The Illinois Arts Council Agency (IACA) is inviting applications for its STARTS Program to provide support of up to $4,500 to eligible Illinois not-for-profit organizations, schools, and school districts for short term residencies focused on hands-on learning experiences conducted by Illinois artists, companies, or ensembles.
Donor Name: Illinois Arts Council Agency (IACA)
State: Illinois
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Program
Deadline: 05/15/2023
Details:
Program Priorities
The IACA is committed to advancing equity and access in the arts, through programming and grant opportunities for all Illinoisans, and programming that makes special efforts to reach statewide underserved audiences including but not limited to BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) and rural communities, persons with physical and intellectual disabilities, persons with limited access to the arts, older individuals, and persons with low income.
Examples of programs:
- An elementary school engages a dance artist for four weeks to conduct 45 minute weekly sessions with each third grade classroom to integrate movement with their study of migration.
- A theater artist works after school for two hours twice a week over five weeks with a language arts teacher to rehearse and direct a community performance of a one-act play written by students.
- A public librarian engages a poet for six weeks to conduct a weekly writing workshop for senior adults which culminates in a public reading of their work.
- A visual artist is brought in by a community center to work with a group of local teenagers for a total of 30 hours over a five-week period to research and design a mural to celebrate the town’s history.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be tax-exempt (501c3) organizations registered as not-for-profit corporations in good standing with the Illinois Secretary of State, or units of government (i.e., a school, school district, park district, library, etc.) or institutions of higher education. (The Council supports college and university arts programs if they benefit and are accessible to the general public. Those events which are normally considered a part of regular or academic programs will not be funded.) Refer to the Proof of Eligibility page on the IACA website for specific details and verification requirements.
- The artist, ensemble, or company selected to conduct the residency must be based in Illinois; individual artists must be Illinois residents; companies and ensembles must claim Illinois as their home base of operations with the majority of its members residing in Illinois.
- Applicant must submit all requested application materials a minimum of eight weeks before the project start date as identified in the application.
Project Requirements
- Proposed residency project must meet an identified educational need and expand the artistic opportunities for the selected core group of learners.
- Proposed residency project requires a minimum of five hours, up to a maximum of thirty hours of artist time (in-person or virtual) with the core group of learners.
- Minimum hourly wage for an individual residency artist is $50 per contact hour. Artists may negotiate higher hourly fees. Companies and ensembles should negotiate fees appropriate for the art form and the number of artists participating, at no less than $50 per contact hour.
- Residency artist must provide the residency site with a reasonable list of supplies, tools, equipment, and materials needed for the residency.
- Proposed residency must be documented in a manner that can be made available for public review/viewing.
For more information, visit IACA.
