The Arts Project Support Grants is designed to support artists’ and organizations’ quality arts projects, marketing, and events and/or their commitment to improving themselves and/or their work artistically.
Donor Name: South Carolina Arts Commission
State: South Carolina
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/04/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
These grants support an artist’s or organization’s quality arts project or program or their commitment to improving themselves and/or their work artistically. Among other things, the APS grant can be used to build and/or increase technical, online, or virtual capacity; for supporting art projects in public spaces, community arts development, or professional development for artists and arts administration staff.
Funding Information
Up to $2,500.
Grant Period
August 6, 2024 – May 31, 2025.
Uses of funds
Grant funds must be used for actual project costs, defined as consumable and non-consumable items needed to complete the proposed project (including, but not limited to):
- For Artists
- Technical, online, or virtual capacity building (e.g., website development, technical support, digital skills training)
- Equipment (e.g., airless paint sprayer, kilns, lighting or sound equipment, musical instruments, storage)
- Furniture (e.g., easels, music stands)
- Professional services (e.g., project-specific general liability insurance, performance space rental, web designer, consultant fees)
- Professional development (e.g., conference or membership fees, artist residencies, public art training, booth, or conference fees)
- Marketing (e.g. artist branding, event marketing, developing/redeveloping online presence; print or digital materials e.g. flyers, posters, catalogs).
- For Organizations
- Technical, online, or virtual capacity building (e.g., website development, technical support)
- Equipment (e.g., kilns, lighting or sound equipment, musical instruments, storage)
- Furniture (e.g., easels, music sands)
- Professional services (e.g., performance space rental, web designer, consultant and/or cultural plan development fees)
- Professional development (e.g., public art facilitation training, conference, or membership fees).
Geographical Areas
Priority will be given to individuals or organizations that have projects in SCAC’s Opportunity Initiative Counties:
- Allendale
- Bamberg
- Calhoun
- Cherokee
- Clarendon
- Dillon
- Edgefield
- Hampton
- Jasper
- Laurens
- Lee
- Marion
- Marlboro
- Saluda
- Williamsburg
Eligibility Criteria
- For Artists
- The applicant must meet all the following eligibility requirements:
- Be a practicing artist in one of the following disciplines:
- Dance (choreography or performance)
- Music (composition or performance)
- Opera/musical theatre (production or performance)
- Theatre (performance or playwriting)
- Visual arts (painting, drawing, mixed media, sculpture, or printmaking)
- Crafts (ceramics, fiber, glass, leather, metal, paper, plastic, or wood)
- Photography
- Design arts (architecture, fashion, graphic, industrial, or interior)
- Media arts (film, animation, including production or screenwriting)
- Literature (poetry or prose)
- Spoken word/slam poetry
- Time-based arts (installation, sound, video art, animation, film, computer generated art, or performance art)
- Public art (ephemeral or permanent)
- Be a legal resident of the U.S. and S.C., with a permanent residence in the state for at least one year prior to the application and throughout the grant period.
- Be 18 years of age or older at the time of application.
- Not be a degree-seeking student during the grant period.
- For Organizations
- The applicant must be:
- a unit of government, OR
- a nonprofit organization
- currently registered as a charity with the S.C. Secretary of State’s Office
- Note: Applicants who are exempt from this registration must upload their registration exemption approval.
- reflecting S.C. as the primary address on all current official organizational documents
- with federal tax-exempt status with the Internal Revenue Service
- OR
- applying through a tax-exempt fiscal agent/receiver organization
- Note: Applicants who are applying through a fiscal agent/receiver must submit a letter outlining the working relationship and responsibilities of both parties.
- currently registered as a charity with the S.C. Secretary of State’s Office
- In accordance with federal government policy, all organizations – including (but not limited to) private schools, public school districts, government entities, and nonprofit organizations – must provide a valid UEI number to receive an SCAC grant award.
- The applicant must be:
For more information, visit SCAC.
