The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes (The ARTS Council) is accepting applications for its Teaching Artist Grants.
Donor Name: The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes (The ARTS Council)
State: New York
Counties: Cattaraugus County (NY), Chemung County (NY), Steuben County (NY), Schuyler County (NY), Tioga County (NY)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/09/2022
Size of the Grant: $500 to $5,000
Details:
Teaching Artist grants support sequential, arts education projects that take place in-school, after school, or in community centers in Cattaraugus, Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, and Tioga counties. These grants are made possible with public, State Community Regrant (SCR) funds from the New York State Council on the ARTS (NYSCA), a state agency, and administered locally by The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes (The ARTS Council).
Grants are awarded based upon the following criteria:
- Artistic and/or Cultural and Programmatic Merit
- Student Benefit & Accessibility
- Managerial & Fiscal Competence
- Learning Outcomes & Evaluation
Priority is given to the following:
- Applications that pay artistic fees
- Applications that advance diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Programmatic quality is valued over participant quantity.
Grant Amount
Applicants can request grant funding from $500 to $5,000. Applicants may submit up to three (3) funding requests in any combination of Community Arts, Teaching Artist, and Individual Artist grants totaling no more than $5,000. There is no required match.
Project Eligibility
Projects must:
- Occur during School Hours in a School or after School Hours in a School or Community Center
- Involve K-12 aged students
- Have a minimum of three, sequential sessions between the same teaching artist(s) and the same group of students
- Incorporate one or more participatory, hands on art forms and involve in-depth, age, and skill appropriate learning opportunities
- Provide stated learning goals, methodologies, and outcomes, and a means for evaluation
Projects can involve multiple groups of students, however, the same teaching artist must still have a minimum of 3 sessions with each group of students.
Eligibility Criteria
The following applicants from Cattaraugus, Chemung, Steuben, Schuyler, or Tioga county can apply:
Individual Teaching Artist
- Unincorporated Group or Nonprofit hiring a Teaching Artist
- The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes 2023 Teaching Artist Grant Guidelines 2 Schools cannot be the applicant, however, a PTA with nonprofit status independent of the school can be the applicant. Teachers cannot be the applicant for their own school unless the project occurs during off-contract hours.
School or Community Center Eligibility
Applicants can work with the following partners:
- Public or Charter Schools certified by BOCES
- Community Centers (no specific definition)
Schools and Community Centers must be located in the same county where the applicant resides.
For more information, visit Teaching Artist Grants.