The Summer Arts Education Project Grants support arts education programs for Preschool (3k-4k) and/or K-12 students between school years, through both traditional and non-traditional providers.
Donor Name: South Carolina Arts Commission
State: South Carolina
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/14/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
These grants support quality arts education programs for preschool (3K-4K) and/or K-12 students between school years, through both traditional providers (arts organizations) and other organizations (e.g., social service, health, community, education) that utilize the arts to meet the educational, developmental, and social needs of preschool (3k-4k) and/or K-12 students. This two-year grant supports projects occurring during the summers of 2024 and 2025.
Activities should:
- Expand student access to arts education opportunities; and
- Complement, augment, or advance standards-based arts instruction or arts integration activities aligned with school curriculum and
- Be focused on or include significant components of quality instruction and/or experiences in the visual arts, performing arts, media arts, design arts, folk and traditional arts, or creative writing; and
- Address South Carolina’s 2017 College and Career Ready Standards for Visual and Performing Arts Proficiency; or
- If applying for or including preschool programming, address South Carolina’s Profile of the Ready Kindergartener.
Priority
This funding category is highly competitive.
- Priority will be given to:
- Proposed activities specifically serving students in one or more Opportunity Initiative Counties, targeted for special attention by SCAC; and/or
- Applicant organizations located within an Opportunity Initiative county.
- SCAC Opportunity Initiative Counties:
- Allendale
- Bamberg
- Calhoun
- Cherokee
- Clarendon
- Dillon
- Edgefield
- Hampton
- Jasper
- Laurens
- Lee
- Marion
- Marlboro
- Saluda
- Williamsburg
- Priority will be given to projects or programs which:
- Address learning loss that has occurred as a result of COVID-19; and/or
- Include partnerships between organizations, schools, and/or other entities to meet preschool (3k-4k) and/or K-12 educational goals through the arts; and/or
- Serve specific student populations, including those living in rural or high-poverty areas.
Funding Information
Up to $50,000 ($25,000 per summer).
Grant Period
May 1, 2024–August 15, 2025.
Uses of funds
Examples of eligible activities include, but are not limited to:
- Workshops
- Camps
- Artist residencies
- Public art projects
- Performances
- Exhibitions
- Acquisition of critical equipment or supplies
- Program planning
- Professional learning for instructors, artists, and/or administrators.
Eligibility Criteria
The applicant must be
- A college or university; OR
- A unit of state or local government; OR
- A nonprofit community-based organization (arts or non-arts).
For more information, visit SCAC.
