The City of Sacramento’s Office of Arts & Culture (OAC) has received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) as part of its American Rescue Plan (ARP) grant program, to subgrant to communities responding to the negative economic impacts and public health emergency of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Donor Name: City of Sacramento
State: California
County: Sacramento County (CA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 06/20/2022
Grant Size: $10,000
Grant Duration: 12 months
Details:
In addition to grant funds, artists will receive one-year of support programming to assist them in career building skills such as: building entrepreneurial expertise, leveraging resources, deepening collaborations, developing portfolios and work samples, and crafting work statements. Grantees can participate in a series of facilitated cohort meetings with artists of similar experience and career development to track progress on their projects and share strategies for success.
Funding Information
- The OAC is offering a grant program specifically for artists who live and work in Sacramento County. Titled, Seeding Creativity, this $450,000 grant program will support 45 individual artists with $10,000 grants to create and/or present new work in the county during the grant period.
- The grant period is September 1, 2022 – August 31, 2023.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants are:
- Sacramento County residents who will maintain a residence in the county through the grant period
- At least 18 years of age on date of application submission
- Not in a full-time (more than 12 credit hours) degree granting program
- Able to demonstrate a 3-year history of creating, exhibiting, and/or performing work in one of the following disciplines within the last 5 years:
- For this grant, public art with physical alterations of public spaces (murals, sculpture installations) will not be considered.
- Verification that the applicant is not excluded or disqualified from doing business with the federal government.
For more information, visit City of Sacramento.
