NEW JERSEY 2016 NEW JERSEY New Jersey State Youth Art Month Chairpersons Sharing Our Art, Our Story Jennifer Johnson 816 Third Place Plainfield, New Jersey 07060 201-726-3508 NAEA Member for 10 years New Jersey State YAM Chair 4 years Karen Mannino Carolyn Berry 12 Picton Street 231 Ridge Road Clark, NJ 07066 Nutley, NJ 908-956-1429 862-432-3634 NAEA Member for 8 years NAEA Member for 7 years New Jersey State YAM Co-Chair 1 year New Jersey State YAM Co-Chair 1 year We are proud to say that New Jersey has been observing Youth Art Month for more than 56 years! EVIDENCE OF INCREASED SUPPORT FOR YOUTH ART MONTH IN NEW JERSEY New Jersey Youth Art Month… The State where we Make Art … • Guest Speaker at State YAM Reception! Artist/Art Educator Katie Truk, a New Jersey artist and educator at Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, spoke to high school students and other attendees about her sculptures and public installations. • Art Educators of New Jersey Sponsors YAM! Through out the 2015- 2016 YAM year the AENJ sponsors various events to support Youth Art Month in New Jersey. During the annual fall conference, YAM displays are set up to display the year’s observances and exhibits. In the early winter, AENJ sponsors the YAM design contest where students’ artworks are chosen to be used as the state YAM flag, poster, button, invitation and billboard. AENJ sponsors various opportunities for county chairs to meet and collaborate on the year’s YAM events. The AENJ helps to fund each county YAM show in the state along with providing additional grants to selected counties. The AENJ also publishes YAMBEAT, a publication devoted completely to the year’s YAM events. • Downtown Westfield Displays Artwork During Youth Art Month! Westfield Public Schools celebrated the Youth Art Month with colorful and creative displays throughout the downtown area. Paintings, drawings, sculpture, and painted furniture created by approximately 270 students from Westfield’s 10 public schools are displayed by 37 downtown merchants as well as The Westfield Memorial Library and RMC Studios in Garwood, who volunteered their window or display space for the month of March. • Technology is Shaping Support of New Jersey YAM! New and old forms of technology were used to enhance New Jersey YAM. Social media like FaceBook and Twitter, QR codes and Artsonia were part of this year’s shows. • Millburn Celebrates YAM! Millburn School District celebrated “My Art, My Story” during it’s annual celebration of the arts. The evening was dedicated to celebrating the 500 honored students with their families and teachers. • Mayors and County Freeholders attend YAM celebrations! On hand to provide remarks, as well as presenting certificates of achievement to Essex County students were Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo, Senator Theresa Ruiz, and Freeholder-At-Large Patricia Sebold. • Technology is Shaping Support of New Jersey YAM! New and old forms of technology were used to enhance New Jersey YAM. Social media like FaceBook and Twitter, QR codes and Artsonia were part of this year’s shows. • Millburn Celebrates YAM! Millburn School District celebrated “My Art, My Story” during it’s annual celebration of the arts. The evening was dedicated to celebrating the 500 honored students with their families and teachers. • Mayors and County Freeholders attend YAM celebrations! On hand to provide remarks, as well as presenting certificates of achievement to Essex County students were Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo, Senator Theresa Ruiz, • Raising Money to Support YAM! In an effort to raise more monetary support of New Jersey YAM, several raffles were held during the State YAM and County receptions. Beautiful baskets of donated art supplies were given away to the lucky winners. MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS Non Profit Sponsors Corporate Sponsors Art Administrators of New Jersey AC Moore Art Educators of New Jersey Abbeville Press Camden County College Artworks Center for Contemporary Arts Artsonia Colonia High School ColArt/Liquitex Dr. Albert Bean School PTO Chroma DuCret School of Art Crayola Essex County Hall of Records Dick Blick John H. Glenn School PTO Haddon Twp. Discount School Supplies H.S. V&P Arts parents Guild Elizabethtown Gas Hudson County Court House Faber Castell Hunterdon Health & Wellness Center General Pencil Magnolia Gardens Handy Art Middlesex County College Liberty Science Center Middletown Art Center Nasco Moorestown Public Library Mayco Newark Hall of Records Makins Clay New Jersey Performing Arts Center Pacon Noyes Museum of Art Sax Arts and Crafts School Specialty One River School of Art and Shoprite of Clinton Roselle Park School District Triarco Sax School Specialty Saint Clare’s Hospital Sketch for Schools State House of New Jersey Utrecht Sussex County Arts and Heritage Council Warren County Cultural & Heritage Commission Additional Support This year’s increase of in-kind support is greatly due to the county chairs’ solicitation of goods, services and space to fund their regional YAM exhibits and celebrations. Advocating for our art programs and art students is something New Jersey Art Educators are very good at. Advocating equals support and this years increase in donations proves we are doing something right! The AENJ also generously awards each region in the state with $250 to help defray the cost of their YAM event. Total Amount Spent to counties from AENJ: $10,076.28 In-Kind Support: $30,230.65 Cash Donations: $500.00 Support is up 4.3 % this year! PROCLAMATIONS New Jersey’s Governor, Mayors, Boards of Freeholders, Assemblymen, Senators, Congressman, Boards of Education and City Councils all wanted to share Their Art, Their Stories of Art Education this year! • Governor Chris Christie • Thomas Kean Jr., Senator - District 21 • Nicholas Scutari, Senator - District 22 • Joe Vitale, Senator - District 19 • Bob Smith, Senator - District 17 • Nia Gill, Senator - District 34 • Peter J. Barnes , Senator - District 18 • Stephen Sweeney, Senate President - District 3 • Frank Pallone, Congressman, 6th Congressional • Craig Coughlin, Assemblyman - District 19 • Nancy Munoz, Assemblywoman • Annette Quijano, Assemblywoman - District 20 • David Rible, Assemblyman - District 30 • Sal Bonaccorso, Mayor of Clark • Andis Kalnins, Mayor of Cranford • Charles Lombardo, Mayor of Garwood • Paul Mirabelli, Mayor of Mountainside • Jamel C. Holley, Mayor of Roselle • Daniel Reiman, Mayor of Carteret • Kennedy O’Brien, Mayor of Sayreville • Ricard Pucci, Mayor of Monroe Township • Gayle Brill Mittler, Mayor of Highland Park • Steve Folup, Mayor of Jersey City Plus an additional 88 more! Extent of Cooperation in New Jersey Atlantic County - Population: 274,219 Art educators: 12 (3 new participants) Middlesex County - Population: 840,900 Art educators: 35 (2 new participants) Bergen County - Population: 938,506 Art educators: 16 (3 new participants) Monmouth County - Population: 628,715 Art educators: 22 (2 new participants) Burlington County - Population 450,226 Art educators: 1 Morris County - Population: 499,509 Art educators: 31 (8 new participants) Camden County - Population: 511,038 Art educators: 14 (1 new participant) Ocean County - Population: 588,721 Art educators: 10 Cape May County - Population: 94,727 Art educators: 5 Passaic County - Population: 510,916 Art educators: 17 (2 new participants) Cumberland County - Population: 155,854 Art educators: 1 Salem County - Population: 64,180 Art educators: 1 Essex County - Population: 797, 434 Art Educators Art educators: 25 (5 new participants) Somerset County - Population: 333,654 Art educators: 21 Gloucester County - Population: 290,951 sharing Their Art, Art educators: 1 Their Story in Hudson County - Population: 674,836 Sussex County - Population: 143,673 Art educators: 18 (4 new participants) Art educators: 18 (3 new participants) New Jersey! Union County - Population: 555,786 Hunterdon County - Population: 125,488 Art educators: 35 (11 new participants) Art educators: 16 (4 new participants) Warren County - Population: 106,869 Mercer County - Population: 371,398 Art educators:2 Art educators: 22 9 new participants) COUNTY CHAIRS OF NEW JERSEY Dedicated to sharing Their Art, Their Stories of Youth Art Month ATLANTIC/ CAPE MAY Kathy Nichols MONMOUTH Lisa Confora Aaron Weber BERGEN MORRIS Genecie Camacho Maura Boucher Jennifer O’Brien OCEAN BURLINGTON/CAMDEN Allison Berman Ellen Hargrove PASSAIC Beth Nice Julie Chrobak CUMBERLAND/ SOMERSET GLOUCESTER/SALEM Lisa Conklin Joe Marano Susan Bivona ESSEX SUSSEX Cathy Kondreck Elizabeth Wassel HUDSON UNION Mira Septimus Carrie Russoniello Maria Francisco Charlotte Banks HUNTERDON Joanna Netta Kelly DiGioia WARREN Jen Stafford Barb Weinstein MERCER Tamika Diaz Lora Durr MIDDLESEX Susan Catrone Kristen Barth Edison, NJ MONMOUTH Middletown Arts Center OBSERVANCES Middletown, NJ ATLANTIC/ CAPE MAY MORRIS Noyes Museum of Art New Jersey had 100% of the Saint Clare’s Hospital Oceanville, NJ counties participate in the Dover, NJ Youth Art Month of 2016 BERGEN OCEAN One River School Art Gallery Magnolia Gardens Englewood, NJ My Art, My Story Toms River, NJ BURLINGTON/CAMDEN PASSAIC Camden County College Regional Training Center William Monaghan Gallery, Blackwood, NJ Louis Bay Library Hawthorne, NJ CUMBERLAND/ GLOUCESTER/SALEM SOMERSET State House The Center for Contemporary Art Trenton, NJ Bedminster, NJ ESSEX SUSSEX Newark Hall of Records Sussex County Arts & Heritage Council Gallery Newark, NJ Newton, NJ HUDSON UNION Liberty Science Center The Plaza at Elizabethtown Gas Jersey City, NJ Union,