The Open Door grant program at the Wyoming Arts Council (WAC) provides quick, easy access to arts project funding to first-time applicants or for unexpected arts opportunities. To be funded as “unexpected,” the art project must offer an organization the chance to take advantage of an art opportunity that was not available to the organization prior…
To help support individual artists, the Kansas Arts Commission (KAC) has announced the Artist Innovation and Collaboration Grants. The new grants, which have replaced the KAC Fellowship and Awards program, fund projects that help artists forward their careers artistically or through business development and assist them in working collaboratively with other artists or directly with…
The Utah Arts Council (UAC) has a strong partnership with the Utah PTA (Parent-Teacher Association). In 1997, under the leadership of UAC’s arts education program, Utah PTA expanded state Reflections program to include dance choreography, film and theatre. Utah PTA served as a model for the new categories for other states and the National PTA…
The Minnesota State Arts Board (MSAB) and the state’s 11 regional arts councils will receive a significant portion of the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, which resulted from the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment to the Minnesota Constitution in 2008. The increase in funding to the MSAB has resulted in new programs and opportunities…
The New Hampshire State Council on the Arts (NHSCA) awards Cultural Conservation grants for the conservation of publicly owned documents, artwork or cultural facilities that contribute to New Hampshire’s arts and cultural heritage. Funding for the grant comes from the Conservation License Plate Trust Fund, which is supported from the sale of specialty license plates…
The Maine Arts Commission recently announced the Creative Communities = Economic Development (CCED) grant to activate the concept that Maine’s quality of place is the state’s primary economic asset. The CCED grant supports dialogue and partnerships that encourage the cultural, economic and governmental sectors to work together to effect community revitalization. Two $50,000 consortium grants…
The Illinois Arts Council (IAC) recently announced the Individual Artist Support (IAS) Initiative to help Illinois artists realize career goals, take advantage of professional opportunities, and/or produce a project or body of work for public viewing. Steep reductions in IAC’s operating budget resulted in several programs being suspended and others greatly reduced for fiscal year…
The Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA) has published tips for panelists on how to review various elements of an application for state arts agency grant funding. Tips are provided for reading and interpreting budgets, three-year financial comparisons and application narratives. To ensure equitable review of diverse organizations included in the same applicant pool, information…
To publicly acknowledge and increase the visibility of its Individual Artist Fellows, the Delaware Division of the Arts provides detailed information about each fellow on its Web site. The state arts agency has developed electronic profiles of each artist, including biographic information, artistic statements, links to the artist’s Web site and samples of each artist’s…
The West Virginia Commission on the Arts (WVCA) and the West Virginia Division of Culture and History have introduced the ArtStability program, which is intended to provide additional mid-year support to arts organizations faced with the challenges of producing arts experiences for the public in the current economy. The award, available to recipients of fiscal…
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