Artists at the Center grant provides funding and production support for pop-up performances on the Seattle Center campus.
Donor Name: Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS)
State: Washington
City: Seattle
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/27/2023
Size of the Grant: $2,000 – $6,000
Details:
The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS) and Seattle Center created Artists at the Center to present emerging and established artists and celebrate their talent on a revitalized Seattle Center campus.
Artists at the Center is a multi-year collaboration between ARTS and Seattle Center, with support from Uptown Arts & Culture Coalition and the communities adjacent to Seattle Center campus. The project is made possible by a 10-year grant from Climate Pledge Arena and Seattle Kraken, starting in 2021.
The program connects artists with new audiences and displays their talents across an iconic campus. Visitors to the campus and the surrounding neighborhoods experience surprising and delightful free performances throughout the year. Artists are selected with an equity and social justice lens, ensuring equitable representation for underserved and emerging artists. Artistic genres include music, dance, theater, demonstrations, and multi-disciplinary work.
The current 2022-23 season of Artists at the Center features music, dance, theatre, and multi-disciplinary performances, presented by 26 individual artists and performance groups based in the Puget Sound region.
Funding Information
Applicants can apply for the following levels of funding:
- $2,000 award (typically 1-2 performers), plus $600 in-kind production support
- $4,000 award (typically 3-5 performers), plus $1,100 in-kind production support
- $6,000 award (typically 6+ performers), plus $1,600 in-kind production support.
Eligibility Criteria
- Performing arts disciplines of all genres may be considered, including music, dance, theatre, spoken word, cultural exhibitions, hands-on learning experiences, and multi-disciplinary projects.
- Visual art exhibitions are not the intended use of this grant, however, may be an element if included as part of a larger performance.
- A successful pop-up performance is nimble, eye- and ear-catching, requiring minimal or low-tech needs, and can be loaded in and out swiftly. Works can be pre-existing or generated new for this opportunity.
- This program is best suited to solo, duo and small group performing acts. Groups larger than 8 or 10 people may be considered, but there is limited availability of slots for groups of that size.
Requirements
You are eligible to apply for this grant if you meet the following criteria:
- You are an individual artist, organization, or community-based group located in, or presenting work regularly in, Seattle.
- Organizations and individual artists representing communities most impacted by systemic oppression including low-income, people with disabilities, immigrant and refugee communities, and communities of color are encouraged to apply.
- You have a Federal Tax ID number (Social Security Number, ITIN, or Employee Identification Number) and are based in, or have current and active programming within, the City of Seattle.
- Groups applying are not required to be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, nor are they required to use a fiscal agent.
- You may submit only one application per year to this program.
- Awardees from the current season (2022-2023) are not eligible to apply for the 2023-2024 season.
Your performance is eligible to be funded by this grant if it meets the following criteria:
- Your performance will be free and open to the public.
- You will have event insurance for the performance.
- The performance will last 90 minutes or less.
For more information, visit SOAC.
