Toms River Artists Invited To Coastal Art Grant Competition

TOMS RIVER, NJ — Toms River artists are being urged to apply for a competitive grant program that aims to highlight the risks to coastal towns from flooding caused by sea-level rise or coastal storms.

The NJ Climate Resilience Public Art Projects 2022 program is being operated by the NJ Coastal Management Program and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

The program will award grants of $7,000 for each artwork commissioned.

Any art form — visual, literary, performative, new media, etc. — will be considered as long as no new environmental disturbance results from the project and no impact occurs to environmentally sensitive areas.

Artists who work collaboratively may apply as a team, but will need to submit one application for the team, and accept the stipend amount of $7,000 as total funds for the project, including artist fees for all team members.

The deadline to apply is midnight Jan. 24. More information and the application are available here.

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