New Jersey § 52:16a-26

§ 52:16a-26.

The duties of the council shall be: (a) To take such steps as may be deemed necessary and appropriate to stimulate and

encourage the study and presentation of the performing and creative arts, and to foster

public interest in and support of the arts in our State. (b) To make such surveys as may be deemed advisable to public and private institutions

within the State engaged in the performing and creative arts, and to make recommendations

for appropriate action to enlarge the State's resources in the performing and creative

arts. (c) To encourage and assist freedom of expression in the performing and creative arts. (d) To assist in complementing the design of public buildings in this State in accordance

with the provisions of the “Public Buildings Arts Inclusion Act.” For the purposes of this act, the term “performing and creative arts” shall include,

but not be limited to, music, theater, dance, literature, painting, sculpture, architecture,

photography, film art, handicrafts, graphic arts and design.