The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (CAH) is soliciting applications from qualified individual artists and organizations for its Fiscal Year 2023 Public Art Building Communities Grant Program (PABC).
Donor Name: DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (CAH)
State: District of Columbia
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 07/15/2022
Size of the Grant: Up to $150,000
Grant Duration:1 year
Details:
The Public Art Building Communities (PABC) grant program supports individual artists and organizations in their effort to design, fabricate and install new temporary or permanent works of public art that connect artists (and their artwork) with communities.
For the purposes of this grant, public art is defined as artwork in a variety of media sited and installed onto locations that are accessible to the public (without cost) and in exterior (outdoor) locations free of encumbrances. Permanent public art is defined as existing for a duration of more than one (1) year without a deinstallation plan. Works must require minimal routine maintenance. Temporary projects must demonstrate duration of less than two (2) years with a deinstallation plan. Artwork must be sited and installed onto locations that are accessible and viewable from public space. Materials should be sustainable, low maintenance and protected by graffiti resistance coatings.
Examples of Public Art include, but are not limited to sculptures, mosaics, artistic streetscapes, murals, paintings in outdoor plazas, mixed media, paving pattern, media/digital installations, landscape designed projects, custom benches, stained glass installations, and artistic arches, gates, or railings. Performance art-based projects, previously created works-of-art and public art projects that previously received CAH funding are ineligible for funding in this grant program.
Grant Program Goals
By making its PABC grant awards, CAH endeavors to:
- Encourage the creation and installation of original high-quality public art works within the District of Columbia.
- Develop meaningful opportunities to connect artists to communities.
- Provide exposure and participation to the community in the public art making process.
- Further learning or discovery opportunities that may be present through public art installations.
- Support the creation of public art by DC resident artists.
- Promote robust and diverse artistic expression that resonate with residents of the District of Columbia.
- Contribute to the District of Columbia’s public art collection in the built environment.
Funding Information
- Award Amount: Individuals up to $75,000
- Organizations up to $125,000
- Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) up to $150,000
CAH grant funds must be spent within CAH’s Fiscal Year 2023 (FY 2023) (October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023).
Eligibility Requirements
Individuals must (at the time of application):
- Be experienced artists or arts related professionals (e.g., presenters, producers, educators), over the age of 18.
- Provide a valid government-issued identification or tax return to demonstrate evidence of legal residency in the District of Columbia of at least one (1) year prior to the application deadline. DC post office boxes may not be used as a primary address.
- Maintain residency in the District of Columbia throughout the grant period.
- Be in good standing with CAH. Applicants with incomplete or delinquent reports from any prior funding program, as of October 15, 2022 (or otherwise as determined by CAH), are ineligible to receive additional funds from CAH in FY 2023.
Organizations must (at the time of application):
- Be incorporated as a nonprofit with a federally designated tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) code, as evidenced by an IRS determination letter that is dated at least one year prior to the application deadline date; or be a recognized District of Columbia Business Improvement District (BID);
- Be registered with, and authorized to do business in, the District as either a “Domestic” entity (that is, an entity that was incorporated in the District) or a “Foreign” entity (that is, an entity that was incorporated in another state);
- Ensure that at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the organization’s activities occur within the District of Columbia;
- Have an active Board of Directors;
- Demonstrate a partnership with a visual artist to design, fabricate and install (de- install if temporary) the proposed application work-of-art in a public space.
- Obtain certification of ”Citywide Clean Hands” (CCH) from the District of Columbia Office of Tax and Revenue (see page 12);
- Be in “good standing” with CAH. Note: a CAH grant applicant that has failed, as of October 15, 2022, to comply with all applicable CAH-related mandates (e.g., failed to submit to CAH required reports related to prior CAH funding), is not in “good standing” with CAH and, accordingly, is ineligible to receive additional funds from CAH in FY 2023); and
- Have a principal business office address that is located in the District of Columbia, subject to on-site visit. (Note: CAH will not allow post office boxes or the addresses of board members or volunteers as evidence of the principal business address).
For more information, visit Public Art Building Communities.
