ArtPride New Jersey: Saving New Jersey's Arts

Founded in 1986, ArtPride New Jersey, Inc. is a non-profit organization that advocates at local, state, and national levels for support, funding, and recognition of the arts as essential to New Jersey's quality of life. Representing the arts community to the New Jersey state legislature, ArtPride New Jersey educates the public on the importance of the arts and serves as a unified voice on matters relevant to the local arts community. ArtPride was instrumental in saving the arts from being eliminated from the New Jersey state budget in 2003.

ArtPride's educational arm, the ArtPride New Jersey Foundation, works outside legislation to promote the value of the arts to New Jersey's quality of life, education, and economy. The Foundation serves as an information resource and broker between the arts and other sectors, works with other arts service organizations to provide professional development opportunities for arts administrators, and co-sponsors arts programs with the NJ State Council on the Arts.