March is Arts in Our Schools Month
and community from now until March.

From BIG to small we want to see them all.

What Arts Education activities can you and your students add to the calendar?
  • Concerts
  • Exhibits
  • Meetings
  • Festivals
  • Workshops
  • Spring plays
  • Professional Development
  • Residencies... just to name a few

2019 Youth Art Month DESIGN CONTEST WINNERS
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Billboard and Overall Winner:
Poster: 
Hope Amoroso, Grade 11, Ocean County
Guest Blog
Tuscan School Residency: I am from…We are from…
  January 9, 2019

Tuscan School received a grant from the Artists in Education Residency Grant Program (AIE) to engage with a professional Teaching Artist. Fourth grade students …

Opportunities
Filmed by Classroom Close-Up Synopsis Teen Arts Festival - A big honor for any artistically talented teen in New Jersey is to be invited to the New Jersey State Teen Arts Festival. The event, held at the Ocean County College in Toms River, features workshops, showcases, performances and a college fair.
Who will represent the Garden State at the   Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest  in Washington, D.C.?
Click here to find out more info about REGIONAL CONTESTS
STEAM Tank 2018 Winners Announced; 
2019 Applications Open

Sponsored and created by NJSBA and the U.S. Army, the STEAM Tank competition, which is modeled after the TV show "Shark Tank," provides New Jersey students a platform to experience real-world problem solving, allowing them to think like entrepreneurs and design and create whatever they can dream using the fields of STEAM - science, technology, engineering, the arts and math.

In STEAM Tank, students create innovative products and solutions to problems, which they enter into competition. Winners at the regional level compete in the finals at NJSBA's annual Workshop, before a judging panel of entrepreneurs and business leaders. Applications for the 2019 competition are being accepted now, due by January 31st. Click  here  for more information.
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Now accepting applications
for the 2019 Sustainable Jersey for Schools  Certification Cycle .

Applications may be submitted for the first time by any of the deadline dates below. However, it is advantageous to use all three opportunities for feedback throughout the application process. Applicants who begin the process early have a greater chance of success. 

UPCOMING DEADLINES:
  • January 18 - First 2019 Online Application Submission Deadline
  • March 29 - Second 2019 Online Application Submission Deadline
  • June 24 - FINAL 2019 Online Application Submission Deadline
Not sure how to where to begin? Check out our  application user guide , view a recorded  certification webinar  and plan for success using our  Master Action Tracking spreadsheet . 
Arts Ed Now Featured Activities
Jan 19 - 20 
Arts Ed NJ Professional Learning
Presenters: 
  • Diana Pasculli, Chief Public Affairs Officer, New Jersey Department of Education

  • Rose Acerra, President, NJPTA

  • Vincent DeLucia, Educator-in-Residence, Director of Training and Professional Development, New Jersey School Boards Association

  • Rosie Grant, Executive Director, Paterson Education Fund

  • Adrienne Hill, Principal, Hedgepeth Williams Middle School of the Arts, Trenton Public Schools

  • Bob Morrison, Director, Arts Ed NJ

  • David Wish, CEO, Founder, Little Kids Rock

The arts, as a core curricular area, are a meaningful component of the Every Student Succeeds Act. Learn more about the opportunities to include the arts as an important dimension of student learning. This session will help school and district leaders to better understand how a consistent commitment to arts education leads to positive school climate, family and community engagement, as well as students’ academic and social-emotional development. This is an opportunity to learn directly from both practitioners and researchers about the impact of arts learning.

Arts Ed Now: INFOGRAPHIC
Arts Ed NJ | www.artsednj.org
About the Arts Ed NJ
Arts Ed NJ is the unified voice for arts education in New Jersey. Arts Ed NJ (previously the New Jersey Arts Education Partnership) was originally founded in 2007 as a cosponsored program of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, with additional support from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, New Jersey Department of Education and Music for All Foundation. Additional support has been provided by the Jay and Linda Grunin Foundation, ArtPride New Jersey Foundation and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. The mission of the Arts Ed NJ is to provide a unified voice for a diverse group of constituents who agree on the educational benefits and impact of the arts, specifically the contribution they make to student achievement and a civilized, sustainable society. Additional information is available at  www.artsednj.org.