Deadline: 15-May-2022
The South Arts is offering Traditional Arts Touring Grants program to increase the public awareness, understanding, and appreciation of the traditional arts in the South by bringing artists together in Southern communities.
Goals
- The Traditional Arts Touring Grant Program works to increase public awareness, understanding, and appreciation of the traditional arts in the South through funding projects that bring traditional artists/ensembles to Southern Communities for two-day residencies.
- This funding program is open to a wide variety of organizations, including community cultural organizations, schools/colleges/universities, libraries, museums, performing arts presenters, etc.
- The program serves both communities and traditional artists.
Program Details
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South Arts have prioritized the following:
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South Arts are committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility.
- They strongly encourage applications from Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)-led and LGBTQIA+-led organizations, and organizations led by people with disabilities.
- They will prioritize applications that feature BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ traditional artists and traditional artists with disabilities.
- South Arts are committed to funding traditional arts projects in rural communities.
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South Arts are committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility.
Funding Information
- Traditional Arts Touring Grants are available for requests from $1,000 up to $5,000. This program requires a 1:2 match.
Eligibility Criteria
- Organizations within South Arts’ nine-state region are eligible to apply. This region includes Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
- Organizations must have not-for-profit, tax-exempt status, or be an official unit of local, county, or state government. Governmental organizations must provide proof of government status. Educational institutions (schools, school systems, colleges, and universities) are also eligible. South Arts do not accept applications from fiscal agents for this grant program.
- NEW FOR FY23: All applicants must have a UEI (Unique Entity ID) number. Applications will not be accepted from organizations that do not have a UEI number. Visit www.sam.gov for additional information about UEI numbers as well as for instructions on how to receive one. If your organization has used a DUNS (Data Universal Numbering System) number in the past, this link also provides instructions on transitioning to a UEI. This new SAM UEI is required for the grantees in programs supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.
- Organizations that have failed to submit final reports for any previous South Arts grant by the time of this application will not be considered for funding in this grant cycle.
- Organizations that fail to properly acknowledge South Arts’ AND the National Endowment for the Arts’ support in programs and press materials will not be considered for additional funding.
- Organizations are eligible for only one Traditional Arts grant throughout South Arts’ fiscal year: July 1, 2022-June 30, 2023.
- Organizations currently receiving funding through South Arts’ Presentation Grants or Literary Arts Touring Grants are not eligible for this grant program.
For more information, visit South Arts.
For more information, visit https://www.southarts.org/community-organization-grants/traditional-arts-touring-grants#guidelines
