The Illinois Arts Council Agency’s Arts-in-Education ShortTerm Artists Residency program (StARTS) provides support to eligible Illinois not-for-profit organizations, schools, and school districts for short-term residencies focused on hands-on learning experiences (in-person or virtual) conducted by Illinois artists, companies, or ensembles.
Donor Name: Illinois Arts Council Agency
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/15/2022
Size of the Grant: $4,500
Details:
Examples of programs:
- An elementary school engages a dance artist for four weeks to conduct 45 minute weekly sessions with each third grade classroom to integrate movement with their study of migration.
- A theater artist works after school for two hours twice a week over five weeks with a language arts teacher to rehearse and direct a community performance of a one-act play written by students.
- A public librarian engages a poet for six weeks to conduct a weekly writing workshop for senior adults which culminates in a public reading of their work.
- A visual artist is brought in by a community center to work with a group of local teenagers for a total of 30 hours over a five-week period to research and design a mural to celebrate the town’s history.
Request Amount
- Request amounts are calculated based on the information entered in the Budget form of the application. Minimum request amount is $250 for any type of residency.
- Maximum total request amount is $4,500 for any type of residency.
Grant Period
Fiscal Year 2022 StARTS funds support activities occurring by August 31, 2022.
Project Requirements
- Proposed residency project must meet an identified educational need and expand the artistic opportunities for the selected core group of learners.
- Proposed residency project requires a minimum of five hours, up to a maximum of thirty hours of artist time (in-person or virtual) with the core group of learners.
- Minimum hourly wage for an individual residency artist is $50 per contact hour. Artists may negotiate higher hourly fees. Companies and ensembles should negotiate fees appropriate for the art form and the number of artists participating, at no less than $50 per contact hour.
- Residency artist must provide the residency site with a reasonable list of supplies, tools, equipment, and materials needed for the residency.
- Proposed residency must be documented in a manner that can be made available for public review/viewing.
Eligibility Requirements
- Applicants must be tax-exempt (501c3) organizations registered as not-for-profit corporations in good standing with the Illinois Secretary of State, or units of government (i.e. a school, school district, park district, library, etc.) or institutions of higher education.
- The artist, ensemble, or company selected to conduct the residency must be based in Illinois; individual artists must be Illinois residents; companies and ensembles must claim Illinois as their home base of operations with the majority of its members residing in Illinois.
- All required application materials must be submitted a minimum of eight weeks before the project start date as identified in the application.
For more information, visit StARTS Program – Short-term Artists Residencies.
