The Teaching Artist Grant program provides up to $2,000 for individuals on the CMAB Teaching Artist Roster to conduct arts learning activities in community settings including but not limited to K-12 schools.
Donor Name: Central Minnesota Arts Board
State: Minnesota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/19/2023
Size of the Grant: up to $2,000
Details:
Objectives/Outcomes
- Artists conduct arts learning activities in locations they have not previously engaged
- Greater arts infusion across areas of learning
- Artists receive income for creative work
- Arts learning opportunities are more accessible to students regardless of age, geographic, economic, cultural or other barriers
- Regional residents learn new arts skills & techniques
- Regional residents gain awareness and appreciation for a variety of artistic disciplines and mediums
- Regional artists build their capacity through professional development
- Regional artists connect to new audiences and/or build relationships that provide artistic growth
Proposals to the Teaching Artist Grant program must contain the following components:
- Arts Learning activities conducted with a core group
- A Community Component that invites and informs people surrounding the host organization to learn about or participate in residency activities
- A component that builds staff capacity and/or supports residency activities for the host location
Eligibility Criteria
Individuals listed on the CMAB Teaching Artist Roster
Applicants Not Eligible
- CMAB teaching artists who have received a total of $2,000 in Teaching Artist Grant awards within the same fiscal year as the application
- CMAB grant recipients with any overdue final reports
Proposals Not Eligible
- Those that do not have arts learning as the primary focus
- Those which provide or replace essentially the same services that teachers or arts specialists are required to provide to meet state and/or national curriculum requirements.
- Events with a primary focus of fundraising. (Fundraising efforts are allowable, but must not be the focus of an event)
- Activities already funded by any other CMAB grant program
- Teaching artists can provide no more than two CMAB funded residencies for the same school/organization within a five-year period
For more information, visit Teaching Artist Grant.