Deadline: 15-Nov-20
Applications are invited for The Lincoln County Cultural Coalition that envisions a vibrant cultural life for all citizens. It shall engage citizens from all parts of the county to create and celebrate a dream of lifelong cultural experiences for all.
The Lincoln County Cultural Coalition recognizes that COVID-19 restrictions are preventing cultural organizations from earning their usual sources of income and that the pandemic will continue to make public programs difficult for county’s schools and nonprofits in 2021.
Priorities
To respond to this need, for FY2021 the Coalition will also consider proposals for capacity building projects and general operating support, submitted by organizations that address funding priorities:
- Improve access to cultural experiences;
- Raise the level of cultural awareness of youth, and
- Facilitate infrastructure improvements.
Funding Information
The Lincoln County Cultural Coalition awards grants in two categories:
- Cultural Coalition Grants for all aspects of Arts, Culture, Heritage and Humanities, supported by the Oregon Cultural Trust; and,
- Sponenburgh Memorial Trust Grants for youth arts education, with priority given to music education for elementary and middle school students, in collaboration with the Lincoln County Foundation.
Grant-funded projects in FY2020
In December 2019, the Lincoln County Cultural Coalition (LCCC) supported arts, culture, heritage and humanities programs in the Lincoln County communities. Grants were made to the following organizations for projects taking place in 2020:
- Lincoln City Cultural Center (performance of children’s musical “We The People”);
- Lincoln City Parent Group (new stage lighting at Taft Elementary School);
- Music is Instrumental (choir risers for Taft Elementary and Taft 7-12);
- Newport Symphony Orchestra (scholarships for students in Newport Family Strings);
- Oregon ArtsWatch (stories on Lincoln County arts events);
- Oregon Coast Youth Symphony Festival (free winter concert series);
- Polly Plumb Productions (new branding and signage);
- Siletz Bay Music Festival (performance of “How Can You Own The Sky?”);
- St. James Santiago School (art supplies for gallery exhibition);
- Toledo Elementary and High Schools (sets, lights for new theater program);
- Waldport Arts Group (Leave Your Art project).
The Lincoln County Cultural Coalition also supported these local arts education projects for youth, in partnership with the Lincoln County Foundation’s Mark Sponenburgh Memorial Trust:
- Artists’ Studio Association (Saturday art classes);
- Lincoln City Cultural Center (Chessman Gallery outreach to Taft Elementary);
- Music is Instrumental (band sectional instruction);
- Newport Symphony Orchestra (scholarships for Newport Family Strings);
- Taft 7-12 (Sets, props and costumes for musical theater production);
- Toledo Elementary and High Schools (sets, lights for new theater program).
For more information, visit http://www.lincolnccc.org/