Deadline: 15-Jul-22
The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (CAH) is soliciting applications from qualified individual artists and organizations for its Fiscal Year 2023 Public Art Building Communities Grant Program (PABC).
The PABC grant program supports individual artists and organizations in their effort to design, fabricate and install new temporary or permanent works of public art that connect artists (and their artwork) with communities.
Goals
By making its PABC grant awards, CAH endeavors to:
- Encourage the creation and installation of original high-quality public art works within the District of Columbia.
- Develop meaningful opportunities to connect artists to communities.
- Provide exposure and participation to the community in the public art making process.
- Further learning or discovery opportunities that may be present through public art installations.
- Support the creation of public art by DC resident artists.
- Promote robust and diverse artistic expression that resonate with residents of the District of Columbia.
- Contribute to the District of Columbia’s public art collection in the built environment.
Funding Information
- Individuals may request up to $75,000
- Organizations may request up to $125,000
- Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) may request up to $150,000
Eligibility Criteria
Individuals must (at the time of application):
- Be experienced artists or arts related professionals (e.g., presenters, producers, educators), over the age of 18.
- Provide a valid government-issued identification or tax return to demonstrate evidence of legal residency in the District of Columbia of at least one (1) year prior to the application deadline. DC post office boxes may not be used as a primary address.
- Maintain residency in the District of Columbia throughout the grant period.
- Be in good standing with CAH. Applicants with incomplete or delinquent reports from any prior funding program, as of October 15, 2022 (or otherwise as determined by CAH), are ineligible to receive additional funds from CAH in FY 2023.
Organizations must (at the time of application):
- Be incorporated as a nonprofit with a federally designated tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) code, as evidenced by an IRS determination letter that is dated at least one year prior to the application deadline date; or be a recognized District of Columbia Business Improvement District (BID);
- Be registered with, and authorized to do business in, the District as either a “Domestic” entity (that is, an entity that was incorporated in the District) or a “Foreign” entity (that is, an entity that was incorporated in another state);
- Ensure that at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the organization’s activities occur within the District of Columbia;
- Have an active Board of Directors;
- Demonstrate a partnership with a visual artist to design, fabricate and install (de- install if temporary) the proposed application work-of-art in a public space.
- Obtain certification of ”Citywide Clean Hands” (CCH) from the District of Columbia Office of Tax and Revenue (see page 12);
- Be in “good standing” with CAH. Note: a CAH grant applicant that has failed, as of October 15, 2022, to comply with all applicable CAH-related mandates (e.g., failed to submit to CAH required reports related to prior CAH funding), is not in “good standing” with CAH and, accordingly, is ineligible to receive additional funds from CAH in FY 2023); and
- Have a principal business office address that is located in the District of Columbia, subject to on-site visit.
For more information, visit https://dcarts.dc.gov/page/fy23-public-art-building-communities
