Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

Tune in to NJN’s “backstories” tomorrow, November 21st at 8:30 pm or next Wednesday, November 25 at 11:30 pm when State of the Arts producer Christopher Benincasa meets with two recent Dodge Visual Artist fellows, Fausto Sevila, an art teacher at Arts High School in Newark, and Kelly Clark, an art teacher at Middlesex High School.

If you are a K-12 New Jersey public school art teacher or supervisor, you can apply for the 2009 Dodge Foundation Artist/Educator Fellowships here. Applications are due by January 30, 2009.

Artwork: Fausto Sevila, Two politicians and a vibrating beetle. 2005-07. Digital photography, acrylic, rusted razor blade, and yellow string. 40×18″. Collection of the Artist.

NJN’s State of the Arts follows Elizabeth, New Jersey poet Joe Weil to the 12th Biennial Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, airing Friday, October 17 at 8:30 p.m. and again on Wednesday, October 22 at 11:30 p.m.

Weil is currently a writing instructor at the State University of New York – Binghamton, and his new book is “Painting the Christmas Trees” (Texas A&M University Press).