The Term Arts Education Project Grants support arts education programs for Preschool (3k-4k) and/or K-12 students during the school term (including beyond the school day), through both traditional and non-traditional providers.
Donor Name: South Carolina Arts Commission
State: South Carolina
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/26/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
These grants support quality arts education programs for preschool (3k-4k) and/or K-12 students during the school term (including beyond the school day), 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 school terms 2024-2025 and 2025-2026. For the purposes of this grant, a term is defined as one academic year.
Activities should:
- Expand student access to arts education opportunities; and
- Complement, augment, or advance standards-based arts instruction or arts integration 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, and/or creative writing; and
- Address South Carolina’s 2017 College and Career Ready Standards for Visual and Performing Arts Proficiency.
- 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 $30,000 (up to $15,000 per term).
Grant Period
July 2024-May 2025 & July 2025- May 2026.
Uses of funds
Examples of eligible in-school and after-school activities include, but are not limited to:
- Workshops
- Artist residencies
- Performances
- Exhibitions
- Acquisition of critical equipment or supplies
- Program planning
- Professional learning for educators, instructors, artists and/or administrators
- Camps (non-summer camps).
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.
