Bergen Performing Arts Center Nominated in 2015 JerseyArts.Com People's Choice Awards

Press release:

Englewood’s Bergen Performing Arts Center has been nominated for Favorite Large Performing Arts Center in the 2015 JerseyArts.com People’s Choice Awards.

BergenPAC is among 10 arts districts and 96 organizations nominated for the yearly awards program ran by Discover Jersey Arts to honor the work of New Jersey’s vital, vibrant and diverse arts organizations. Discover Jersey Arts is a cosponsored project of the ArtPride New Jersey Foundation and New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State dedicated to increasing the awareness of and participation in the arts in NJ.

“bergenPAC is very grateful for this nomination as Favorite Large Performing Arts Center,” said Dominic Roncace, bergenPAC CEO. “We’re honored to be recognized by our NJ colleagues, and to be a part of such a strong arts community that supports each other and works to help one another thrive. We hope our wonderful community of patrons will also support us by voting in this year’s Awards.”

Nominees for the People’s Choice Awards were nominated by their peers through the Jersey Arts Marketers network, which is made up of hundreds of nonprofit arts groups across the state.

“The nominees should be very proud of the work they’re doing to establish NJ as a destination for arts and culture,” said Jim Atkinson, ArtPride New Jersey Foundation’s Director of Programs and Services.

Ballots are prepped for arts lovers across the state to vote for their favorite NJ arts organizations in 16 categories. From favorite performing arts center to favorite dance company, favorite art gallery to favorite arts district, it’s the public’s turn to decide who’s who among the Garden State’s cultural community.

Public voting began Jan. 7 and will run through Feb. 19. Winners will be announced in early March and will be honored at the New Jersey Conference on Tourism, held each year at the Golden Nugget in Atlantic City.

To vote for bergenPAC, visit www.JerseyArts.com/peopleschoice.