The Indigenous, Folk, and Traditional Arts Program provides support to build awareness, involvement and the preservation of Indigenous, Folk, and Traditional Arts in Montana.
Donor Name: Montana Community Foundation
State: Montana
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/01/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Indigenous, Traditional Arts and Folk Arts include arts original to an identifiable group. This group can be any community defined by such qualities as its ethnicity, geography, language, religion, or occupation. In some instances, it can also include familial groups.
The Indigenous, Traditional and Folk arts include:
- Fine handcraft
- Decorative arts
- Dance
- Poetry
- Instrumental and vocal music
- Storytelling and oral literature
- Foodways
- Local architecture
Funding Information
Grants will range from $500 to $2,000. Small grants requests less than $750 can apply using a simplified application form.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible Project:
- Exhibits, performances, apprenticeships, festivals, community celebrations, in-school and
after school community learning programs, and print or audio/visual documentation, which involve recognized, Indigenous, Traditional artists and Folk Arts. - Eligible costs include fees, honoraria, and associated program costs for the involvement of recognized Montana Indigenous, Traditional or Folk Artists.
- Projects must involve Living Traditional, Indigenous or Folk Artists.
- Projects requesting funding for a Traditional, Indigenous or Folk Arts festival must use that funding for the educational component of the festival (performance, lectures, demonstrations etc.) as opposed to the marketing or commercial elements of the festival and specify when and where (community and venue) event will take place.
- Capital expenditures: Funding the involvement of living Traditional, Indigenous or Folk Artists is of primary interest. However, funding of temporary exhibit design or preparation costs, materials, stabilization and construction may be considered, especially if it involved other costs such as insurance for exhibit objects or materials relating to the exhibit, e.g. signage, brochure, audio-video presentations, etc.
- Eligible applicants include 501(c)(3) Organizations and governments including local, state, and tribal governments. Individual artists and other entities may apply under a fiscal sponsorship.
- Each organization may submit one application per year. However, organizations serving as fiscal sponsors for one or more artists may submit multiple applications, including an application for the organization’s own programmatic purposes
- Applications are encouraged that involve professional artists who are women, tribal members, rurally-based, or are from populations that can be considered underserved.
For more information, visit Montana Community Foundation.
