Deadline: 1-Oct-21
The Saratoga Arts is pleased to announce the 2022 Arts Education Grants projects in public Pre-K-12 schools and community based arts education projects in Fulton, Montgomery, and Saratoga Counties.
The mission of Saratoga Arts is to enrich the region by cultivating a vibrant arts community and by ensuring that the arts are accessible to all. The programs include a full year’s calendar of exhibitions; classes and workshops for over 1,200 adults and children each year; a broad range of live music presentations; and grant programs delivered at the centrally located Saratoga Springs location and across the service area.
Priorities
- Funding Arts Related expenses such as:
- Artist Stipends/Fees Associated with Residency
- Arts-related Materials needed to implement the residency
- Promotional Expenses
- Other arts-related expenses
- Project activities and outcomes that are collaboratively designed, planned, taught and evaluated by the teacher and artist or non-profit cultural organization
- Project timelines that allow for reflection, further investigation and fine tuning between work sessions
- Comprehensive planning and implementation team
- Clarity and feasibility of reflection and student assessment plans
- Cost-effective proposed budget
- Participating and lead artists that are residents of Fulton, Montgomery, or Saratoga County.
- Applications in which the expertise of the proposed artist or cultural professionals is clearly exhibited
- In-School Applications
- Projects that address the New York State Learning Standards in the Arts
- Projects which allow the school’s non-arts teachers to participate
- Clarity and relevance, concerning grade level, of proposed project activities, shared educational and artistic goals, expected student outcomes
- Clarity and relevance, concerning grade level, of proposed project activities, shared educational and artistic goals, expected student outcomes
- Projects which strengthen the learning of arts curriculum.
Funding Information
- Arts Education Grants may be offered in the amount of $500 and up to $5,000.
- Applicants may submit up to three requests in any combination of categories (Community Arts, Individual Artist, and/or Arts Education) totaling no more than $5,000. Fiscally sponsored requests are exempt from the sponsor’s three-request limit.
Eligibility Criteria
All applicants must be working with an eligible partner school for in-school programs. Eligible applicants may apply directly for community-based programs. All applicants must reside/be located in Fulton, Montgomery or Saratoga County.
- A 501(c)(3) or New York State non-profit organization with an active board of trustees either incorporated in NY State or registered to do business in NY State.
- A government or quasi-governmental entity, or tribal organization.
- Individual artists, groups or collectives, and unincorporated entities who are working with an eligible partner school (for in-school programs) or eligible fiscal sponsor or communitybased partner if accepted by your SCR site (for out-of-school programs).
- Individual Artists are required to submit proof of residency if they are not applying through a fiscal sponsor. Documentation must be dated no earlier than two years prior to an application. List of acceptable proof of residency documents must include one of the following:
- Telephone Bill
- Credit card or bank statement (first page only; social security and financial information should be blocked)
- Current lease or mortgage agreement listing the artist’s name and NYS County address
- NY State Drivers License or ID card
- Voter Registration Card
- Note: Applications for the same project can not be submitted in multiple categories (Individual Artist, Arts Education, Community Arts).
- Lead applicants must be 18 years of age at the time of submission and may not be enrolled in a full-time undergraduate degree program.
- Projects must take place in the same county as the fiscal sponsor or community-based partner.
- If an individual artist or unincorporated group is working with a public school that is out of their county of residence, the applicant must have a nonprofit fiscal sponsor in the county of the public school where the project is to take place.
- Funded Projects must occur between January 1, 2022 – December 31, 2022.
- Project must include and accommodate individuals with disabilities.
For more information, visit https://www.saratoga-arts.org/grants/2022