Deadline: 31-Jan-21
The Staten Island Arts is seeking applications for its Future Culture Creative Placemaking Grants to support Staten Island artists creating new work in a community setting that connects places and people using arts and culture on Staten Island’s North Shore.
An essential element of this funding is community engagement. The project must engage a segment of the community through a public program and/or the inclusion of community involvement in the development and creative process of the project.
All art and artistic cultural disciplines – music, dance, digital/new media, film/video/animation, folk arts, interdisciplinary events/festivals, public art, theatre, performing and visual arts – are considered. Preference will be given to the under-resourced disciplines for 2021: Folk Arts, Humanities, New Media, Painting, Photography, and Public Art. The Future Culture Creative Placemaking grant is funded through the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the State Legislature.
Project Aims
Projects must connect to at least ONE of the Recommendations established by Future Culture: Connecting Staten Island’s Waterfront, a joint initiative created in 2016 by Design Trust for Public Space and Staten Island Arts. The project aims to shape and communicate a vision for culture along Staten Island’s rapidly developing North Shore waterfront that:
- Supports and promotes unique cultural communities
- Develops art and cultural activities that connect places and people
- Strengthens the relationship between the cultural sector and owners and stewards of property
Funding Information
- Four grants are awarded in the amount of $2500.
Eligibility Criteria
- The applicant must meet all of the following criteria:
- Artistic merit and cultural significance.
- Clearly stated objectives – especially in regards to how the selected community is engaged.
- Clear connection to the Future Culture recommendation/s that the project will explore or test.
- Clear and realistic plan for implementation that highlights the impact on the engaged community.
- Realistic budget for stated proposal.
- Need and impact on the artistic discipline, geographic area, or local population: projects that address under-resourced communities or artistic disciplines will receive foremost attention.
- Applicant’s artistic experience, skill, and exhibition/performance history.
- The project should be accessible to any member of the community who wishes to partake in the experience. Venues should comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act standards. Virtual programs should provide captioning, subtitles, or ASL interpretation.
- What is not eligible?
- Organizations or Individuals receiving direct or discretionary funds from the New York State Council on the Arts in the 2021 fiscal year.
- Programs those are essentially religious, recreational, rehabilitative, or therapeutic.
- Universities, colleges, primary and secondary schools, school affiliates or components, in-school activities or programs that exclusively serve a student audience with no public component.
- Any type of curriculum-based and instruction-based arts education programs taking place in K-12 classrooms.
- Programs/activities that exclusively serve a select audience with no public component.
- Operating expenses of privately-owned facilities (homes and studios).
- Capital improvements, equipment purchases, fundraising events, prizes, entertainment, reception or food expenses, any non-arts related expenses.
- Applicants who fail to complete previous SI Arts grant projects and/or failure to complete final reporting. (2020 grantees are exempt)
For more information, visit https://statenislandarts.org/grants/5-kinds-of-grants-find-yours/nysca-fccp-grant/