The Teaching Art Together Grant supports teachers in bringing professional teaching artists into Kentucky classrooms for one- to ten-day (four- to 40-class sessions) teaching artist residencies.
Donor Name: Kentucky Arts Council
State: Kentucky
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/31/2025
Size of the Grant: Less than $1000
Grant Duration: Less than 1 Year
Details:
The Teaching Art Together Grant enables teachers to implement artist residencies in their classrooms. Teachers and artists work in partnership to design and implement the residencies.
Funding Information
$80 for every class session of a 1- to 10-day teaching artist residency (maximum four sessions per day).
Grant Period
- Use of funds may begin: Sept. 1, 2025
- Use of funds must conclude: May 31, 2026.
Who May Apply?
- Any teacher at a Kentucky public or private school that supports preK-12th grade
- Any representative of a Kentucky nonprofit organization with full time staff providing preK-12 instruction to minors, such as juvenile detention centers or residential group homes. If you are unsure of your eligibility, contact the program director.
Restrictions
- All artists must be selected from the Kentucky Arts Council’s Teaching Artists Directory
- No more than two Teaching Art Together applications will be accepted from one school or organization per fiscal year
- No more than 40 days of residencies may be awarded to one teaching artist per fiscal year
- Classes may not be combined to exceed more than 29 elementary students or 31 high school students with the artist during any one class session
- Teachers may not leave artists alone with students for any reason
- Residency hours may not be used for before or after-school programming (except for PD — up to three hours per every 20 hours of the residency). If a school would like to include a culminating assembly after school or other evening program, the school must negotiate the rate of pay with the artist outside of this grant. However, a culminating assembly scheduled during school hours may be included in the residency.
For more information, visit KAC.
