The Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP) is currently accepting grant proposals from municipalities, businesses, and organizations within Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham counties for its Public Art for Communities (PAFC) program.
Donor Name: Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP)
State: Michigan
Counties: Clinton County (MI), Eaton County (MI), Ingham County (MI)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/27/2022
Size of the Grant: $10,000
Details:
Public art is a uniquely created piece of physical artwork, such as a sculpture, statue, mural, or bike rack that will permanently endure the site, activities, and weather. It must not be political or obscene in nature.
Arts and culture strategies help to enhance and celebrate the underlying identity of the physical and social space of a community. In this way, the community’s character can be expressed through the artistic activation of a place.
LEAP believes that public art installations positively impact their communities through:
- Furthering their image and place into one of sophistication and creativity, exhibiting world-class arts and cultural opportunities,
- Strategically and specifically positioning various forms of public art to spur economic growth and attract/retain business and talent, and
- Institutionalizing policies and procedures on how arts and culture can be successfully implemented within a municipal body.
Funding Information
LEAP’s PAFC program, with additional support from the PNC Foundation, will award two grants of $10,000 each to a municipality, business, or community organization to the commission, create and install a piece of public art for year-round, public display.
Eligibility Criteria
- The request for proposal (RFP) is open to any municipality, business, or organization located in Clinton, Eaton, or Ingham county.
- The scoring of applications will be weighted toward the LEAP community and business members.
- Applications must be submitted by a representative of the community’s municipal body acting on behalf of the municipal body.
- If a neighborhood organization plans to apply, it must partner with and secure a letter of support from its municipal governing body.
- If a business plans to apply, it must partner with and secure a letter of support from its municipal governing body.
- Municipal governments will serve as fiduciary agents.
- Applicants need to show the existence and/or adoption of a public art policy for their community. If not already in existence, the policy must be in progress at the time of the application and adopted by the time the award is made.
- Art pieces must be created by an artist with additional consideration for artists from Michigan and specifically the tri-county region.
- Ability to complete this project within LEAP’s fiscal year, with an unveiling event taking place prior to October 31, 2022.
For more information, visit Public Art for Communities Grant Program.
