The City of Amarillo is accepting applications for its Mural Grant Project.
Donor Name: City of Amarillo
State: Texas
City: Amarillo
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/21/2023
Size of the Grant: $30,000
Details:
Goals
Your investment in public art is a vital part of our City’s goals to:
- Enhance the City’s appearance
- Increase employment opportunities in the arts
- Raise awareness and appreciation of the value of art
- Create civic pride
- Reduce blight
- Encourage tourism.
Finding Information
Mural Grants are matching grants, and recipients may receive reimbursement for up to one-half of what they spend, with the maximum possible reimbursement varying from fiscal year to fiscal year. For FY22-23, the City will seek to allocate a total of $30,000 among five geographic areas—the four quadrants of the city plus the Central Business District—and the maximum possible reimbursement will be $6,000 in each geographic area. For example, an Applicant that invests $5,000 on a mural may receive reimbursement of up to $2,500. Subject to funding and available approved projects, multiple grants may be made per geographic area.
Unused funds in any geographic area may be reallocated to applicants from other geographic areas in this fiscal year. As reimbursement grants, Mural Grants are paid after the work is completed.
Criteria
Applicant Eligibility
- Mural Grant applicants must be the property owner of the proposed mural site and the property owner’s proposed artist (collectively, “Applicants”). Any tenants interested in a Mural Grant should encourage their landlords to apply. If there are multiple property owners or artists, then all property owners and artists must sign the application. City staff and officials are not eligible for Mural Grants. To be eligible, the property owner(s) must not:
- be involved in any dispute or litigation, or have any dispute or litigation threatened against them, that could affect the property for which the Mural Grant is intended, both at the time of the application and the time of the reimbursement.
- owe money (other than a current utility bill) to the City.
Property Eligibility
- Mural Grants are limited to outdoor murals proposed on income-producing properties (including non-profits) within the City of Amarillo. Single-family residences, duplexes, triplexes, churches, historic properties, and sexually-oriented businesses are not eligible properties for Mural Grants. Government property is not eligible unless it is leased to a private person or entity. Properties owned or leased by City staff or officials are not eligible properties for Mural Grants. In order for a property to be eligible, a Mural on the property must be consistent with any applicable property use restrictions such as the Downtown Urban Design Standards, any historic preservation rules, and any deed covenants and restrictions. The City will decline to fund any application it believes may violate any property use restrictions.
Location Eligibility
- In order to achieve the goals of the City’s Mural Grant Program, priority will be given to applications for proposed murals in high-traffic areas that are readily visible without requiring trespassing on private property. In order to encourage public art in every neighborhood, the City will seek to allocate Mural Grant funds to five geographic areas—the four quadrants of the City plus the Central Business District. Subject to funding and available approved projects, multiple grants may be made per geographic area. Unused funds in any geographic area may later be reallocated to Applicants from other geographic areas in a fiscal year.
Content Eligibility
- The purpose of the Mural Grant Program is to encourage public art in the community without offending citizens or visitors, in accordance with prevailing community standards. The City reserves the right to decline to award a Mural Grant for a mural that:
- is obscene, indecent, immoral, libelous, profane, defamatory, or illegal;
ridicules individuals or groups of people;
tends to incite violent, criminal, or anti-social behavior, including but not limited to epithets based upon race, color, creed, religion, or gender; - is political in nature;
- promotes a service or product as a dominant theme;
- is likely to create a safety hazard by distracting drivers or pedestrians.
- is obscene, indecent, immoral, libelous, profane, defamatory, or illegal;
Additionally, Mural Grants will be made for original art only; proposed restorations of old or existing murals are not eligible. Preference will be given to murals that encourage viewer interaction.
Artist Eligibility
- Property owners must select their own artists who can demonstrate that they have the ability to install original, large-scale pieces of public art. Artists warrant that their proposed murals are original and do not violate any intellectual property laws or the rights of any third parties
For more information, visit Mural Grant Project.
