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Thank You: A heartfelt thank you to all who attended the Art and the City!

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Announcement: FY13 Essex County Local Arts Grant Program Announced

Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr., Essex County Executive The Board of Chosen Freeholders And The Department of Parks, Recreation & Cultural Affairs are pleased to announce the...



Applications Available: June 1, 2012
Submission Deadline: August 6, 2012

THREE Information Sessions Planned! Learn all there is to know about the Local Arts Grant Program, including eligibility and guidelines. Both General Operating and Special Project support are available. ALL non-profit organizations with cultural programming are invited to attend.

June 5 at 6pm in the Belleville Public Library, 221 Washington Avenue

June 12 at 7pm in Werner Hall, Caldwell College, 120 Bloomfield Avenue

June 14 at 10am in the Reptile and Education Center, Essex County Turtle Back Zoo, 560 Northfield Ave

For more information or to register, please call (973) 239-2465 or e-mail essexarts@parks.essexcountynj.org.

This program is administered by the Essex County Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs and is made possible, in part, by funds provided by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.


Event: Help Build a Giant Model of Newark!

Volunteers are needed to join the team producing Plan It Newark!, an exhibition and video to help Newark residents understand how development happens and provide tools to advocate for their neighborhood and city.

WHAT'S GOING ON?
Next week, May 14-18, there will be a model workshop at NJIT to assemble the central piece of the City Hall exhibition: a large-scale model of the entire city, 14 by 14 feet! Workshops will be held everyday in two daily sessions, 10 am-2 pm and 2 pm-6 pm at New Jersey Institute of Technology.

WHERE DO I GO?
New Jersey School of Architecture
Weston Hall Room 768
367 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd at Warren Street (entrance on Warren) map: http://bit.ly/IH8qjT

Directions by train: From Newark Penn Station, take the Newark City Subway to Warren Street/NJIT. (Buy an UNDERGROUND ticket, cheaper than regular tickets.) map: www.njtransit.com/pdf/LightRail/sf_lr_nlr_map.pdf.

LEARN MORE
Call (862) 234-5035
Email planitnewark@gmail.com
Follow the progress at www.facebook.com/PlanItNewark

WHO ORGANIZED THE PROJECT?
The project is a collaboration between the Newark Planning Office and the New Jersey School of Architecture with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.


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