Sixteen Greater Morristown nonprofits land grants from Morris Arts

Featured artist Leroy Campbell at Art in the Atrium 2018. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Featured artist Leroy Campbell at Art in the Atrium 2018. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
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Greater Morristown is the cultural hub of Morris County. The latest proof: 16 of 30 organizations awarded grants by Morris Arts for 2019 are based in Morristown or Morris Township.

In all, $55,700 will be distributed.

Local recipients include:

Joyce Carol Oates at the 2018 Morristown Festival of Books. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Joyce Carol Oates at the 2018 Morristown Festival of Books. Photo by Kevin Coughlin

Art in the Atrium, Inc. (Morristown); Arts! By the People (Morristown); Coro Lirico (Morristown); Festival of Books through CFNJ (Morristown);  First Night ® Morris County (Morristown); Folk Project (Morristown); Good Grief (Morristown); Harmonium Choral Society (Morristown); Masterwork Chorus (Morristown); Morris Choral Society (Morristown); Morris Music Men (Morristown); Morristown Neighborhood House (Morristown); Music at Morristown United Methodist Church (Morristown); Opera at Florham (Morris Township); Seeing Eye (Morris Township); and Wind of the Spirit (Morristown).

Here is more, from Morris Arts:

Morris Arts is pleased to announce that 30 Morris County arts organizations received Local Arts Grants totaling $55,700 for Funding Year 2019. These grants help support visual arts, theatre, dance, instrumental and choral groups, museums, and broad-based community arts programming which, in turn, enable thousands of people throughout our county to experience the arts in a multitude of ways. Funding is made possible through the Local Arts Program of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

morris arts logoThis year’s awardees include: Art in the Atrium, Inc. (Morristown); Arts! By the People (Morristown); Artworks Studio (Randolph); Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey (Dover); Chatham Community Players (Chatham); Coro Lirico (Morristown); County College of Morris Teen Arts Festival (Randolph); Dance Innovations Performance Foundation (Chatham); Fairleigh Dickinson University- WAMFEST (Madison/Teaneck); Festival of Books through CFNJ (Morristown);  First Night ® Morris County (Morristown); Folk Project (Morristown); Good Grief (Morristown); Hanover Wind Symphony (Whippany); Harmonium Choral Society (Morristown); Huaxia Chinese Chorus (Parsippany); Kiwanis Club of Randolph (Randolph); Lakeland Youth Symphony (Parsippany); Masterwork Chorus (Morristown); Morris Choral Society (Morristown); Morris Music Men (Morristown); Morristown Neighborhood House (Morristown); Music at Morristown United Methodist Church (Morristown); New Jersey Jazz Society (Summit); New Jersey Womens Theater Company (Lake Hiawatha); Opera at Florham (Convent Station); Seeing Eye (Morristown); Skylands Songwriters Guild (Ledgewood); Visions and Pathways (Bridgewater); and Wind of the Spirit (Morristown).

Additionally, $2,000 is available for mini-grants in 2019.

Morris Arts, located in Morristown, NJ, is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1973 dedicated to building community through the arts. Using the arts to inspire, connect and engage, Morris Arts serves as a resource for Morris County with a special focus on arts programming in the community and in the schools, arts advocacy, creative placemaking and support of the Morris Area community of artists and arts organizations.

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  1. The Morris Choral Society is appreciative of the support and honored to be among the distinguished arts organizations who contribute to the cultural well being of our communities. Thank you Morris Arts!

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