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This Week's Broadcasts

This week on State of the Arts, celebrated choreographer Mark Morris returns to the McCarter Theatre with work from four decades.


Also on this week's episode, the Princeton University Art Museum’s Art@Bainbridge gallery presents the work of two Trenton-based Muslim women artists, Khalilah Sabree and Alia Bensliman. And, at the New Jersey State Museum, a newly discovered collection of glass-plate negatives circa 1890-1910 reveals a world in rapid transition. Grant Castner’s early documentary photographs are shown in stunning new prints revealing everyday life in and around Trenton as it was then.


NJ PBS

Thurs, 1/16 @ 11:30 pm

Sat, 1/18 @ 7:30 pm


WNET Thirteen

Sun, 1/19 @ 11:30 am


ALL ARTS

Mon, 1/20 @ 10:30 am & 3:30 pm

Wed 1/22 @ 10 am & 3 pm


Images in GIF: 

Self-portrait of Grant Castner, Stony Brook Bridge, Princeton Township, New Jersey, 1898

Mark Morris Dance Group in performance

Moorish Sunshine by Alia Bensliman

National Mentoring Month

This month, we're sharing inspirational stories of artists mentoring others from the State of the Arts archives.


Kathy DeAngelo helps keep the tradition of Irish music alive. Every week, Kathy and her husband Dennis Gormley host the South Jersey Irish Session, where friends gather to play traditional Irish tunes. Kathy and Dennis also perform together as McDermott’s Handy, named after Kathy’s mentor, the traditional Irish fiddler Ed McDermott. And, Kathy teaches Irish music, including at the Commodore John Barry Irish Center in Philadelphia.

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Happening Now

Dance company MOMIX returns to NJPAC with ALICE, a performance inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, on Jan 26 at 7 pm!


Our related story: Momix

Don’t miss Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company at NJPAC as they celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year Feb 1-2.


Our related documentary: Unity: Choreographer Nai-Ni Chen Remembered

Artist Jedediah Morfit's new exhibition Your Myths are Trash is up at Paradigm Gallery in Philadelphia through Feb 2!


Our related story: Jed Morfit, artist

The New Jersey State Council on the Arts is currently accepting applications for the 2026 Heritage Fellowships! Find out more here, and see all nine of our recent stories about the 2024 NJ Heritage Fellows here.

Catch up on some of the best of State of the Arts

Howard Finster (1916-2001) was a prolific artist with a mission to communicate his visions to the world. This story from our archive visits Finster’s “Paradise Garden” in Georgia, where he was busy making art.


Our 1992 story: Howard Finster, Man of Visions

Korean American artist Nam June Paik (1932-2006) is generally considered the father of video art. This feature looks at the restoration of one of his major works, PBS (1963-2000), at the former NJN Public Television building in Trenton.


Our 2019 story: Nam June Paik

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in memory of

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Peter A. Benoliel & Willo Carey


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