The City of West Hollywood is pleased to offer the WeHo Community Arts Grant to support nonprofit arts organizations with a history of supporting BIPOC and/or female artists and audiences.
Donor Name: City of West Hollywood
State: California
City: West Hollywood
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/01/2023
Size of the Grant: $6,000
Details:
Proposed art centered presentations can include programs celebrating heritage months, social justice presentations, and educational and participatory programs (workshops) which engage BIPOC and/or female artists and audiences.
Category Purpose and Outcome
The City of West Hollywood and Grantees in the Community Arts Grant category can expect to:
- Engage residents and visitors with the arts; expand arts audiences.
- Recognize and champion local cultural resources; discover and explore new places for artmaking.
- Provide a variety of quality arts programming that is financially and geographically accessible for the residents of West Hollywood; increase access to arts experiences.
- Increase revenues for local businesses, and support arts-business partnerships.
- Increase access to and/or participation in the arts through education.
- Amplify, express, explore, address, and celebrate identity, experience, and culture.
Funding Information
- $18,000 Total amount of available funding in this category per year
- $6,000 Maximum award per organization per year
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for consideration, organizations must satisfy the following requirements:
- Eligible organizations are LA County-based non-profit arts organizations with a history of supporting BIPOC and/or female artists and audiences.
- Applicants must have at least 1 year of art presentation history and be able to provide 2 work samples. Eligible samples may include:
- Arts presentations that celebrate heritage months
- Arts presentations centered on the theme of social justice
- Educational and participatory art programs (workshops)
- Arts presentations which engage BIPOC and/or female artists and audiences
- Applicants must have a current non-profit tax status.
- Projects must take place in West Hollywood or the immediate West Hollywood immediately adjacent (within 5 blocks of the border of West Hollywood).
- Applicants must demonstrate a marketing and outreach strategy targeting West Hollywood residents and constituents.
For more information, visit Community Arts Grant.
