Deadline: 31-Jan-21
Beaverton Oregon is inviting proposals for the Small Project Grants Program to provide support for new or unanticipated projects and those with an urgent timeline–especially for emerging artists, BIPOC and LGBTQ artists, students, or organizations new to the grant-making process.
Projects could include workshops, art classes, and/or art activities that serve Beaverton residents.
The Small Project Grant program is to support projects that meet one or more of the following goals:
- Demonstrate cultural and/or racial diversity, social equity and inclusiveness and to help the City of Beaverton become increasingly welcoming, inclusive, representative, and responsive to historically underrepresented and underserved communities, particularly communities of color, immigrants, refugees and LGBTQ.
- Nurture community collaboration; encourage partnership among artists and creative industries, businesses, cultural and other non- and for-profit organizations
- Contribute to economic vitality, contribute to neighborhood revitalization and/or beautification, and promote the city as a place that is welcoming, vibrant, responsible, friendly, safe, and active.
- Inspire or accomplish creativity and innovation.
- Nurture and honor community identity and heritage; preserve and commemorate local and multicultural traditions and histories
- Create public spaces that promote health, happiness and wellbeing.
Funding Information
Funding requests may be up to $1000 per applicant.
Eligibility Criteria
All applicants will be considered, but it is advisable that the primary applicant identify as one of the following:
- Individual artists or artist collectives
- School groups that fall within the city of Beaverton
- Individual Students
- Non-profits
For more information, visit https://www.beavertonoregon.gov/1496/Grants