The Public Art Across Maryland (PAAM) program offers Conservation Grants to organizations to support the conservation and preservation of existing public artworks in Maryland.
Donor Name: Maryland State Arts Council
State: Maryland
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/13/2022
Size of the Grant: $5,000 and $50,000
Details:
The program supports conservation planning efforts including: collection inventory, conservation assessment and planning processes, and funds to support conservation implementation including specialized service providers to conduct conservation treatment.
Funding Information
The Public Art Across Maryland Conservation Grant program provides two types of support:
- The Conservation Planning Grant awards $5,000 to support artwork conservation planning efforts including project administration, consultancy fees, community engagement, and collection management services and technology.
- The Conservation Implementation Grant awards up to $50,000 to support the conservation of permanent public artwork. The conservation project must be fully developed including identification of the project team and support and approval of the owners of the artwork and the site where it is located.
Use of Fund
Public Art Across Maryland Conservation Planning Grants may be used for:
- Administrative fees related to project management and planning
- Consultant fee(s) including Professional Conservator, Artist, Structural Engineer, materials specialist (painter, welder, etc..), Historian or Preservationist
- Community Engagement includes: public meetings, community education, and information campaigns
- Collection Management Activities & Technology including Collection Management consultant, conducting a local surveyor inventory work, inventory file digitization, establishing and/or updating a database of artworks in that collection or jurisdiction, purchasing or leasing collection management software
Public Art Across Maryland Conservation Implementation Grants may be used for:
- Relocating a public artwork within, or to Maryland in an effort to increase public access to the artwork and its long-term preservation.
- Conservation and maintenance activities that will contribute to the long-term appreciation and sustainability of the artwork including but not limited to:
- Cleaning, waxing, coating, painting conducted by professional service providers
- Replacement or addition of components to provide structural integrity to the artwork, or the frame, plinth, pedestal, base, or foundation integral to the display of the artwork
- Landscape site improvements such as drainage, plant pruning, maintenance, and/or replacement
- Lighting and electrical work that contributes to public accessibility by increasing visibility and safety, or improves the energy efficiency of outdated lighting and digital components
- Conservation of existing or creation of new identification and interpretive signage including writers, designers, fabrication, and installation.
Eligibility Criteria
Artwork Eligibility
- Public art in any media is eligible for conservation funding. Artworks must be permanent, sited indoors or outdoors, free, and publicly accessible to all, following conservation.
- Artwork must be located, or be in the process of being relocated, within the State of Maryland.
- Artwork types may include but are not limited to sculpture, painted mural, tile mosaic, mixed media, photography, and site-integrated public art.
Applicant Eligibility
While all conservation grant applicants are expected to compose a conservation project team, only one organization may serve as the lead applicant and will be the recipient of the grant funds and responsible for reporting requirements.
The applicant must be one of the following:
- 501(c)3 nonprofit organization (an organization with an IRS-designated 501(c)3 status)
- Model A Fiscal Sponsorship (Comprehensive sponsorship, in which the assets, liabilities, and exempt activities collectively referred to as the project are housed within the fiscal sponsor.)
- Unit of government (a unit of government (town, city, county, state capacity) with the capacity to undertake an arts program)
- College/university (an established higher education institution in Maryland)
- The school (public or private school serving students in grades PreK-12)
- County Arts Council
- Arts and Entertainment District
- The organization has one completed and documented fiscal year as of the date of the grant submission.
- The organization is incorporated in Maryland or has a significant physical presence in Maryland (more than 90% of the artistic work will occur in Maryland).
For more information, visit Conservation Grant.
