Tennessee Arts Commission is seeking applications for its Arts Education Community Learning Grant to support for projects that demonstrate creative and innovative arts learning programming in community settings.
Donor Name: Tennessee Arts Commission
State: Tennessee
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/17/2023
Size of the Grant: $1,000-$14,000
Grant Duration:11 months 15 days
Details:
The Arts Education Community Learning (AE-CL) grant program provides funding for single projects that use the arts in creative and innovative ways to offer education in communities or non-traditional school environments. There are no age restrictions. Projects should include hands-on learning experiences focused on performing, visual, traditional folk, and/or literary arts for the participants.
Funds support projects that demonstrate creative and innovative arts education programming in community settings or non-traditional school environments for populations of all ages that directly involve participants in a hands-on learning experience focused on performing, visual, traditional folk, and/or literary arts. Projects must focus on the learning process with opportunities to demonstrate understanding. Examples of projects may include, but are not limited to, after-school programs for children, projects involving adults as the primary learners, community-wide events with strong arts learning components, or short-term teacher training activities. Professional performing, visual, traditional folk, and/or literary artists must be active presenters in the project.
This category provides two tiers of funds:
- Tier One: $1,000-$12,000 for innovative arts education programming in community settings or non-traditional school environments for populations of all ages
- Tier Two: $1,000-$14,000 for projects serving elementary, middle and/or secondary students through hands-on, experiential arts education programs. A minimum of 500 students must be reached through the proposed project with each student receiving at least three contact sessions with professional teaching artists involved in the design and implementation of the project. The proposed project must include a strong curriculum-based approach and a thorough assessment plan that measures student learning in the art skills being taught, as evidenced through a well-constructed lesson plan and evaluation tools submitted with the application.
Grant Duration
A project may not begin until July 1, 2023, and must conclude by June 15, 2024.
Eligibility Criteria
First-time applicants should contact Director of Arts Education Chris Sweatt prior to submitting an application to verify eligibility.
Applicants must be one of the following:
- nonprofit organizations or government agencies with a primary mission of education
- libraries
- nonprofit arts organizations
- private PK-12 schools with nonprofit 501(c)3 status
NOTE: Public PK-12 schools are ineligible to apply in this grant category.
Applications MUST have a single project focus. Organizations with expansive education programs should narrow their focus to one component of their overall educational programming.
Applicants may not apply for funds for the same project in another Commission grant category in the same fiscal year.
For more information, visit Arts Education Community Learning Grant.
