The 2024 Arts Education Grant Program supports bringing teaching artists and their classroom skills into dedicated learning environments to benefit learners of all ages.
Donor Name: St. Lawrence County Arts Council
State: New York
County: Jefferson County (NY), Lewis County (NY), Saint Lawrence County (NY)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/01/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The Statewide Community Regrants (SCR) Program is a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA). Founded in 1977, it was developed to ensure that New York State’s cultural funding reaches every community in the state. Through the SCR Program, NYSCA provides state funding to arts and cultural organizations in communities that might not otherwise have access. Local arts agencies, like SLC Arts, help administer the SCR program on a local level to make project-based arts support available to geographically, economically, and culturally diverse populations, and to increase the vitality of and livability of the North Country.
Purpose
Arts Education Grant projects focus on the exploration of art and the artistic process. Emphasis is placed on the depth and quality of the creative process through which participants learn through or about the arts. The Arts Education Grant offers two funding strands:
- K-12 School-Based Learning: Work in partnership with a K-12 public school to engage students in rich, artistic learning experiences during or after school hours. Inter-curricular collaboration is encouraged, but not required. A letter of commitment from the partner school to the artist or organization must be included with the application to be eligible for funding. The letter of commitment must outline in detail the partner’s support of the project (monetarily and otherwise) and anticipated roles and responsibilities for each partner involved. The partnership letter must be on the partner’s letterhead and signed by the principal.
- Community-Based Learning: Work in partnership with a community-based organization to provide rich, artistic learning experiences to a closed group of learners of any age. (Examples of community based partners include: boys and girls clubs, libraries, camps, senior centers, etc.) A letter of commitment from the partner organization must be included with the application to be eligible for funding. The letter of commitment must outline in detail the partner’s support of the project (monetarily and otherwise) and anticipated roles and responsibilities for each partner involved. The partnership letter must be on the partner’s letterhead and signed by the director of the partner organization.
Funding Information
$500 – $5,000 is available for 2024 Arts Education Grant.
Period of Performance
Funded projects MUST take place January 01, 2024 – December 31, 2024.
Allowable Expenses
- Activities/projects of local arts organizations, including both live and virtual activities
- Artists’ fees for performing, teaching, or providing services
- Marketing/publicity costs
- Direct administrative expenses and/or planning and preparation expenses for a proposed event (should compose no more than 25% of grant request)
- Supplies, materials, equipment, software, subscriptions and training needed for the execution of the proposed project, not to exceed $1,000 (ie: art supplies, sheet music, hardware, flash drives, training tools, etc.)
- Project-related travel expenses within the state of New York
- Project-related rentals of space and equipment.
Eligible Project Requirements
- MUST be carried out in partnership with an existing, closed group of learners (ie: K-12 public school, senior center, club, care facility, etc.)
- Sequential, skills-based study that incorporates one or more art forms and includes a minimum of THREE sequential, hands-on learning sessions, with enough time in between for reflection
- Hands-on, participatory creation and/or learning opportunities, in one or more art forms, that may culminate in an exhibition, production or demonstration.
- In-depth, age & skills appropriate learning opportunities
- A lesson plan, with clearly stated learning goals, methodologies and outcomes and a means for evaluation.
Eligibility Criteria
- 501(c)3 non-profit organizations, incorporated within Jefferson, Lewis, or St. Lawrence Counties, established for at least one year, with an active board of trustees, which conduct all activities with non-discriminating practices regarding race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability, including all programming activities, administration, and board representation
- Eligibility status will be confirmed with the NYS Department of State Division of Corporations or the NYS Charities Bureau.
- Governmental or quasi-governmental entities, or Tribal Nations, located within Jefferson, Lewis, or St. Lawrence Counties.
- Individual artists, collectives and unincorporated organizations may apply directly, when working with an eligible Community Partner – a K-12 public school or community-based organization (which is a requirement of this grant).
- Projects must take place in the same county in which the applicant and Community Partner are located.
- Lead applicant must be at least 18 years of age, and not enrolled in a full-time undergraduate degree program.
- The three-application/$5,000 limit does not apply to Fiscal Sponsors; they may simultaneously submit grant requests on behalf of their own organization and assist others; the additional applications will not count towards their $5,000 maximum.
- The three-application/$5,000 limit does not apply to Tribal Nations. However, individual Tribal organizations within Tribal Nations are subject to this limitation.
For more information, visit SLCAC.
