Deadline: 1-Apr-22
The Virginia Commission for the Arts has announced an open call for the Artists in Education Grants Program to provide opportunities for Virginia’s students, educators and other adult populations throughout Virginia to participate in and learn through the arts by working with highly qualified professional artists, in support of lifelong learning.
These grants provide Virginia’s Pre-K-12 students and teachers’ opportunities to work with professional artists either in a school setting or through after-school or other community settings, including summer activities. Artists in Education grants may support educational programs in the arts that enhance arts instruction in the school curriculum, professional development for professional artists and educators to work with elementary and secondary school students, or other adult populations in community settings, meeting identified learning goals. Synchronous or asynchronous virtual learning with a specific Virginia population is eligible.
Funding Information
Applicants may request a maximum of $7,500 and must provide at least a one-to-one cash match of the requested grant.
Eligible Activities
- New or expanded artist residencies for Pre-K – 12 students or adult populations, based upon identified learning goals
- New or expanded after-school or summer arts education programs facilitated by not-for-profit
- arts organizations
- New or expanded training programs for artists or arts integration professional development for teachers who work with Virginia’s Pre-K-12 students
- Synchronous or asynchronous virtual learning with a specific Virginia population
The Commission will not fund the same activity of same artist(s) for more than three years without significant program expansion.
NOTE: Teaching Artists may be proposed in the application with supplemental documentation of the artist's qualifications or selected from the Commission's Artist Roster. Grant funds may be used for artist stipends, equipment, supplies, and costs for documenting and/or evaluating program outcome.
Eligibility Criteria
- Virginia’s Public Pre-K-12 Schools which meet the basic eligibility criteria of the Virginia Commission for the Arts
- Private, federally tax-exempt schools that meet the basic eligibility criteria of the Virginia Commission for the Arts
- Not-for-profit organizations which meet the basic eligibility criteria of the Virginia Commission for the Arts
Requirements
- Applications must describe the existing arts education instruction provided by the Pre-K-12 school or arts organizations
- Applications must include a plan for evaluation of learning by the participating students
- Applications must include a description of how the participating artist(s) were recruited and selected
- Applications must include a description or plan for the recruitment or selection of intended participants (if adult populations)
- If the applicant is a not-for-profit arts organization, the application must clearly describe how the proposed activities are different from or an expansion of existing educational activities
For more information, visit Virginia Commission for the Arts.
For more information, visit http://www.arts.virginia.gov/grants_education.html