Arts Programming
As a major promoter and funder of the arts in Hudson County, we offer assistance and opportunities to local artists to help build a collection of public art in the community that reflects its people, history, culture. and environment...
MURAL ARTS PROGRAM
Officially launched in 2022, the Hudson County Mural Arts Program was established by the Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs/Tourism Development to beautify properties owned by the county. The program allows emerging and well-known artists to paint large scale murals in highly trafficked areas around Hudson County. As part of the process, the artists strive to create murals that are reflective of their neighborhoods or choose themes that will enrich the appeal of the area.
The first two murals created under the initiative are on an underpass on Secaucus Road (5th Street) in North Bergen and on a Hudson County Prosecutor’s satellite office on Tonnelle Avenue in Jersey City. The County currently is partnering with the Jersey City Police Department and local residents to create a mural adjacent to a community garden in the Greenville neighborhood of Jersey City.
PUBLIC ARTS PROGRAM
The Public Arts Program was established in 2008 with the main goal of creating a body of significant public art work in Hudson County while engaging communities in the public art process to ensure artworks are reflective of the visual relationships, history and heritage of place, meaning and cultures of the residents.
This program gives artists the opportunity to create a site-specific outdoor public art intallation to be displayed permanantly in Hudson County. Outreach to artists for projects is done nationwide with the Public Art Commission reviewing and selecting finalists for design proposals which are then reviewed by the County Executive and the public before final artist/design proposal selection.
In October of 2008, the first permanent public art installation by Chakaia Booker, “Wave” was unveiled in Washington Park. Including “Wave”, there are currently 3 completed installations located in select Hudson County parks.