Deadline: 06-Feb-22
The City of Sammamish is pleased to announce the Arts Grant Program to provide funding for organizations, individuals, and youth to deliver exemplary projects in arts education, dance, design, folk and traditional arts, literary arts, media arts, musical theater, multidisciplinary works, theater, visual arts, and all other forms of art or artwork for the citizens of Sammamish.
Organizations and individuals funded by the Arts Grant must demonstrate high quality arts programming and deliver a positive impact to the community while supporting projects that celebrate Sammamish’s creative and cultural heritage, invite mutual respect for differing beliefs and values, and enrich humanity.
Categories
This grant program provides available funding through four categories:
- Neighborhood & Community Focus: Projects that support art programs, events and services that promote arts, participation and build community.
- CityArtist Focus: Projects that demonstrate high artistic quality, innovation, creativity in programming and artist selection and demonstrated ability by the artist that directly serve the community.
- Educational Focus: Projects that support art programs, events and services that include direct community educational projects.
- Cultural Focus: Projects that support art programs, events and services that include Sammamish’s diverse culture and values, including capacity to support the City’s underserved communities.
Funding Information
Sammamish Arts Commission has a total allocation of $10,000 for grant funding to be dispersed to qualified applicants in all categories.
Eligibility Criteria
In order to be eligible for an Arts grant, the applicant must:
- Neighborhood & Community Focus: Program, event or service must serve Sammamish residents and take place within City limits. Perform services within a twelve-month period. Organizations, individuals or youth can apply.
- CityArtist Focus: Artist’s project, program and service must serve Sammamish residents Perform services within a twelve-month period. Individuals or youth can apply.
- Educational Focus: Program, event or service must serve Sammamish residents and take place within City limits. Perform services within a twelve-month period. Organizations, individuals or youth can apply.
- Cultural Focus: Program, event or service must serve Sammamish residents and take place within City limits. Perform services within a twelve-month period. Organizations, individuals or youth can apply.
For more information, visit https://www.sammamish.us/government/commissions-boards/arts-commission/grants/