The Arts Education Community Learning (AE-CL) grant program provides funding for single projects that use the arts in creative and innovative ways to offer education in communities or non-traditional school environments.
Donor Name: Tennessee Arts Commission
State: Tennessee
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/13/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Funds support projects that demonstrate creative and innovative arts education programming in community settings or non-traditional school environments for populations of all ages that directly involve participants in a hands-on learning experience focused on performing, visual, traditional folk, and/or literary arts. Projects must focus on the learning process with opportunities to demonstrate understanding. Examples of projects may include, but are not limited to, after-school programs for children, projects involving adults as the primary learners, community-wide events with strong arts learning components, or short-term teacher training activities. Professional performing, visual, traditional folk, and/or literary artists must be active presenters in the project.
Funding Information
Applicants may request up to $18,000.
Grant Period
July 1, 2025-June 15, 2026.
Eligible Expenses
Eligible expenses include:
- Permanent education staff salaries including administrators or teaching artists (Based on the percentage of time spent on the project. This is particularly important for applicants that also receive an Operating Support grant covering permanent staff salaries.)
- Contracted professional fees for planning, implementation, or evaluation directly related to the project
- In-state travel and/or lodging for permanent education staff or contracted personnel
- Space rental (for locations not currently being rented by the applicant organization)
- Marketing
- Consumable supplies related to the project.
Who may apply?
Nonprofit arts or non-arts organizations or local government agencies are eligible to apply.
Program Requirements
- serve a population defined by the organization’s mission
- have a clear beneficial educational focus which demonstrates thorough planning and implementation
- include an instructional component that clearly defines the goals and objectives of the project, provides learners with historical and/or social context, and demonstrates and/or reinforces the skill sets needed for the artistic medium being used. The instructional component details the content of the project – how subject matter will be taught and reinforced, the goals of the project, hands-on activities, and any problem-solving or critical thinking components. A sample lesson plan or content outline from one class session must be submitted with the application.
- include an evaluation component that measures the planning, implementation, and successes of the program and addresses plans for improvements or expansion of future projects. Evaluations should effectively measure the goals and outcomes of the project. Recently funded continuing projects must demonstrate to what extent outcomes were met.
For more information, visit Tennessee Arts Commission.
