The City’s Arts Program is soliciting applications for grant funding to support arts-related projects in Beaverton.
Donor Name: City of Beaverton
State: Oregon
City: Beaverton
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 03/25/2022
Size of the Grant: $5,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
Projects must serve residents of Beaverton. Those projects that provide opportunities to historically marginalized and/or underserved community members are most likely to be funded. Project duration may vary and could be a one-time or recurring event, performance, art class, program, placemaking initiative, and more. Project duration may vary and could be a one-time placemaking event, performance or other artwork installation that is on display temporarily or permanently.
Goals
Informed by Beaverton’s Community Vision, the goal of the Art Lives Here Community Grants program is to support place and neighborhood-based revitalization and activation projects that:
- Enrich the lives of Beaverton residents and visitors by integrating arts, culture and creativity into daily life and neighborhoods and making them accessible for all
- Nurture community collaboration; encourage partnership among artists and creative industries, businesses, cultural and other non- and for-profit organizations
- Contribute to economic vitality, instigate neighborhood revitalization and beautification, and promote our city as a place that is welcoming, vibrant, responsible, friendly, safe, and active.
- Inspire creativity and innovation by providing opportunities for local and regional talent, both emerging and established.
- Demonstrate cultural diversity, social equity and inclusiveness through the engagement of arts, culture and creativity in neighborhoods.
- Recognize and honor community identity and heritage; preserve and commemorate local and multicultural traditions and histories.
- Animate and enliven public spaces
- Increase public safety and awareness
- Capitalize on community assets and identity
- Create public spaces that promote health, happiness and well-being
Funding Information
Funding requests may be up to $5,000 per project
Grant Period
All funded activities must take place between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023.
Eligibility Criteria
All applicants will be considered, but it is advisable that the primary applicant identify as one of the following:
- Neighborhood Association Committees (NACS) or neighborhood-based group
- Business Development Association or Chamber of Commerce, etc.
- Business or placed-based organizations (non- and for-profit)
- Individual professional artist or artist collective
- School groups in the Beaverton School District
For more information. visit Art Lives Here Community Grants.
