The City of West Hollywood is pleased to offer the WeHo Community Arts Grant intended to support nonprofit arts organizations with a history of supporting BIPOC and/or female artists and audiences.
Donor Name: City of West Hollywood
State: California
City: West Hollywood
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/01/2022
Size of the Grant: $3,000
Details:
The purpose of the grant is to fund art projects that support community goals through cultural equity. This category will encourage projects that celebrate heritage months, social justice-centered art presentations, educational and participatory art programs (workshop), and/or art projects which engage BIPOC and/or female artists and audiences.
The City of West Hollywood and Grantees in the Community Arts Grant category can expect to:
- Engage residents and visitors with the arts; expand arts audiences.
- Recognize and champion local cultural resources.
- Discover and explore new places for artmaking.
- Provide a variety of quality arts programming that is financially and geographically accessible for the residents of West Hollywood; increase access to arts experiences.
- Increase revenues for local businesses, and support business partnerships.
- Increase access to and/or participation in the arts through education.
- Amplify, express, explore, address, and celebrate identity, experience, and culture.
Funding Information
- $12,000 Total amount of available funding in this category per year
- $3,000 Maximum award per organization per year
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for consideration, organizations must satisfy the following requirements:
- Eligible organizations are LA County-based non-profit arts organizations with a history of supporting BIPOC and/or female artists and audiences.
- Applicants must have at least 1 year of art project history and be able to provide 2 work samples. Eligible projects may include
- Projects that celebrate heritage months
- Arts projects centered on the theme of social justice
- Educational and participatory art programs (workshops)
- Arts projects which engage BIPOC and/or female artists and audiences
- Applicants must have a current non-profit tax status.
- Projects must take place in West Hollywood or the immediate West Hollywood immediately adjacent (within 5 blocks of the border of West Hollywood).
- Applicants must demonstrate a marketing and outreach strategy targeting West Hollywood residents and constituents.
For more information, visit Community Arts Grant.