The Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation is inviting applications for its grant program to fund project that bring community members together around folk and traditional arts practice and cultural knowledge.
Donor Name: Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
State: Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/30/2022
Size of the Grant: $1,000 to $10,000
Details:
Central Appalachia Living Traditions (CALT) is a multi-year program designed to promote the understanding and recognition of folk arts and culture in Central Appalachia through a three-part program that invests in folk arts communities while seeding new folk and traditional arts experiences and honoring under recognized practitioners of traditions across the region. This program serves the counties of Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia designated as Appalachian by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC).
The CALT Folk and Traditional Arts Experiences grants fund public-facing projects and events in the ARC designated Appalachian counties of Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia that bring community members together around folk and traditional arts practice and cultural knowledge. Funded projects will encourage broad public awareness, understanding, and appreciation of living traditions and/or grow and disseminate artistic skill and cultural knowledge within the community. Because this program intends to diversify and expand the types of folk arts and cultural activities available in communities throughout the region, applications must be for new projects or projects that expand and/or diversify existing programming.
Funding Information
- Grant amounts from $1,000 to $10,000.
Eligibility Criteria
In order to receive CALT Folk and Traditional Arts Experiences grants, applicants must:
- Be located in counties of Ohio, Virginia, or West Virginia designated as Appalachian by the Appalachian Regional Commission or within Native nations that share this geography. In some cases, organizations and artists/practitioners that are located adjacent to but primarily serve communities in the designated counties will be considered as long as the proposed project serves communities in the designated counties and meets all other grant criteria.
- Be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, a unit of state or local government, a Federally recognized Indian tribal government, or an individual folk and traditional artist/practitioner. Units of state or local government must provide a document on official letterhead to confirm status as a government entity. Individual artists/practitioners must complete a W9 and will be issued an IRS 1099 form for their grant.
- Be in good standing with Mid Atlantic Arts, with no overdue or outstanding required reports and/or grant documents.
For more information, visit Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation.