The North Dakota Council on the Arts has announced an open call for the Professional Development Grant Program for North Dakota nonprofit art organizations, educational institutions, and individual artists and art educators to engage in arts-related learning activities.
Donor Name: North Dakota Council on the Arts
State: North Dakota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 06/21/2022
Grant Size: up to $1,000
Details:
This Program Funds
- For Arts Organizations
- For staff member(s), board member(s), and/or volunteer(s) to participate in a learning activity that will support their artistic and/or business duties related to the organization, including workshops, classes, seminars, and/or conferences (in person or online).
- To hire a consultant or adviser for an arts-related professional development learning activity for a staff member(s), board member(s), and/or volunteer(s) (in person or online) (e.g. hiring a consultant to lead a board in developing a strategic plan or executive director job search).
- For Individual Artists
- To participate in a learning activity that develops artistic skills, including one-on-one study, coaching, workshops, classes, residencies, seminars, and/or conferences (in person or online).
- To participate in a professional development learning activity that will develop business skills related to the arts, including one-on-one study, coaching, workshops, classes, seminars, and/or conferences (in person or online) (e.g. grant writing).
- To hire a consultant or adviser for an arts-related professional development learning activity (in person or online) (e.g. hiring a consultant to support developing a marketing strategy).
- For Arts Educators
- To participate in a professional development learning activity that will develop teaching skills in the arts, including workshops, classes, and/or conferences (in person or online).
- For Educational Institutions
- To hire an advisor, consultant, and/or teaching professionally for a professional development learning activity for faculty members that will develop teaching skills in the arts (in person or online).
Funding Information
Maximum award request: May not exceed $1,000 or 80% of the total project cash expenses, whichever is less.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be one of the following:
- An individual artist
- An arts educator
- A North Dakota state tax-exempt nonprofit arts organization
- A Federally tax-exempt nonprofit arts organization
- A North Dakota public education institution. Arts budgets must be isolated from the larger entity’s budget and have an advisory committee for the proposed project.
- Additional Eligibility Guidelines for Individual Artists and Arts Educators
- Be a United States citizen or have attained permanent resident status;
- Be at least 18 years of age on the application’s due date;
- Be a North Dakota resident for at least one year prior to the application’s due date and continue to reside in North Dakota throughout the contract period;
- Cannot be enrolled as a full-time student.
- Additional Eligibility Guidelines for Nonprofit Arts Organizations
- Arts organizations must be physically located in North Dakota.
- Majority of arts programming, services, or activities must take place in North Dakota, and primarily serve and engage North Dakota audiences and participants.
- The applicant’s staff members, board members, and/or volunteers, who will benefit from the program’s funds, must be at least 18 years of age on the application’s due date.
- The applicant’s staff members, board members, and/or volunteers, who will benefit from the program’s funds, cannot be enrolled as a full-time student.
For more information, visit North Dakota Council on the Arts.
