The Artists in Schools Grants support quality, multiday arts experiences in schools with Vermont teaching artists in residence and encourage collaborations between schools, youth, artists, and arts organizations.
Donor Name: Vermont Arts Council
State: Vermont
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/28/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The program encourages collaborations between schools, youth, artists, and arts organizations. Grant funding supports multi-day projects typically between 3-10 days in length and supports preK-12 teachers, staff, and students within an eligible school or district. Activities may engage students in classrooms; school wide projects; or accessible, after-school programs.
Examples of fundable projects include:
- A math teacher works with a dancer to integrate kinesthetic learning into the classroom. Students learn about dance concepts and use them to talk about geometric shapes and spatial relationships.
- An English teacher works with a poet or playwright to mentor students and provide opportunities for them to develop and workshop their writing.
- A music teacher works with a professional composer to help students compose and perform original works of music.
- A physical education teacher works with a circus artist to integrate movement, performance, and social emotional objectives into the curriculum.
- Students work with a theater artist to explore theater concepts and to write and perform a short play focusing on key themes such as collaboration, empathy, or flexible thinking.
- Students work with a visual artist and classroom teacher to research and document the story of place through multiple perspectives in their community through an exhibit or mural.
- Students work with a musician to explore musical concepts and to compare or contrast cultures through drumming or music.
Funding Information
Schools/arts organizations may apply for an award of up to $4,000 to support eligible project costs.
Grant Period
Funds are to be used for activities that begin after September 1, 2025, and end by August 31, 2026.
Eligible Expenses
Eligible project costs include:
- teaching artist instruction or student contact time
- other time contributed by the teaching artist. Such activities may include, but are not limited to, planning time, development of content, and/or time for assembling culminating projects or performances
- materials—up to $250 of the funds may be used for materials or student transportation.
Eligibility Criteria
- Schools or school districts recognized by, in good standing with, and not on probation with the Vermont Agency of Education. This includes public schools, union schools, independent schools, Career and Technical Education programs, or Adult Education programs serving students in grades preK-12
- Non-profit arts organizations registered in Vermont with a documented school/district partnership and a plan for ensuring programs and services are available to students regardless of race, ethnicity, disability, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity through collaboration.
For more information, visit VAC.
