Deadline: 1-Oct-22
The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) has launched Project Grant for Education (PGE) to support schools, nonprofit organizations, arts educators, and teaching artists to engage students in rich and meaningful artistic experiences in dedicated learning environments.
PGE projects must be experiential and focus on the exploration of art and the artistic process. PGE strives to build the capacity of local teaching artists and nonprofit organizations, while providing students with high-quality artistic learning experiences. Project Grants in Education are not intended to substitute for a school’s arts education program.
Priorities
- Pre-K-12 In-School Projects
- Projects that authentically match students and school populations with teaching artists from shared cultural backgrounds and experiences
- Projects that center learners: of varying abilities; in non-traditional academic programs; of Africana, Latina, Asian, and Native American Diasporas (ALANDs); or of “economically disadvantaged” status as defined by the RI Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Funding Information
Amount: $1,000-$10,000 for Organizations; $1,000-$3,000 for Individuals
Eligibility Criteria
- Rhode Island Residency: No out of state artists or organizations will be funded
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Applicant Tax Status Requirement:
- Units of local government (cities and towns).
- A public school, or a college or university with tax-exempt status.
- A tax-exempt school (Catholic or independent).
- State-run schools (RI School for the Deaf, Davies Career Technical High School, etc.).
- A non-profit organization
- Individual (teaching artist, school-based educator)
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Project Requirements:
- Projects must include a drafted lesson plan with clearly stated learning goals, intended outcomes, and means for evaluation.
- Projects must consist of a minimum of 8 contact hours with the same teaching artist(s) and a distinct group of learners. These contact sessions must occur on separate days.
- Projects must consist of in-depth, sequential, and participatory learning opportunities incorporating one or more art forms.
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Pre-K-12 In-School Projects:
- Applicant must be a school/district or an individual with a partner school letter of support
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Community Based Learning Projects:
- Non-profit organizations must be the applicant; projects must occur in a dedicated learning environment with a distinct group of learners of any age. Individuals may not be the applicant for a community based learning project.
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Individual applicants with Pre-K-12 In-School Projects additional requirements include:
- A Letter of Commitment or Support from the partnering school. This letter must detail the partnering school’s support of the project and outline the anticipated roles and responsibilities of all partners.
- Must be at least eighteen (18) years of age.
- Students attending high school or students, pursuing undergraduate or graduate degrees in an arts discipline or an arts-related subject area at the time of application, may not apply.
For more information, visit RISCA.
For more information, visit https://risca.online/grants/education-project-grant/