The City of Fort Myers is seeking applications for its Arts and Culture Grant Program to foster and grow the thriving and eclectic cultural arts community in Southwest Florida.
Donor Name: City of Fort Myers
State: Florida
City: Fort Myers
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/09/2023
Size of the Grant: $2,500
Details:
Purpose
The purpose of the grant program is to activate the City of Fort Myers with exciting and alluring artistic offerings that leave a LASTING IMPRESSION on residents and visitors alike. Because arts and culture are the heartbeat of Fort Myers, they seek projects that capture the uniquely charming SWFL flavor through a plethora of artistic mediums and forms. All projects and programs are welcomed, including but not limited to visual arts, fine arts, photography, performing arts, sculpture, cinematic, digital arts and even literary. Creativity is endless and so is the talent in Southwest Florida. The Arts & Culture Division in the City of Fort Myers is entrusted with bringing that talent to the forefront throughout the city.
Goals
The grant programs administered by this office strive to:
- Bring expansive and exciting art and culture programs and permanent installations within the City of Fort Myers
- Encourage collaborations to develop larger, expansive and significant programs/projects that leave a LASTING IMPRESSION
- Foster a healthy arts and culture community in Fort Myers
- Encourage artistic quality, exploration and program innovation
- Strengthen arts and culture representation throughout city wards, with authentic representation at the neighborhood level
- Appeal to an expansive local audience as well as audiences in neighboring counties
- Promote multicultural inclusion in all aspects of the city’s cultural life
- Stimulate increased private support for the arts & culture
- Elevate arts and culture as the economic driver for tourism in Fort Myers
- Invest in local talent to promote a flourishing arts and culture community.
Funding Information
- Individual Artist: $2,500
- Group of three (3) Artists: $8,500
Eligibility Criteria
- Artist must live or work within corporate limits of the City of Fort Myers or create/perform work that will make a meaningful contribution to the arts and culture of the City of Fort Myers.
- Because the grant program is interested in professional and/or pre-professional caliber works, applicants must be no less than 16 years old, and must accompany an affidavit by parent or legal guardian asserting permission
- Artist must produce interpretive and creative work in artistic disciplines, such as: dance, literature, music, theater, visual arts, performance art, including choreographers, composers, playwrights, poets, writers, and video artists.
- Be actively engaged in the pursuit of creating and producing works of art.
- If the artist has received a City of Fort Myers Arts & Culture Grant at any time in the past, then a Post Grant Final Report must have been submitted for that Grant. Grant recipients who have not completed a Post Grant Final Report for any grant received are not eligible to apply for funding at any time in the future and will be disqualified should they do so.
For more information, visit City of Fort Myers.
