Hudson County Executive Craig Guy and Hudson County Director of Cultural & Heritage Affairs, Tourism Development Gina Hulings announced grant winners for the 2024-2025 Arts in Education program. The program provides funds to non-profit arts organizations that will give art instruction to students in participating schools throughout the county. Programs are accessible to all students with varying degrees of learning abilities and all programs present barrier free opportunities. In total, $225,000 will be granted to 19 non-profit organizations, as well as 36 schools located in 8 municipalities across Hudson County. This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

“The arts improve the quality of life for all Hudson County residents,” said County Executive Guy. “This program allows arts educators from local organizations to partner with county schools to teach children who would otherwise not be receiving innovative arts education. I’m immensely proud of our Cultural & Heritage Affairs, Tourism Development department for their work in developing this grant program and working with our community to make sure these funds get to these non-profit organizations, our schools, and their students.”

“This program will allow students to have access to a variety of artistic disciplines during the school day, in a classroom setting,” said Director Hulings. “The program will also build a bridge between local non-profit arts organizations and schools in Hudson County to increase students’ access to quality arts education programs that may not be offered in their schools.”

Non-Profit Organizations include: Art House Productions, Barat Foundation, Donald Byrd, EdArts Team, GlassRoots, Hudson West Fest, Jersey City Theatre Center, Kids Piano Studio F.S Fractured Atlas, Literature to Life, Mile Square Theatre, MONIRA Foundation, Nimbus Dance Works, Segunda Quimbamba Folkloric Center, Speranza Theatre Company, Surati for Performing Arts, Team Wilderness, Tempest Productions, Inc., The Kennedy Dancers, and Youth Foundation of Jersey City – JC Choir.

Schools include: Horace Mann Community School (Bayonne), Mary J. Donohue Community School (Bayonne), Nicholas Oresko Community School (Bayonne), Harrison High School (Harrison), Lincoln Elementary School (Harrison), Brandt Elementary School (Hoboken), Connors Elementary School (Hoboken), Wallace Elementary School (Hoboken), Hoboken High School , Hoboken Charter School, Ollie Culbreth Jr. School – PS 14 (Jersey City), Dr. Michael Conti School – PS 05 (Jersey City), Joseph H. Brensinger School – PS 17 (Jersey City), Learning Community Charter School (Jersey City), Infinity Institute Secondary School (Jersey City), Ezra L. Nolan Middle School – MS 40 (Jersey City), Whitney M. Young Jr. Community School – PS 15 (Jersey City), Jersey City Global Charter School, Nicolaus Copernicus School – PS 25 (Jersey City), Dr. Maya Angelou Elementary School – PS 20 (Jersey City), Franklin W. Cornwall School – MS 04 (Jersey City), Explore Middle School (HCST) (Jersey City), Kindle Education Public Charter School (Jersey City), Hudson Arts & Science Charter School (Kearny), Roosevelt Elementary School (Kearny), High Tech High School (Secaucus), Thomas Edison Elementary (Union City), Theodore Roosevelt Elementary (Union City), Emerson Middle School (Union City), Union Hill Middle School (Union City), Colin Powell Elementary School (Union City), Sara M. Gilmore Academy (Union City), Veterans Memorial School (Union City), Union City High School, Roosevelt School (Weehawken), Webster School (Weehawken).

For more information on the program, including applications for non-profit organizations, schools, and school districts, please click here.

To find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov.