The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS) is partnering with Seattle Parks and Recreation to increase arts and community events in parks throughout the city. Through the Arts in Parks program the City invests in the vibrant cultural work being done in and by diverse communities throughout Seattle.
Donor Name: Seattle Office of Arts & Culture
State: Washington
City: Seattle
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/15/2022
Grant Size: $7,800
Details:
This program supports neighborhood arts councils, community-based groups, and individual artists that are seeking to activate eligible Seattle parks in underserved and economically constrained areas of the city. This grant supports new and established festivals or events that promote arts and cultural participation, celebrate diversity, build community connections, and activate parks through arts and culture while connecting with communities most impacted by systemic oppression including low-income, people with disabilities, immigrant and refugee communities, and communities of color.
Cultural activities and parks are an essential part of a vibrant, healthy, and inclusive community. In partnership with Seattle Parks and Recreation, the ARTS seeks to collaborate with arts and community groups to create a city where all artists, and communities have the freedom, agency, and platform to share and amplify their stories, art, cultures, and experiences, regardless of race, class, gender, age, ability, education, country of birth, citizenship, religion, and sexual orientation.
Funding Information
- Applicants can apply for the following levels of funding:
- $1,300 (requires no track record for event production)
- $2,600
- $5,200
- $7,800
- Only groups with a demonstrated history of producing events can apply for funding at $2,600 level and above.
- Events/projects previously funded at the $7,200/$7,800 level in years past may only receive funding of $5,200 or less, EXCEPT events/projects that provide a minimum of 12 hours of public programming in an eligible park over the course of at least four (4) days
- This restriction is based on feedback from community and to support more projects and help build capacity for events
Eligibility Criteria
The Applicant must:
- Be an individual artist, neighborhood arts council, or local community-based group
- Organizations and individual artists representing communities most impacted by systemic oppression including low-income, people with disabilities, immigrant and refugee communities, and communities of color are encouraged to apply.
- Have a Federal Tax ID number and be based in the city of Seattle.
- Groups applying are not required to be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit nor are they required to use a fiscal agent.
The Project must:
- Have a significant arts and culture component,
- Be free and open to the public,
- Have insurance,
- Provide a platform for under-resourced artists and communities,
- Adhere to Seattle Park and Recreation’s mission statement (to provide welcoming and safe opportunities to play, learn, contemplate, build community, and promote responsible stewardship of the land),
- Take place in an eligible City of Seattle park between April 1 and November 30, 2023.
- View list of preferred parks.
- Events taking place in Downtown or City Center Parks or at Playfields and green spaces immediately adjacent to community centers are not eligible for this funding.
- View list of ineligible parks.
- You may submit only one application per year to this program
For more information, visit Seattle Office of Arts & Culture.
