Projects Serving Artists Grants Awarded annually to assist nonprofit organizations and agencies meet the needs of artists and advance their development. Local Arts Program Contains multi-year grants for county arts agency support and regrants to local groups and local arts staffing available to the 21 officially designated county arts agencies for local arts development. Local Arts Staffing Initiative Provides support to county arts agencies to increase permanent professional arts program staff levels in order to expand services to the community and accomplish the goals of the Local Arts Program. Folk Arts Apprenticeships Awarded annually to support the passing on of folk arts by enabling apprentices of a traditional art form to study with a master artist. The cornerstone of that total arts education program, and is aimed at making the arts basic to education in New Jersey.
AIE places highly qualified professional artists in classrooms throughout the state.