Deadline: 05-Apr-2025
The Maryland State Arts Council is pleased to invite applications for its Teaching Artist Roster to provide supplementary arts education experiences that deepen learning in Maryland’s school and community settings.
The Teaching Artist Roster is a list of Maryland-based teaching artists who have experience providing group or classroom arts instruction and/or performances in a variety of educational settings.
Benefits
- The benefits of becoming an MSAC Teaching Artist include:
- Members of the Teaching Artist Roster are eligible to receive funding opportunities through the Arts in Education Grant program, which covers the cost of teaching artist fees to provide financial incentive for Maryland schools and community groups to book teaching artists:
- Please note that Arts in Education grants are awarded through a separate application process. Successful membership to the Teaching Artist Roster does not guarantee funding through the Arts in Education grant program.
- Members of the Teaching Artist Roster are eligible to receive funding opportunities through the Arts in Education Grant program, which covers the cost of teaching artist fees to provide financial incentive for Maryland schools and community groups to book teaching artists:
- Connections to a statewide network of organizations and nonprofits that lead professional development for teaching artists
- Individualized feedback and evaluation sessions that help teaching artists strengthen their programming
- Heightened visibility through MSAC’s Arts Directory.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants must meet the requirements listed below:
- Independent artists must be:
- Maryland residents (i.e., owning or renting residential property in Maryland six months prior to the application’s submission and, if approved, continue to be Maryland residents while active on the Teaching Artist Roster) who are 18 or older; those experiencing homelessness are encouraged to reach out to MSAC:
- Ensembles or collaborative groups must be composed of artists who are 18 or older. 50% of artists in a collaborative group must meet the residency requirement above
- Not enrolled in any matriculated high school, undergraduate or graduate degree program at the time of application
- Maryland residents (i.e., owning or renting residential property in Maryland six months prior to the application’s submission and, if approved, continue to be Maryland residents while active on the Teaching Artist Roster) who are 18 or older; those experiencing homelessness are encouraged to reach out to MSAC:
- Arts organizations must be one of the following:
- A 501(c)3 with tax exempt status from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and incorporated in Maryland
- A unit of Government based in Maryland
- A member institution in the University System of Maryland and
- The organization must be in operation as an arts organization or arts program for at least one full fiscal year at the time of application.
- Independent artists must be:
For more information, visit MSAC.
