The Vallejo Arts Fund is seeking applications for its Youth Arts Grants to support professional artists working with BIPOC youth for classes, workshops, and arts/cultural spaces — for them to gather and express themselves — for at least 3 years.
Donor Name: Vallejo Arts Fund
State: California
City: Vallejo
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/18/2023
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $30,000
Details:
The Youth Arts Grants provides funding for programming that engage youth and young people in making art, learning art-making skills, and practicing their art forms. This part of the fund is specifically interested in directly impacting the lives of Black and Indigenous youth communities in Vallejo
Applicants who apply to the YOUTH ARTS GRANT may apply to any other grant category (Arts Cultural Space; BIPOC-Centered Arts & Cultural Practice; Individual Microgrant; and Artist Next Level Projects) but may only receive up to two VAF grants). However, artists, groups, or organizations cannot receive both Youth Arts grants and BIPOC-Centered Arts & Cultural Grants for the same program/project.
The Fund seeks to support artistic and cultural work within the performing arts, visual arts, digital and media arts, traditional folk arts, and oral/written storytelling.
Funding Information
There is $130,000 available in the Youth Arts Grants category. In the spirit of the fund, the Vallejo Arts Fund will make as many YOUTH ARTS grants as possible ranging from $10,000 to $30,000.
Eligible Applicants
- BIPOC-led or -rooted arts and culture organizations, collectives, and individuals in Vallejo seeking funds that have engaged youth and young people in making art, learning art-making skills, and practicing their art forms for at least 3 years. BIPOC artists and applicants with experience in BIPOC-centered practices are encouraged to apply. BIPOC artist led-organizations and small businesses are encouraged to apply.
- Applicants applying as individuals must be age 18 or older.
Eligible Grant Proposals:
- Workshops and/or Classes in community-based spaces where youth learn, practice, and explore the skills and practices in a particular art form in Vallejo. These can be on-going or new arts/cultural workshops/classes.
- Support for individual artists and/or organizations who are already working within School-Based Arts Education programs in Vallejo.
- Programs that use art and culture to engage with youth who have been impacted by the Juvenile Justice System in Vallejo.
- Programs that connect youth to elders, or nature, and/or technology through art-making and/or self-expression in Vallejo
For more information, visit Youth Arts Grants.
