{"id":40802206682,"date":"2016-01-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/monmouth-university-center-for-the-arts-peoples-choice-nominee\/"},"modified":"2020-06-22T09:51:32","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T13:51:32","slug":"monmouth-university-center-for-the-arts-peoples-choice-nominee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/monmouth-university-center-for-the-arts-peoples-choice-nominee\/","title":{"rendered":"Center For The Arts Nominated in 2016 Jerseyarts.Com People\u2019s Choice Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ (January 22, 2016)<\/strong> \u2013 Monmouth University Center for the Arts is pleased to announce its nomination for <strong>Favorite Small Performing Arts Center<\/strong> in the 2016 JerseyArts.com People\u2019s Choice Awards. Now in its eighth year, the yearly awards program run by Discover Jersey Arts pays tribute to the work of New Jersey\u2019s vital, vibrant and diverse arts organizations. With the ballots now prepped, it\u2019s time for arts lovers across the state to vote for their favorite N.J. arts organizations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMonmouth University Center for the Arts is incredibly grateful for this nomination as <strong>\u201cFavorite Small Performing Arts Center,\u201d<\/strong> said Director Vaune Peck. \u201cWe\u2019re honored to be recognized by our fellow colleagues, and to be a part of such a strong arts community that drives one another to thrive. We hope our patrons will also support us by voting in this year\u2019s Awards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Monmouth University Center for the Arts and the other contenders in the 2016 People\u2019s Choice Awards were nominated by their peers through the Jersey Arts Marketers network, which is made up of hundreds of nonprofit arts groups across the state. Now, 10 arts districts and 100 organizations\u2014the greatest number of nominees the Awards has received since its creation in 2008\u2014will compete in 16 categories, including favorite performing arts center, dance company, art gallery, choral group and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have seen the number of nominees grow again this year, which truly illustrates the breadth of art we have in our state and the desire these groups have to see one another thrive,\u201d said Adam Perle, President &amp; CEO of ArtPride New Jersey, which cosponsors the Discover Jersey Arts program with the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. \u201cThe quality of art we have in New Jersey is ever burgeoning thanks to our amazing cultural community working together to build each other up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Public voting begins January 6 and runs through February 11, 2016. Winners will be announced and honored in early March at the New Jersey Conference on Tourism in Atlantic City.<\/p>\n<p>For a full list of nominees and categories, please visit <a title=\"www.JerseyArts.com\/Vote\" href=\"http:\/\/www.JerseyArts.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.JerseyArts.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>About Monmouth University<\/h2>\n<p>Monmouth University is a leading private institution that offers a comprehensive array of undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Located in West Long Branch, New Jersey, Monmouth University&#8217;s magnificent coastal campus is approximately one hour from both New York City and Philadelphia. Monmouth University is listed in U.S. News &amp; World Report&#8217;s &#8220;Best Colleges,&#8221; Princeton Review&#8217;s &#8220;The Best 380 Colleges,&#8221; and Money Magazine\u2019s \u201cBest Colleges for Your Money.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>About JerseyArts.com and Discover Jersey Arts<\/h2>\n<p>JerseyArts.com is the official website of Discover Jersey Arts, a cosponsored project of the ArtPride New Jersey Foundation and New Jersey State Council on the Arts\/Department of State dedicated to increasing the awareness of and participation in the arts in New Jersey. The site features a comprehensive cultural events calendar and arts directory; feature stories on Culture Vultures Arts Weekly and the Jersey Arts Podcast; details on Jersey Arts Membership, including discounts and exclusive member events; an online gallery of New Jersey artists; and other content about the state\u2019s cultural community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among Nominees for Favorite Small Performing Arts Center<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":40802220695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"person":[],"audience":[14,17,11,8],"school":[26],"program":[],"class_list":["post-40802206682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-center-for-the-arts","mediacontact-kelly-barratt-assistant-director-center-for-the-arts","audience-alumni","audience-community-member","audience-current-student","audience-faculty","school-school-of-humanities-and-social-sciences"],"squareimage":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802206682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40802206682"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802206682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40802247594,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802206682\/revisions\/40802247594"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40802220695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40802206682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40802206682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40802206682"},{"taxonomy":"person","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person?post=40802206682"},{"taxonomy":"audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audience?post=40802206682"},{"taxonomy":"school","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/school?post=40802206682"},{"taxonomy":"program","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program?post=40802206682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}