The Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation is requesting applications for its Creation of New Work Grant Program to provide greater support for artists in the Greater Hartford community.
Donor Name: Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation
State: Connecticut
City/Town: Selected Cities and Towns
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/01/2023
Grant Duration: 24 months
Details:
The Foundation offers a special grant program designed to:
- Foster creativity in Greater Hartford by supporting local artists in the creation of new work
- Foster collaborations between artists and arts organizations that benefit the artist, the organization and the community
- Further the foundation’s mission to support and encourage excellence in the arts in Hartford and the immediately surrounding community.
Grant Period
The artists must complete their project within 24 months of the grant award.
Geographical Areas
- CNW is designed to support local artists. To be eligible, all artists affiliated with the project must primarily live or work on their art in:
- Hartford, Avon, Berlin, Bloomfield, East Granby, East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, Farmington, Glastonbury, Manchester, New Britain, Newington, Rocky Hill, Simsbury, South Windsor, Vernon, West Hartford, Wethersfield, Windsor, and Windsor Locks
Eligibility Criteria
- 501(c)(3) arts organizations in the foundation’s geographic giving area. The foundation gives priority to requests from organizations in the following cities and towns in Connecticut: Hartford, Bloomfield, East Hartford, Newington, West Hartford, Wethersfield and Windsor
- Artists may not apply directly to the foundation but must seek out a partnering organization in the foundation’s geographic giving area
- Organizations may apply for either the Creation of New Work grant or an Excellence in the Arts grant within a calendar year. Should an organization’s Creation of New Work application be declined, it may apply for an Excellence in Arts grant in a subsequent cycle.
Selection Criteria
- Projects are judged on the following criteria:
- artistic excellence and potential of the project to advance the artist(s)’s work
- quality of the collaboration between the artist(s) and the organization
- potential impact on the benefit to the community
- The organization must demonstrate a clear plan for working with the artist(s) and be able to articulate the project’s benefit to the organization and the community
- The sponsoring organization and artist must submit a post-grant report within six months of the close of the project.
Grant Guidelines
Projects under the Creation of New Work Initiative must involve collaboration between an artist or artists and an arts organization. A specific artist or artists must be named in the request. Residencies (in which the artist works on-site over a period of time) and commissions (in which the artist may work on his or her own) will be considered.
For more information, visit ECATRF.
