Montclair has become one of the one of the primo culture centers of New Jersey, partly by attracting many of New York's most creative refugees. But higher house prices, rents and property taxes have helped reroute some of the hungrier of artists to Bloomfield. Right now, they seem centered around Bloomfield College and a downtown full of vacant storefronts.
To meet the needs of the town's growing landscape of artists, BloomfieldArts.org has been created to specifically promote the arts and raise awareness of the importance they play in the redevelopment of the town.
"The arts are a vital part of any creative economy in a town," says Gregory Allen, Managing Director of the Westminster Arts Center at Bloomfield College. "As the town undergoes redevelopment, we thought it important for the arts organizations to come together and emphasis all that Bloomfield has to offer."
The new website is currently hosting a virtual "Open House," inviting all Bloomfield artists to sign in and introduce themselves. Twenty arts organizations, including the NJ Tap Ensemble (pictured), are listed.
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