Presentation Grants are an opportunity for organizations in South Arts’ nine-state region to receive fee support to present Southern guest film directors, visual and performing artists, or writers from outside of the presenter’s state.
Donor Name: South Arts
State: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/01/2023
Size of the Grant: up to $9,500
Details:
Artist fee support is awarded for:
- film (documentary, fiction, experimental, and animation),
- performing arts (theater, music, opera, musical theater, and dance),
- literary arts (fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry),
- traditional arts, and
- visual arts (crafts, drawing, experimental, painting, photography, sculpture, and mixed media).
Projects must include both a public presentation (film screening, performance, reading, or exhibition) and an educational/community engagement component. These grants are limited and very competitive. Based on the artist fee, the maximum request is $9,500 for modern dance and contemporary ballet or $7,500 for other artistic disciplines. The grant requires a dollar-for-dollar cash match (for example, an applicant that requests $7,500 must provide a $7,500 cash match for a project with a $15,000 artist fee).
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 organizations, LGBTQIA+ led organizations, and organizations representing persons with disabilities are represented as both applicants and grantees. In addition, they encourage applications for projects that engage BIPOC artists, LGBTQIA+ artists, and artists with disabilities.
Funding Information
Grants up to $9,500 for organizations to present a Southern artist for performing arts, literary arts, visual arts, or film engagement.
Eligibility Criteria
- Only nonprofit and governmental presenters/presenting 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.
- Presenters/presenting organizations are defined as organizations that present or host artists for engagements in their communities. Presenters can include but are not limited to community cultural organizations, community centers, churches, schools/colleges/universities, libraries, museums, film festivals/series, and performing arts centers. Typically, producing organizations or performing arts groups are not considered presenters, and are strongly encouraged to contact South Arts to discuss eligibility.
- Applicants must have not-for-profit, tax-exempt status; be an official unit of local, county, or state government; or be a federally recognized tribal community. Applications are accepted from any tribal community with not-for-profit, tax-exempt status. For nonprofit applicants, the tax-exempt status will be verified by a third-party entity. Governmental applicants must provide proof of government status. South Arts do not accept applications from fiscal agents for this grant program.
- All applicants must have a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI). Applications will not be accepted from organizations that do not have a UEI.
- All applicants must have a readiness plan. Applications will not be accepted from organizations that do not provide the required description of the readiness plan.
- Eligible projects must take place in South Arts’ nine-state region. Unless there are special circumstances, projects should occur in the applicant’s state.
- Eligible projects must include the engagement of a guest artist or company (i.e., a film director, visual artist, performing artist/ensemble, or writer) that resides in the South Arts region but outside of the applicant’s state. Please note the following exemption for touring within state boundaries: In-state touring is allowed for Southern artists residing at least 400 miles away from the applicant’s location.
- Supported disciplines include film (documentary, fiction, experimental, and animation), performing arts (theater, music, opera, musical theater, and dance), literary arts (fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry), traditional arts, and visual arts (crafts, drawing, experimental, painting, photography, sculpture, and mixed media).
- Screening partners currently receiving funding through South Arts’ Southern Circuit program are not eligible to receive additional funding for Southern Circuit film screenings.
- Applicants are limited to one Presentation Grant application per South Arts fiscal year.
- Applicants who have failed to submit final reports for any previous South Arts grant by the application deadline for this program will not be considered for funding from this grant program until they have completed a conversation with program director Nikki Estes.
- Applicants who did not properly acknowledge South Arts’ AND the National Endowment for the Arts support in programs and press materials for any previous South Arts grant may not be considered for funding from this grant program.
For more information, visit South Arts.
