Public Arts Grants support arts and cultural projects that promote an increase in arts activity and promise to enhance the cultural climate in the neighborhoods and communities where they live and operate.
Donor Name: Auburn Public Theater Regrants
State: New York
County: Cayuga County (NY), Ontario County (NY), Seneca County (NY), Wayne County (NY), Yates County (NY)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/25/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Public Arts grants support arts and cultural projects of community-based organizations, groups, collectives, or artists in Cayuga, Seneca, Wayne, Yates, and Ontario counties. These grants provide partial funding to emerging professional artists and organizations of all populations whose projects promote an increase in arts activity and promise to enhance the cultural climate in communities and neighborhoods where they live and operate.
Public Arts grants may support all forms of multidisciplinary projects including but not limited to: theater, dance, music, film, video, literary arts, visual arts and folk arts. All funded projects in this category must be community-based and open to the general public. Additionally, Public Arts grants may support ARTS EDUCATION, including in School, After School and Community-Based Learning for all age groups.
Funding Information
Grants range from $500 to $2,500.
What the Grant Can Cover?
- Activities/Projects of local arts organizations including both live and virtual
- Artist fees
- Marketing and publicity costs
- Direct administrative expenses and/or planning and preparation expenses for a proposed event
- Supplies and materials needed for the execution of the proposed project. Individual items may not exceed $1,000. Examples: art supplies, sheet music, hardware, memory cards, and other consumable equipment
- Equipment, software, subscriptions, and training needed to execute the proposed project. Individual items may not exceed $1000. Examples: cameras, lighting equipment, subscriptions associated with virtual programming, and training to utilize these tools.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant organization, fiscal sponsor, or partner organization must be a governmental or quasi-governmental entity, a tribal organization or a New York State non-profit incorporated organization, or have a 501(c)(3) federal tax-exempt status.
- Applicant organization, fiscal sponsor, or partner organization must produce or present arts and cultural programming serving residents of Cayuga, Seneca, Wayne, Yates, or Ontario counties.
- Applicant organization, fiscal sponsor, or partner organization must have a board of directors or a governing body that meets to determine and review policy.
- Applicant organization, fiscal sponsor, or partner organization must conduct all activities in a way that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religious belief, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability. Individual artists may apply directly under this program by (1) enlisting an eligible non-profit organization as a “fiscal sponsor” or (2) partnering with an eligible organization that shares its goals for the community.
- Lead applicants must be at least 18 years of age at the time of the submission and may not be enrolled in full time degree program.
- Applicant organization or artist or fiscal sponsor must be legally located (i.e., not a seasonal resident or local branch of an organization registered elsewhere) in the county where the activity will take place. If working with a partner organization, both application organization/artist and partner organization must be based in the county where the proposed activity is taking place.
- Minimum of (3) sequential, skill based learning sessions incorporating one or more art forms (if the project is an arts education based program)
- In-depth, age and skills appropriate learning opportunities.
- Hands-on, participatory creation and/or learning, which may culminate into exhibitions, productions or demonstrations.
- Funds should primarily be directed toward artist fees, but may include scholarship support, administrative support and cost of materials.
- Stated learning goals, methodologies and outcomes.
- Applicants focused on arts education must have a means of programmatic evaluation.
For more information, visit APTR.
