Deadline: 14-Sep-21
The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) is currently inviting applications for the Arts in Society Grant to fund projects that help arts organizations and artists find solutions to civic and social challenges facing Colorado communities.
Grantees will:
- attend learning community meetings where you will meet other grantees from across the state during the first year of funding to build a support network and share resources and expertise
- have a mini-documentary made highlighting your work
- participate in evaluation processes that measure and help to illustrate the impacts of the arts in cross-sector projects
- have your work promoted through Arts and Society marketing channels including Facebook, Instagram, and a blog
Funding Information
You can apply for $5,000 to $35,000. The grant provides both financial and organizational support.
Eligible Projects
Project timelines cannot be longer than 24 months. This grant does not fund capital projects such as a facility renovation or construction. Examples of past projects include:
- a dancer working in a hospital system to bring awareness to nurse burnout and compassion fatigue
- a community organization coalition using art to engage neighbors in participatory budgeting
- the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment working with artists to communicate the priorities of its public health improvement plan
Eligibility Criteria
- You do not need to be an arts organization to apply for the grant. They encourage applications from individual artists and from non-arts organizations. This grant is for Colorado:
- artists
- activists
- nonprofit organizations
- universities and schools
- government agencies
- human service groups
- neighborhood organizations
- healthcare organizations
- When you apply, you need to:
- be a nonprofit or an individual residing in Colorado or work with an organization in Colorado
- have an arts idea that engages a social issue
- have a project in which artists, organizations, and a target community work together to address a problem or social justice issue
For more information, visit https://oedit.colorado.gov/arts-in-society-grant