Deadline: 15-Dec-20
The Tri-County Arts Council is accepting applications for the Arts Education Grant Program.
The Arts Education grant funds local cultural organizations and/or teaching artists in providing meaningful arts education for -12 public school students and senior adults. Funding is offered for two funding strands: PreK-12 in-school projects and community based learning, which can include after school projects.
These funds serve to bring teaching artists and their classroom skills into dedicated learning environments for all ages whether in -12 in-school classroom settings or in community-based or after-school settings.
Funds can support arts education projects that take place in-school during the school day for youth and/or senior learners and must be carried out in partnership with a public school or in partnership with a community-based organization. Emphasis is placed on the depth and quality of the creative process through which participants learn through or about the arts. Projects must focus on the exploration of art and the artistic process. For -12 in-school classroom projects, inter-curricular collaborations are encouraged. AE grant program is designed to provide opportunities that would not otherwise be available to a particular group.
Funding Information
Arts Education Grants range from $500-$5000 for arts learning projects carried out between an artist or non-profit cultural organization and a core group of participants (adult or student learners) and involving a minimum of 3 consecutive classes. AE grants will fund a maximum of 50% of the project’s total expenses and should include costs for appropriate project evaluation and documentation. In-Kind contributions can only make up 30% of your overall income, the remaining 25% income should be in the form of secured or anticipated cash.
What Do Arts Education Grants Fund?
The Arts Education grant can provide funding for artists fees, marketing/publicity costs, direct administrative expenses, and supplies/materials. Due to the recent needs of organizations and individuals, transitioning to online platforms in light of COVID-19, equipment including: software, subscriptions, and training related to the creation and promotion of the project–especially in the case of virtual programming–will be considered allowable expenses by this grant.
Emphasis is placed on the depth and quality of the creative process through which participants learn through or about the arts. Projects must focus on the exploration of art and the artistic process. For -12 in-school projects inter-curricular collaborations are encouraged. These projects do not need to be open to the public.
Examples:
For afterschool and community-based learning:
- Dance and movement workshops in partnership with a senior center
- Visual arts or ceramics with developmentally disabled communities
- Afterschool Theater Program
For -12 In-School:
- From Field Songs to Hip Hop and the parallel to American history
- Puppetry and theater as a tool for exploring any curricular theme
Who Can Apply?
Any artist or non-profit arts or cultural organization whose primary residence is in Cattaraugus, Allegany or Chautauqua County, or an out-of-county individual artist or organization who is partnered or fiscally sponsored by an in-county non-profit. Public Schools are ineligible to apply directly.
To be eligible for this grant, applicants must:
- Be an individual artists residing in Cattaraugus, Allegany or Chautauqua counties; and must provide proof of residency or
- Non-profit organizations with a legal non-profit status. Any one of the documents below may serve as proof of nonprofit status.
- Letter of Determination from the IRS indicating tax exempt status under section 501(c)(3)
- Documentation of charter by the NY State Board of Regents under section 216 of NYS Education Law
- Documentation of incorporation under Section 402 of the NYS Not-for-Profit Corporation Law
- Current NYS Bureau of Charities (Office of the Attorney General) filing receipt
- Official authorization as an arm of local government (i.e., a formal letter on official stationary signed by the appropriate county, city, town, or village executive)
- NYS individual artists and organizations residing outside Cattaraugus, Allegany and Chautauqua counties may apply through a fiscal sponsor of a qualified non-profit that meets the above criteria. For more information on sponsorship and partnerships
- Propose a project that takes place entirely and solely within the county you/your fiscal sponsor/qualified non-profit partner resides.
- Applicant artists must be at least 18 years of age at the time of application and cannot be enrolled in any degree program.
NOTE: Projects with schools or non-profit partners involved in any projects currently receiving direct NYSCA funding are not eligible. Organizations that applied directly to NYSCA for 2021 funding may NOT apply for any Tri-County Arts Council grant funding regardless of the status of their NYSCA application.
An organization may apply for an Arts Education grant and a Community Arts grant in the same year but the total number of projects can only be three with the funding not exceeding $5,000 combined.
For more information, visit https://www.myartscouncil.net/dec-grants.html
