The California Arts Council is accepting applications for its Arts Education Exposure Grant Program.
Donor Name: California Arts Council
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/06/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The CAC’s arts education grant programs are rooted in the agency’s belief that robust, sequential, culturally and linguistically responsive arts learning is an essential tool for healthy human development, and that it should be a core element of the education of every student. The overarching purpose of arts education grant programs is to expand participation in meaningful arts learning opportunities by supporting these activities in a diversity of settings and contexts for infants, children, and youth.
The purpose of the Exposure program is to support attendance at high-quality performances and exhibits for students who would particularly benefit from these experiences. Students may be identified as priority communities for participation due to socioeconomic status, geographic region, or other aspects of students’ life experiences that elevate the impact of having opportunities to engage with these cultural assets. Exposure program experiences may include art exhibits and performances, field trips to arts venues, and/or inschool assemblies that are special presentations by arts and culture practitioners.
Goals
Projects should address the following Exposure program goals:
- Develop long-term, mutually beneficial relationships between arts and educational organizations, teaching artists, and the youth and families in the communities they serve.
- Cultivate students’ appreciation for the arts and understanding of themselves as the next generation of arts patrons and participants.
- Promote culturally and linguistically responsive learning through the arts, using cultural knowledge to support the cultural assets of the local community and students’ positive self-identification within and respect for diverse cultures.
Funding Information
Applicant organizations can request up to $25,000 for the one-year grant activity period.
Project Requirements
- The applicant must develop and complete a project addressing the goals of the program to be completed within the project timeline. The project description must include an anticipated timeline for completion within the Grant Activity Period.
- The project must be designed and developed in partnership between an arts organization and the school sites to be served. The project should demonstrate significant planning that reflects a collaborative relationship between the arts organization and the school, and between the participating teaching artists and classroom teachers. Exemplary proposals will demonstrate the role the project plays in a larger district and/or countywide Strategic Arts Plan.
- Rates of compensation for individual artists and/or arts workers to be supported by this grant must be appropriate to experience and include benefits if required by contract.
- The project must enable students to understand and engage in specific art forms and to develop their creativity, skills, and knowledge. The applicant should present well developed project goals, learning objectives, activities, and assessment tools.
- Students must engage in performance-related educational activities, including but not limited to pre- and/or post-show discussions, workshops, or in-school seminars. The applicant must develop and distribute a study guide to each classroom teacher whose students will be engaged in the project.
- The applicant must demonstrate that students engaged in the project constitute a priority
community for high-quality arts exposure. - Project activities should explicitly align with California Visual and Performing Arts or Media Arts standards and may also align with Common Core Standards.
- Arts events, curriculum, and all project components must be free of charge to students.
Eligibility Criteria
- Organization must have a principal place of business in CA and a CA address.
- Organizations must demonstrate proof of nonprofit status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or section 23701d of the California Revenue and Taxation Code.
- An applicant organization without nonprofit status must use a California-based fiscal sponsor with a federal 501(c)(3) designation to apply for funding.
- Units of municipal, county, or tribal governments are eligible to apply
- Organizations and fiscal sponsors must have “active status” with the California Secretary of State (SOS) showing evidence of “good standing” at the time of application. You can verify your organization’s status by conducting a search using the SOS online Business Search tool.
For more information, visit CAC.
