The Greater Augusta Arts Council is seeking applications for its Project Grant to support sub granting to the arts sector in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, with a committed effort to support projects in rural counties of the CSRA.
Donor Name: Greater Augusta Arts Council
States: Georgia, South Carolina
Counties: Selected Counties
Type of the Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/05/2022
Size of the Grant: $3,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
The particular focus of this grant program is to support the creation of new art in counties where the arts are not regularly supported by public funding.
Subgrants will support individual artist stipends for specific programs and activities, during recovery from the devastating economic and health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Funding Information
- Maximum Award: $3,000.
- The earliest date for funded activities to begin: July 1, 2022
- Latest date for funded activities to end: June 30, 2023
Intended Beneficiaries
The grants will help restore the local community’s cultural infrastructure, benefitting arts workers, artists, and audiences within the CSRA.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must meet the following requirements to be eligible for funding:
- Be a professional artist.
- Be 18 years old or older.
- The applicant has at least a two-year history of public engagement in their arts discipline (performance), presentation (visual arts), or publication.
- Be the lead artist in every aspect of her/his proposed project.
- Applicants cannot be disbarred, suspended, or have any other exclusions or disqualifications from receiving federal funding.
- Be a US citizen with a social security number that will be provided upon notification of a grant award (on a W-9 form).
- Maintain a residence in the CSRA and expect to do so through the grant period. The CSRA, for the purposes of this grant program, includes the following GA/SC Counties:
- Richmond, Columbia, Burke, Glascock, Jefferson, Lincoln, McDuffie, Taliaferro, Warren, and Wilkes (GA)
- Aiken, Edgefield, and McCormick (SC)
- Use funding within the fiscal year July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023.
- Artists may only apply once.
Additional Eligibility Considerations
- In line with the focus of this grant program to support the creation of new art in counties where the arts are not regularly supported by public funding, the program will prioritize applications submitted by artists residing in and/or serving Burke, Glascock, Jefferson, Lincoln, McDuffie, Taliaferro, Warren, and Wilkes Counties in Georgia and Edgefield and McCormick Counties in South Carolina.
- Eligible projects may include providing presentations, workshops, and/or the creation of artwork with tangible outcomes. (If something is tangible, it is clear enough or definite enough to be easily seen, felt, or noticed.)
- For this project grant, public art with physical alterations of public spaces (murals, sculptures, etc.) will not be considered.
- Eligible expenses include project-specific materials, and stipends to the artist creating the artwork [the applicant], employees, or contracted workers for time spent in creating and/or presenting the proposed artwork.
- Support to individuals may not include honorifics or fellowships, or other forms of funding for financial hardship, including but not limited to rent or food assistance or the general operating expenses of individual artists.
- Grants will not be awarded to two or more parties for the same project, program, etc. Collaborative efforts will need to determine one eligible lead artist to be the applicant who will be responsible for the application, disbursement of funds to partners, and required reporting on the progress of the project is awarded.
- Artists of the following disciplines are eligible and encouraged to apply
- Arts Education
- Dance
- Design
- Folk & Traditional Arts
- Literary Arts
- Media Arts
- Music
- Musical Theater
- Opera
- Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works
- Theater
- Visual Arts
For more information, visit Greater Augusta Arts Council Project Grant.
