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Trenton, NJ: — On Friday, June 26th at 5pm, the annual New Jersey Governor’s Awards in Arts Education program will celebrate its 40th Anniversary virtually.

 

Tune in to the NJ Governor's Awards in Arts Education's YouTube channel at 4pm to watch the LIVE virtual Red-Carpet Countdown hosted by 2020 Award recipients Jocelyn Jeffries and Jasmine Livingston followed by the virtual award ceremony starting at 5pm. 

 

The prestigious Governor’s Awards are hailed as the highest honor in arts education in the state by national and statewide arts organizations. Initiated in 1980 to promote awareness and appreciation of the arts, the awards recognize the creativity, talent, and leadership of those impacting arts education in the region.

 

The virtual award ceremony will include a welcome from Governor Phil Murphy. Teaching artist Queen Nur will emcee the awards from the steps of the War Memorial in Trenton, NJ. The event will also include remarks from state officials, messages from alumni, and performances from past and present award recipients.

 

Alumni Perspectives and Speakers include: Dr. Dale Schmid, NJ Department of Education; Kevin O’Brien, NJ State Council on the Arts; Bob Morrison, Arts Ed NJ; Eisa Jackson, Educator and Alumni; Ricky Persuad Jr., Musician and Alumni; Eloise Bruce, Poet and Alumni; David Acosta, Alumni; Maya Vuchic, Alumni; Chuck Miller, Educator and Alumni; Tatianna Dominguez, Alumni; Brandon Lyons, Alumni; Kristie Keleshian, Journalist and Alumni; Shayne Miller, Paper Mill Playhouse; Dennis Argul, Music Educator and Alumni; Calvin R. Bell III, Alumni; Molly Sanger Carpenter, Visual Artist and more

 

Performances include: 

Group Dance Performance featuring: Isabella Verma - Paramus High School; Julia Longo - Pequannock Twp High School; Olivia Miller - Gloucester County Institute of Technology; Quinn Cappiello - Ridge High School; Stephany Santiago - County Prep High School

 

• Thunderbird American Indian Dancers

• Brianna Roberts - Vocal Performance - “Your Daddys Son” (Ragtime The Musical)

• Anna Rehberg - Vocal performance - “If I loved you”

• Kelvin Zheng - Viola performance

• Jasmine Livingston - Poetry - “Are you sure?”

• Nadia Vito & Gaten Matarazzo – Excerpt “Rabbit Hole” by David Lindsay-Abaire

• Ian Hurrel - Jazz Guitar Performance

• Priscilla Pagan - Dance - Coronavirus Dance Video

• Ricky Persaud - Guitar/Singing

• Mikayla Griffin – Poem - “Black History Distant Memory”

• Hip Hop Fundamentals - Dance Video

 

Group Dance Performance featuring: A’Niyah Bishop - Atlantic County Institute of Technology; Brianna Isabella Castro - Morris County School of Technology; Alejandro Vargas - Academy for Performing Arts; Brianna Izquierdo - Passaic County Institute of Technology; Elianna Bohonyi - BCIT Medford Academy of Performing Arts

 

Sponsors of the 2020 awards include the Grunin Foundation, Appel Farms Arts & Music Center, CavanKerry Press, and Young Audiences Arts for Learning NJ & Eastern PA.

 

All are welcome to virtually attend the FREE event at www.njgaae.org/virtualawards2020

 

FREE opportunities to celebrate from home with the award recipients at www.njgaae.org/virtualawards2020 including virtual photo booth, submit congratulations messages, custom social media graphics and gifs to post & share. 

 

Congratulations to the NJ Governor’s Awards in Arts Education Class of 2020

 

The NJ Governor's Awards in Arts Education is presented by the NJ State Council on the Arts and Arts Ed NJ.