The City of Davis is pleased to release the online application for the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Arts and Culture Grants to Individual Artists.
Donor Name: City of Davis
State: California
City: Davis
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/09/2023
Size of the Grant: $1,000
Details:
The City of Davis Arts & Culture Grants for Individual Artists is a one-time grant program, funded by the City of Davis from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). The goal of the grant is to stabilize the City’s nonprofit arts & culture sector, which saw a significant negative economic impact due to the pandemic. The grant will offer unrestricted support, with the intention of providing financial relief to eligible working artists and cultural practitioners whose work aligns with the goals of the city’s Arts & Cultural Affairs program, and to assist with the ongoing economic and health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on their arts sector to help them on the path back to financial sustainability.
Individual Artists’ Impact on the Arts and Culture Sector: The City of Davis recognizes the role local artists and creative workers play in enhancing the quality of life in their communities, increasing public access to the arts, and contributing to local economic vitality. They also recognize the significant economic disruptions some artists have experienced as a result of the COVID-19 public health emergency: loss of venue space, performance opportunities, exhibition space, in-person programming, etc.
Funding Information
Grants of $1,000 will be available to eligible individuals in Davis to support their professional costs that were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Eligibility Criteria
- Artists who are currently, or were formerly, on staff with a single organization as full-time employees are not eligible for this funding.
- You must be an individual working artist or cultural practitioner having demonstrated dedication in the recent past in Davis as a:
- practitioner of dance or theatre (including choreography, writing, directing, design, theatre arts, etc.)
- performer of cultural tradition or cultural bearer or practitioner
- visual artist
- literary artist
- musician
- teaching artist
- arts organizer
- specialized artist worker (e.g., lighting or sound designers, fabricators, etc.)
- other type of artist
- You must have a physical address in Davis, CA (in some cases, a track record of having significant involvement in the arts programming in Davis, CA without having a Davis address will be considered.)
- You must have been financially impacted during COVID due to loss of ability to perform, loss of revenue, event closures and cancellations, inability to work due to loss of space, or family circumstances, or other reasons that impaired your ability to work or earn a living.
Priority Artists
Priority will go to artists who:
- Have a proven track record of working in a professional capacity in the local arts sector
- Have NOT been on a salary of .50 FTE or more for part or all the period since March 2020
- Have work that directly supports the Civic Arts Commission’s current funding priorities:
- Efforts to elevate the voices of Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), Black Lives Matter (BLM), and other initiatives that promote cultural and social equity
- Community health and wellness related to COVID-19, public health, social/emotional well-being
- Economic recovery of community, local businesses, and downtown vitality.
For more information, visit City of Davis.
