Deadline: 02-Nov-20
The Salina Arts and Humanities Foundation (SAHF) has announced the Organizational Project Grants Program.
The Salina Arts and Humanities Foundation (SAHF), exists to support and develop public awareness and interest in the arts and humanities in Salina Kansas; and to be a supporting organization to the City of Salina; its Arts and Humanities Department and Commission as a separate and independent, but closely related supporting organization.
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.
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.
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.
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.
For more information, visit http://www.salinaarts.com/horizons-grants.cfm