Folklife & Traditional Arts Project Grants in South Carolina

The South Carolina Arts Commission (SCAC) is accepting applications for its Folklife & Traditional Arts Project Grant.

Donor Name: South Carolina Arts Commission

State: South Carolina

County: All Counties

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 03/15/2023

Size of the Grant: $6,000

Grant Duration: 11 Months

Details:

Traditional arts are expressions of shared identity that are learned as a part of the cultural life of a particular group. This shared identity may be rooted in family, geographic, tribal, occupational, religious, or ethnic connections, among others. As expressions of a living culture, traditional arts have been handed down from one generation to the next and reflect the shared experience, aesthetics, and values of a group. Traditional arts are dynamic, reflecting change and individual innovation over generations of practitioners.

This grant supports nonprofit organizations and units of governments that seek to promote and sustain the traditional arts practiced across the state. South Carolina’s cultural landscape encompasses diverse artistic traditions and practitioners, including indigenous and longstanding art forms and communities, as well as those that are more recently arrived.

Funding Information

Up to $6,000

Grant Period

The Folklife & Traditional Arts Project Grant funds projects that may include (but are not limited to):

• Presentation of Traditional Artists through workshops, concerts, festivals, exhibitions, radio programs, recordings, etc.
• Documentation of Traditional Arts and/or Folklife of South Carolina (Note: Such a project must result in some form of public presentation, whether through programming or access to archived materials.)
• Cultural Survey: Fieldwork done to identify traditions and traditional artists
• Production, Documentation and/or Distribution of a traditional artist’s work (for example, the production of publicity materials)
• Acquisition of difficult-to-obtain materials or equipment needed to create traditional art
• Conservation: Projects, such as apprenticeships, that serve to keep a traditional art form vibrant and visible

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must be one of the following:

• A unit of state or local government
• A college or university
• A nonprofit organization
  • currently registered with the S.C. Secretary of State’s Office,
    Note: Applicants who are exempt from this registration must upload their registration exemption approval.
  • reflecting S.C. as the primary address on all current official organizational documents,
  • with federal tax-exempt status with the Internal Revenue Service OR applying through a tax-exempt Fiscal Agent/Receiver organization.
    Note: Applicants who are applying through a fiscal agent/receiver must submit a letter outlining the working relationship and responsibilities of both parties

In accordance with federal government policy, all organizations – including (but not limited to) private schools, government entities, public school districts, and nonprofit organizations – must provide a valid DUNS number to receive a SCAC grant award.

For more information, visit Folklife & Traditional Arts Project Grants.