Developing Artist Grants Program are open now in United States

Deadline: 02-Nov-20

The Salina Arts and Humanities Foundation (SAHF) is accepting applications for the Developing Artist Grants Program.

The Horizons Program’s Lana Jordan Developing Artist Grants category was established by the Salina Arts and Humanities in 1987.

Salina Arts and Humanities (SAH) was established by city ordinance in 1966. As a city agency, we work to foster community development through the use of artistic and cultural resources. Our mission is to cultivate this place, through the power of the arts and humanities to change lives and build community. SAH activities fall under the jurisdiction of the Salina City Manager’s office. The Mayor appoints commissioners, who are approved by the City Commission to serve as an Advisory Board. A City Commissioner is appointed to serve in a liaison capacity. Funding for SAH comes from a variety of sources, including city, state, and federal sources, earned income, and private and corporate contributions. These funds are used for a variety of purposes, which include:

• Services and funding for cultural and community organizations, individual artists, and educators who provide arts and cultural opportunities for young people
• Programs and activities that benefit the citizens of Saline County by making the arts a part of their everyday lives
• Efforts which promote, develop and preserve the artistic, cultural, historic and aesthetic resources of the community and the region

Expected Program Outcomes:

• Foster the creation of new work
• Promote artistic growth
• Strengthen the ability of artists to build partnerships
• Implement a public component to engage the community.

Grants are typically awarded for the following activities: 

• Presentation – Funds may be requested to complete or produce a significant new work of art. Eligible requests may include: 1) the cost of purchasing necessary supplies and materials; or 2) the cost of renting a facility for a public presentation of the work.
• Study & Training – Training funds should be used to advance the applicant’s artistic skills. Funding requests may include, for example, covering the fee to attend a master class conducted by an acknowledged authority in the artist’s discipline, attending a workshop which will assist the applicant in some aspect of presenting his or her work in a more effective and professional manner, or identifying and working with a mentor on a specific project.
• Artistic Promotion – Funds may be requested for the development and distribution of a professional quality publication, demonstration audiotape, videotape, or a portfolio of work samples.
• Equipment – Funds may be requested for the purchase of equipment related to the applicant’s art form (for example: kiln, darkroom equipment, computers, musical instruments, etc.).
• Travel – As judged appropriate in the context of the application, is allowed.

Funding Information

• Funding amounts typically range between $500 and $2,000 – in a highly competitive process. Funds are awarded for a period not to exceed one year. In exceptional cases, a higher level of funding may be awarded.
• Developing artists may submit up to two applications in a funding cycle; however, the total request of all applications may not exceed $2,000.

Funding Procedure

• The staff of the Salina Arts and Humanities provides assistance and advice to applicants, but they are not involved in the process of awarding funds.
  Applications will be reviewed and scored, according to the criteria, by a panel that includes representatives from various arts disciplines and organizations from outside Salina. Panelists are instructed to score on the content of the grant application only, not on any prior knowledge of the applicant. The panel recommendations will then be presented to the Salina Arts & Humanities Foundation for final approval, with notification shortly thereafter.
• Final funding recommendations will be made by formula. Three types of decisions may be made:
  •  Applicant receives funding amount requested;
  • Applicant receives less funding than requested; or
  • Applicant receives no funding.
  • If the award is funded in amount less than requested by the applicant, staff will contact artist to
    discuss a revised project plan and revised budget if the funds are not adequate to cover the original
    project as described in the application. The revised project plan and/or revised budget must be
    received before grant will be dispersed.
•  Applicants will be informed of funding decisions by letter during the last week of January.
•  A Final Report Form can be downloaded at www.salinaarts.com. Final Report requirements
  include project documentation and evidence of outcomes achieved. Documentation must include photographs for use by SAH; jpeg format, 300 dpi.
•  If funding is awarded, a check for 90% of the grant amount will be sent to the Grantee, upon receipt of a signed agreement but no sooner than 30 days prior to the project starting date. A Final Report
  form will be due 30 days after the project completion date or no later than December 16, 2021.
  Upon receipt of an approved Final Report, the balance of the grant dollars will be mailed.
  NOTE: If the Final Report has not been received within 30 days of the project completion date, the balance of the grant dollars shall be forfeited.
•  If an applicant believes a funding decision was based on erroneous or inadequate information, a
  written request for a formal appeal concerning the application in question may be submitted within
  30 days, beginning with the date of the funding decision letter. Only the applicant may appeal.
  Upon reviewing the material, the Foundation may:
  • Deny the request;
  • Invite the applicant to a formal hearing; or
  • Amend the grant decision.

Eligibility Criteria

• Any highly-skilled visual, performing, digital, literary and/or interdisciplinary artist who has demonstrated dedication to his/her art form, but who has not yet firmly established his/her career as a full-time, practicing artist. Applicants must be 18 years or older and a resident of Saline County for at least one year prior to the application due date.
• If an artist is awarded a Developing Artist grant, he/she must skip a year before reapplying for any Horizons grant. Therefore, funding is on an every other year basis for funded artists.
• Eligible candidates are not required to earn a living exclusively through the practice of their art form. However, applicants must demonstrate a commitment to do so, when and if it becomes feasible. Artists who have established skills and credentials in one art form, but are expanding into a new area, are eligible to apply for funding.

Program Guidelines

In order to make appropriate use of limited funds, Salina Arts and Humanities Department has developed the following guidelines for the Lana Jordan Developing Artist Grants category of the Horizons Grants Program. Please note: Applicants must schedule an appointment with SAH staff to review the proposed project prior to writing and submission.

•  Grants are typically awarded for the following activities:
  • Presentation – Funds may be requested to complete or produce a significant new work of art.
    Eligible requests may include:
    • the cost of purchasing necessary supplies and materials;
    •  the cost of renting a facility for a public presentation of the work.
    • Study & Training – Training funds should be used to advance the applicant’s artistic skills.
    • Funding requests may include, for example, covering the fee to attend a master class conducted
      by an acknowledged authority in the artist’s discipline, attending a workshop which will assist
      the applicant in some aspect of presenting his or her work in a more effective and professional manner, or identifying and working with a mentor on a specific project.
    •  Artistic Promotion – Funds may be requested for the development and distribution of a professional quality publication, demonstration audiotape, videotape, or a portfolio of work samples.
    •  Equipment – Funds may be requested for the purchase of equipment related to the applicant’s art
      form (for example: kiln, darkroom equipment, computers, musical instruments, etc.).
    • Travel – As judged appropriate in the context of the application, is allowed

•  In general, Horizons Developing Artists funds may NOT be used for:
  • Tuition for undergraduate or graduate study
  • Projects that have already been completed
  • Projects that do not include plans for a public component or presentation

•  As part of the funding, applicants are asked to share the outcome of the grant activity through a public component. This component may occur during the grant period or, with the approval of the Salina Arts and Humanities office, within a six month time frame following the completion date of the grant. Technical Assistant, Anna V. Pauscher, anticipates working with the grant recipient to help develop a public component that flows naturally from the grant activity (examples: workshop for children or other artists; a reading or concert; a studio tour; exhibit of work; premier of work by artist or other artists).
• Applicants are required to supply one-third of the total cost of the project as a cash match; indicating a 1:2 ratio. Every dollar contributed by the artist toward the project is matched by Salina Arts and Humanities Foundation with two dollars. The applicant’s matching funds can come from a variety of sources, including from the applicant’s own pocket.
• Funding amounts typically range between $500 and $2,000 – in a highly competitive process. Funds are awarded for a period not to exceed one year. In exceptional cases, a higher level of funding may be awarded.
• Developing artists may submit up to two applications in a funding cycle; however, the total request of all applications may not exceed $2,000.

For more information, visit http://www.salinaarts.com/horizons-grants.cfm