The Genesee Valley Council on the Arts is seeking applications for its Arts in Education grants to support local cultural organizations and/or teaching artists in providing meaningful arts education for Pre-K-12 public school students up to and including senior adults.
Donor Name: Genesee Valley Council on the Arts
State: New York
Counties:
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/26/2023
Size of the Grant: $500- $5,000
Details:
These funds serve to bring teaching artists and their classroom skills into dedicated learning environments for all ages.
All Arts Education projects must provide:
- Activities centered on the development and implementation of sequential, skills-based study that incorporates one or more art forms and includes a minimum of 3 sequential hands-on learning sessions. Contact sessions are separated by enough time for reflection and refining.
- In-depth, age and skills appropriate learning opportunities
- Hands-on, participatory creation and/or learning opportunities in one or more art forms that may culminate in exhibitions, productions, or demonstrations
- Stated learning goals, methodologies, and outcomes and a means for evaluation
- Support materials must include lesson plans, evaluation plans, video/photo work samples of past Arts Education work, participant evaluation forms, and letters of recommendation.
- Documentation and evaluation must be considered from the beginning and integrated into the project plan and budget.
The Arts Education category offers two funding strands:
Pre-K-12 In-School
- These projects must take place in-school during the school day.
- AE regrant funds must not replace, or appear to replace, the role of certified arts teachers in schools.
- A letter of commitment from the partner school to the arts organization or artist must be included with the application to be eligible for funding. The letter of commitment must outline in detail the partner(s) support of the project (monetarily and otherwise) and anticipated roles and responsibilities for each partner involved. The partnership letter should be on the partner(s) letterhead and signed by the principal.
Community-Based Learning (K-12 through Senior Adults)
- Projects may take place in a community-based setting, such as a library, school, community center, or arts organization.
- Projects are provided to a closed group of learners, meaning they are not open to the general public. These groups may be composed of a particular age group (including adult learners) or for participants of all ages.
- A letter of commitment from the partner arts organization or artist must be included with the application to be eligible for funding. The letter of commitment must outline in detail the partner(s) support of the project (monetarily and otherwise) and anticipated roles and responsibilities for each partner involved. The partnership letter should be on the partner(s) letterhead and signed by the director of the partner organization.
Priority is given to projects that include:
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- Participation of the school’s certified art, music, dance, and/or theater teachers in addition to the non-arts teacher(s).
- Projects which incorporate professional development activities for school staff (ex: grant seminar).
- Projects that show strong ongoing district support.
- Projects that make use of community resources, resource persons, and other agencies: profit and non-profit.
- Projects that stress process over product—those that involve students in the creative process are preferred over projects in which adults control a finished product.
- Projects with inter-curricular collaboration.
Funding Information
Applicants may submit up to three applications in any combination of categories (Community Arts, Artists in Education, and Individual Artists) totaling no more than $5,000 per SCR site. Community Arts Grants are awarded in the amount of $500- $5,000. There is no funding match requirement.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for an Arts in Education Grant, applicants must:
- Be a 501c3 nonprofit organization, government or tribal entity, or individual artist in partnership with a fiscal sponsor or community partner for the project.
- Provide proof of residency in Livingston or Monroe Counties.
- Lead contact must be 18 years of age or older by the application deadline
- Attend one informational Grant Seminar conducted by GVCA’s Grants Coordinator or make an appointment for individual counseling prior to applying (mandatory for all first-time applicants)
Fiscal Sponsorship and the Statewide Community Regrant (SCR)
An individual artist or unincorporated entity may apply in the Arts in Education category through a fiscal sponsor.
- The fiscal sponsor must be based in the county where the proposed activity is taking place; however, the sponsored applicant is not required to reside in that county.
- A direct SCR applicant may serve as a fiscal sponsor and may sponsor more than one applicant, as the sponsored requests do not count towards the sponsor’s three-request limit or $5000 maximum.
- The sponsored applicant is limited to three requests in any combination of categories totaling no more than $5000 per SCR site.
- Direct NYSCA applicants may not serve as fiscal sponsors for SCR.
- A school partner must be a Pre-K-12 public school located in Livingston or Monroe County. A community-based partner must also be located in Livingston or Monroe County.
- The Individual Artist/Non-Profit Organization, not the school/community partner, must submit the application to GVCA.
- Non-profit organization must demonstrate New York State non-profit status with one of the following documents:
- Letter of determination from IRS indicating tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3).
- Documentation of Charter by the New York State Board of Regents under Section 216 of the New York State Education Law.
- Documentation of incorporation under Section 402 of the New York State Not-for-Profit Corporation Law.
- Current New York State Bureau of Charities (Office of Attorney General) filing receipt.
- Official authorization as an arm of local government (i.e., a formal letter of official stationery signed by the appropriate county, city, town, or village executive).
For more information, visit GVCA.
