center,
Inc.
Layton
Art Works
Visual Arts
$15,000
7
Theater
Project, a NJ
Nonprofit
Union
Challenge
America
Challenge
America
$10,000
NJ
7
Summit
Art Works
Museum
$25,000
NJ
7
Millburn
Art Works
8
Elizabeth
NJ
9
Challenge
America:
Arts
Engagement
in American
Communities
Challenge
America
Theater &
Musical Theater
Arts
Engagement in
American
Communities
$40,000
NJ
Visual Arts
Center of
New Jersey,
A New
Jersey
Nonprofit
Corporation
Paper Mill
Playhouse
Institute of
Music for
Children,
Inc.
Challenge
America
$10,000
Nai-Ni Chen
Dance
Company,
Inc.
Fort Lee
Prepared by Americans for the Arts
$10,000
(BCIE) at Rutgers
University.
To support Partnership
Agreement activities
To support the
production of "The
Ballad of Little Jo,"
with lyrics by Sarah
Schlesinger and music
by Mike Reid.
To support an
exhibition of Works
Progress
Administration posters
and educational
programming, an
Imagine Your Parks
project.
To support
performances of
"Crowns" by
playwright by Regina
Taylor, postperformance questionand-answer sessions
with the cast, and
related outreach
actvities.
To support an artist
residency, exhibition,
and accompanying
catalogue, an Imagine
Your Parks project.
To support the Theater
for Everyone Project.
To support
multidisciplinary arts
instruction for children
and youth.
To support a
multidisciplinary
festival that will
celebrate the Chinese
Lunar New Year
through traditional and
contemporary visual
National Endowment for the Arts FY16 Grants
arts, music, and dance
performances.
NJ
9
Rathgeber,
Joseph
Clifton
NJ
9
Passaic
County
Community
College
Paterson
Literature
Fellowships:
Creative
Writing
Art Works
Literature
$25,000
Local Arts
Agencies
$20,000
NJ
9
Tenafly
NJ
10
Jewish
Community
Center on the
Palisades
Newark
Museum
Association
Art Works
Arts Education
$40,000
Newark
Art Works
Museum
$25,000
NJ
10
Montclair
Art Museum
Montclair
Art Works
Visual Arts
$40,000
NJ
10
New Jersey
Symphony
Orchestra
Newark
Art Works
Music
$10,000
NJ
10
Jazz House
Kids, Inc.
Montclair
Art Works
Music
$45,000
NJ
10
Newark
Preservation
and
Landmarks
Committee
Newark
Art Works
Design
$30,000
NJ
10
Newark
Public
Radio, Inc.
Newark
Art Works
Media Arts
$70,000
NJ
10
Newark Arts
Council
Newark
Art Works
Arts Education
$100,000
Prepared by Americans for the Arts
To support the
Centennial Art in the
Park Showcase, a
series of visual and
performing arts
activities with related
outreach activities.
To support Music
Discovery Partnership.
To support curator fees
and installation costs
for the exhibition "The
Rockies and the Alps:
Bierstadt, Calame and
the Romance with the
Mountains."
To support the
exhibition "Matisse and
American Art" with a
catalogue and related
educational
programming.
To support a winter
festival exploring
music inspired by
William Shakespeare's
plays.
To support the
Montclair Jazz
Festival.
To support an
exhibition, educational
video and public
programming focused
on Newark's built
environment.
To support the
production of a weekly
jazz performance series
hosted by jazz bassist
Christian McBride.
To support Cultivating
a Creative Newark, a
collective impact
project.
National Endowment for the Arts FY16 Grants
NJ
10
New Jersey
Performing
Arts Center
Corporation
Newark
Art Works
Music
$20,000
NJ
11
Morristown
Art Works
Local Arts
Agencies
$20,000
NJ
11
Arts Council
of the Morris
Area
Shakespeare
Theatre of
New Jersey,
Inc.
Madison
Art Works
Theater &
Musical Theater
$10,000
NJ
12
Arts Council
of Princeton
Princeton
Art Works
Local Arts
Agencies
$30,000
NJ
12
Princeton
Symphony
Orchestra
Princeton
Art Works
Music
$10,000
NJ
12
Rowland,
Amy
Princeton
Literature
$25,000
NJ
12
McCarter
Theater
Company
Princeton
Literature
Fellowships:
Creative
Writing
Art Works
Theater &
Musical Theater
$20,000
NJ
12
Lawrenceville
Art Works
Literature
$10,000
NJ
12
People and
Stories
Gente y
Cuentos Inc.
Rider
University
Lawrenceville
Art Works
Opera
$10,000
NJ
12
Rutgers, The
State
University of
New Jersey
New
Brunswick
Art Works
Arts Education
$40,000
NJ
12
Trustees of
Princeton
University
Princeton
Art Works
Museum
$50,000
Prepared by Americans for the Arts
To support the World
of Sarah Vaughan, a
performance project
celebrating the life and
legacy of NEA Jazz
Master Sarah Vaughan.
To support the
Gateway Totem
Project.
To support the
presentation of "The
Complete Works of
William Shakespeare
(abridged)(revised)" at
the Outdoor Stage.
To support the
Witherspoon Public
Art Project.
To support a
performance and
community
engagement project
celebrating the 35th
anniversary of the
Princeton Symphony
Orchestra.
To support the
premiere of "All the
Days" by Sharyn
Rothstein.
To support a series of
writing workshops.
To support Opera Then
and Now, an Imagine
Your Parks project.
To support From
STEM to STEAM: ReMaking 21st-Century
Learning, a
professional
development project
for high school
teachers.
To support the
exhibition, "Nature's
Nation: American Art
and Environment."
National Endowment for the Arts FY16 Grants
NJ
12
PlanSmart
NJ
Trenton
Our Town
Design
$50,000
NJ
12
Music For
All Seasons,
Inc.
Sotch Plains
Art Works
Music
$15,000
Total:
$1,916,971
Prepared by Americans for the Arts
To support Partnership
for Better Creative
Placemaking, a
building knowledge
about creative
placemaking project.
To support music
programs for children
and families living in
shelters.