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Art Councils in New Jersey

If you are part of an arts council in New Jersey that is not listed here, please email us with the arts council name, town, and website url. Updated 8/26/2023

Atlantic County

Atlantic City Arts Commission
1535 Bacharach Blvd w105, Atlantic City, NJ 08401

Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs
189 Route 50 South, Mays Landing, NJ 08330



 




Bergen County

ArtsBergen
1 University Plaza Drive, Suite 128, Hackensack, NJ 07601

Creative Bergen

Edgewater Arts Council
PO Box 278, Edgewater, NJ 07020

Fair Lawn Arts Council

Arts Council of Glen Rock
​1 Harding Plaza, Glen Rock, NJ 07452​​

Arts Council of Harrington
​PO Box 105, Harrington Park, NJ 07640​​

Ridgewood Arts Council

Burlington County

Arts Guild New Jersey
400 High Street, Suite B, Burlington, NJ 08016

Burlington County Art Guild

Maple Shade Arts Council (MAC)
PO Box 356, Maple Shade, NJ 08052

Camden County

Camden County Cultural & Heritage Commission
Lincoln Hall, Suite 23, Camden County College, 200 College Drive, Blackwood, NJ 08012



 


Cape May County

Cape May County Culture & Heritage
4 Moore Road, Cape May Court House, NJ 08210

Cape May MAC (Museums+Arts+Culture)
1048 Washington Street, Cape May, NJ 08204

Center for Community Arts
717 Franklin Street, Cape May, NJ 08204

Cumberland County

Cumberland County Cultural and Heritage Comission
164 W. Broad Street, Bridgeton, NJ 08302

Wheaton Arts
1501 Glasstown Road, Millville, NJ 08332

Essex County

Bloomfield Arts

Arts Council of East Orange
PO Box 2505, East Orange, NJ, 07019-2505

Essex County Cultural and Historic Affairs
22 Crestmont Road, Verona, NJ 07044

Essex County Teen Arts Festival
115 Clifton Avenue, Newark, NJ 07104

Indie Arts Montclair

Arts Council of Livingston

Newark Arts
17 Academy Street, Suite 1104, Newark, NJ 07102



 


Gloucester County

Gloucester County Cultural & Heritage Commission
1400 Tanyard Road, Sewell, NJ 08080

Hudson County

Guttenberg Arts
6903 Jackson Street, Guttenberg, NJ 07093

Hudson County Arts Immersion Program
300 Morris Pesin Drive, Jersey City, NJ 07305

Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs/Tourism Development

Jersey City Arts Council
201 Montgomery St. 2nd Floor, Jersey City, NJ 07302

Hunterdon County

Hunterdon Art Tour
PO Box 106, Baptistown, NJ 08803

Hunterdon County Cultural & Heritage Commission
71 Main Street, Building Number 3, Flemington, NJ 08822

Hunterdon Musical Arts

Hunterdon Watercolor Society
PO Box 44, Flemington, NJ 08822

Mercer County

Hopewell Valley Arts Council
PO Box 145, Hopewell, NJ 08525

Mercer County's Cultural and Heritage Commissionn
640 S. Broad St., P.O. Box 8068, Trenton, NJ 08650-0068

Arts Council of Princeton
102 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ 08542

West Windsor Arts Center
952 Alexander Road, Princeton Junction, NJ 08550



 


Middlesex County

Arts Institute of Middlesex County

Cranbury Arts Council
P.O. Box 643, Cranbury, NJ 08512

East Brunswick Arts Commission

Cranbury Arts Council
P.O. Box 643, Cranbury, NJ 08512

Edison Arts Society

Metuchen Arts Council
500 Middlesex Ave, Metuchen, NJ 08840

New Brunswick Community Arts Council
New Brunswick, NJ

Perth Amboy Arts Council

Monmouth County

Asbury Park Arts Council
PO Box 416, Asbury Park, NJ 07712

Atlantic Highlands Arts Council
PO Box 236, Atlantic Highlands, NJ 07716

Belmar Arts Council
608 River Road, Belmar, NJ 07719

Bradley Beach Arts Council
701 Main Street, Bradley Beach, NJ 07720

Highlands Borough Arts Council (HBAC)
P.O. Box 205, Highlands, NJ 07732​​

Manalapan Arts Council (MAC)

Middletown Arts Center
36 Church Street, Middletown, NJ 07748

Monmouth Arts
130 Maple Avenue, Suite 7B, Red Bank, NJ 07701

Morris County

Boonton Arts
816 Main Street, Boonton, NJ 007005

Madison Arts and Culture Alliance
10 Lincoln Place, Madison, NJ 07940

Morris Arts
14 Maple Avenue – Suite 301, Morristown, NJ 07960

Morris County Art Association
10 Catherine Lane, Morristown, NJ 07960



 


Passaic County

Passaic County Arts Center at the John W Rea House
675 Goffle Road, Hawthorne, NJ 07506

Passaic County Cultural & Heritage Council
Passaic County Community College, One College Boulevard, Paterson, NJ 07505-1179.

Passaic County Department of Cultural & Historic Affairs
401 Grand Street, Paterson, NJ 07505

Paterson Performance Arts Development Council (PPADC)
P.O. Box 224, Elmwood Park, NJ 07407

Salem County

Salem County Arts Alliance
PO Box 89, Pennsville, NJ 08070

Salem County Art League

Salem County Cultural & Heritage
Fifth Street Office Complex, 110 Fifth Street, Suite 400, Salem, NJ 08079

Somerset County

Bound Brook Arts Council

Farmstead Arts Center
450 King George Road, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920

Franklin Township Cultural Arts Council (FTCAC)

Manville Arts Council
P.O. Box 861, 101 Brooks Blvd, Manville, NJ 08835

Somerset County Cultural & Heritage
20 Grove Street, P.O. Box 3000, Somerville, NJ 08876

Sussex County

Sussex County Arts and Heritage Council
133 Spring Street, Newton, NJ 07860

Union County

Fanwood Cultural Arts Council

Union County Cultural & Heritage Affairs

Warren County

Warren County ARTs
PO Box 420, Washington, NJ 07882

Warren County Division of Cultural & Heritage Affairs

More Organizations

New Jersey State Council on the Arts

Central Jersey Arts Council

Cumberland & Cape May Counties Teen Arts Festival
126-130 N. High Street, Millville, NJ 08332

New Jersey Arts and Culture Renewal Fund

South Jersey Cultural Alliance
101 Vera King Farris Dr. K144D, Galloway, NJ 082057

Teen Arts NJ
154 Main Street, Suite 102, Matawan, NJ 07747



 



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