NEW MEXICO

NEW MEXICO

Arts Access
Arts in Social Service Grant Program

The Arts in Social Service Grant offered by New Mexico Arts provides funding for New Mexico based arts organizations or social service organizations for arts-based projects that focus on addressing social issues. The grants encourage civic dialogue on important social issues, such as the environment or crime, and reach specific populations, such as people who are incarcerated, homeless, abused, or ill. Recent grants in this category have funded an orchestra of performers with developmental disabilities; poetry sessions in English and Spanish for people with Alzheimer’s disease; music for patients and hospital staff; musical and visual arts training for youth in correctional facilities; and quilting workshops, using recycled materials, for immigrants and people with disabilities. The maximum grant request for this program is $15,000 and must be met by a 50% match by the applicant organization. More on this program is available from New Mexico Arts Program Coordinator Jenice Gharib.

NASAA’s information-sharing depends on your participation. What are your most successful current initiatives? Have you launched any great programs, policies, services or partnerships? We want to hear about them! Contact NASAA Policy and Program Associate Jesse Rye (202-347-6352 x118) and include your name, your agency, a brief description of your project and whom to contact to learn more about it.

NASAA works continuously to keep you abreast of the latest trends in the state arts agency field and let you know about innovative state arts agency programs. The State to State column provides a sampling of state programs, products and services for you to browse for information and inspiration. We are grateful to everyone who contributed to this column.