The New Hampshire State Council on the Arts is seeking applications for its New Hampshire Cares Artist-Led Project Grants Program.
Donor Name: New Hampshire State Council on the Arts
State: New Hampshire
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/04/2022
Size of the Grant: $1,000 – $6,000
Grant Duration: 5 months
Details:
NH CARES Artist-Led Project Grants will provide funds to individual artists for specific, definable projects that connect artists and organizations to local initiatives. This program will support employment opportunities for artists impacted by COVID-19 by building new structures and partnerships that will help to sustain New Hampshire’s creative sector.
Funded by the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts with Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds administered by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Funding Information
- Funding requests may be made for $1,000 – $6,000.
- Projects occurring between June 1 – October 31, 2022.
Eligible Projects
Projects should be completed by October 31, 2022. Projects need to be defined and impact areas including, but not limited to:
- Economic recovery and community development
- Youth development
- Mental health and substance misuse
- Healthy aging
- Cultural heritage
- Under-resourced, marginalized, isolated or excluded communities
- Other civic engagements with the aim of fostering healthy communities
Virtual and online projects are eligible. Projects might include:
- Art exhibitions
- Performances
- Readings
- Concerts
- Community creation of art
- Public art
- Arts education programs
- Creative-focused public events
- Other arts-centric, community-building projects will help art and artists to survive and also embed the arts more deeply into communities.
Artists working in the following disciplines:
- Creative Writing
- Dance
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Film/Media
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Fine Craft
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Folk and Traditional Arts
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Performance Art
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Public Art
- Theatre
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Visual Art
Eligibility Criteria
- Is an individual artist or part of an artist collective (collectives should apply under the name of an individual member of the applying collective).
- Is a current New Hampshire resident who has resided full-time in the state for at least one year immediately prior to the application deadline.
- Will be a New Hampshire resident throughout the project period.
- Is 18 years of age or older by the application deadline.
- Is not an enrolled student in a degree or certificate-granting program.
- Has submitted all required reports on past State Arts Council grants, Film/Media, Fine Craft, Folk and Traditional Arts, Multidisciplinary Art, Music, Performance Art, Public Art, Theatre, Visual Art.
For more information, visit NH CARES Artist-Led Project Grants.
