The Arts Council for Long Beach is seeking applications to offer funding for professional development opportunities and Long Beach-based projects.
Donor Name: Arts Council for Long Beach
State: California
City: Long Beach
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/15/2023
Size of the Grant: $1,000
Details:
Established in 1976 as the Public Corporation for the Arts, dba, Arts Council for Long Beach is the official arts agency for the City of Long Beach. The goal of the Arts Council is to improve the quality of life, through the arts, for all residents of and visitors to their city. They encourage every member of the community to enjoy direct, personal experiences with artists, scholars, educators and original works of art in every discipline and practice. Arts Council for Long Beach is a private nonprofit organization governed by a volunteer board of directors and managed by a professional staff. In addition to offering a range of professional services and programs, Arts Council for Long Beach distributes and manages City of Long Beach funding for the arts through its Grant Programs.
Project Microgrants
Project Microgrants are available year-round until funding in the category is depleted for the fiscal year. Projects must be free, open to the public and must benefit the residents of Long Beach. Worthy projects will support community representation and cultural respect; encourage cultural diversity; and/or enhance underserved communities, neighborhoods or populations of Long Beach.
Professional Development
Professional Development Grants are for individual arts professionals and individuals representing a Long Beach arts organization to participate in a workshop, seminar, class or training geared towards enhancing the professional skills of the applicant on behalf of their sponsoring organization OR for enhancing the marketing/business/professional skills of an individual artist. Applicants can apply for support to attend a workshop announced through Arts Council for Long Beach or present the Arts Council with an unaffiliated workshop/professional development opportunity as part of the grant application.
Funding Information
Applicants may request a maximum of $1,000.00.
What Arts Council for Long Beach Funds
- Publicly accessible arts and cultural presentations in any art form by organizations and/or artists within the City of Long Beach
- A single event or series of events or project in any artistic discipline or cultural tradition
- Arts and cultural festivals
- Arts education programs
- Traditional folk arts presentations, hands-on demonstrations or events or traditional arts preservation programs
- Public art that will benefit the residents of Long Beach
- Work that promotes the Long Beach arts and cultural sector
- For Professional Development applications the Arts Council may fund up to half of the conference fees. For conferences taking place outside of Long Beach the Arts Council may fund up to $500.
- Equipment and tools for art making purposes (e.g., technology, costumes or tools of the trade) may be funded.
Eligibility Criteria
- Project venue must be located in the City of Long Beach
- Project must be mostly planned out and will take place with their without the Arts Council’s funding
- Event must be open to the public
- Projects must not have happened before the date of submission
- Project must benefit the Long Beach arts and cultural sector.
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