CREATE Council on the Arts is seeking applications for its Individual Artists Grant Program to significantly advance the work of the artist and their engagements with their community.
Donor Name: CREATE Council on the Arts
State: New York
County: Greene County (NY), Columbia County (NY), Schoharie County (NY)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/15/2022
Size of the Grant: $2,500
Details:
The project must result in the creation of new work and the local community must be actively engaged or involved in some way during the artist’s creative process.
These Grants are intended to support original works by creative artists interested in working within a community setting.
Funding Information
Individual Artists Grants may be offered in the amount of $2,500.
Eligibility Criteria
- The artistic project MUST take place within the calendar year of 2023 and the county of the applicant’s residence.
- Applicant must not have been awarded an Individual Artist grant in the past 3 years.
- The project MUST clearly demonstrate the advancement of the artist’s work.
- The new work MUST engage the community in some way through the artist’s creative process. Some examples of this type of interaction are interviews with a segment of the community, creation of parallel work by a community group, stories and anecdotes collected from a community group that relate to the concept or content of the project, or public program such as a performance or exhibition.
- There MUST be some type of tangible finished work at the end of the grant period such as finished poems, photographs, video, CD, etc. The finished work may also be presented in the form of an exhibition, performance, etc. but this is optional.
Review Criteria
- Artistic Merit–Quality of artistic samples and credentials of artists/producers involved. Community–Service to underserved geographic areas and persons; Cooperation with local artists and organizations; Consideration of community needs and interests (see coordinator for specific local funding priorities); Free or low-cost programming.
- Innovation–Cultural diversity in programming; Diversity of arts experience; Community outreach; No duplication of comparable existing services or programs.
- Administration–Record of programmatic success; Reasonable estimate of expenses; In-kind support and cash contributed; Capacity to conduct the project; clearly defined objectives.
For more information, visit CREATE.