Need help with your AIE grant?
Technical Assistance Workshops

Interested in applying but don't know where to start? Register for an assistance workshop today. Receive guidance from the AIE Team and hear from teaching artists or school administrators about planning for your residency. The workshops are free and so are the coffee and pastries!
Count Basie Center for the Arts
Thursday, November 14, 2019
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Count Basie Center for the Arts
99 Monmouth Street
Red Bank, NJ 07701
Morris Arts
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Morris Arts
14 Maple Avenue
Morristown, NJ 07960

Appel Farm Arts & Music Campus
Friday, December 6, 2019
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Appel Farm Arts & Music Center
457 Shirley Road
Elmer, NJ 08318
Young Audiences Arts for Learning
Monday, December 9, 2019
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Young Audiences
200 Forrestal Road
Princeton, NJ 08540
Photo Caption: 6, 7, and 8 grade students at Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy opened their theatre performance by portraying the difficult life of field workers. (2018 - 2019 grant recipients)
The 2020 - 2021 Application Is Live!
Guidelines and Applications


The 2020 -2021 Artists in Education Residency Grant Program application is now available.

  • Early Bird Deadline: January 17, 2020
  • Receive feedback on your completed first draft!
  • Application Deadline: February 7, 2020


New to the application process is an online application that can be submitted via the AIE website and the Mural Arts Addendum, a resource that explains requirements for schools proposing a mural or permanent art instillation.

View the applications and guidelines (Apply Here) or read the full press release below (Learn More).
Thinking of a Mural?
Sussex Avenue mural with students and Teaching Artist Kit Sailer.
Photo Caption: Students at Sussex Avenue School (Newark) pose with Resident Teaching Artist Kit Sailer in front of a mural created through the AIE Residency Grant Program.
New this year: Mural Arts Addendum
The AIE Team has created a Mural Arts Addendum that can be found on the AIE website to guide the expectations of the school and to explain additional requirements for mural arts residencies and residencies that require a permanent art installation. 

While each project is a co-creation of the school and the Resident Teaching Artist, the guidelines in this resource will help the school set expectations, price out supplies, and properly support the work of your Resident Teaching Artist in your classroom. 
What schools are saying...
"A bridge of trust..."
"[The AIE residency] helped faculty to empathize with the students and build a bridge of trust moving forward."
Dr. Anne Marie Pai, Broad Street School
"Value of collaborative projects..."
"Teachers saw the value of collaborative projects. Creating the mural and assembling the mural was a group project that allowed students to work together,"  
Denise Smallacomb, Morris-Union Jointure Commission
"Their abilities surpassed what we expected..."
"We were all amazed at the amount of things that the students learned. [...] We had hoped for them to understand simple choreography, but their abilities surpassed what we expected in a really big way."
Rita Willis, Dr. Gerald H Woehr Elementary School
The Artists in Education Residency Grant Program is a co-sponsored project of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and Young Audiences Arts for Learning New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania.The program is carried out in partnership with regional partners, including Appel Farm Arts & Music Campus, Count Basie Center for the Arts, and Morris Arts.