The Arts in Health project grant category responds to the Arts Council’s recognition that arts and culture facilitate the physical, cognitive, and social -emotional aspects of individual healing, and that when applied to public health, promote healthy environments and policies in communities by promoting empathy, awareness, and social cohesion through shared narrative and aesthetic experiences.
Donor Name: New Hampshire State Council on the Arts (NHSCA)
State: New Hampshire
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/03/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
This category is designed in response to the Arts Council’s commitment to meet the needs of underserved populations, which can include the elderly, people with disabilities, people in recovery, incarcerated individuals, and people with mental health or other acute or chronic health diagnoses.
The Arts in Health project grant offers two tracks:
- The Health & Healing Track supports non-clinical arts engagement that promotes and facilitates individual health and healing through participatory arts programs or artist residencies as a primary focus of the project. Arts activities may occur in health-based or community spaces and may incorporate professional development components for health care staff. The goal of the Health & Healing Track is to utilize the arts to enhance quality of life and promote environments conducive to healing for patients, facility residents/clients, caregivers, and health care staff.
- The Public Health Track supports arts activities that provide a public health benefit in New Hampshire communities as a primary focus of the project. Applicants are strongly encouraged to collaborate with public health agencies and/or health or social service organizations, and/or to embed experts in related health fields into their projects. Arts activities may occur in health-based or community spaces and may also directly or indirectly engage people who are affected by the identified public health priority. The goals of the Public Health Track are to utilize the arts to generate awareness of social and structural determinants of health; encourage and promote health as a topic of public discourse; promote the arts and artists as partners in health-related strategies; and to build healthy communities for all New Hampshire citizens.
The Public Health Track is interested in supporting projects that address one or more of the following priority areas.
- Collective/Intergenerational Trauma
- Racism and Equity
- Behavioral Health and Substance Misuse
- Social Exclusion/Isolation
- Chronic Disease
- Housing and Neighborhood Disparities
- Income Instability
- Homelessness
- Climate Impact in Public Health
Funding Information
- Funding requests may be made for $1,000 – $8,000.
- Project dates: August 1, 2024 – September 30, 2025.
Requirements
Projects funded in this category are required to:
- Clearly articulate a plan that addresses an identified health need/challenge and provide arts experiences to deliver health-related outcomes for individuals and/or communities.
- Demonstrate artistic quality across all components of the project.
- Incorporate the direct participation of an artist as a core element of the project.
- Ensure that activities are accessible and provide an opportunity for meaningful participation for people of all abilities, and for underserved and systemically marginalized populations.
- Compensate artists at a professional level.
Projects funded in this category are strongly encouraged to:
- Explore collaborative arts projects that co-locate arts activities in health and social service facilities and programs, or partner health organizations/professionals with arts organizations/artists.
- Include N.H. artists. The State Arts Council maintains the Arts in Health Artist Directory, a juried roster of artists with expertise working in health care settings.
Eligibility Criteria
Any organization with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status from the IRS and not-for-profit incorporation in the State of New Hampshire. This may include hospitals, social service agencies, rehabilitation/ recovery centers, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, adult day centers, senior centers, veterans’ homes, or hospice/grief programs. State, federal, county, municipal, or government agencies; schools; or units of post-secondary educational institutions. State and county correctional facilities that include creative experiences as part of their substance misuse rehabilitative programs. Applicants are required to:
- Make all programs and facilities accessible to people with disabilities
- Have submitted all required reports on past State Arts Council grants
- Be in good standing with the N.H. Secretary of State’s Office and the N.H. Attorney General’s Office
- Arts organizations only: complete at least one year of arts programming prior to the grant deadline
- All awardees will be required to submit a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) issued through SAM.GOV
Organizations incorporated in Maine, Vermont or Massachusetts may also be eligible if they meet all of the following conditions. Contact the grant coordinator with questions about eligibility.
- Physically headquartered within 50 miles of the New Hampshire border
- Can demonstrate over 50% of the individuals who benefit from their work are N.H. residents
- Have a significant representation of N.H. residents on their Board
For more information, visit NHSCA.
