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: 01/26/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Public Art Across Maryland Conservation Grant program provides two types of support:
- The Conservation Planning Grant to support artwork conservation planning efforts including: project administration, consultancy fees, community engagement, and collection management services and technology.
- The Conservation Project Grant to support the maintenance and conservation, including re-siting or relocation of existing permanent public artwork. The conservation project must be fully developed and planned – including identification of the project team and written support of the owners of the artwork and the site/property where the work is, or will be located.
Funding Information
The PAAM Conservation Grant offers two types of support:
- Planning Grants support requests up to $10,000
- Project Grants support requests up to $30,000
Use of Funds
Public Art Across Maryland Conservation Planning Grants may be used for:
- Administrative fees related to project management and planning
- Consultant fee(s) such as
- Professional Conservator, Artist, Structural Engineer, materials specialist (painter, welder, etc..), Historian or Preservationist
- Community Engagement including
- public meetings, community education and information campaigns
- Collection Management Activities & Technology including: Collection Management consultant,
conducting local survey or 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 Project 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. It is intended the artwork be conserved as part of this process.
- 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 and maintenance and/or replacement
- Lighting and electrical work that contributes to public accessibility by increasing visibility and safety, or improves 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 - Organizational Administrative project management fee
Eligibility Criteria
Artwork Eligibility
- 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, mural/painting, tile mosaic, mixed media, photography and digital works. The artwork may also be functional amenities such as benches, bike racks, creative way-finding, fences, screens, gateways, lightworks, awnings, and trellises.
Organizations or Arts Programs
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] with the capacity to undertake an arts program)
- College or university (an established higher education institution in Maryland)
- School (a public or private school serving students in grades pre-Kindergarten through 12)
For more information, visit MSAC.
