NJSCA Artists-in-Education Guidelines, Handbook, and Application for Artists are now available online at www.njaie.org

  The New Jersey State Council on the Arts

is pleased to announce our

FY11 Artists-in-Education Guidelines, Handbook, and Application for Artists
are now available online at either www.njaie.org or www.njartscouncil.org

Passionate about the art you make? Interested in applying to become a residency artist in a NJ school?The NJSCA is seeking professional practicing artists in all disciplines whose work is of high artistic quality, and who exhibit the commitment and ability to create a lively, substantial, and sequential arts program in an educational setting. The Artists-in-Education (AIE) program places highly qualified artists in classrooms throughout the state to lead residencies varying in length from 5-20 days.

Artists interested in applying to the AIE Artist Roster are encouraged to review this year?s guidelines, handbook and application (available online at www.njaie.org or www.njartscouncil.org ) as well as attend one of our free technical assistance workshops at any of the following locations. See AIE guidelines for more information:

Monday, November 23, 2009, 6:30 ? 8:30 PM.

The Bergen County Division of Cultural & Historical Affairs
The Learning Center, Room 460
1 Bergen County Plaza
Hackensack, NJ 07601 (North NJ)

This workshop is offered in partnership with the Bergen County Division of Cultural & Historical Affairs. To register, please call: (201) 336-7292 or 336-7276

Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 6:00-8:00 PM 

Perkins Center for the Arts
30 Irvin Avenue
Collingswood, NJ 08108

To register for this workshop, please call Karen Chigounis at *856) 235-6488 ext.201.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009, 6:30 ? 8:30 PM

The Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, 68 Elm Street, Summit, NJ 07901 (Central NJ)

This workshop is offered in partnership with the Union County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs.  To register, please call (908) 558-2550 

Technical assistance is also available by phone or e-mail. Please call the AIE Consortium office at 877-NJ-ARTS-ED or 609-633-1184. You can also e-mail Shelley Benaroya, Arts Education Administrator at sbenaroya@yanj.org.  

Artists should be aware that acceptance onto the roster, while providing opportunity for further professional development, does not guarantee residency work.