The Teaching Artists Roster is an opportunity for artists based in Nevada to share their skills with the community.
Donor Name: Nevada Arts Council
State: Nevada
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/20/2023
Size of the Grant: up to $1,500
Details:
As a teaching artist on the roster, you’ll be able to offer workshops, classes, and residencies to schools, libraries, community centers, and other venues throughout the state.
The Nevada Arts Council Teaching Artist Roster aims to:
- Build a network of educators, teaching artists and cultural organizations to create diverse, innovative, and quality arts learning opportunities for all ages.
- Provide support for formal and informal arts learning programs/projects by artists and arts organizations to reach new communities and new populations.
- Promote access to learning in and through the arts as part of a well- rounded education for all Nevada’s students.
- Promote lifelong learning in the arts for all Nevadans in all disciplines.
The Teaching Artist Roster is a valuable resource for organizations, schools, and communities looking to broaden and diversify participation in the arts. The roster artists represent a wide range of art forms and are experienced in collaborating with schools and communities to conduct learning in, through, or about the arts. Teaching Artists have program experience with at-risk youth, English language learners, folk arts, and Creative Aging.
The Nevada Arts Council Teaching Artist Roster is divided into two tracks: An Education track and a Community track. Artists may apply in one or both tracks. Eligible disciplines include literature, dance, traditional arts, folklife, music, storytelling, theater, design arts, architecture, visual arts, media/film, and multidisciplinary arts.
- Education Track
- This track is for artists who conduct arts-based learning experiences in Pre-K – 12 settings.
- Artists must demonstrate knowledge and understanding of their discipline, be able to implement standard based curriculum practices, understand and develop assessments and evaluations, understand goals and objectives, and demonstrate successful collaborations with sponsors. Artists in this track typically provide hands–on or virtual programming in Pre-K-12 settings (in school, afterschool and summer) and provide professional development experiences for teachers.
- This track is for artists who conduct arts-based learning experiences in Pre-K – 12 settings.
- Community Track
- This track is for artists who conduct arts-based learning experiences in community settings.
- Artists must demonstrate knowledge and understanding of their discipline, have experience in engaging participants of varying ages and experiences, and demonstrate successful collaborations with sponsors. Artists in this track typically provide programs, workshops, and lecture/demonstrations in community settings, both in-person and virtually.
- This track is for artists who conduct arts-based learning experiences in community settings.
Funding Information
Teaching Artists have access to the Arts Learning Express Grant offered by the Nevada Arts Council. The Arts Learning Express Grant is designed to support a short-term teaching artist residency for up to $1,500 with no match required.
Eligibility Criteria
Roster applicants must meet all the following requirements:
- Have U.S. citizenship or legal resident status.
- A fulltime Nevada resident (out of state applications will not be accepted at this time)
- Be a teaching artist – A teaching artist is a practicing artist with solid knowledge in one’s discipline who engages people in learning experiences in, through or about the arts.
- Be at least 21 years old, and not be a degree-seeking student in the field in which application is made.
- Individual artists
- Arts & cultural groups and/or non-profit arts organizations.
For more information, visit NAC.
