ArtPride NJ http://artpridenj.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:10:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Greetings from Pittsburgh! http://artpridenj.com/2013/06/greetings-from-pittsburgh/ http://artpridenj.com/2013/06/greetings-from-pittsburgh/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:05:21 +0000 ArtPride http://artpridenj.com/?p=3995

The Americans for the Arts Annual Conference was held June 14-16 in Pittsburgh, and as our Director of Community Engagement, Karen, said there is something so refreshing and inspiring about being in a room with a thousand people who just inherently “get” you.  Everyone there understands the necessity of art.  Everyone there appreciates the importance of advocating for the arts.[ … ] Read more

]]> http://artpridenj.com/2013/06/greetings-from-pittsburgh/feed/ 0 A Very Special Year Coming Up, Chapter 3 http://artpridenj.com/2013/06/a-very-special-year-coming-up-chapter-3/ http://artpridenj.com/2013/06/a-very-special-year-coming-up-chapter-3/#comments Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:47:37 +0000 ArtPride http://artpridenj.com/?p=3971 So, NJ350, Super Bowl, and 2014 is also the year for New Jersey to host the Special Olympics 2014 USA Games!  Over 3,500 athletes, 10,000 volunteers and spectators and families totally 70,000 will converge around central New Jersey from June 14th – 21.

The Olympic Town will include facilities at Princeton and Rider Universities, The College of New Jersey, Mercer [ … ] Read more

]]> http://artpridenj.com/2013/06/a-very-special-year-coming-up-chapter-3/feed/ 0 Big Year, Part 2 http://artpridenj.com/2013/05/big-year-part-2/ http://artpridenj.com/2013/05/big-year-part-2/#comments Mon, 27 May 2013 16:16:32 +0000 ArtPride http://artpridenj.com/?p=3892 So what else is happening in 2014?  If NJ350 wasn’t enough, there’s also Super Bowl XLVIII on February 4, 2014 at MetLife Stadium in the Meadowlands.  All sorts of promotion is currently ongoing at various venues throughout New Jersey and New York in “Huddle Zones.”   This is the world’s largest Huddle Zone designed for a Super Bowl, the first ever [ … ] Read more

]]> http://artpridenj.com/2013/05/big-year-part-2/feed/ 0 A BIG Year is Coming Up! Are You Ready? http://artpridenj.com/2013/05/a-big-year-is-coming-up-are-you-ready/ http://artpridenj.com/2013/05/a-big-year-is-coming-up-are-you-ready/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 16:01:57 +0000 ArtPride http://artpridenj.com/?p=3881 2014 is filled with landmark NJ events that you should know about!  Not only is 2014 the 350th birthday of New Jersey, but it is the year that the Garden State will host the Super Bowl and the Special Olympics.  So what do the arts have to do with ANY of these events?  Plenty!

Since it’s such a [ … ] Read more

]]> http://artpridenj.com/2013/05/a-big-year-is-coming-up-are-you-ready/feed/ 2 Don’t Miss Arts Day on May 2! Register Today! http://artpridenj.com/2013/04/dont-miss-arts-day-on-may-2-register-today/ http://artpridenj.com/2013/04/dont-miss-arts-day-on-may-2-register-today/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:40:05 +0000 ArtPride http://artpridenj.com/?p=3669 New Jersey Arts Day will unite creative minds to cook up new and exciting ways to sustain the arts in communities throughout New Jersey.  Offerings extend throughout the day at The War Memorial in Trenton, but the menu is diverse enough to accommodate busy schedules—and entice appetites hungry to imagine a New Jersey where the arts are no longer considered [ … ] Read more

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