Deadline: 13-Nov-20
Mid-America Arts Alliance is seeking applications for its Artistic Innovation Grant Program to encourage the spirit of experimentation and exploration, exclusively engaging in-region artists in the creation of new, original works for audiences in the M-AAA region.
A great Artistic Innovations project is one that has in-person experiences of art, art-making, or artists at the heart of the initiative and introduces a new or original idea or product to the applicant’s audience. Engagement through feature presentation and outreach includes but is not limited to performance, publication, lecture/demonstration, exhibition, master class and/or workshop.
Artistic Innovations grants support the creation of new, original works that result in at least two accessible, public-facing events, including a premiere feature presentation and an outreach event.
Funding Information:
- This grant program offers up to $15,000 in support of expenses incurred in the art-making process and premiere of these endeavours.
Criteria
Projects meet three criteria:
- The project is new and original culminating in two public-facing events including at least one outreach activity and at least one premiere feature presentation in accessible venues in the M-AAA region between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2022;
- All applicants and artists involved in the project’s public-facing events are residents of the six-state M-AAA region at the time of application and throughout the grant period; and
- The anticipated project budget reflects a 1:1 match for the grant amount requested. The maximum grant request allowed is $15,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Individuals must:
- Not be an Artistic Innovations grant recipient in the previous fiscal year OR involved with an awarded project;
- Be at least 21 years of age;
- Have a social security number;
- Have a résumé that demonstrates at least three consecutive years of engagement in creative practise;
- Have lived in the M-AAA region full-time for at least three years prior to the Letter of Intent deadline and remain a regional resident during the entire grant period; and
- Be in good standing with M-AAA and all other federal agencies, with no delinquent reports and/or grant documents.
- Organizations must:
- Not be an Artistic Innovations grant recipient in the previous fiscal year OR involved with an awarded project;
- Be a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, a unit of state or local government, or a federally recognized tribal community;
- Be registered in the Data Universal Number System (DUNS);
- Have three consecutive years of operating history prior to the Letter of Intent Form deadline;
- Be incorporated and located in the M-AAA region; and
- Be in good standing with M-AAA and all other federal agencies, with no delinquent reports and/or grant documents.
- Ineligibility Criteria
- Those that engage audiences solely through online streaming;
- Adaptations from one medium to another;
- Remounting of past work in a new venue;
- Traditional restaging of classic productions;
- Rereleases of previously published or recorded material;
- Art festivals or fairs;
- Art competitions or fundraisers;
- Projects engaging any artists from outside M-AAA’s six-state region.
For more information, visit https://www.maaa.org/grants/artistic-innovations/
