The South Arts is seeking applications for its Traditional Arts Touring Grants program to increase the public awareness, understanding, and appreciation of the traditional arts in the South.
Donor Name: South Arts
States: Selected States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/15/2023
Size of the Grant: $1,000 up to $5,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
These grants support in-person or live virtual residencies by Southern traditional artists in Southern communities.
Program Goals
- The Traditional Arts Touring Grant Program works to increase public awareness, understanding, and appreciation of the traditional arts in the South, through funding projects that bring a traditional artist/ensemble for a residency of two or more days in Southern communities.
- This funding program is open to a wide variety of organizations, including community cultural organizations, schools/colleges/universities, libraries, museums, performing arts presenters, etc. Although only these organizations are eligible to apply, the program funds activities that serve both communities and traditional artists.
- South Arts staff can direct you to potential resources and networks to identify traditional artists. Applicants are strongly advised to contact Teresa Hollingsworth (Director, Traditional Arts).
South Arts has prioritized the following:
- South Arts is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility.
- They have prioritized this commitment to ensure that Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)-led and LGBTQIA+ -led organizations are represented as both applicants and grantees. In addition, we encourage applications for projects that engage BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ artists.
- South Arts is committed to funding traditional arts projects in rural communities (with populations under 50,000
Grant Amount
Traditional Arts Touring Grants are available for requests from $1,000 up to $5,000. This program requires a 1:2 match.
Grant Period
Organizations are eligible for only one Traditional Arts Touring Grant through the South Arts fiscal year, July 1, 2023-June 30, 2024.
Criteria
- Organizations in South Arts’ nine-state region are eligible to apply. South Arts’ nine-state region includes Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
- Organizations must have not-for-profit, tax-exempt status, or be an official unit of local, county, or state government. Governmental organizations must provide proof of government status. Educational institutions (schools, school systems, colleges, and universities) are eligible. South Arts does not accept applications from fiscal agents for this grant program.
- All applicants must have a UEI (Unique Entity ID) number. Applications will not be accepted from organizations that do not have a UEI number. Visit sam.gov for additional information about UEI numbers as well as instructions on how to receive one. If your organization has used a DUNS number in the past, this link also provides instructions on transitioning to a UEI: How to Obtain a UEI
- Eligible projects must include the following:
- Engagement of a traditional artist or ensemble (who meets the description above of a traditional art form) that resides in the South Arts region, but in a state other than the applicant’s.
- The residency must include at least one in person or live virtual public presentation and two in person or live virtual educational activities.
- The residency must be a minimum of two days.
- Projects must take place in the applicant’s state.
- Projects may include performing (music, dance, and storytelling) and/or visual arts/crafts
- Applicant must provide a 1:2 cash match
- Organizations that have failed to submit final reports for any previous South Arts grant by the time of this application will not be considered for funding in this grant cycle
- Organizations that fail to properly acknowledge South Arts’ AND the National Endowment for the Arts’ support in programs and press materials will not be considered for additional funding
- Organizations receiving funding through South Arts’ Presentation Grants or Express Grants during FY24 (July 1, 2023-June 30, 2024) are not eligible for this grant program.
For more information, visit Traditional Arts Touring Grants.
